Praxis 5422 Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Criterion Referenced
Answer: Individual vs set of standards
Question 2: Norm- Referenced
Answer: Individual vs Group of Test-Takers
Question 3: Achievement Test
Answer: Mastery of Skill
Question 4: Aptitude Test
Answer: measure of future success
Question 5: % of time spent in "Working Stage" of Counseling Group
Answer: 50%
Question 6: Surveys are an example of what type of data
Answer: Perception Data
Question 7: Type of Data that explains who was served and how
Answer: Process Data
Question 8: Counselor Ratio in a School
Answer: 250:1
Question 9: Counselor Seeks info to confirm their hypothesis
Answer: Confirmation Bias
Question 10: Student modifies behavior because they know they are being watched
Answer: Hawthorne Effect
Question 11: Assessment not appropriate to track changes from year to year
Answer: Needs Assessment due to changes in students / staffing
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,Question 12: In what way does a counselor demonstrate school level leadership
Answer: Systems Support
Question 13: Person who studied Effect of Birth Order on Behavior and Inferiority vs Superiority
Answer: Alfred Adler
Question 14: Term in a group setting in which a group member feels they are not alone because others
have experienced it
Answer: Universality
Question 15: Term for when a group is working toward a common goal
Answer: Group Cohesiveness
Question 16: Does a formative assessment happen before, during, or after an intervention
Answer: During -- as you can change the treatment
Question 17: Therapy focused on changing irrational beliefs
Answer: CBT
Question 18: Member of group counseling that tries to keep everyone on task and ensure they are
participating
Answer: Gate Keeping
Question 19: Person in group counseling that everyone tries to blame
Answer: ScapeGoat
Question 20: Person in group counseling that gets everyone excited
Answer: Energizer
Question 21: Person in group counseling that asks a lot of questions
Answer: interrogator
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,Question 22: Evidence Based Therapy for adolescent substance abuse struggling in community and
family
Answer: MST - MultiSystemic Therapy
Question 23: When a counselor feels job duties and time is unrealistic
Answer: Role Conflict
Question 24: When a counselor is unclear about their Role
Answer: Role Ambiguity
Question 25: When roles extend beyond what a counselor should be doing
Answer: Role Mutation
Question 26: What to use standardized test scores for?
Answer: Disaggregating data to guide programming
Question 27: 3 types of action plans (and results reports) in a program evaluation
Answer: closing the gap, curriculum, and small group
Question 28: 6 levels of parenting
Answer: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making, collaborating with
community
Question 29: School-Family Curriculum -structure of a program includes a:
Answer: discussion group
Question 30: Purpose of demographic information on survey assessments
Answer: identify differences
Question 31: What question is answered by program evaluation?
Answer: How are students different as a result of the school counseling program?
Question 32: how to obtain a teacher advisor
Answer: ask students to create a list of who they prefer
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, Question 33: Krumboltz
Answer: Field trip to work site example
Question 34: Can electronic communication from school officials create an electronic record for
FERPA
Answer: YES
Question 35: Classroom Guidance is a type of....
Answer: prevention
Question 36: 3 essential developmental skills
Answer: thinking, feeling, relating
Question 37: Which data should be used to identify program needs from the program evaluation?
Answer: program outcome data
Question 38: Needs assessment is what type of data?
Answer: Perception
Question 39: Effect of Jobless Parents
Answer: drop in attendance and achievement
Question 40: Stanine Score Standard Deviation
Answer: 2
Question 41: Statine Score (3 facts)
Answer: Bell Curve, 9 units, mean of 5
Question 42: ABC definition of letters
Answer: A- Activating Event, B - Belief/Cognition C - Consquence
Question 43: Consultation is what type of service?
Answer: Indirect Student Service
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Question 1: Criterion Referenced
Answer: Individual vs set of standards
Question 2: Norm- Referenced
Answer: Individual vs Group of Test-Takers
Question 3: Achievement Test
Answer: Mastery of Skill
Question 4: Aptitude Test
Answer: measure of future success
Question 5: % of time spent in "Working Stage" of Counseling Group
Answer: 50%
Question 6: Surveys are an example of what type of data
Answer: Perception Data
Question 7: Type of Data that explains who was served and how
Answer: Process Data
Question 8: Counselor Ratio in a School
Answer: 250:1
Question 9: Counselor Seeks info to confirm their hypothesis
Answer: Confirmation Bias
Question 10: Student modifies behavior because they know they are being watched
Answer: Hawthorne Effect
Question 11: Assessment not appropriate to track changes from year to year
Answer: Needs Assessment due to changes in students / staffing
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,Question 12: In what way does a counselor demonstrate school level leadership
Answer: Systems Support
Question 13: Person who studied Effect of Birth Order on Behavior and Inferiority vs Superiority
Answer: Alfred Adler
Question 14: Term in a group setting in which a group member feels they are not alone because others
have experienced it
Answer: Universality
Question 15: Term for when a group is working toward a common goal
Answer: Group Cohesiveness
Question 16: Does a formative assessment happen before, during, or after an intervention
Answer: During -- as you can change the treatment
Question 17: Therapy focused on changing irrational beliefs
Answer: CBT
Question 18: Member of group counseling that tries to keep everyone on task and ensure they are
participating
Answer: Gate Keeping
Question 19: Person in group counseling that everyone tries to blame
Answer: ScapeGoat
Question 20: Person in group counseling that gets everyone excited
Answer: Energizer
Question 21: Person in group counseling that asks a lot of questions
Answer: interrogator
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,Question 22: Evidence Based Therapy for adolescent substance abuse struggling in community and
family
Answer: MST - MultiSystemic Therapy
Question 23: When a counselor feels job duties and time is unrealistic
Answer: Role Conflict
Question 24: When a counselor is unclear about their Role
Answer: Role Ambiguity
Question 25: When roles extend beyond what a counselor should be doing
Answer: Role Mutation
Question 26: What to use standardized test scores for?
Answer: Disaggregating data to guide programming
Question 27: 3 types of action plans (and results reports) in a program evaluation
Answer: closing the gap, curriculum, and small group
Question 28: 6 levels of parenting
Answer: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making, collaborating with
community
Question 29: School-Family Curriculum -structure of a program includes a:
Answer: discussion group
Question 30: Purpose of demographic information on survey assessments
Answer: identify differences
Question 31: What question is answered by program evaluation?
Answer: How are students different as a result of the school counseling program?
Question 32: how to obtain a teacher advisor
Answer: ask students to create a list of who they prefer
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, Question 33: Krumboltz
Answer: Field trip to work site example
Question 34: Can electronic communication from school officials create an electronic record for
FERPA
Answer: YES
Question 35: Classroom Guidance is a type of....
Answer: prevention
Question 36: 3 essential developmental skills
Answer: thinking, feeling, relating
Question 37: Which data should be used to identify program needs from the program evaluation?
Answer: program outcome data
Question 38: Needs assessment is what type of data?
Answer: Perception
Question 39: Effect of Jobless Parents
Answer: drop in attendance and achievement
Question 40: Stanine Score Standard Deviation
Answer: 2
Question 41: Statine Score (3 facts)
Answer: Bell Curve, 9 units, mean of 5
Question 42: ABC definition of letters
Answer: A- Activating Event, B - Belief/Cognition C - Consquence
Question 43: Consultation is what type of service?
Answer: Indirect Student Service
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