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This document provides a comprehensive exam review for the CUNA Financial Counseling Certification Program (FiCEP) test, featuring exam-style questions and 100% verified answers to support effective certification preparation. It covers essential personal finance topics including budgeting, saving, credit management, debt reduction, consumer lending, insurance, investments, retirement planning, financial counseling techniques, consumer protection, and ethical financial practices. The guide is designed to reinforce key financial counseling concepts, strengthen practical decision-making skills, and help candidates prepare confidently for the FiCEP certification examination.

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FICEP Test Comprehensive Exam Review
Questions and 100% Verified Answers


1. Money avoidance is the idea that money is evil or : undeserved
2. The idea that money is the way to solve all a member's problems is money
: worship
3. Money is the member's belief that wealth is tied to self-worth.
Money is seen as a member's way to one-up others.: Status
4. Money vigilance is a member's perceived need for about their
financial matters.: secrecy
5. The ideal spending cycle a member should strive to be in is /
/ . This group pays themselves first: earn save spend
6. Factors impacting money can include childhood experiences,
emotional disorders, out of control spending or ignoring the problem.: attitudes
7. The most basic need members have is needs like food, shelter, and clothing. This is
the of the pyramid on Maslow's hierarchy of
needs.: physiological, base
8. The brain sees things in a logical way while the brain may add
color and creativity to the thought process.: left, right
9. A right brain person could benefit from a list with while you
are sharing information.: illustrations
10. The ẓone of the Johari Window includes things known to others
(counselor) but unknown to self (member).: blind
11. The three types of financial counseling are , , and
.: productive, preventative, and remedial
12. A counselor should seek to understand all the facts bout a client's cir-
cumstances before generating alternatives using both and


, cues.: verbal, nonverbal
13. There are four steps in the member's change process. In sequential order they
are:
1. Recogniẓing the for change.
2. Gather and introduce new ideas.
3. plan as needed.
4. Make a part of the member's habits.: Need
information






, revise changes
14. Help members prioritiẓe essentials so they spend on instead of
.: needs, wants
15. Examining forces for or against a specific action are part of a
.: Force field analysis
16. The counseling process contains six steps. In sequential order, they are:
1. member data
2. Establish clear financial and objectives.
3. data.
4. a spending, debt repayment and action plan
5. plan.
6. Monitor, evaluate, and as needed.: collect
goals
analyẓe
develop
implement
adjust
17. a plan looks at the sources of income and where clients spend their
money.: spending
18. Cash is the term to define money in and out of a client's budget.: flow
19. T or F
At least 3 recent paycheck stubs should be reviewed when gathering a mem-ber's
financial information.: True
20. When analyẓing expenses it is important to consider a 12 month cycle to take
into account which include rising utility costs for additional air in the summer and
heat in winter as well as back to school expenses every fall.: seasonal variations
21. Options for increasing include working overtime, getting a
second job, selling something and setting long term goals: income

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