Chapter 9: Intimate Relationship Aggression: Domestic Violence and Domestic Homicide

1. Fire has had a significant effect on human evolution due to fire-adapted changes to

  1. Dentists and woods
  2. Dentition and digestion
  3. Digestion and sewage
  4. Dentition and woods

Answer: 

2. Which group of people use fire, but appear to have no ability to produce or control it?

  1. Papua New Guineans
  2. Andaman Islanders
  3. Fiji Islanders
  4. Kalahari Busmen

Answer: B

3. One significant problem with fire is that it is self-perpetuating providing there is sufficient

  1. Oxygen
  2. oxygen and fuel
  3. oxygen and wood
  4. fuel and space

Answer: B

4. Spastic hemiplegia is a neuromuscular condition of spasticity resulting in the entire body being in a constant state of contraction

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

5. Most cultures have mythology including supernatural being gifting humanity with fire. Which one of the following is not a fire-giving being?

  1. Azazel (Judeo-Christian)
  2. Crow (Yukon nation)
  3. Prometheus (Ancient Greek)*
  4. Wendigo (Algonquian Ojibwe)

Answer: C

6. According to Freudian psychology flames are illustrative of the libido

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

7. Which of the following is not a possible motive for arson

  1. Insurance fraud
  2. Crime concealment
  3. Revenge
  4. Accident

Answer: D

8. Pyromania is

  1. Synonymous with arson
  2. An impulse control disorder with the impulse of Firesetting
  3. An impulse control disorder with the impulse of theft
  4. Synonymous with psychopathy

Answer: D

9. Tyler & Gannon (2012) conclude that despite research there is little understanding of

  1. How fire setters operate
  2. How arsonists often escape
  3. Why fire setters do this
  4. None of the above

Answer: C

10. The presence of semen, urine and/or faeces may indicate a case of sexual arousal associated with fire setting

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

11. Which of the following is NOT an indicator that a fire has been set deliberately?

  1. Removal of valuable items
  2. Presence of accelerant
  3. Opened windows
  4. V-pattern burning

Answer: D

12. Mental illness is a significant factor in the psychology of the firesetter

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

13. Which of the following is not a disorder associated with fire or firesetting

  1. Pyromania
  2. Pyrotechnic
  3. Pyrophilia
  4. Pyrolagnia

Answer: B

14. Female firesetters are most often motivated by

  1. Greed
  2. Anger
  3. Heroics
  4. Revenge

Answer: D

15. Juvenile firesetting is NOT motivated by

  1. Greed
  2. Attention-seeking
  3. Negative reinforcement as reward
  4. Excitement

Answer: A