ATR-BC EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Which of these is the third domain of art therapy assessment? Clinical interview,
Assessment of relationship dynamics, Cognitive / neuropsychological and
developmental evaluation, Tools that address various realms of treatment -
✔✔Cognitive / neuropsychological and developmental evaluation.
✔✔Which is the first picture drawn when using the Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS)
Assessment? - ✔✔Free drawing
✔✔When using FEATS to assess the prominence of the color of a drawing, if "the color
is used for outlining most of the forms or objects, but only one form or object is filled in",
what score will it receive? 1,2,3, or 4? - ✔✔2
✔✔When using FEATS to assess the prominence of the color of a drawing, if "color is
used only to outline the forms or objects in the picture, or to make lines; none of the
forms are colored in" they are scored a? - ✔✔1
✔✔When using FEATS to assess the prominence of the color of a drawing, if "color is
used for both outlining the forms and objects and filling them in". They score a? - ✔✔4
✔✔_____ is Subscale 4 of PAT-RS. - ✔✔Disorganization.
✔✔Of the following, group alignment is what stage of the Mandala Assessment
Research Instrument?
9,10,11 or 12 - ✔✔9th
✔✔What is the 10th stage of the Mandala Assessment research instrument? -
✔✔Endings
✔✔What is the 9th stage of the Mandala Assessment research instrument? - ✔✔Group
Alignment
✔✔What is the 11th stage of the Mandala Assessment research instrument? -
✔✔Disintegration
✔✔What is the 10th stage of the Mandala Assessment research instrument? -
✔✔Transformation
✔✔According to LECATA, which of these is the artistic development that correlates with
the cognitive development phase of early development of logical consistency in a child
who is 5-7 years old?
, "Period of greatest quantitative difference within sequences", "Period of greatest
qualitative differences between sequences, Images reflect movement from a single
aspect to an object or form to pictorial drawing", or Several objects may be related in
one drawing". - ✔✔"Period of greatest qualitative differences between sequences".
✔✔Which of these does Subscale 3 of PAT-RS represent?
Security.
Hyperactivation.
Deactivation.
Disorganization. - ✔✔Deactivation.
✔✔An art therapist is referring to an assessment known as BATA. What does BATA
stand for? - ✔✔Belief Art Therapy Assessment.
✔✔What is Belief Art Therapy Assessment about? - ✔✔It notes the importance of
assessing and incorporating a client's beliefs into the therapy that the client will be
receiving. It is meant to treat the whole person including their mind, body, and spirit.
✔✔The art therapist is looking over the various stages of the Mandala Assessment
Research Instrument. Of the stages listed below, which is the 12th?
Group alignment.
Endings.
Disintegration.
Transformation - ✔✔Transformation
✔✔What is the 0 stage in the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument - ✔✔Core
✔✔The Preoperational Stage is usually first developed at what age? - ✔✔2-7
✔✔A client's clock drawing is being evaluated. The circle, meaning the face of the clock,
and the numbers are not correctly displayed. The drawing shows some evidence of
instructions being received by the client, but only a vague representation of a clock.
What score should this drawing receive? 1,2,3, or 5 - ✔✔2
✔✔What does a 5 indicate in a clock drawing? - ✔✔a crowding or reversal of numbers.
✔✔What does a 3 indicate in a clock drawing? - ✔✔the numbers and clock face do not
have an obvious connection, in the drawing
✔✔What does a 1 indicate in a clock drawing? - ✔✔there was no attempt or an
unrecognizable effort made.
GRADED A+
✔✔Which of these is the third domain of art therapy assessment? Clinical interview,
Assessment of relationship dynamics, Cognitive / neuropsychological and
developmental evaluation, Tools that address various realms of treatment -
✔✔Cognitive / neuropsychological and developmental evaluation.
✔✔Which is the first picture drawn when using the Diagnostic Drawing Series (DDS)
Assessment? - ✔✔Free drawing
✔✔When using FEATS to assess the prominence of the color of a drawing, if "the color
is used for outlining most of the forms or objects, but only one form or object is filled in",
what score will it receive? 1,2,3, or 4? - ✔✔2
✔✔When using FEATS to assess the prominence of the color of a drawing, if "color is
used only to outline the forms or objects in the picture, or to make lines; none of the
forms are colored in" they are scored a? - ✔✔1
✔✔When using FEATS to assess the prominence of the color of a drawing, if "color is
used for both outlining the forms and objects and filling them in". They score a? - ✔✔4
✔✔_____ is Subscale 4 of PAT-RS. - ✔✔Disorganization.
✔✔Of the following, group alignment is what stage of the Mandala Assessment
Research Instrument?
9,10,11 or 12 - ✔✔9th
✔✔What is the 10th stage of the Mandala Assessment research instrument? -
✔✔Endings
✔✔What is the 9th stage of the Mandala Assessment research instrument? - ✔✔Group
Alignment
✔✔What is the 11th stage of the Mandala Assessment research instrument? -
✔✔Disintegration
✔✔What is the 10th stage of the Mandala Assessment research instrument? -
✔✔Transformation
✔✔According to LECATA, which of these is the artistic development that correlates with
the cognitive development phase of early development of logical consistency in a child
who is 5-7 years old?
, "Period of greatest quantitative difference within sequences", "Period of greatest
qualitative differences between sequences, Images reflect movement from a single
aspect to an object or form to pictorial drawing", or Several objects may be related in
one drawing". - ✔✔"Period of greatest qualitative differences between sequences".
✔✔Which of these does Subscale 3 of PAT-RS represent?
Security.
Hyperactivation.
Deactivation.
Disorganization. - ✔✔Deactivation.
✔✔An art therapist is referring to an assessment known as BATA. What does BATA
stand for? - ✔✔Belief Art Therapy Assessment.
✔✔What is Belief Art Therapy Assessment about? - ✔✔It notes the importance of
assessing and incorporating a client's beliefs into the therapy that the client will be
receiving. It is meant to treat the whole person including their mind, body, and spirit.
✔✔The art therapist is looking over the various stages of the Mandala Assessment
Research Instrument. Of the stages listed below, which is the 12th?
Group alignment.
Endings.
Disintegration.
Transformation - ✔✔Transformation
✔✔What is the 0 stage in the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument - ✔✔Core
✔✔The Preoperational Stage is usually first developed at what age? - ✔✔2-7
✔✔A client's clock drawing is being evaluated. The circle, meaning the face of the clock,
and the numbers are not correctly displayed. The drawing shows some evidence of
instructions being received by the client, but only a vague representation of a clock.
What score should this drawing receive? 1,2,3, or 5 - ✔✔2
✔✔What does a 5 indicate in a clock drawing? - ✔✔a crowding or reversal of numbers.
✔✔What does a 3 indicate in a clock drawing? - ✔✔the numbers and clock face do not
have an obvious connection, in the drawing
✔✔What does a 1 indicate in a clock drawing? - ✔✔there was no attempt or an
unrecognizable effort made.
