IC&RC Prevention Specialist Exam Prep Exam Questions with Correct Answers

A community coalition is advocating for an ordinance to ban the sale of alcohol at the annual fall family festival. This is an example of: A. an alternative activity strategy. B. a family intervention strategy. C. an environmental strategy. D. an enforcement strategy. Correct Answer an environmental strategy A prevention specialist's agency conducts a school-based indicated intervention for youth who have been identified as experimenting with alcohol and other drugs. A guidance counselor calls the prevention specialist and requests information about a group participant. Disclosing this information would violate which principle in the prevention code of ethics? A. Nature of services B. Integrity C. Nondiscrimination D. Confidentiality Correct Answer Confidentiality A prevention specialist provides life skills classes at a local school. They asked by the principal to lead group therapy sessions for children of alcoholics while the guidance counselor is on leave. The prevention specialist should: A. respectfully refuse. B. accept the challenge. C. volunteer to co-facilitate. D. accept but provide life skills classes instead of therapy. Correct Answer Respectfully refuse Qualitative data is often collected through key informant interviews, focus groups, listening sessions, and: A. town hall meetings. B. newspaper articles. C. arrest reports. D. hospital records. Correct Answer a. town hall meetings An example of a selective intervention is: A. a classroom-based prevention program for all seventh graders in a school district in a high risk community. B. a skills-based program for youth from military families who have experienced many transitions. C. a parenting program open to all residents in a rural town hosted by a local church. D. a media campaign targeting Latino youth in a big city. Correct Answer a skills-based program for youth from military families who have experienced many transitions The first step in developing community prevention strategies is: a. assessment b. capacity building c. planning d. implementation Correct Answer assessment Determining Community Readiness is best accomplished at what stage of the prevention process? Correct Answer assessment A prevention specialist who is facilitating a Community Prevention Coalition must tailor their facilitation style to the group's blend of bylaws, ground rules, people, and: a. consultants b. funding c. history d. strategies Correct Answer history An example of a resiliency factor would be: Correct Answer Strong bond with family and school success Methamphetamine is particularly dangerous because: Correct Answer It can be injected, smoked, snorted or taken orally When facilitating a Community Prevention Coalition planning group, a prevention specialist should NOT: a. listen and observe b. prevent and manage conflict c. encourage participation d. insert personal opinions Correct Answer insert personal opinions Which of the following MOST influences a child's decision to use alcohol and other drugs? a. laws b. peers c. media d. parents Correct Answer parents Strategies that aim to enhance individuals' ability to develop competence, a positive sense of self-esteem, mastery, well-being, social inclusion, and strength their ability to cope with adversity are: a. mental health promotion interventions b. universal preventive interventions c. selective preventive interventions d. indicated preventive interventions Correct Answer mental health promotion interventions