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The National Counseling Exam (NCE) includes
accurate and verified questions covering human
growth and development, social and cultural diversity,
counseling theories, group work, assessment, and
professional practice required for licensure.
A Latina doctoral student is curious about how bilingual
kindergarten children interact verbally with monolingual
children of a different racial group. She decides to study this for
her doctoral research. A research method which may be most
appropriate to consider is
A. ethnographic
B. experimental
C. analogue
D. survey - ANSWER-A. ethnographic
The counselor determines that the client can more easily discuss
painful material as part of a story or vignette. She decides to
administer the Thematic Apperception Test to help the client in
this process. This counselor is likely to be practicing from a
__________ perspective.
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A. Gestalt therapy
B. rational-emotive therapy
C. client-centered therapy
D. psychoanalytic therapy - ANSWER-D. psychoanalytic
therapy
Which of the following statements about consultation is NOT
true?
A. Consultation uses the same kind of skills as counseling but
the context, role, and function are different.
B. Since there is no strong theory or model of consultation, an
eclectic approach is best.
C. The consultation may focus on content or process or both.
D. The need for consultation may occur in most any agency or
business. - ANSWER-B. Since there is no strong theory or
model of consultation, an eclectic approach is best.
Which of the following captures the essence of informed
consent?
A. Having members sign a contract before joining a group.
B. Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose
of the group.
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C. Having members decide upon all the activities of the group.
D. Making sure that groups will always be composed of
voluntary members. - ANSWER-B. Telling members in some
detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
A counselor works at a hospital which allows a maximum of
eight group counseling sessions on an outpatient basis. The
counselor is to begin a new group consisting primarily of
recovering alcoholics. Under these circumstances, because the
counselor is flexible in the theoretical approach she can use, she
decides that the best approach would be
A. transactional analysis.
B. client-centered.
C. psychoanalytical.
D. existential. - ANSWER-A. transactional analysis.
A school counselor notices what appear to be bruises on a sixth-
grade girl in counseling. The counselor recalls seeing the girl in
the hallway a month earlier and she had a black eye. In response
to the counselor's questions, the girl is evasive. Upon continued
questioning, she says she hurt herself falling down while inline
skating. The counselor
A. dismisses the matter.
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B. schedules another appointment.
C. notifies the appropriate authorities of suspected child abuse.
D. sends the girl to inline skating lessons. - ANSWER-C.
notifies the appropriate authorities of suspected child abuse.
According to Adler and others, birth order tends to result in
unique psychological traits and social development. In
counseling, birth order can help explain clients' traits and
behaviors. Individuals who are carefree, outgoing, and not rule-
oriented and those individuals who are early maturers, high
achievers and never "dethroned" are probably
A. second born and only children.
B. firstborns and youngest children.
C. middle and only children.
D. second borns and middle children. - ANSWER-A. second
born and only children.
A high school career counselor had 24 seniors sign up for a
three-session job-seeking skills workshop. He randomly
assigned 12 students to the job-seeking group and 12 to a control
group. The counselor developed some new materials and
techniques to be used by the 'experimental' group. In designing
this study, the counselor was also concerned about
The National Counseling Exam (NCE) includes
accurate and verified questions covering human
growth and development, social and cultural diversity,
counseling theories, group work, assessment, and
professional practice required for licensure.
A Latina doctoral student is curious about how bilingual
kindergarten children interact verbally with monolingual
children of a different racial group. She decides to study this for
her doctoral research. A research method which may be most
appropriate to consider is
A. ethnographic
B. experimental
C. analogue
D. survey - ANSWER-A. ethnographic
The counselor determines that the client can more easily discuss
painful material as part of a story or vignette. She decides to
administer the Thematic Apperception Test to help the client in
this process. This counselor is likely to be practicing from a
__________ perspective.
,2|Page
A. Gestalt therapy
B. rational-emotive therapy
C. client-centered therapy
D. psychoanalytic therapy - ANSWER-D. psychoanalytic
therapy
Which of the following statements about consultation is NOT
true?
A. Consultation uses the same kind of skills as counseling but
the context, role, and function are different.
B. Since there is no strong theory or model of consultation, an
eclectic approach is best.
C. The consultation may focus on content or process or both.
D. The need for consultation may occur in most any agency or
business. - ANSWER-B. Since there is no strong theory or
model of consultation, an eclectic approach is best.
Which of the following captures the essence of informed
consent?
A. Having members sign a contract before joining a group.
B. Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose
of the group.
,3|Page
C. Having members decide upon all the activities of the group.
D. Making sure that groups will always be composed of
voluntary members. - ANSWER-B. Telling members in some
detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
A counselor works at a hospital which allows a maximum of
eight group counseling sessions on an outpatient basis. The
counselor is to begin a new group consisting primarily of
recovering alcoholics. Under these circumstances, because the
counselor is flexible in the theoretical approach she can use, she
decides that the best approach would be
A. transactional analysis.
B. client-centered.
C. psychoanalytical.
D. existential. - ANSWER-A. transactional analysis.
A school counselor notices what appear to be bruises on a sixth-
grade girl in counseling. The counselor recalls seeing the girl in
the hallway a month earlier and she had a black eye. In response
to the counselor's questions, the girl is evasive. Upon continued
questioning, she says she hurt herself falling down while inline
skating. The counselor
A. dismisses the matter.
, 4|Page
B. schedules another appointment.
C. notifies the appropriate authorities of suspected child abuse.
D. sends the girl to inline skating lessons. - ANSWER-C.
notifies the appropriate authorities of suspected child abuse.
According to Adler and others, birth order tends to result in
unique psychological traits and social development. In
counseling, birth order can help explain clients' traits and
behaviors. Individuals who are carefree, outgoing, and not rule-
oriented and those individuals who are early maturers, high
achievers and never "dethroned" are probably
A. second born and only children.
B. firstborns and youngest children.
C. middle and only children.
D. second borns and middle children. - ANSWER-A. second
born and only children.
A high school career counselor had 24 seniors sign up for a
three-session job-seeking skills workshop. He randomly
assigned 12 students to the job-seeking group and 12 to a control
group. The counselor developed some new materials and
techniques to be used by the 'experimental' group. In designing
this study, the counselor was also concerned about
