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11.Which of the following statements is true regarding prediction outcomes in the context of risk assessment?
a.Decreasing the number of false positive errors results in an increase in the number of false negative errors.
b.A false negative error has negative implications for the person being assessed.
c.When trying to predict events that have low base rates, false negative errors tend to occur most frequently.
d.The base rate of conditional release violations is very low.
e.all of the above
12.Which of the following is a methodological weakness of risk assessment and related research?
a.The sample available for evaluating a risk assessment instrument is typically low risk.
b.The number of risk factors being studied is limited.
c.The use of official records in this type of research tends to underestimate the actual number of violent crimes committed.
d.The definition of the criterion variable is too restricted.
e.all of the above
13.A possible decision error made by clinicians in which it is believed that a correlation exists between two events that are in fact unrelated or correlated to a lesser degree is defined as:
a.a false negative
b.an illusory correlation
c.a base rate
d.a relation error
e.a threat/control override
14.According to a study by Desmarais et al. (2010), what is the association between clinicians’ confidence and accuracy?
a.There is a small relationship between confidence and accuracy.
b.The is a strong relationship between confidence and accuracy.
c.As confidence increases, accuracy decreases.
d.The results from this study suggest that clinicians tend not to have an overconfidence bias.
e.Most clinicians rated their confidence as very low.
15.One advantage of using the unstructured clinical judgment approach to assess risk of violence is ______________, whereas one disadvantage is _______________.
a.it is idiographic/it is nomothetic
b.it lacks consistency/it lacks transparency
c.it is flexible/it is subjective
d.it is accurate/it is idiographic
e.it is nomothetic/it lacks consistency
16.Dr. Jerry Smith has been conducting risk assessments for the past 25 years. Given his experience he believes he can predict who will re-offend without the use of structured and/or standardized instruments. What generation does Dr. Smith’s type of risk assessment belong to?
a.1st generation
b.2nd generation
c.3rd generation
d.4th generation
e.Generation X
17.Which method of risk assessment bases decisions on predetermined risk factors that are statistically and empirically related with a specific outcome?
a.actuarial prediction
b.correlational assessment
c.structured professional judgment
d.unstructured clinical judgment
e.static risk
18.Dr. James Grigson was a psychiatrist known to use a(n) _____________ approach to risk assessment.
a.unstructured clinical judgment
b.structured professional judgment
c.actuarial
d.anamnestic
e.risk factor
19.Actuarial risk assessment differs from unstructured clinical risk assessment on the basis of:
a.the objectivity of the criteria used
b.the differential effectiveness of each method
c.the uniformity of the criteria use
d.how the risk factors are selected for inclusion
e.all of the above
20.Structured professional judgment risk assessment is associated with the following characteristic:
a.specific cut-offs to determine risk level
b.both static and dynamic risk factors
c.only dynamic risk factors
d.statistically derived risk factors
e.only static risk factors
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