CADC ACTUAL TEST PAPER FULL
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● MAT refers to:
a. a common screening tool for alcoholism
b. a lengthy personality inventory used to identify gross
psychopathology
c. the use of medications such as suboxone in the treatment of addiction
d. a nonmedical detox protocol
Answer: c
●● Aisha has completed her treatment at an in-patient facility and is
ready to be discharged. She has asked her counselor to recommend a
therapist to work with her and her husband on an out-patient basis. This
process is BEST viewed as an example of:
a. a referral
b. a consultation
c. case management
d. an aftercare plan
Answer: a
,●● Which type of therapy is most directive, offering the greatest
potential for abuse of power by the counselor?
a. Adlerian
b. Rational-emotive
c. Gestalt
d. Person-centered
Answer: c
●● The primary purpose of professional credentialing for counselors is
to:
a. advance the field by ensuring that counselors are recognized as
dignified professionals
b. ensure that counselors share and understand the accepted philosophies
of practice
c. protect public safety by ensuring that counselors meet minimum
standards of competency
d. ensure that counselors receiving third-party payments have
professional credentials
Answer: c
●● Which of the following is NOT a CNS depressant?
a. Alcohol
b. Xanax
c. Nembutal
,d. Benzedrine
Answer: d
●● The concept of informed consent requires that before agreeing to
accept treatment, clients should know their rights and obligations,
therapeutic goals, fees for services and
a. availability of referral services
b. community resources to be used
c. with whom they will be participating in group activities
d. the limits of their confidentiality
Answer: d
●● Attitudes, policies, and practices that are destructive to other cultures
and their members are examples of lack of cultural
a. blindness
b. competence
c. destructiveness
d. incapacity
Answer: b
●● Restlessness, nervousness, flushed face, muscle twitching,
tachycardia, or cardiac arrhythmia are all signs or symptoms of:
a. caffeine intoxication
, b. cocaine intoxication
c. alcohol intoxication
d. opioid intoxication
Answer: a
●● Of all of the possible substance use disorders, which one is typically
not seen in older children or adults?
a. cannabis use disorder
b. inhalant use disorder
c. tobacco use disorder
d. caffeine use disorder
Answer: b
●● Needle exchange programs can BEST be described as:
a. a nonabstinence technique
b. harm reduction
c a maintenance method
d. a community organization intervention
Answer: b
●● Autonomic hyperactivity, hand tremor, nausea or vomiting,
psychomotor agitation, grand mal seizures are all signs or symptoms of:
a. cannabis withdrawal
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED APLUS
●● MAT refers to:
a. a common screening tool for alcoholism
b. a lengthy personality inventory used to identify gross
psychopathology
c. the use of medications such as suboxone in the treatment of addiction
d. a nonmedical detox protocol
Answer: c
●● Aisha has completed her treatment at an in-patient facility and is
ready to be discharged. She has asked her counselor to recommend a
therapist to work with her and her husband on an out-patient basis. This
process is BEST viewed as an example of:
a. a referral
b. a consultation
c. case management
d. an aftercare plan
Answer: a
,●● Which type of therapy is most directive, offering the greatest
potential for abuse of power by the counselor?
a. Adlerian
b. Rational-emotive
c. Gestalt
d. Person-centered
Answer: c
●● The primary purpose of professional credentialing for counselors is
to:
a. advance the field by ensuring that counselors are recognized as
dignified professionals
b. ensure that counselors share and understand the accepted philosophies
of practice
c. protect public safety by ensuring that counselors meet minimum
standards of competency
d. ensure that counselors receiving third-party payments have
professional credentials
Answer: c
●● Which of the following is NOT a CNS depressant?
a. Alcohol
b. Xanax
c. Nembutal
,d. Benzedrine
Answer: d
●● The concept of informed consent requires that before agreeing to
accept treatment, clients should know their rights and obligations,
therapeutic goals, fees for services and
a. availability of referral services
b. community resources to be used
c. with whom they will be participating in group activities
d. the limits of their confidentiality
Answer: d
●● Attitudes, policies, and practices that are destructive to other cultures
and their members are examples of lack of cultural
a. blindness
b. competence
c. destructiveness
d. incapacity
Answer: b
●● Restlessness, nervousness, flushed face, muscle twitching,
tachycardia, or cardiac arrhythmia are all signs or symptoms of:
a. caffeine intoxication
, b. cocaine intoxication
c. alcohol intoxication
d. opioid intoxication
Answer: a
●● Of all of the possible substance use disorders, which one is typically
not seen in older children or adults?
a. cannabis use disorder
b. inhalant use disorder
c. tobacco use disorder
d. caffeine use disorder
Answer: b
●● Needle exchange programs can BEST be described as:
a. a nonabstinence technique
b. harm reduction
c a maintenance method
d. a community organization intervention
Answer: b
●● Autonomic hyperactivity, hand tremor, nausea or vomiting,
psychomotor agitation, grand mal seizures are all signs or symptoms of:
a. cannabis withdrawal
