Study Guide for NCTRC exam
Questions and Answers (Grade
A+)
Which of the following is MOST LIKELY to teach social skills to a group of at-risk youth?
a. Bingo
b. Volleyball, because it involves cooperation and competition
c. role plays of asking someone for assistance
d. discussion of appropriate leisure skills in a variety of situations—ANSWER--C
When using behavior modification with a female child who is emotionally disturbed, the
CTRS teaches her separate hygiene behaviors and then combines them together in a
morning wake up routine. What behavior modification technique is this called?
a. shaping
b. modeling
c. extinction
d. chaining—ANSWER--D
,A TR facilitation technique that focuses on taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing, and bodily
movement, and is often combined with reminiscence and remotivation is called:
a. sensory overload
b. aromatherapy
c. sensory stimulation
d. sensory integration—ANSWER--C
CTRS is working with teens in a psychiatric inpatient program that is oriented toward
Fruedian psychology. One of the activities the CTRS would recommend for the clients based
on "sublimation of sexual urges" is:
a. crafts
b. a dance
c. gymnastics
d. tennis—ANSWER--B
Which of the following is the LEAST likely way for a CTRS to improve her continuing
professional competence?
a. attend hospital grand rounds
b. present in-service training sessions to her colleagues
c. read brochures about services at similar facilities
d. attend national conferences—ANSWER--C
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, The best direct way to promote the value of TR within a facility is to
a. provide in-service trainings to other disciplines
b. attend hospital grand rounds
c. create and post an activity calendar on the unit
d. create a multidisciplinary assessment—ANSWER--A
Client A is displaying what type of behavior:
During a discussion on the value of leisure, Client A said, "We need to change topics. I don't
like this one. I think it's for sissies like the rest of you guys."
a. assertive
b. nonassertive (passive)
c. aggressive
d. noncommittal—ANSWER--C
Managed cared has shifted the responsibility of determining the services a patient needs
from the providers of services to the
a. state governments
b. payers of service
c. patient
d. middle class—ANSWER--B
Questions and Answers (Grade
A+)
Which of the following is MOST LIKELY to teach social skills to a group of at-risk youth?
a. Bingo
b. Volleyball, because it involves cooperation and competition
c. role plays of asking someone for assistance
d. discussion of appropriate leisure skills in a variety of situations—ANSWER--C
When using behavior modification with a female child who is emotionally disturbed, the
CTRS teaches her separate hygiene behaviors and then combines them together in a
morning wake up routine. What behavior modification technique is this called?
a. shaping
b. modeling
c. extinction
d. chaining—ANSWER--D
,A TR facilitation technique that focuses on taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing, and bodily
movement, and is often combined with reminiscence and remotivation is called:
a. sensory overload
b. aromatherapy
c. sensory stimulation
d. sensory integration—ANSWER--C
CTRS is working with teens in a psychiatric inpatient program that is oriented toward
Fruedian psychology. One of the activities the CTRS would recommend for the clients based
on "sublimation of sexual urges" is:
a. crafts
b. a dance
c. gymnastics
d. tennis—ANSWER--B
Which of the following is the LEAST likely way for a CTRS to improve her continuing
professional competence?
a. attend hospital grand rounds
b. present in-service training sessions to her colleagues
c. read brochures about services at similar facilities
d. attend national conferences—ANSWER--C
© 2026 Copyright. All Rights Reserved. This document is
protected by copyright law, Copyrighted By Brittie Donald
, The best direct way to promote the value of TR within a facility is to
a. provide in-service trainings to other disciplines
b. attend hospital grand rounds
c. create and post an activity calendar on the unit
d. create a multidisciplinary assessment—ANSWER--A
Client A is displaying what type of behavior:
During a discussion on the value of leisure, Client A said, "We need to change topics. I don't
like this one. I think it's for sissies like the rest of you guys."
a. assertive
b. nonassertive (passive)
c. aggressive
d. noncommittal—ANSWER--C
Managed cared has shifted the responsibility of determining the services a patient needs
from the providers of services to the
a. state governments
b. payers of service
c. patient
d. middle class—ANSWER--B
