NCE Pre-Assessment Exam with correct Answers,

1. In his book, A Mind That Found Itself this author drew attention to not only the concept of mental illness but also the methods for helping those afflicted: a. Clifford Beers b. Frank Parsons c. Jesse Davis d. Earl Brewer 2. Developmental tasks refer to: a. a series of steps in completing a task. b. automatic releases of adrenaline. c. a series of pragmatic unfolding of individual needs. d. tasks, which arise at about the same period in life for each individual. 3. A theory is: a. a collection of facts organized into a framework. b. a model, which blends reality of experiences with ideas about plausible explanations. c. an approach or implicit assumption of reality. d. a tested set of principles. 4. Clinical psychologists tend to perform which function that other mental health professionals do not? a. psychoanalysis b. research c. administering intelligence tests d. career counseling 5. The first classification system for the insane entitled "Statistical Manual for the Use of Institutions" for the Insame in 1917 and subsequent manuals such the DSM, DSMI, DSM-II, DSM-III, DSM-IIIR, DSM-IV, DSM-TR, and DSM-5 was due to the influence of which person? a. Emil Kraepelin. b. Wilhelm Wundt. c. Francis Galton. d. Sigmund Freud. 6. When the counselor does not tell a client about the known risks in counseling he/she is not using: a. informed consent. b. duty to warn. c. competence. d. malpractice. 7. A major difficulty with a standard of care in establishing a malpractice claim is that: a. new symptoms appear after the initial ones have been remediated. b. there are a large number of treatment options which allow for wide latitude in acceptable care. c. it is difficult to determine when informed consent procedures were initiated. d. the statements are not very clear in the standard of care.