CAADC ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
5 stages of change -
correct answer ✅Pre-Contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation,
Action, Maintenance
6 Dimensions of ASAM -
correct answer ✅1. Acute Intoxication/Withdrawal
2.Biomedical
3.Emotional/Behavioral
4.Readiness to Change
5.Relapse or Continued Use Potential
6.Recovery/Living Environment
12 Core Functions -
correct answer ✅screening, intake, orientation, assessment,
treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis
intervention, client education, referral, report/record keeping,
consultation
ASAM -
correct answer ✅American Society of Addiction Medicine
,CAADC ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
ASAM Continuum of Care: 5 Levels of Care -
correct answer ✅0.5 Early Intervention
1.0 Outpatient services
2.0 Intensive Outpatient/partial hospitalization (2.1=intensive
outpatient; 2.5=partial hospitalization)
3.0 Residential/Inpatient (3.1=clinically managed low intensity
residential; 3.3=clinically managed population specific high
intensity residential; 3.5=clinically managed high intensity
residential; 3.7=medically monitored intensive inpatient services
4.0 Medically Monitored Intensive Inpatient Services
CBT -
correct answer ✅A short term focused approach to helping people
become abstinent. Assumption that learning processes play an
important role. Based on the idea that feelings and behaviors are
cause by a persons thoughts. People may not be able to change
their circumstances but they can change how they think about
them. The goal is to teach the person to recognize situations in
which they may drink, avoid these situations and cope with other
problems that may lead to substance abuse.
,CAADC ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Counseling Groups -
correct answer ✅Counseling groups are a process group, and
generally less educations. All counseling groups shall be facilitated
by professional staff.
Cultural Blindness -
correct answer ✅Ignores differences and proceeds as if they did
not exist
Cultural Destructiveness -
correct answer ✅Counselors filter interactions through a biased
lens without engaging in self reflection
Didactic Group -
correct answer ✅Didactic groups primary purpose is to educate
patients and their significant others on a specific treatment related
topic in a group setting. Should not exceed 24 people
, CAADC ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Dimensions included in an effective ROSC -
correct answer ✅Health, Home, Purpose, Community
Disease Model -
correct answer ✅Addiction is a disease. Comes as result of the
impairment of healthy neurochemical or behavioral processes.
Jellinek is the pioneer of this model.
Informed Consent -
correct answer ✅The client has a right and power to consent to
treatment. Elements include the clients rational capacity to provide
consent, clients comprehension, and clients sense of self
determination
Intake -
correct answer ✅The process of enrolling a client in a specific
course of treatment. Primarily an administrative function. It is the
extension of the screening process. 1) Establish Eligibility 2)
Complete basic data collection 3) Identify barriers 4) Establish a
treatment approach
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
5 stages of change -
correct answer ✅Pre-Contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation,
Action, Maintenance
6 Dimensions of ASAM -
correct answer ✅1. Acute Intoxication/Withdrawal
2.Biomedical
3.Emotional/Behavioral
4.Readiness to Change
5.Relapse or Continued Use Potential
6.Recovery/Living Environment
12 Core Functions -
correct answer ✅screening, intake, orientation, assessment,
treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis
intervention, client education, referral, report/record keeping,
consultation
ASAM -
correct answer ✅American Society of Addiction Medicine
,CAADC ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
ASAM Continuum of Care: 5 Levels of Care -
correct answer ✅0.5 Early Intervention
1.0 Outpatient services
2.0 Intensive Outpatient/partial hospitalization (2.1=intensive
outpatient; 2.5=partial hospitalization)
3.0 Residential/Inpatient (3.1=clinically managed low intensity
residential; 3.3=clinically managed population specific high
intensity residential; 3.5=clinically managed high intensity
residential; 3.7=medically monitored intensive inpatient services
4.0 Medically Monitored Intensive Inpatient Services
CBT -
correct answer ✅A short term focused approach to helping people
become abstinent. Assumption that learning processes play an
important role. Based on the idea that feelings and behaviors are
cause by a persons thoughts. People may not be able to change
their circumstances but they can change how they think about
them. The goal is to teach the person to recognize situations in
which they may drink, avoid these situations and cope with other
problems that may lead to substance abuse.
,CAADC ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Counseling Groups -
correct answer ✅Counseling groups are a process group, and
generally less educations. All counseling groups shall be facilitated
by professional staff.
Cultural Blindness -
correct answer ✅Ignores differences and proceeds as if they did
not exist
Cultural Destructiveness -
correct answer ✅Counselors filter interactions through a biased
lens without engaging in self reflection
Didactic Group -
correct answer ✅Didactic groups primary purpose is to educate
patients and their significant others on a specific treatment related
topic in a group setting. Should not exceed 24 people
, CAADC ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Dimensions included in an effective ROSC -
correct answer ✅Health, Home, Purpose, Community
Disease Model -
correct answer ✅Addiction is a disease. Comes as result of the
impairment of healthy neurochemical or behavioral processes.
Jellinek is the pioneer of this model.
Informed Consent -
correct answer ✅The client has a right and power to consent to
treatment. Elements include the clients rational capacity to provide
consent, clients comprehension, and clients sense of self
determination
Intake -
correct answer ✅The process of enrolling a client in a specific
course of treatment. Primarily an administrative function. It is the
extension of the screening process. 1) Establish Eligibility 2)
Complete basic data collection 3) Identify barriers 4) Establish a
treatment approach
