SAPG Exam
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 prohibits:
1. sexual and relationship violence 2. harassment based on sex or gender stereotypes 3. discrimination against pregnant or parenting students 4. all (correct answer) Title IX is the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination ― including sexual harassment and sexual violence ― in any educational or athletic program or service of a federally funded school. Title IX prohibits the following types of sexual harassment: rape and sexual assault, stalking, dating and domestic violence, quid pro quo, and hostile environment.
If you see someone who is trying to take advantage of another person, an effective intervention strategy is to:
1. check in with the person who may be experiencing harm to see if they're OK 2. interrupt and distract the person who is causing harm 3. ask friends or people nearby to help 4. all (Correct answer) If you observe someone who is making another person uncomfortable or attempting to take advantage of them, options to intervene include the following approaches (4 Ds): Direct: checking in with the person who may be experiencing harm to see if they're OK. Distract: interrupting and distracting the person who is causing harm. Delegate: asking friends or people nearby to help.
Stalking is best defined as:
Stalking is best defined as a pattern of unwanted contact that is repeated, intimidating, and causes someone to be fearful or suffer emotional distress. It's important to know that stalking based on sex is a form of sexual harassment.
Tracking what a partner is doing through social media in an effort to control them is an example of relationship abuse.
True Relationship abuse comes in many different forms — some of which are more subtle and difficult to identify than others. Some examples include: excessively monitoring someone's behavior in an attempt to control what they do and with whom; continuing to contact someone who has asked that you stop contacting them; and tracking someone through technology or social media.
Which of the following is an example of coercive tactics?
both A and B A. repeatedly asking someone to engage in sexual activity after they've said "no," and pressuring them in a way that becomes intimidating or threatening B. making a person feel like they owe someone sexual activity and applying pressure that causes them to engage in sexual activity against their will "Coercion" occurs when someone purposely uses physical force, intimidating behavior, or manipulative tactics to pressure, intimidate, or otherwise convince someone to engage in an unwanted activity, including activity that's sexual. It's an abuse of power and/or a way of trying to leverage control over someone.
If a friend discloses a harmful experience to you, which of the following are helpful ways to respond to them?
listen to them, validate their concerns, and support their decisions When someone chooses to disclose a harmful incident to you, it's because they trust you. The way you respond can have a significant impact on their healing process. Be sure to listen to them and let them know that they are not to blame for what happened (regardless of the circumstances). Don't question or investigate what happened or attempt to problem-solve. Offer to connect them with resources who they can reach out to and discuss their options.
Intentionally doing things that negatively affect your partner's schoolwork, grades, or attendance is an example of:
Academic abuse Academic abuse is characterized by actions that monopolize someone's work or study time and negatively affect their academic success. Examples include: deliberately starting an argument before an exam, project deadline, or presentation; or using insults to undermine a partner's academic status, grades, intelligence, or ability to succeed.
The best way to get consent in sexual situations is to:
Discuss and agree to what each person is comfortable with before any sexual activity. The best way to get consent in sexual situations is to discuss and have a clear agreement to what each person is comfortable with before engaging in any sexual activity and keep checking in during the activity as well.
If behavior is offensive but not sexual in any way, it can not be considered sexual harassment.
False Even if behavior is not sexual in nature, aggression, intimidation, or hostility based on sex or gender may be considered hostile environment sexual harassment under Title IX if it is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it creates a hostile environment that denies a person equal access to education.
Using a derogatory term to describe individuals who identify as bisexual cannot be considered sexual harassment if it wasn't intended to offend someone.
False These comments would be uncomfortable for most students and, if they escalate, may create hostile environment sexual harassment that jeopardizes students' access to a school's educational programs or activities.
"Freezing-up" or being unable to move or respond physically during a traumatic event is an example of:
trauma-induced paralysis A person's physical response to trauma can be significantly impacted by neurobiological factors. Tonic immobility (or trauma-induced paralysis) is an autonomic hormonal response that causes the body to freeze in situations that provoke extreme fear. Resisting or escaping is not possible for someone experiencing this, because they do not have control over their muscle response.
