YWCA Module 1-2 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+
Who does the YWCA serve? - Answers women and minorities
YWCA statement of purpose - Answers to eliminate racism and empower women
why did the YWCA adopt April 30th as the national day to eliminate racism - Answers in
response to the beating of Rodney Kind in 1992
sexual assault was historically used - Answers as a means of threatening and intimidating
African American citizens
The Memphis race riot of 1866 - Answers a riot broke out in Memphis where a group of white
men attacked a group of freed African Americans, killing, injuring, and raping; the five women
who were raped appeared before congress to testify in one of the first ever public stands of
black women against sexual assault in america
The Civil Rights Movement - Answers movement in the United States from 1960-1970
advocating for the rights of black citizens
Rape Crisis Centers and Domestic Violence Shelters were first popularly established - Answers
in the 60s
According to the US department of Justice, since 1993 - Answers rapes and sexual assaults
have dropped by 64%; rape and attempted rape by 75% and sexual assault by 35.7%
One in five women - Answers will be raped at some point in their lives
One in seventy-one men - Answers will be raped at some point in their lives
1 in 5 women in the US - Answers will be sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime
24.8% of men in the US - Answers experience contact sexual violence at some point in their life
81% of women and 43% of men in the US - Answers report experiencing some level of sexual
harassment in their lifetime
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men who experienced completed or attempted rape in the US - Answers
report that their first experience occurring between the ages of 11 and 17
between 33 of the US's major universities - Answers nearly 1 in 4 undergraduate women
reported experiencing sexual violence while attending school
the estimated lifetime cost of rape for a survivor is - Answers $122,461
51.1% of women - Answers report their rapist to be an intimate partner
40.8% of women - Answers report their rapist to be an acquaintance
,Almost half of multiracial and First Nations women - Answers will experience sexual violence
91% of rape and sexual assault victims are - Answers female
VSDVAA - Answers Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
About 22% of DV victims report - Answers their abuser using a weapon against them
SARP - Answers Sexual Assault Response Program
SARP services - Answers 1. 24 hour hotline = staff and volunteers man a hotline that provides
crisis intervention
2. volunteer training = 32 hours of training for staff and volunteers to provide crisis intervention,
ER accompaniment, and assistance for survivors in regaining power
3. companion = services provided to clients in the ER
4. educational programs = staff provides education for community groups, allied professionals,
and the general public on all forms of domestic and sexual violence
5. coordinated community response teams = separate task forces
SARP service areas - Answers 1. amherst
2. appomattox
3. bedford
4. campbell
5. Lynchburg
Stage one of the domestic violence movement - Answers women breaking silence in the early
1970s
1. the term "domestic violence" was established
2. consciousness rising at a group
3. communities of battered women and rape survivors rallied together
4. the first shelters were opened in women's homes
Key identifications by the early domestic violence movement - Answers 1. it could happen to any
woman
2. perpetrators were at fault for the crimes, not the victims
, 3. consequences were severe and potentially long term or lethal
4. society needs to change to protect women at risk
Stage three of the domestic violence movement - Answers women demand accountability from
the system in the mid to late 80's
1. women began to realize that a large part of the issue was the lack of accountability in social
systems
2. advocacy became the focus
3. pressuring states to enact better laws for protecting women from DV
4. court advocates began accompanying women to their trials, empowering them to win
5. easy to understand information packets were developed to help women understand the
complications of the legal system
6. children became included in the narrative, shifting the focus from "battered women" to
"battered women and their children"
Stage four of the domestic violence movement - Answers women's experience is accepted as
legitimate and the movement is mainstreamed in the late 80's to the 90's
1.
Stage five of the domestic violence movement - Answers reconsidering approaches and
reorganizing in the 90's to the present
1. seeing under-addressed communities that need better aid like women with disabilities, First
Nations women, and rural communities
2. currently, there are about 1,900 DV programs in every state
Women 20-24 years old are - Answers at the greatest risk for IPV
30% of people seeking DV of SV services in VA in 2013 - Answers became homeless as a result
of the violence being faced
51% of people seeking DV of SV services in VA in 2013 - Answers stated already having reported
their abuse to the police
APS - Answers Adult Protective Services = a branch of social services that investigates cases of
the elderly or incapacitated adults
CCRT - Answers coordinated community response teams = allied professionals who help SV
and DV victims
Who does the YWCA serve? - Answers women and minorities
YWCA statement of purpose - Answers to eliminate racism and empower women
why did the YWCA adopt April 30th as the national day to eliminate racism - Answers in
response to the beating of Rodney Kind in 1992
sexual assault was historically used - Answers as a means of threatening and intimidating
African American citizens
The Memphis race riot of 1866 - Answers a riot broke out in Memphis where a group of white
men attacked a group of freed African Americans, killing, injuring, and raping; the five women
who were raped appeared before congress to testify in one of the first ever public stands of
black women against sexual assault in america
The Civil Rights Movement - Answers movement in the United States from 1960-1970
advocating for the rights of black citizens
Rape Crisis Centers and Domestic Violence Shelters were first popularly established - Answers
in the 60s
According to the US department of Justice, since 1993 - Answers rapes and sexual assaults
have dropped by 64%; rape and attempted rape by 75% and sexual assault by 35.7%
One in five women - Answers will be raped at some point in their lives
One in seventy-one men - Answers will be raped at some point in their lives
1 in 5 women in the US - Answers will be sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime
24.8% of men in the US - Answers experience contact sexual violence at some point in their life
81% of women and 43% of men in the US - Answers report experiencing some level of sexual
harassment in their lifetime
1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men who experienced completed or attempted rape in the US - Answers
report that their first experience occurring between the ages of 11 and 17
between 33 of the US's major universities - Answers nearly 1 in 4 undergraduate women
reported experiencing sexual violence while attending school
the estimated lifetime cost of rape for a survivor is - Answers $122,461
51.1% of women - Answers report their rapist to be an intimate partner
40.8% of women - Answers report their rapist to be an acquaintance
,Almost half of multiracial and First Nations women - Answers will experience sexual violence
91% of rape and sexual assault victims are - Answers female
VSDVAA - Answers Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
About 22% of DV victims report - Answers their abuser using a weapon against them
SARP - Answers Sexual Assault Response Program
SARP services - Answers 1. 24 hour hotline = staff and volunteers man a hotline that provides
crisis intervention
2. volunteer training = 32 hours of training for staff and volunteers to provide crisis intervention,
ER accompaniment, and assistance for survivors in regaining power
3. companion = services provided to clients in the ER
4. educational programs = staff provides education for community groups, allied professionals,
and the general public on all forms of domestic and sexual violence
5. coordinated community response teams = separate task forces
SARP service areas - Answers 1. amherst
2. appomattox
3. bedford
4. campbell
5. Lynchburg
Stage one of the domestic violence movement - Answers women breaking silence in the early
1970s
1. the term "domestic violence" was established
2. consciousness rising at a group
3. communities of battered women and rape survivors rallied together
4. the first shelters were opened in women's homes
Key identifications by the early domestic violence movement - Answers 1. it could happen to any
woman
2. perpetrators were at fault for the crimes, not the victims
, 3. consequences were severe and potentially long term or lethal
4. society needs to change to protect women at risk
Stage three of the domestic violence movement - Answers women demand accountability from
the system in the mid to late 80's
1. women began to realize that a large part of the issue was the lack of accountability in social
systems
2. advocacy became the focus
3. pressuring states to enact better laws for protecting women from DV
4. court advocates began accompanying women to their trials, empowering them to win
5. easy to understand information packets were developed to help women understand the
complications of the legal system
6. children became included in the narrative, shifting the focus from "battered women" to
"battered women and their children"
Stage four of the domestic violence movement - Answers women's experience is accepted as
legitimate and the movement is mainstreamed in the late 80's to the 90's
1.
Stage five of the domestic violence movement - Answers reconsidering approaches and
reorganizing in the 90's to the present
1. seeing under-addressed communities that need better aid like women with disabilities, First
Nations women, and rural communities
2. currently, there are about 1,900 DV programs in every state
Women 20-24 years old are - Answers at the greatest risk for IPV
30% of people seeking DV of SV services in VA in 2013 - Answers became homeless as a result
of the violence being faced
51% of people seeking DV of SV services in VA in 2013 - Answers stated already having reported
their abuse to the police
APS - Answers Adult Protective Services = a branch of social services that investigates cases of
the elderly or incapacitated adults
CCRT - Answers coordinated community response teams = allied professionals who help SV
and DV victims
