Professionalism
Keeping personal and social relationships separate from professional relationships with clients is called:
A) Ethical compliance
B) Role confusion
C) Professional boundary
D) Beneficence
Answer: C) Professional boundary
The first step in the recreational therapy process where data about a client’s needs, abilities, and interests are collected is:
A) Implementation
B) Assessment
C) Evaluation
D) Planning
Answer: B) Assessment
After assessment, this step involves setting measurable and client-centered goals:
A) Planning
B) Evaluation
C) Documentation
D) Administration
Answer: A) Planning
Recording client progress, interventions, and outcomes in a systematic way is called:
A) Assessment
B) Documentation
C) Program planning
D) Evaluation
B) Documentation
The theory that behavior is influenced by rewards and consequences is:
A) Cognitive theory
B) Humanistic theory
C) Behaviorism
D) Psychodynamic theory
Answer: C) Behaviorism
Accepting expensive gifts from a client could violate:
A) Beneficence
B) Professional boundaries
C) Justice
D) Autonomy
Answer: B) Professional boundaries
Standardized tools in assessment are important because they:
A) Allow comparisons across clients and settings
B) Reduce documentation
C) Replace clinical judgment
D) Ensure entertainment value
A) Allow comparisons across clients and settings
Which of the following is essential when implementing a recreational therapy plan?
A) Following the plan strictly without adjustment
B) Tailoring activities to client needs and safety
C) Ignoring client preferences
D) Delegating all activities to volunteers
Answer: B) Tailoring activities to client needs and safety
Which type of documentation summarizes a client’s participation and progress toward goals?
A) SOAP note
B) Recreational log
C) Progress note
D) Billing statement
Answer: C) Progress note
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs suggests that basic physiological needs must be met before:
A) Self-actualization can be achieved
B) Socialization occurs
C) Play is allowed
D) Documentation is completed
Answer: A) Self-actualization can be achieved
Engaging in a romantic relationship with a client is an example of:
A) Boundary violation
B) Ethical practice
C) Professional development
D) Advocacy
Answer: A) Boundary violation
Observing a client’s behavior during an activity is an example of:
A) Self-report assessment
B) Interview assessment
C) Performance-based assessment
D) Administrative review
C) Performance-based assessment
Evaluating a client’s progress toward goals is typically done by:
A) Observation, assessment tools, and client feedback
B) Guessing
C) Only reviewing past documentation
D) Asking staff opinions exclusively
Answer: A) Observation, assessment tools, and client feedback
An effective recreational therapy program manual should include:
A) Activities, safety procedures, staffing, and policies
B) Only fun games
C) Staff gossip and personal preferences
D) Confidential client information
Answer: A) Activities, safety procedures, staffing, and policies
Understanding a client’s motivation to participate in therapy is crucial for:
A) Improving program effectiveness
B) Increasing paperwork
C) Ignoring assessment results
D) Planning staff breaks
Answer: A) Improving program effectiveness
Over-involvement with a client beyond professional duties can lead to:
A) Burnout
B) Role blurring
C) Justice
D) Documentation errors
B) Role blurring
An assessment tool that has been shown to measure what it intends to measure is said to have:
A) Reliability
B) Validity
C) Sensitivity
D) Standardization
B) Validity
A SMART goal in recreational therapy should be:
A) Simple, Meaningful, Artistic, Reliable, Tangible
B) Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound
C) Sustainable, Methodical, Accurate, Reasonable, Tested
D) Strategic, Motivational, Accessible, Repeatable, Timely
Answer: B) Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound
Maintaining accurate documentation primarily helps to:
A) Avoid legal issues and improve client care
B) Replace assessments
C) Increase client dependency
D) Entertain the staff
Answer: A) Avoid legal issues and improve client care
According to Piaget, the stage in which adolescents develop abstract reasoning is called:
A) Preoperational
B) Concrete operational
C) Formal operational
D) Sensorimotor
Answer: C) Formal operational
The practice of maintaining professional distance while still being empathetic and supportive demonstrates:
A) Nonmaleficence
B) Professional integrity
C) Confidentiality
D) Dual relationships
Answer: B) Professional integrity
Collecting information from multiple sources (client, family, medical records) is called:
A) Triangulation
B) Benchmarking
C) Standardization
D) Observation
A) Triangulation
Adjusting a program plan because a client’s condition has changed reflects:
A) Rigid planning
B) Professional flexibility and clinical judgment
C) Inadequate assessment
D) Boundary violation
Answer: B) Professional flexibility and clinical judgment
Budgeting, staffing, scheduling, and resource allocation fall under which area of recreational therapy?
A) Planning
B) Administration
C) Evaluation
D) Assessment
Answer: B) Administration
The term describing an individual’s perception, thought processes, and emotional responses in therapy is:
A) Psychology of play
B) Cognitive-behavioral functioning
C) Client psychosocial functioning
D) Professional boundaries
Answer: C) Client psychosocial functioning