IL CADC Study 2026 Exam
Questions and Verified Answers
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Purpose of client advocate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Formal relationship with the
employer, Involve the employer in the patient's treatment, Promote
information to employer about the patient's disease, Educate employer on
the treatment process, Help provide support for the patient in recovery
Community education purpose - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Identify the major drug
problems in the community
,Role for local churches and religious groups - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Start a self-
help group that meets in the facility
Counselor responsibilities - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Educating other agencies on
effective ways to work with specific cases relating to drugs/alcohol
Two- Stepping - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Defense that is destructive to the newly
sober client in which they help others with their alcoholism but do not
concentrate on their sobriety
Signs/symptoms of Alcoholism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Solitary drinking, Over
permissive norms of drinking, Lack of specific drinking norms, Tolerance of
drunkenness, Adverse social behaviors, Utilitarian use of alcohol to reduce
tension/anxiety, Lack of ritual/ceremonial use of alcohol, Alcohol use
separated from eating patterns
Signs/symptoms of Alcoholism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Alcohol use separated from
family, social functions, Drinking with strangers, Alcohol not introduced in
small amounts when a child, Drinking pursued as recreation, Drinking
concentrated in young males, Culture that stresses individualism, self-
reliance and high achievement
,Referring to AA/NA - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Have a AA/NA person meet w/them
and explain how the group and recovery can work together, Not proper to
refer an atheist since it is built on a belief in God, do not refer if it would
seem to be disrespectful of clients rights and views, Make sure the referral
meets the clients personality and background
Dual Diagnosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sometimes appear as patients sober up
Referral processes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Identifying the needs of the client that
cannot be met by the counselor/agency and Assisting the client to utilize
the support system and community resources available
Discharge summary is needed - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Inpatient, aftercare, detox,
half way houses, etc, Communications from one agency to another and
increases accountability, Reports and record keeping tells the story of the
client from beginning to end, No universally accepted format for maintaining
records
Reports - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Explains various aspects of the assessment,
treatment plans, and discharge to parties who need such information to
enhance the care of the client
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, Documents patient can sign - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Consent for treatment, Public
aid, DASA, statistics, Treatment plans, Release of information, To acquire
medical attention, Education/prevention, Client education, Crisis
intervention
Patient has a right to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Treatment costs they are liable for,
When treatment services are available, Types of counseling approaches
used, Opportunity to complain to appropriate staff
Client files - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Only the clinical supervisor has unrestricted
access to client's files
Physiological dependence for alcohol- Alpha - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Psychological dependence, no loss of control, reliance on alcohol to
weather problems
Physiological dependence for alcohol- Beta - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Psychological
dependence, physical problems (cirrhosis) but no physical dependence
Physiological dependence for alcohol - Gamma - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Change in
tolerance, physical withdrawal, loss of control. Use for Jellinek Chart with 4
stages
Questions and Verified Answers
| Already Graded A+
Purpose of client advocate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Formal relationship with the
employer, Involve the employer in the patient's treatment, Promote
information to employer about the patient's disease, Educate employer on
the treatment process, Help provide support for the patient in recovery
Community education purpose - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Identify the major drug
problems in the community
,Role for local churches and religious groups - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Start a self-
help group that meets in the facility
Counselor responsibilities - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Educating other agencies on
effective ways to work with specific cases relating to drugs/alcohol
Two- Stepping - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Defense that is destructive to the newly
sober client in which they help others with their alcoholism but do not
concentrate on their sobriety
Signs/symptoms of Alcoholism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Solitary drinking, Over
permissive norms of drinking, Lack of specific drinking norms, Tolerance of
drunkenness, Adverse social behaviors, Utilitarian use of alcohol to reduce
tension/anxiety, Lack of ritual/ceremonial use of alcohol, Alcohol use
separated from eating patterns
Signs/symptoms of Alcoholism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Alcohol use separated from
family, social functions, Drinking with strangers, Alcohol not introduced in
small amounts when a child, Drinking pursued as recreation, Drinking
concentrated in young males, Culture that stresses individualism, self-
reliance and high achievement
,Referring to AA/NA - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Have a AA/NA person meet w/them
and explain how the group and recovery can work together, Not proper to
refer an atheist since it is built on a belief in God, do not refer if it would
seem to be disrespectful of clients rights and views, Make sure the referral
meets the clients personality and background
Dual Diagnosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Sometimes appear as patients sober up
Referral processes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Identifying the needs of the client that
cannot be met by the counselor/agency and Assisting the client to utilize
the support system and community resources available
Discharge summary is needed - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Inpatient, aftercare, detox,
half way houses, etc, Communications from one agency to another and
increases accountability, Reports and record keeping tells the story of the
client from beginning to end, No universally accepted format for maintaining
records
Reports - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Explains various aspects of the assessment,
treatment plans, and discharge to parties who need such information to
enhance the care of the client
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Documents patient can sign - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Consent for treatment, Public
aid, DASA, statistics, Treatment plans, Release of information, To acquire
medical attention, Education/prevention, Client education, Crisis
intervention
Patient has a right to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Treatment costs they are liable for,
When treatment services are available, Types of counseling approaches
used, Opportunity to complain to appropriate staff
Client files - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Only the clinical supervisor has unrestricted
access to client's files
Physiological dependence for alcohol- Alpha - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Psychological dependence, no loss of control, reliance on alcohol to
weather problems
Physiological dependence for alcohol- Beta - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Psychological
dependence, physical problems (cirrhosis) but no physical dependence
Physiological dependence for alcohol - Gamma - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Change in
tolerance, physical withdrawal, loss of control. Use for Jellinek Chart with 4
stages
