FRHD 3400 Final Exam Test Bank
Chapters 7-11 Exam Questions with
Latest Update 2025
"I simply didn't know what to do when my mother had the same illness. Is that how
you feel?" With this response, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?
a. Client focus
b. Theme or issue focus
c. Significant others
d. Mutuality, immediacy, counselor - Answer-d. Mutuality, immediacy, counselor
In working with some Asian and Southern European peoples, which focus is often
more appropriate than typical middle-class U.S. focusing?
a. The individual
b. The cultural / environmental context
c. Mutual focus emphasizing "we"
d. Mutual focus emphasizing different cultures - Answer-c. Mutual focus emphasizing
"we"
Feminist counseling is more likely than traditional counseling to focus on ____.
a. the individual
b. the family
c. others and their sexism or racism
d. mutuality - Answer-d. mutuality
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of mutuality focus?
a. Mutuality can be controversial and should be used infrequently.
b. Mutuality can be powerful as it uses the interviewer as an instrument.
c. Mutuality is not a legitimate focus area.
,d. Mutuality focus puts the client and interviewer on an equal level. - Answer-c.
Mutuality is not a legitimate focus area.
There are many ways to focus attention in the counseling session. What are other
focus possibilities besides individual client focus, problem focus, and interviewer
focus?
a. Other, family, mutuality, and environmental context
b. Other, significant relationships, community, and culture
c. Culture, family, environment, and context
d. Mutuality, family culture, community and context - Answer-a. Other, family,
mutuality, and environmental context
What is the focus of the following interviewer's statement? "What help have you
found in your community church?"
a. Focus on the client
b. Focus on the main theme or problem
c. Focus on mutuality
d. Focus on cultural / environmental / contextual issues - Answer-d. Focus on
cultural / environmental / contextual issues
Multiculturally-oriented counseling is more likely than traditional counseling to focus
on ____.
a. the individual
b. the family
c. others and their sexism or racism
d. the cultural / environmental context - Answer-d. the cultural / environmental
context
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of cultural / environmental focus?
a. Environmental context is not a legitimate focus area.
b. Environmental context is person-as-community.
c. Environmental context is the impact of how the client grew up in community.
d. Environmental context includes cultural, gender, and race impacts on client
development. - Answer-a. Environmental context is not a legitimate focus area.
,"Financially, things were tight last time. How will it be this time?" ____ is the primary
focus of this paraphrase and open question.
a. The client
b. The main theme or problem
c. Mutuality
d. Focus on cultural / environmental / contextual issues - Answer-d. Focus on
cultural / environmental / contextual issues
What is the focus of the following counselor's statement? "Women often take all the
responsibility and have to stand alone and work it out."
a. Focus on the client
b. Focus on the main theme or problem
c. Focus on mutuality
d. Focus on cultural / environmental / contextual issues - Answer-d. Focus on
cultural / environmental / contextual issues
"What do you see in your genogram that reminds you of good times?" By using this
question, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?
a. Client focus
b. Problem or issue focus
c. Significant others
d. Cultural context / environmental - Answer-d. Cultural context / environmental
"What are some of the strengths that you gain from your spiritual orientation?" By
using this question, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?
a. Client focus
b. Problem or issue focus
c. Significant others
d. Cultural context / environmental - Answer-d. Cultural context / environmental
Advocacy is ____.
a. speaking out for your clients
, b. working in the school or community
c. working for social change
d. all of the above - Answer-d. all of the above
In which scenario will talking with clients about their issues NOT be enough, and the
interviewer may need to consider advocacy or an approach to resolve a social justice
issue?
a. As an elementary school counselor, you are helping a student who feels
overwhelmed with her homework assignments.
b. As a personal counselor, you are working with a woman facing divorce.
c. As a personnel officer, you discover systematic bias against promotion for women
and minorities.
d. As a high-school guidance counselor, you are helping graduating Seniors prepare
their paperwork for college. - Answer-c. As a personnel officer, you discover
systematic bias against promotion for women and minorities.
45. Which one of the following examples is NOT an example of a counselor acting
for social justice or as an advocate?
a. A career counselor helps a 40-year-old business manager face a career change.
b. A high-school counselor initiates school policies and awareness programs against
oppression in the classroom.
c. An elementary school counselor works with a child who is being bullied on the
playground.
d. A social worker helps an abused wife and her children obtain shelter. - Answer-a.
A career counselor helps a 40-year-old business manager face a career change.
The focusing skill is closely related to ____.
a. hippocampus
b. energizing amygdala
c. selective attention
d. non-verbal behavior - Answer-c. selective attention
1. ____ "Several people I talked to had the course last semester and felt so good
during an exam that they actually began to sing."
Chapters 7-11 Exam Questions with
Latest Update 2025
"I simply didn't know what to do when my mother had the same illness. Is that how
you feel?" With this response, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?
a. Client focus
b. Theme or issue focus
c. Significant others
d. Mutuality, immediacy, counselor - Answer-d. Mutuality, immediacy, counselor
In working with some Asian and Southern European peoples, which focus is often
more appropriate than typical middle-class U.S. focusing?
a. The individual
b. The cultural / environmental context
c. Mutual focus emphasizing "we"
d. Mutual focus emphasizing different cultures - Answer-c. Mutual focus emphasizing
"we"
Feminist counseling is more likely than traditional counseling to focus on ____.
a. the individual
b. the family
c. others and their sexism or racism
d. mutuality - Answer-d. mutuality
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of mutuality focus?
a. Mutuality can be controversial and should be used infrequently.
b. Mutuality can be powerful as it uses the interviewer as an instrument.
c. Mutuality is not a legitimate focus area.
,d. Mutuality focus puts the client and interviewer on an equal level. - Answer-c.
Mutuality is not a legitimate focus area.
There are many ways to focus attention in the counseling session. What are other
focus possibilities besides individual client focus, problem focus, and interviewer
focus?
a. Other, family, mutuality, and environmental context
b. Other, significant relationships, community, and culture
c. Culture, family, environment, and context
d. Mutuality, family culture, community and context - Answer-a. Other, family,
mutuality, and environmental context
What is the focus of the following interviewer's statement? "What help have you
found in your community church?"
a. Focus on the client
b. Focus on the main theme or problem
c. Focus on mutuality
d. Focus on cultural / environmental / contextual issues - Answer-d. Focus on
cultural / environmental / contextual issues
Multiculturally-oriented counseling is more likely than traditional counseling to focus
on ____.
a. the individual
b. the family
c. others and their sexism or racism
d. the cultural / environmental context - Answer-d. the cultural / environmental
context
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of cultural / environmental focus?
a. Environmental context is not a legitimate focus area.
b. Environmental context is person-as-community.
c. Environmental context is the impact of how the client grew up in community.
d. Environmental context includes cultural, gender, and race impacts on client
development. - Answer-a. Environmental context is not a legitimate focus area.
,"Financially, things were tight last time. How will it be this time?" ____ is the primary
focus of this paraphrase and open question.
a. The client
b. The main theme or problem
c. Mutuality
d. Focus on cultural / environmental / contextual issues - Answer-d. Focus on
cultural / environmental / contextual issues
What is the focus of the following counselor's statement? "Women often take all the
responsibility and have to stand alone and work it out."
a. Focus on the client
b. Focus on the main theme or problem
c. Focus on mutuality
d. Focus on cultural / environmental / contextual issues - Answer-d. Focus on
cultural / environmental / contextual issues
"What do you see in your genogram that reminds you of good times?" By using this
question, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?
a. Client focus
b. Problem or issue focus
c. Significant others
d. Cultural context / environmental - Answer-d. Cultural context / environmental
"What are some of the strengths that you gain from your spiritual orientation?" By
using this question, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?
a. Client focus
b. Problem or issue focus
c. Significant others
d. Cultural context / environmental - Answer-d. Cultural context / environmental
Advocacy is ____.
a. speaking out for your clients
, b. working in the school or community
c. working for social change
d. all of the above - Answer-d. all of the above
In which scenario will talking with clients about their issues NOT be enough, and the
interviewer may need to consider advocacy or an approach to resolve a social justice
issue?
a. As an elementary school counselor, you are helping a student who feels
overwhelmed with her homework assignments.
b. As a personal counselor, you are working with a woman facing divorce.
c. As a personnel officer, you discover systematic bias against promotion for women
and minorities.
d. As a high-school guidance counselor, you are helping graduating Seniors prepare
their paperwork for college. - Answer-c. As a personnel officer, you discover
systematic bias against promotion for women and minorities.
45. Which one of the following examples is NOT an example of a counselor acting
for social justice or as an advocate?
a. A career counselor helps a 40-year-old business manager face a career change.
b. A high-school counselor initiates school policies and awareness programs against
oppression in the classroom.
c. An elementary school counselor works with a child who is being bullied on the
playground.
d. A social worker helps an abused wife and her children obtain shelter. - Answer-a.
A career counselor helps a 40-year-old business manager face a career change.
The focusing skill is closely related to ____.
a. hippocampus
b. energizing amygdala
c. selective attention
d. non-verbal behavior - Answer-c. selective attention
1. ____ "Several people I talked to had the course last semester and felt so good
during an exam that they actually began to sing."
