Trauma Studies Quiz

What is the most common cause of traumatic death in the pediatric populations?

• Abdominal Trauma

• Traumatic spinal injury

• Drowning

• Spinal cord injury

What does ACE stand for in trauma studies?

• Acute care Evaluation

• Adult coping experience

• Adverse childhood experience

• Assessment of crisis event

A trauma - informed approach involves which of the following principles?

• Judgement & children

• Control over the client

• Safety & empowerment

• Strict rules only

What part of the brain is most activated during a traumatic event?

• Frontal lobe

• Amygdala

• Occipital lobe

• Cerebellum

What is the role of the hippocampus in trauma?

• Triggers the stress response

• Regulate breathing

• Stores & Process memories

• Controls balance & movement

Which of the following best defines 'Complex Trauma'?

• Trauma that result from a single event

• Trauma that happens during natural disaster

• Repeated or prolonged exposure to traumatic events often in childhood

• Trauma that only affects memory

In trauma - focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF - CBT). What is the primary purpose of the trauma narrative?

• To test the client's memory

• to re- traumatize the client in a safe setting

• To reduce avoidance & reprocess the traumatic memory

• To teach the client how to suppress emotional reactions

Which of the following is an example of 'Hyperarousal' in a trauma response?

• Day dreaming or zoning out

• Numbness & flat affect

• Panic attacks & irritability

• Memory loss

The 'freeze' trauma response is most commonly associated with which nervous system response?

• Sympathetic activation

• Parasympathetic shutdown

• Cortisol release

• Prefrontal cortex activation

Which therapeutic approach is specifically designed to help individuals reprocess traumatic memories?

• Dialectical Behavior

• Exposure Therapy

• Eye movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

• Group talk therapy