Counseling Families
Diagnosis/ Neurocounseling
Ethics
Career Counseling
Assessment and Testing
100

According to Virginia Satir, the individual displaying an irrelevant style

A. will distract the family from the problem via constantly talking about irrelevant topics

B. will become a people pleaser

C. will analyze the situation more than most

D. all of the above

A. will distract the family from the problem via constantly talking about irrelevant topics

100

When was the first DSM released? 

A. 1952

B. 1959

C. 1956

D. 1958

A. 1952

100

Which is not part of the six foundational principles for ethical behavior?

A. Autonomy

B. Beneficence

C. Duty to warn/inform

D. Justice

C. Duty to warn/inform

100

One major category of career theory is known as the trait-factor (also called the trait-and-factor) approach. It has also been dubbed the actuarial or matching approach. This approach

A. attempts to match conscious and unconscious work motives

B. attempts to match the worker and the work environment (job factors). The approach thus makes the assumption that there is one best or single career for the person

C. attempts to match career behavior with attitudes 

D. attempts to match cognition with the workload

B. attempts to match the worker and the work environment (job factors). The approach thus makes the assumption that there is one best or single career for the person. 

100

Appraisal can be defined as 

A. the process of assessing or estimating attributes

B. testing which is always performed in a group setting

C. testing which is always performed on a single individual

D. a pencil and paper measurement of assessing attributes

A. the process of assessing or estimating attributes

200

A behavioristic marriage and family counselor is counseling the entire family together. She turns to the 18-year-old son who is attending community college and says, "I know you like to play golf. Therefore, every time you cut the grass your father will take you to play golf. I am going to have you and your dad sign a contract confirming that you agree with this policy." Which principle is primarily guiding her strategy? 

A. Negative reinforcement

B. Thought stopping

C. Shaping with successive approximations

D. Quid pro quo

D. Quid pro quo

200

Stuttering is now billed as a childhood-onset fluency disorder and is considered as what kind of disorder? 

A. Neurodevelopmental disorder

B. Intellectual disability

C. Communication disorder

D. Autism spectrum disorder

C. Communication disorder

200

A counselor reveals information that is extremely damaging to a client's reputation. This counselor could be accused of 

A. beneficence

B. justice

C. nonmaleficence

D. defamation

D. defamation

200

Anne Roe suggested a personality approach to career choice

A. based on cognitive-behavioral therapy

B. based on a model of strict operant conditioning

C. based on the premise that a job satisfies an unconscious need

D. based on the work of Pavlov

C. based on the premise that a job satisfies an unconscious need. 

200

A test battery is considered

A. a horizontal test

B. a vertical test

C. a valid test

D. a reliable test

A. a horizontal test

300

All of the techniques listed below would be used by a behavioristic family therapist except: 

A. Family sculpting

B. A functional analysis of behavior followed by operant conditioning

C. Modeling

D. Chaining and extinction

A. Family sculpting

300

The DSM-5 provides diagnostic criteria for intellectual disability (ID), formerly billed as mental retardation. It states that

A. the client must have an IQ score of 70 or below on an individually administered IQ test and the onset of the condition must be prior to age 18. The client's ability to adapt to normal life in school, work, or family at home must also be impaired

B. the client must have an IQ score below 70 on any group-administered IQ test

C. the client must have an IQ score below 70 on an individually administered IQ test and the onset of the condition must be prior to age 21

D. the client must have an IQ score of 70 or below on an individually administered test 

D. the client 

A. the client must have an IQ score of 70 or below on an individually administered IQ test and the onset of the condition must be prior to age 18. The client's ability to adapt to normal life in school, work, or family at home must also be impaired

300

Which is not an appropriate exception for a Tarasoff warning?

A. Cases where serious and foreseeable harm is possible

B. When your client has a contagious life-threatening disease

C. When a client makes a specific threat against an unspecified person

D. A counselor believes that a patient presents the possibility of being violent to the person who the patient threatened

C. When a client makes a specific threat against an unspecified person 

300

Who believed that vocational choice is related to personality development from a young age? 

A. E. G. Williamson

B. John Holland

C. Donald Super

D. Anne Roe

D. Anne Roe

300

Face validity refers to the extent that a test

A. looks/ appears to measure the intended attribute

B. measures a theoretical construct

C. appears to be constructed in an artistic fashion

D. can be compared to job performance

A. looks/ appears to measure the intended attribute

400

Strategic family counselors often rely on relabeling or reframing. A client says his girlfriend yells at him every time he engages in a certain behavior. The best example of reframing or relabeling would be 

A. a counselor who remarks, "Research seems to show that when she yells at you it is because she loves you so much. A woman often feels foolish if she hugs or kisses you in a situation like that."

B. a counselor who remarks, "Can you tell me about it in the present moment, as if she is yelling at you this very minute?"

C. a counselor who remarks, "You are upset by her verbal assaults."

D. a counselor who remarks, "Are you really hurt by your girlfriend's remarks or is it the fact that you are telling yourself how catastrophic it is that she said these things?"

A. a counselor who remarks, "Research seems to show that when she yells at you it is because she loves you so much. A woman often feels foolish if she hugs or kisses you in a situation like that."

400

T/F: Paraphilic disorders are only considered when it does not cause impairment or distress to the client. 

False, it is a paraphilic disorder when there is distress to the client or others are being harmed 

400

You have achieved the status of NCC. NBCC, nevertheless feels you have violated professional ethics. NBCC can do any of the following except: 

A. Revoke your state counseling license

B. Remove your name from the list of NCC's in the U.S.

C. Revoke your NCC status

D. Note in their newsletter that your NCC status has been revoked

A. Revoke your state counseling license

400

In the dual-career family, partners seem to be more self-sufficent than in the traditional family. In a dual-career household, the woman

A. generally has children before entering the workforce

B. rarely if ever has children

C. is not self-reliant

D. is typically secure in her career before she has children

D. is typically secure in her career before she has children
400

In an ipsative measure, the person taking the test must compare items to one another. The result is that

A. an ipsative measure cannot be utilized for career guidance

B. you cannot legitimately compare two or more people who have taken an ipsative test

C. an ipsative measure is never a forced choice format

D. an ipsative measure is never reliable

B. you cannot legitimately compare two or more people who have taken an ipsative test

ipsative does not reveal absolute strengths, descriptions are based on the individual report

500

Cybernetics is a concept used by family therapists. It is usually associated with the work of 

A. Sigmund Freud and Alber Ellis

B. Norbert Wiener

C. Virginia Satir

D. behavioral family therapists and cognitive family therapists

B. Norbert Wiener

500

Sybil was a famous client who had 15 personalities. At the time Sybil was said to suffer from multiple personality disorder (MPD). Today her diagnosis would be 

A. dissociative identity disorder

B. mood disorder

C. related to RS issues

D. a personality disorder

A. dissociative identity disorder

500

In the late 1970s, AACD (known as ACA since 1992) began to focus very heavily on professional credentialing. This led to the formation of the 

A. CCMHC

B. NBCC

C. CACREP, formed in 1981

D. APGA, formed in 1952

B. NBCC

500

Roe recognized the role of the unconscious mind in terms of career choice. Another theorist who emphasized the unconscious processes in this area of study was 

A. Krumboltz

B. Schein

C. Super

D. Bordin 

D. Bordin 

He felt that career choices could be used to solve unconscious conflicts. 

500

An achievement test measures maximm performance or present level of skill. Tests of this nature are also called attainment tests, while a personality test or interest inventory measures

A. typical performance

B. minimum performance

C. unconscious traits

D. self-esteem by always relying on a Q-Sort design


A. Typical performance 

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