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CERTIFIED ALCOHOL AND
DRUG COUNSELOR CADC / CDAC TEST
2026,2027
UPDATED VERSION |ALREADY
GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW) NC CADC
12) Which of the following modes of sexual transmission
provides the LOWEST risk of HIV transmission?
A. Male to male
B. Male to female
C. Female to female
D. Female to male ......answer.....C. Female to female
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11) Comprehensive client documentation:
A. Is best achieved when done independently from direct client
care.
B. Facilitates communication and enhances accountability.
C. Is used primarily by the primary counselor.
D. Is a standardized process. ......answer.....B. Facilitates
communication and enhances accountability.
13) Client files should be readily accessible to:
A. The client.
B. All staff of the facility.
C. The agency board of directors.
D. Only those persons directly involved in providing clinical
services. ......answer.....D. Only those persons directly involved
in providing clinical services.
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9) Record keeping is an important part of the counseling process.
Which of the following best reflects the type of information which
should be kept in a client's record?
A. The name of an attending physician, referrals made,
diagnostic procedures used
B. Information about consultations, diagnosis, treatment,
prognosis, and progress
C. Names of family members, emergency numbers, DSM-IV-TR
diagnosis
D. Personal notes, insurance information, treatment notes
......answer.....B. Information about consultations, diagnosis,
treatment, prognosis, and progress
10) Before therapy or counseling begins, clients may be
given information about the treatment they will receive, as
well as possible risks involved. This process is known as: A.
Self-disclosure.
B. Releasing information.
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C. Protecting confidentiality.
D. Obtaining informed consent to treatment. ......answer.....D.
Obtaining informed consent to treatment.
7) One of the counselor's tasks is to guide the client in relating and
communicating in specific
terms, rather than in general or abstract terms. That
characteristic or ability is called: A. Confrontation.
B. Immediacy.
C. Potency.
D. Concreteness. ......answer.....D. Concreteness.
8) Relapse prevention efforts are aimed at:
A. Developing a therapeutic relationship for sobriety and
maintenance.
B. Changing expectations regarding the effects of intervention.
CERTIFIED ALCOHOL AND
DRUG COUNSELOR CADC / CDAC TEST
2026,2027
UPDATED VERSION |ALREADY
GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW) NC CADC
12) Which of the following modes of sexual transmission
provides the LOWEST risk of HIV transmission?
A. Male to male
B. Male to female
C. Female to female
D. Female to male ......answer.....C. Female to female
,2|Page
11) Comprehensive client documentation:
A. Is best achieved when done independently from direct client
care.
B. Facilitates communication and enhances accountability.
C. Is used primarily by the primary counselor.
D. Is a standardized process. ......answer.....B. Facilitates
communication and enhances accountability.
13) Client files should be readily accessible to:
A. The client.
B. All staff of the facility.
C. The agency board of directors.
D. Only those persons directly involved in providing clinical
services. ......answer.....D. Only those persons directly involved
in providing clinical services.
,3|Page
9) Record keeping is an important part of the counseling process.
Which of the following best reflects the type of information which
should be kept in a client's record?
A. The name of an attending physician, referrals made,
diagnostic procedures used
B. Information about consultations, diagnosis, treatment,
prognosis, and progress
C. Names of family members, emergency numbers, DSM-IV-TR
diagnosis
D. Personal notes, insurance information, treatment notes
......answer.....B. Information about consultations, diagnosis,
treatment, prognosis, and progress
10) Before therapy or counseling begins, clients may be
given information about the treatment they will receive, as
well as possible risks involved. This process is known as: A.
Self-disclosure.
B. Releasing information.
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C. Protecting confidentiality.
D. Obtaining informed consent to treatment. ......answer.....D.
Obtaining informed consent to treatment.
7) One of the counselor's tasks is to guide the client in relating and
communicating in specific
terms, rather than in general or abstract terms. That
characteristic or ability is called: A. Confrontation.
B. Immediacy.
C. Potency.
D. Concreteness. ......answer.....D. Concreteness.
8) Relapse prevention efforts are aimed at:
A. Developing a therapeutic relationship for sobriety and
maintenance.
B. Changing expectations regarding the effects of intervention.
