LCDC FINAL EXAM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The goal of complete abstinence is most consistent with the ________ model of
addiction.
A. Moral.
B. Disease.
C. Sociocultural.
D. Psychological. - ✔✔B. Disease.
✔✔________ can develop between natural and synthetic opiates, but not between
opiates and CNS depressants:
A. Non-synergistic interaction.
B. Gestalt.
C. Cross tolerance.
D. Negative symptoms. - ✔✔C. Cross tolerance.
✔✔Appropriate treatment goals must be:
A. Observable and measurable, in order to facilitate monitoring progress.
B. Typed and signed in order to ensure compliance by an unwilling client.
C. Written in the order that they will be addressed in treatment.
D. Finalized by the time the client is admitted for services. - ✔✔A. Observable in
measurable, in order to facilitate monitoring progress.
✔✔When is confrontation, probably least appropriate?
A. Prior to establishing rapport with the client.
B. When directed at the client's strengths.
C. When address to specific aspects of a client's behavior.
D. When used to point out a discrepancy between a client's and verbal statements, and
his or her behavior. - ✔✔A. Prior to establishing rapport with the client.
✔✔The goal of screening is to:
A. Provide clients with an opportunity to discuss their past problems.
B. Determine whether a client is appropriate and eligible for a particular treatment
service.
C. Gathering some general information about the future goals of the potential client.
D. Assign a counselor who fits the clients personality best. - ✔✔B. Determine whether a
client is appropriate and eligible for a particular treatment service
✔✔________ drugs are used to treat mental disorders.
,A. Psychoactive.
B. Psychotropic.
C. Psychosomatic.
D. Psychointeractive - ✔✔B. Psychotropic.
✔✔Jamall believes that he has everything he will ever need materially and financially,
so he has decided to devote his time to music and other creative outlets for self
expression. Jamal's motivation is best accounted for by:
A. Psychoanalytic theory.
B. Homeostatic considerations.
C. Humanistic theories.
D. Biological factors. - ✔✔C. Humanistic theories.
✔✔The idea that people have an inborn desire to self actualize is associated with:
A. Psychoanalytic theory.
B. Humanistic theory.
C. Cognitive behaviorism.
D. Classical conditioning. - ✔✔B. Humanistic theory.
✔✔Methadone, tramadol, and morphine are all ________
A. Schedule V drugs.
B. CNS stimulants.
C. Barbiturates.
D. Opiates. - ✔✔D. Opiates.
✔✔The central focus or "charge" of the 12th step of Alcoholics Anonymous is:
A. Service to others.
B. Relapse prevention.
C. Abstinence.
D. Making amends to others. - ✔✔A. Service to others.
✔✔A counselor's personal values:
A. Should never show less they cause a clients decisions to be biased.
B. Should be disclosed in order to influence the client to make healthy decisions.
C. Are irrelevant to the counseling process.
D. Are communicated through the therapeutic goals they offer and how they attempt to
reach those goals with the client. - ✔✔D. Are communicated through the therapeutic
goals they offer and how they attempt to reach those goals with the client.
, ✔✔Non-maleficence is the ethical principle that means:
A. Show unconditional positive regard.
B. Show eagle respect for gender.
C. Do no harm.
D. Respect confidentiality - ✔✔C. Do no harm.
✔✔________ interventions have been developed or are being sought to block the
effects of abuse drugs, reduce cravings for drugs and block the toxic effects of drugs:
A. Socially acceptable
B. Pharmacological.
C. Biological.
D. Free. - ✔✔B. Pharmacological.
✔✔The terminology now being used in the DSM-5 for diagnostic categories is:
A. Substance abuse disorders.
B. Substance, dependence disorders.
C. Substance use disorders.
D. Substance addictive disorders. - ✔✔C. Substance use disorders.
✔✔Which statement BEST describes the relevance of counselor self-exploration?
A. The counselor's personal identity should not be disclosed to the client because of the
risk of transference.
B. Counselors can benefit greatly from being clients themselves, at some point.
C. Counselors who are in therapy themselves are putting their own clients at risk.
D. Counselors learn what is most important by helping other people. - ✔✔B. Counselors
could benefit greatly from being clients themselves, at some point.
✔✔________ is the term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring,
retaining, and using any type of knowledge.
A. Thinking.
B. Memory.
C. Cognition.
D. Perception. - ✔✔C. Cognition.
✔✔In the DSM five, for a substance use disorder, severity indicator of mild, how many
criteria must be present?
A. Two to three.
B. Four to five.
C. Five to six.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The goal of complete abstinence is most consistent with the ________ model of
addiction.
A. Moral.
B. Disease.
C. Sociocultural.
D. Psychological. - ✔✔B. Disease.
✔✔________ can develop between natural and synthetic opiates, but not between
opiates and CNS depressants:
A. Non-synergistic interaction.
B. Gestalt.
C. Cross tolerance.
D. Negative symptoms. - ✔✔C. Cross tolerance.
✔✔Appropriate treatment goals must be:
A. Observable and measurable, in order to facilitate monitoring progress.
B. Typed and signed in order to ensure compliance by an unwilling client.
C. Written in the order that they will be addressed in treatment.
D. Finalized by the time the client is admitted for services. - ✔✔A. Observable in
measurable, in order to facilitate monitoring progress.
✔✔When is confrontation, probably least appropriate?
A. Prior to establishing rapport with the client.
B. When directed at the client's strengths.
C. When address to specific aspects of a client's behavior.
D. When used to point out a discrepancy between a client's and verbal statements, and
his or her behavior. - ✔✔A. Prior to establishing rapport with the client.
✔✔The goal of screening is to:
A. Provide clients with an opportunity to discuss their past problems.
B. Determine whether a client is appropriate and eligible for a particular treatment
service.
C. Gathering some general information about the future goals of the potential client.
D. Assign a counselor who fits the clients personality best. - ✔✔B. Determine whether a
client is appropriate and eligible for a particular treatment service
✔✔________ drugs are used to treat mental disorders.
,A. Psychoactive.
B. Psychotropic.
C. Psychosomatic.
D. Psychointeractive - ✔✔B. Psychotropic.
✔✔Jamall believes that he has everything he will ever need materially and financially,
so he has decided to devote his time to music and other creative outlets for self
expression. Jamal's motivation is best accounted for by:
A. Psychoanalytic theory.
B. Homeostatic considerations.
C. Humanistic theories.
D. Biological factors. - ✔✔C. Humanistic theories.
✔✔The idea that people have an inborn desire to self actualize is associated with:
A. Psychoanalytic theory.
B. Humanistic theory.
C. Cognitive behaviorism.
D. Classical conditioning. - ✔✔B. Humanistic theory.
✔✔Methadone, tramadol, and morphine are all ________
A. Schedule V drugs.
B. CNS stimulants.
C. Barbiturates.
D. Opiates. - ✔✔D. Opiates.
✔✔The central focus or "charge" of the 12th step of Alcoholics Anonymous is:
A. Service to others.
B. Relapse prevention.
C. Abstinence.
D. Making amends to others. - ✔✔A. Service to others.
✔✔A counselor's personal values:
A. Should never show less they cause a clients decisions to be biased.
B. Should be disclosed in order to influence the client to make healthy decisions.
C. Are irrelevant to the counseling process.
D. Are communicated through the therapeutic goals they offer and how they attempt to
reach those goals with the client. - ✔✔D. Are communicated through the therapeutic
goals they offer and how they attempt to reach those goals with the client.
, ✔✔Non-maleficence is the ethical principle that means:
A. Show unconditional positive regard.
B. Show eagle respect for gender.
C. Do no harm.
D. Respect confidentiality - ✔✔C. Do no harm.
✔✔________ interventions have been developed or are being sought to block the
effects of abuse drugs, reduce cravings for drugs and block the toxic effects of drugs:
A. Socially acceptable
B. Pharmacological.
C. Biological.
D. Free. - ✔✔B. Pharmacological.
✔✔The terminology now being used in the DSM-5 for diagnostic categories is:
A. Substance abuse disorders.
B. Substance, dependence disorders.
C. Substance use disorders.
D. Substance addictive disorders. - ✔✔C. Substance use disorders.
✔✔Which statement BEST describes the relevance of counselor self-exploration?
A. The counselor's personal identity should not be disclosed to the client because of the
risk of transference.
B. Counselors can benefit greatly from being clients themselves, at some point.
C. Counselors who are in therapy themselves are putting their own clients at risk.
D. Counselors learn what is most important by helping other people. - ✔✔B. Counselors
could benefit greatly from being clients themselves, at some point.
✔✔________ is the term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring,
retaining, and using any type of knowledge.
A. Thinking.
B. Memory.
C. Cognition.
D. Perception. - ✔✔C. Cognition.
✔✔In the DSM five, for a substance use disorder, severity indicator of mild, how many
criteria must be present?
A. Two to three.
B. Four to five.
C. Five to six.
