COUC 667 - Quiz Clinical Interviewing Skills
and Assessment with Complete Solutions
A main purpose of obtaining information during the body of the interview is to:
Assess the client's level of functioning.
Put the client at ease.
Develop a contract with the client.
Establish rapport.
All of the above - ANSWER-Assess the client's level of functioning.
Dan's client admits to having suicidal thoughts. First off, Dan should:
Call 9-1-1
Empathically validate and normalize his client's disclosure
Ask the client who would be a good person to contact about this information
Recommend antidepressant medications
Administer the Beck Hopelessness Scale - ANSWER-Empathically validate and
normalize his client's disclosure
Granello suggests there is a two-tiered clinical approach when treating suicidal clients.
They are _______ and _______.
Stabilization and address underlying factors
Safety and Stability
Assessment and Stressors
Med Eval and Treatment plan - ANSWER-Stabilization and address underlying factors
If a client's speech is referred to as "pressured," how would the client be talking?
Softly
Quickly
Loudly
Anxiously
None of the above - ANSWER-Quickly
In the context of other mental disorders _____________ has long been known to
increase suicide risk. More recent data indicates this problem is also an independent
risk factor.
, High externalizing behavior
High internalizing behavior
Hypersomnia
Insomnia
Nightmares - ANSWER-Insomnia
Initially, you might avoid using swing questions with _____________ clients.
Elderly
Children and adolescents
Asian and African-American
Severely mentally ill
Males - ANSWER-Children and adolescents
Ricardo says that his main problem is his chemistry professor. He says that she makes
his life miserable on purpose and if he could only change majors or get a different
professor his life would be great. Ricardo could be described as a(n)
___________________ client.
Self-blaming
Resilient
Internalizing
Externalizing
Verbose - ANSWER-Externalizing
SAFE-T stands for
Suicide Approach Five-Step Evaluation and Triage
Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage
Suicide Analysis Five-Step Evaluation and Truth
Suicide Assessment Five-Step Enough and Truth - ANSWER-Suicide Assessment Five-
step Evaluation and Triage
The DSM-5 criteria has 4 parts according to Schwitzer and Rubin. Which ONE of the
following is incorrect?
Client's mood, behaviors, thoughts
Frequency of the problems
Severity of the problem
Etiology of the problem - ANSWER-Etiology of the problem
The DSM-5 is ____________ type of classification system?
criterion-referenced
Split-half
Norm-referenced
Score-based - ANSWER-criterion-referenced
and Assessment with Complete Solutions
A main purpose of obtaining information during the body of the interview is to:
Assess the client's level of functioning.
Put the client at ease.
Develop a contract with the client.
Establish rapport.
All of the above - ANSWER-Assess the client's level of functioning.
Dan's client admits to having suicidal thoughts. First off, Dan should:
Call 9-1-1
Empathically validate and normalize his client's disclosure
Ask the client who would be a good person to contact about this information
Recommend antidepressant medications
Administer the Beck Hopelessness Scale - ANSWER-Empathically validate and
normalize his client's disclosure
Granello suggests there is a two-tiered clinical approach when treating suicidal clients.
They are _______ and _______.
Stabilization and address underlying factors
Safety and Stability
Assessment and Stressors
Med Eval and Treatment plan - ANSWER-Stabilization and address underlying factors
If a client's speech is referred to as "pressured," how would the client be talking?
Softly
Quickly
Loudly
Anxiously
None of the above - ANSWER-Quickly
In the context of other mental disorders _____________ has long been known to
increase suicide risk. More recent data indicates this problem is also an independent
risk factor.
, High externalizing behavior
High internalizing behavior
Hypersomnia
Insomnia
Nightmares - ANSWER-Insomnia
Initially, you might avoid using swing questions with _____________ clients.
Elderly
Children and adolescents
Asian and African-American
Severely mentally ill
Males - ANSWER-Children and adolescents
Ricardo says that his main problem is his chemistry professor. He says that she makes
his life miserable on purpose and if he could only change majors or get a different
professor his life would be great. Ricardo could be described as a(n)
___________________ client.
Self-blaming
Resilient
Internalizing
Externalizing
Verbose - ANSWER-Externalizing
SAFE-T stands for
Suicide Approach Five-Step Evaluation and Triage
Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage
Suicide Analysis Five-Step Evaluation and Truth
Suicide Assessment Five-Step Enough and Truth - ANSWER-Suicide Assessment Five-
step Evaluation and Triage
The DSM-5 criteria has 4 parts according to Schwitzer and Rubin. Which ONE of the
following is incorrect?
Client's mood, behaviors, thoughts
Frequency of the problems
Severity of the problem
Etiology of the problem - ANSWER-Etiology of the problem
The DSM-5 is ____________ type of classification system?
criterion-referenced
Split-half
Norm-referenced
Score-based - ANSWER-criterion-referenced
