Question 1
2 / 2 pts
Regarding the call, Dr. Vandegriff states, “For one to be in student ministry without being
called to shepherd this young flock, would be an endeavor in…”:
procrastination
frustration
conversation
transformation
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
Satan desires for young people to live instead of dying, so that he can distract and
entertain them as much as is possible while they are alive.
True
False
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
Satan is mainly interested in keeping young people focused on the world and its ways,
so that they make no eternal impact for the kingdom.
True
False
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
Student ministry leaders should help teenagers in becoming independent while still also
encouraging them to:
Respect their parents and to continue with a healthy dependence on their parents.
Change their minds as much as they desire as long their choices do not involve
immoral acts.
Depend solely on their church leaders for proper biblical interpretation.
Play all kinds of sports, even if they are bad at them.
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
Eugene Peterson states that ministers have abandoned their call in his book:
Working the Perimeter
Working the Angles
Working the Limits
Working the Boundaries
Question 6
2 / 2 pts
Parents should not allow their emerging teenagers to play sports, as this can allow their
teenagers to become distracted from their school work and the work of the Lord.
True
False
Question 7
2 / 2 pts
The believer’s thought life is not where spiritual battle takes place.
True
False
Question 8
2 / 2 pts
Social Chromosomes focused on influence of students.
True
False
Question 9
2 / 2 pts
“A plurality of shepherds in any flock is not only effective and efficient; there is biblical
evidence that making a big flock seem small is simply good __________.”
momentum
management
mobility
ministry
Question 10
2 / 2 pts
Parents must be willing to train their teenagers in helping to shape their thinking for the
upcoming battles and pressures in life, but they must also remember that:
Teenagers do not know much so they must teach them slowly.
Parents may have to yield some minor battles while they fight the critical ones.
Parents will not be able to change their teenagers’ way of thinking if their peers are
pressuring them to do what is wrong.
Teenagers must experiment in life in order to make their own decisions.
Question 11
2 / 2 pts
Which one of the following is a teenager overly concerned about?
What his/her parents think is right and wrong.
How to get accepted into an Ivy League university.
His/her appearance and behavior.
What his/her youth leader thinks of them.
Question 12
2 / 2 pts
The believer who cultivates sin in his lifestyle is allowing Satan the opportunity to
overtake other areas in the believer’s life.
True
False
Question 13
2 / 2 pts
A young person’s identity depends on pure psychology, human goals and achievements,
or societal labels.
True
False
Question 14
2 / 2 pts
Social Components refer to teenagers as “who they act like.”
True
False
Question 15
2 / 2 pts
Which one of the following is a key indication that a young person has made the
Christian faith personally his/her own, rather than solely being something which was
passed down from their parents?
When that young person makes spiritual decisions and they follow those decisions
even in front of their peers.
When that young person walks down the aisle in church to confess Christ.
When that young person makes decisions during summer church camp.
When that person decides to attend a Christian college and enter the ministry.
Question 16
2 / 2 pts
The question of “Who am I” underlies some of a teenager’s most basic actions and
emotions in the process of identity.
True
False
Question 17
2 / 2 pts
The United Kingdom gave a variety of characteristics of sheep and shepherds. Which is
not one of those ideas?
Sheep are slow to learn
Sheep are restless
Sheep are loyal
Sheep are the same everywhere
Question 18
2 / 2 pts
Which of the following ways should a student pastor help teenagers to think for
themselves?
The student pastor should move beyond the teenagers’ beliefs to the reasons behind
those beliefs and should provide a biblical response for the teenagers to follow.
Allow the teenagers to watch MTV and BET until they make up their own minds that
those industries are not rooted in a biblical worldview.
Inform the teenagers’ parents whenever the teenagers question a sound biblical
approach to life.
Encourage teenagers to get a job so that they can learn to make their own decisions.
Question 19
2 / 2 pts
Social Components had to do with where students sit in the school lunchroom.
True
False
Question 20
2 / 2 pts
Les Parrott gave seven areas where adolescents search for identity.
True
False
Question 21
2 / 2 pts
Parents and youth leaders do not need to be concerned about our youth and the culture
at large and the negative influences through television and music because our youth
ministries are so strong.
True
False
Question 22
2 / 2 pts
“If our faith is in Christ, then our __________ is in Christ.”
salvation
security
identity
immortality
Question 23
2 / 2 pts
One of Dr. Vandegriff’s former teenagers was a young man who did not necessarily fit in
to the youth ministry, yet, upon reconnecting ten years later, he found this young man to
be a truck driver and former US Army Ranger.
True
False
Question 24
2 / 2 pts
Social Character refers to teenagers as “who they are.”
True
False
Question 25
2 / 2 pts
Of the four elements of the call to ministry (also referred to as the four aspects), the first aspect is the
command.
True
False
Question 26
2 / 2 pts
Dr. Vandegriff points out that teenagers arguing with their parents “can actually be a
positive thing.”
True
False
Question 27
2 / 2 pts
Social Concerns refers to “what matters most” to teenagers.
True
False
Question 28
2 / 2 pts
Students/teenagers need help in making decisions and adults should help them to
become good decision makers.
True
False
Question 29
2 / 2 pts
(Regarding rationale for going into vocational student ministry) “If a person cannot
__________ their calling into student ministry (or any ministry for that matter), they
should seriously consider doing something else.”
decide
appreciate
articulate
defend
Question 30
2 / 2 pts
What is the one common regret among believers who converted to the Christian faith as
adults?
They did not pray enough when they were younger.
That they could have rebelled more and enjoyed life when they were younger had they
known they could have the opportunity to be saved later in life.
That they did not make the decision to follow Christ earlier in life.
That they did not attend church on a regular basis with their parents.
Question 31
2 / 2 pts
A student’s home is part of his or her “Social Chromosome.”
True
False
Question 32
2 / 2 pts
Approximately what percent of children live in a home where their father does not
reside?
23%
33%
43%
53%
Question 33
2 / 2 pts
In the video “The Big Picture,” Dr. Brown shared his own story of his calling into youth
ministry. This took place:
in his teen years
in college
in Starbucks
in his early thirties
Question 34
2 / 2 pts
In the video “The Big Picture,” Dr. Brown gave a statistic that 35% of today’s adolescents
say they are born again by faith in Jesus Christ.
True
False
Question 35
2 / 2 pts
Dr. Vandegriff encourages parents of teenagers to feel overwhelmed.
True
False
Question 36
2 / 2 pts
Youth workers need to take advantage of social media platforms instead of the older
platform of face-to-face interaction.
True
False
Question 37
2 / 2 pts
According to the author, anyone who is the sole authority is setting themselves and their
congregation up for disappointment if not failure.
True
False
Question 38
2 / 2 pts
According to Dr. Brown, he prefers the term “youth” instead of the term “student” when
referring to adolescents.
True
False
Question 39
2 / 2 pts
Parents and student ministry leaders need to engage the cynicism and discouragement
of teenagers by:
Making them read their Bibles daily, because a chapter a day keeps the devil away.
Allowing teenagers to express their emotions even if they are disrespectful.
Setting up an appointment with professional counselors so that parents do not have to
deal with the issues.
Working with their teenagers by helping them to channel their feelings and to set
realistic, objective expectations based in the Scriptures, rather than relying on subjective
feelings that might continue to disappoint them.
Question 40
2 / 2 pts
According to Dr. Vandegriff, he has no problem with student ministry leaders being seen
as the heroes to his teenaged children.
True
False
