MODULE 1: Trauma Training Knowledge Quiz: Module 1: What is Trauma and Why Does it Matter?

Contact Information and Quiz

PLEASE NOTE: At the end of this quiz, if you pass with a score of 70% or better, you will see a link on the final "Congratulations" page where you can print your own certificate of completion for this module. (NOTE: For those applying for approved CEU's for this training, you will see a separate screen with information on obtaining a certificate to get your CEU's)

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* 1. Contact Information

Name *

Organization *

Job Title

Email Address *

Phone Number *

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* 2. What factors must be considered when attempting to understand trauma and how it may be impacting someone? (there are 5 correct options below - be sure to check all 5)

Clothing/manner of dress factors

Relationship/interpersonal factors

Biological factors

Community/societal factors

Job/career factors

Psychological factors

Food preference factors

Cultural factors

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* 3. What does ACE stand for?

Abuse, Control and Endangerment

Adversity Communities Experience

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Assessment of Childhood Experiences

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* 4. Someone with a high ACE score is doomed to a lifetime of poor health, mental health, social problems and early death.

True

False

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* 5. Research has shown that early experiences during childhood have a significant impact on development of the brain infrastructure that may have long-term effects.

True

False

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* 6. Which of the following meet the criteria in SAMHSA's definition of trauma? (there are 10 correct options below - be sure to check all 10)

Being an immigrant or refugee

Meeting someone new

Losing a loved one

Changing your hairstyle

Getting a negative performance review

War or combat experiences

Having a family member incarcerated

Being physically, sexually or emotionally abused or neglected

Being marginalized, oppressed, or discriminated against

Poverty, homelessness and/or food insecurity

Mass shootings

Starting a new job

Pandemics

Experiencing a natural disaster

Having to cancel vacation plans

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* 7. Rates of trauma among helping professionals are very low.

True

False

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* 8. Self-care is: (there are 5 correct options below - be sure to check all 5)

Not selfish

About recharging my physical, emotional, relational and spiritual "batteries"

Too time-consuming and expensive

Necessary to mitigate the potential impact of secondary/vicarious trauma

Not necessary if you're a competent, skilled professional

Best done during vacation or days off

Best done as a consistent daily practice

My professional and ethical obligation

A self-indulgent luxury

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* 9. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) definition of trauma includes the 3 E's. What are they?

Experiences, Evidence, Effect

Evidence, Examples, Effect

Event, Experience, Effect

Expectations, Experience, Explanation

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* 10. Traumatic experiences may increase a person's risk of: (there are 5 correct options below - be sure to check all 5)

Mental health challenges and/or impaired brain development and function

Being a refugee or immigrant

Social problems such as unemployment, poverty, homelessness, prostitution, incarceration

Being deployed in military service

Experiencing a natural disaster such as hurricane, flooding, wildfire, tornado

Health problems including heart disease, autoimmune disorders, cancer, obesity and others

Living in a war zone

Early death

Health-risking behaviors such as smoking, drinking, drug use, self-harm, eating disorders

Attending underfunded, poorly resourced schools

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* 11. Trauma is rare and primarily affects the weak, poor or vulnerable.

True

False