Addictions Counseling I Final Exam: Questions With
Correct Answers
List and describe the 4 main Counseling Techniques in Motivational
Interviewing Right Ans - Open ended questions
Affirmations
Reflective Listening
Summarization
(OARS)
The likelihood of relapse is? Right Ans - An important topic of discussion
throughout treatment
Which of the following is not a form of resistance?
a. Ignoring
b. Interrupting
c. Shifting Focus
d. Negating Right Ans - c. Shifting Focus
True or False
Counselors are encouraged to view resistance as a welcoming signal that the
therapeutic relationship is at a turning point? Right Ans - True
True or False
Sometimes stages of change may be skipped all together? Right Ans - True
What is the difference between lapse and relapse? Right Ans - Lapse: Single
return to use
Relapse: A return to repeated use after a commitment to abstinence
Behavioral goals of relapse prevention include all except?
a. An observable change in diet and exercise
b. Identification of high risk situations and new coping strategies
c. A reduction of the severity or frequency of relapse
d. Psychoanalysis of the underlying factors of addiction Right Ans - d.
Psychoanalysis of the underlying factors of addiction
Correct Answers
List and describe the 4 main Counseling Techniques in Motivational
Interviewing Right Ans - Open ended questions
Affirmations
Reflective Listening
Summarization
(OARS)
The likelihood of relapse is? Right Ans - An important topic of discussion
throughout treatment
Which of the following is not a form of resistance?
a. Ignoring
b. Interrupting
c. Shifting Focus
d. Negating Right Ans - c. Shifting Focus
True or False
Counselors are encouraged to view resistance as a welcoming signal that the
therapeutic relationship is at a turning point? Right Ans - True
True or False
Sometimes stages of change may be skipped all together? Right Ans - True
What is the difference between lapse and relapse? Right Ans - Lapse: Single
return to use
Relapse: A return to repeated use after a commitment to abstinence
Behavioral goals of relapse prevention include all except?
a. An observable change in diet and exercise
b. Identification of high risk situations and new coping strategies
c. A reduction of the severity or frequency of relapse
d. Psychoanalysis of the underlying factors of addiction Right Ans - d.
Psychoanalysis of the underlying factors of addiction