PRAXIS 5421 STUDY GUIDE PART 1
EXAMPREP 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GUARANTEED
TO PASS
⩥ Which of the following provide the most convincing evidence of
program effectiveness?
A. Advisory council feedback reports
B. Achievement-related data
C. Management agreements
D. Parent surveys. Answer: B. Achievement-related data
⩥ If a professional school counselor makes a judgment about a student
to a teacher and the student finds out, which TWO of the following are
likely outcomes?
A. The student will no longer trust the school counselor.
B. The student will gradually confide in the counselor more and more.
C. The student will intentionally misrepresent himself or herself in
counseling in an attempt to be judged positively.
, D. The student will begin to trust the teacher more and seek guidance
from the teacher.. Answer: A. The student will no longer trust the school
counselor, AND C The student will intentionally misrepresent himself or
herself in counseling in an attempt to be judged positively.
⩥ Of the following, where is the best place to store student grade data?
A. A word-processing document located on the principal's personal hard
drive
B. A spreadsheet located on the professional school counselor's
personal hard drive
C. A student information system
D. On paper in a locked file cabinet. Answer: C. A student information
system
⩥ Which of the following data would document time devoted to the
delivery component of an effective school counseling program?
A. Daily attendance rate of students
B. Percentage of time the counselor spent on administrative duties
C. Number of consultative services provided to colleagues and parents
D. Mean test scores. Answer: C. Number of consultative services
provided to colleagues and parents
,⩥ In conducting an annual needs assessment, it is most important to
analyze data from which of the following sources?
A. College entrance exam databases
B. State testing databases
C. School district administrators
D. Students, parents, teachers, and community stakeholders. Answer: D.
Students, parents, teachers, and community stakeholders
⩥ The best way for a counselor to address the problem of one student
monopolizing group counseling time is to
A. tell the student that his or her participation in the group will be
terminated if the behavior does not change
B. have the group examine the student's behavior in a productive and
nonthreatening manner
C. ask the student politely to allow the other group members to speak
more frequently
D. discuss the student's monopolizing behavior with the student outside
of group time. Answer: B. have the group examine the student's
behavior in a productive and nonthreatening manner
⩥ Which of the following is a responsibility of a guidance advisory
committee (GAC) ?
, A. Reviewing counseling program data and activity outcomes to make
recommendations to the counselor
B. Evaluating the counselor's professional activities
C. Reporting recommendations about counseling plans to administrators
D. Sharing the work of the committee with the local media. Answer: A.
Reviewing counseling program data and activity outcomes to make
recommendations to the counselor
⩥ Which of the following approaches takes into consideration the
counseling components that are shared by all cultural groups?
A. Etic
B. Emic
C. Egocentric
D. Ethnic. Answer: A. Etic
⩥ Which of the following is an appropriate reason for a school counselor
to disclose information that a student has shared?
A. The student has a serious contagious disease, but no one is at risk of
contracting the disease.
EXAMPREP 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS GUARANTEED
TO PASS
⩥ Which of the following provide the most convincing evidence of
program effectiveness?
A. Advisory council feedback reports
B. Achievement-related data
C. Management agreements
D. Parent surveys. Answer: B. Achievement-related data
⩥ If a professional school counselor makes a judgment about a student
to a teacher and the student finds out, which TWO of the following are
likely outcomes?
A. The student will no longer trust the school counselor.
B. The student will gradually confide in the counselor more and more.
C. The student will intentionally misrepresent himself or herself in
counseling in an attempt to be judged positively.
, D. The student will begin to trust the teacher more and seek guidance
from the teacher.. Answer: A. The student will no longer trust the school
counselor, AND C The student will intentionally misrepresent himself or
herself in counseling in an attempt to be judged positively.
⩥ Of the following, where is the best place to store student grade data?
A. A word-processing document located on the principal's personal hard
drive
B. A spreadsheet located on the professional school counselor's
personal hard drive
C. A student information system
D. On paper in a locked file cabinet. Answer: C. A student information
system
⩥ Which of the following data would document time devoted to the
delivery component of an effective school counseling program?
A. Daily attendance rate of students
B. Percentage of time the counselor spent on administrative duties
C. Number of consultative services provided to colleagues and parents
D. Mean test scores. Answer: C. Number of consultative services
provided to colleagues and parents
,⩥ In conducting an annual needs assessment, it is most important to
analyze data from which of the following sources?
A. College entrance exam databases
B. State testing databases
C. School district administrators
D. Students, parents, teachers, and community stakeholders. Answer: D.
Students, parents, teachers, and community stakeholders
⩥ The best way for a counselor to address the problem of one student
monopolizing group counseling time is to
A. tell the student that his or her participation in the group will be
terminated if the behavior does not change
B. have the group examine the student's behavior in a productive and
nonthreatening manner
C. ask the student politely to allow the other group members to speak
more frequently
D. discuss the student's monopolizing behavior with the student outside
of group time. Answer: B. have the group examine the student's
behavior in a productive and nonthreatening manner
⩥ Which of the following is a responsibility of a guidance advisory
committee (GAC) ?
, A. Reviewing counseling program data and activity outcomes to make
recommendations to the counselor
B. Evaluating the counselor's professional activities
C. Reporting recommendations about counseling plans to administrators
D. Sharing the work of the committee with the local media. Answer: A.
Reviewing counseling program data and activity outcomes to make
recommendations to the counselor
⩥ Which of the following approaches takes into consideration the
counseling components that are shared by all cultural groups?
A. Etic
B. Emic
C. Egocentric
D. Ethnic. Answer: A. Etic
⩥ Which of the following is an appropriate reason for a school counselor
to disclose information that a student has shared?
A. The student has a serious contagious disease, but no one is at risk of
contracting the disease.
