ICDVP EXAMPREP 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What is not among the historical roots of feminism and the battered
women's movement? Answer: the medical profession's treatment
●● Who is most responsible for the creation of the National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence in 1978? Answer: The U.S. Commission of
Civil Rights
●● What percentage of men who abuse their partners also abuse their
children? Answer: Over 50%
●● During the tension building stage of the cycle of violence, victims
often become what? Answer: compliant and nurturing to avoid another
episode
●● When an abuser buys a luxury car while refusing to allow the partner
and/or children to recieve needed medical or dental care, the abuser is
being? Answer: neglectful
●● Financial abuse most accurately describes behavior in which an
abuser? Answer: refuses to allow a partner to get or keep a job.
,●● Victims accepting blame for the abuse is? Answer: most likely to be
among the effects of domestic violence
●● Having a dual personality is least likely to be used by an abuser to
what? Answer: justify their behavior
●● Low tolerance levels are correlated to what? Answer: an abusers
tendency to blow up over trivial matters.
●● The Illinois Domestic Violence Act defines a domestic violence
advocate as? Answer: any employee or volunteer with at least 40 hours
of training in domestic violence advocacy who provides services to
victims of abuse through a victim services agency
●● Child custody provisions under Illinois criminal statues states that?
Answer: the mother has legal custody of any child whose parents have
never been married unless a valid court order specifies otherwise
●● The federal Violence Against Women Act states that in most cases?
Answer: federal law prohibits a person who has been convicted of
domestic violence to possess a firearm or ammunition
●● The Illinois Abused and Neglected Children Reporting Act states?
Answer: that substantial risk of harm to the child is required to authorize
an investigation of suspected child abuse
, ●● What is least important in a report of suspected adult abuse, neglect,
or financial exploitation? Answer: whether the suspected abuser is aware
of the report
●● Domestic violence is most likely to result in what? Answer:
emergency medical treatment
●● Experiencing physical injuries is not among the requirements in what
definition? Answer: the definition of a crisis
●● The victim is at greater risk for violence when? Answer: after
separation or filing for a divorce from the abuser
●● A middle risk suicide client is most likely to benefit from what?
Answer: a no-suicide contract
●● The least helpful way to listen to a victim of domestic violence is?
Answer: to repeat what the victim says word for word
●● Asking a trusted neighbor to call the police in the case of hearing a
disturbance should be included in what? Answer: a victim's safety plan
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● What is not among the historical roots of feminism and the battered
women's movement? Answer: the medical profession's treatment
●● Who is most responsible for the creation of the National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence in 1978? Answer: The U.S. Commission of
Civil Rights
●● What percentage of men who abuse their partners also abuse their
children? Answer: Over 50%
●● During the tension building stage of the cycle of violence, victims
often become what? Answer: compliant and nurturing to avoid another
episode
●● When an abuser buys a luxury car while refusing to allow the partner
and/or children to recieve needed medical or dental care, the abuser is
being? Answer: neglectful
●● Financial abuse most accurately describes behavior in which an
abuser? Answer: refuses to allow a partner to get or keep a job.
,●● Victims accepting blame for the abuse is? Answer: most likely to be
among the effects of domestic violence
●● Having a dual personality is least likely to be used by an abuser to
what? Answer: justify their behavior
●● Low tolerance levels are correlated to what? Answer: an abusers
tendency to blow up over trivial matters.
●● The Illinois Domestic Violence Act defines a domestic violence
advocate as? Answer: any employee or volunteer with at least 40 hours
of training in domestic violence advocacy who provides services to
victims of abuse through a victim services agency
●● Child custody provisions under Illinois criminal statues states that?
Answer: the mother has legal custody of any child whose parents have
never been married unless a valid court order specifies otherwise
●● The federal Violence Against Women Act states that in most cases?
Answer: federal law prohibits a person who has been convicted of
domestic violence to possess a firearm or ammunition
●● The Illinois Abused and Neglected Children Reporting Act states?
Answer: that substantial risk of harm to the child is required to authorize
an investigation of suspected child abuse
, ●● What is least important in a report of suspected adult abuse, neglect,
or financial exploitation? Answer: whether the suspected abuser is aware
of the report
●● Domestic violence is most likely to result in what? Answer:
emergency medical treatment
●● Experiencing physical injuries is not among the requirements in what
definition? Answer: the definition of a crisis
●● The victim is at greater risk for violence when? Answer: after
separation or filing for a divorce from the abuser
●● A middle risk suicide client is most likely to benefit from what?
Answer: a no-suicide contract
●● The least helpful way to listen to a victim of domestic violence is?
Answer: to repeat what the victim says word for word
●● Asking a trusted neighbor to call the police in the case of hearing a
disturbance should be included in what? Answer: a victim's safety plan
