IC&RC Prevention Specialist Exam Prep
- ANSWER-Objective statements provide a description of the specific ends you wish to
achieve through the implementation of a model, plan, or program. Objective statements
should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant/realistic, and timebound (SMART).
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. - ANSWER-*C. An environmental strategy.* An
environmental approach/strategy is a prevention strategy aimed at altering the
immediate cultural, social, physical, and economic environments in which people make
their choices about drugs use or other risky behavior. Some examples are public policy
changes/enforcement and social media campaigns. This question was an example of a
public policy change.
A person who has been designated by group members to be caretaker of the meeting
process is known as the:
A. president.
B. boss.
C. facilitator.
D. advocate. - ANSWER-*C. Facilitator.* The definition of facilitate is "to make easy" or
"ease a process". A facilitator plans, guides and manages a group to ensure that the
groups;s objectives are met effectively, with clear thinking, good participation and full
buy-in from everyone who is involved. The facilitator's focus is on guiding the groups
process, not controlling it. Therefore, he/she should not insert personal pinions and
bias.
A prevention program that has been designated as a best practice means:
A. It has been adapted by many prevention programs throughout the country
B. It reflects the specific cultural needs of the community.
C. It needs to involve a skilled, experienced program director
D. It has been shown through research and evaluation to be effective. - ANSWER-*D. It
has been shown through research and evaluation to be effective.* Best practices in
prevention refer to a set of prevention activities that evaluation
research has shown to be effective.
A prevention specialist provides life skills classes at a local school. They are 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. - ANSWER-*A. Respectfully
refuse.* Providing therapy of any kind is out of the scope of work of a prevention
professional whether or not they have the training or credentials to do so. When
functioning as a prevention specialist, one must provide only prevention services.
Therapy is a treatment strategy.
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. - ANSWER-*C. History* When facilitating a coalition, the prevention
specialist must consider the group's history in-addition to existing bylaws, ground rules
and coalition membership. It is essential that, as a facilitator, the prevention specialist
understands the culture of a group and how it operated in the past.
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 - ANSWER-*D. Confidentiality.* As a prevention specialist, you must
up hold confidentiality for your group participants. Confidentiality refers to keeping
information given by or about a participant in the course of a professional relationship
secure and secret from others. In this case, disclosing to the school would violate that
student's confidentiality.
A prevention strategy aimed at informing broad segments of society is called a:
A. Universal intervention
B. Selective intervention
C. Indicated intervention
D. Risk and protective approach - ANSWER-*A. Universal intervention*
The Institute or Medicine (IOM) defines a universal prevention strategy/approach
as focused on a broad group regardless of participation in an identified risk factor,
environment, biological or other external factors.
- ANSWER-Objective statements provide a description of the specific ends you wish to
achieve through the implementation of a model, plan, or program. Objective statements
should be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant/realistic, and timebound (SMART).
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. - ANSWER-*C. An environmental strategy.* An
environmental approach/strategy is a prevention strategy aimed at altering the
immediate cultural, social, physical, and economic environments in which people make
their choices about drugs use or other risky behavior. Some examples are public policy
changes/enforcement and social media campaigns. This question was an example of a
public policy change.
A person who has been designated by group members to be caretaker of the meeting
process is known as the:
A. president.
B. boss.
C. facilitator.
D. advocate. - ANSWER-*C. Facilitator.* The definition of facilitate is "to make easy" or
"ease a process". A facilitator plans, guides and manages a group to ensure that the
groups;s objectives are met effectively, with clear thinking, good participation and full
buy-in from everyone who is involved. The facilitator's focus is on guiding the groups
process, not controlling it. Therefore, he/she should not insert personal pinions and
bias.
A prevention program that has been designated as a best practice means:
A. It has been adapted by many prevention programs throughout the country
B. It reflects the specific cultural needs of the community.
C. It needs to involve a skilled, experienced program director
D. It has been shown through research and evaluation to be effective. - ANSWER-*D. It
has been shown through research and evaluation to be effective.* Best practices in
prevention refer to a set of prevention activities that evaluation
research has shown to be effective.
A prevention specialist provides life skills classes at a local school. They are 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. - ANSWER-*A. Respectfully
refuse.* Providing therapy of any kind is out of the scope of work of a prevention
professional whether or not they have the training or credentials to do so. When
functioning as a prevention specialist, one must provide only prevention services.
Therapy is a treatment strategy.
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. - ANSWER-*C. History* When facilitating a coalition, the prevention
specialist must consider the group's history in-addition to existing bylaws, ground rules
and coalition membership. It is essential that, as a facilitator, the prevention specialist
understands the culture of a group and how it operated in the past.
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 - ANSWER-*D. Confidentiality.* As a prevention specialist, you must
up hold confidentiality for your group participants. Confidentiality refers to keeping
information given by or about a participant in the course of a professional relationship
secure and secret from others. In this case, disclosing to the school would violate that
student's confidentiality.
A prevention strategy aimed at informing broad segments of society is called a:
A. Universal intervention
B. Selective intervention
C. Indicated intervention
D. Risk and protective approach - ANSWER-*A. Universal intervention*
The Institute or Medicine (IOM) defines a universal prevention strategy/approach
as focused on a broad group regardless of participation in an identified risk factor,
environment, biological or other external factors.
