ANSWERS 2026
What is included in the IDVA definition of a dependent? -
correct answer ✅being forced to witness confinement of another
person
What is not among the historical roots of feminism and the
battered women's movement? -
correct answer ✅the medical profession's treatment
Who is most responsible for the creation of the National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence in 1978? -
correct answer ✅The U.S. Commission of Civil Rights
What percentage of men who abuse their partners also abuse their
children? -
correct answer ✅Over 50%
During the tension building stage of the cycle of violence, victims
often become what? -
correct answer ✅compliant and nurturing to avoid another
episode
, ICDVP EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026
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? -
correct answer ✅neglectful
Financial abuse most accurately describes behavior in which an
abuser? -
correct answer ✅refuses to allow a partner to get or keep a job.
Victims accepting blame for the abuse is? -
correct 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? -
correct answer ✅justify their behavior
Low tolerance levels are correlated to what? -
correct answer ✅an abusers tendency to blow up over trivial
matters.