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Test Bank for Clinical Interviewing, 6th Edition
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Emily Sidor Hansen
The University of Montana
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TEST QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 1
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLINICAL INTERVIEW
1. The clinical interview is considered:
a. The most fundamental component of mental health training
b. Exclusively an assessment interview
c. An optional first-session experience
d. Both a and b
e. None of the above
2. Who originally designed a “semi-clinical” interview that included both tightly standardized
questions and spontaneous questioning?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Carl Rogers
c. Jean Piaget
d. Karen Horney
e. Constance Fischer
3. What are the two primary functions or goals of clinical interviewing?
a. Testing and Assessment
b. Assessment and Helping
c. Case Formulation and Referral
d. Listening and Talking
e. Intervention and Disposition
4. Clinical interviewing may also be known as:
a. Intake interviews
b. Initial interviews
c. Psychiatric interviews
d. Diagnostic interviews
e. All of the above
5. Which of the following factors do the authors NOT include in their definition of clinical
interviewing?
a. A positive relationship between client and interviewer is established.
b. The client and interviewer work collaboratively (more or less) to establish and achieve
mutual goals.
c. Clients are required to modify their perspective and behavior based on the interviewer.
d. The interviewer and client interact verbally and nonverbally.
e. Client-interviewer interactions are influenced by culture, personality, attitudes, and goals.
6. Which of the following is true regarding clinical interviewing?
a. Clinical interviewing involves an explicit agreement between parties for provision of
services.
b. It is best to avoid being friendly towards clients, especially clients who are culturally
different.
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c. There really isn’t much difference between a friendship relationship and a therapy
relationship.
d. Clinical interviewing involves only behavior that would be considered appropriate under
normal social circumstances.
e. None of these are true about clinical interviewing.
7. The authors note that, “. . . when done well, clinical assessment is or can be”
a. Problematic
b. Therapeutic
c. Enigmatic
d. Theoretical
e. Pragmatic
8. Ethical professional relationships include which of the following:
a. Informed consent
b. Compensation for services
c. Minimal relationship boundaries
d. All of the above
e. Only a and b
9. What are the main reasons why people seek mental health services?
a. Personal growth
b. Subjective distress
c. Someone is forcing the issue
d. All of the above
e. Only a and b
10. What do solution-focused therapists call clients who attend therapy only when coerced?
a. Visitors to treatment
b. Complainants
c. Customers for change
d. A pain in the backside
e. Both a and b
11. How do solution-focused therapists refer to clients who are highly motivated to attend therapy?
a. Complainants
b. Customers for change
c. Difficult customers
d. Resistant clients
e. Visitors to treatment
12. Which of the following is true about collaborative goal-setting?
a. Although ideal, it doesn’t occur very often because therapists and clients usually disagree
on goals
b. It hasn’t been the subject of much empirical research
c. It’s considered an evidence-based practice
d. It’s not conducive to effective problem-solving in therapy
e. None of the above are true
13. From a cognitive-behavioral perspective, collaborative goal setting is initiated when:
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Test Bank for Clinical Interviewing, 6th Edition
By
John Sommers-Flanagan
Emily Sidor Hansen
The University of Montana
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TEST QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 1
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLINICAL INTERVIEW
1. The clinical interview is considered:
a. The most fundamental component of mental health training
b. Exclusively an assessment interview
c. An optional first-session experience
d. Both a and b
e. None of the above
2. Who originally designed a “semi-clinical” interview that included both tightly standardized
questions and spontaneous questioning?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Carl Rogers
c. Jean Piaget
d. Karen Horney
e. Constance Fischer
3. What are the two primary functions or goals of clinical interviewing?
a. Testing and Assessment
b. Assessment and Helping
c. Case Formulation and Referral
d. Listening and Talking
e. Intervention and Disposition
4. Clinical interviewing may also be known as:
a. Intake interviews
b. Initial interviews
c. Psychiatric interviews
d. Diagnostic interviews
e. All of the above
5. Which of the following factors do the authors NOT include in their definition of clinical
interviewing?
a. A positive relationship between client and interviewer is established.
b. The client and interviewer work collaboratively (more or less) to establish and achieve
mutual goals.
c. Clients are required to modify their perspective and behavior based on the interviewer.
d. The interviewer and client interact verbally and nonverbally.
e. Client-interviewer interactions are influenced by culture, personality, attitudes, and goals.
6. Which of the following is true regarding clinical interviewing?
a. Clinical interviewing involves an explicit agreement between parties for provision of
services.
b. It is best to avoid being friendly towards clients, especially clients who are culturally
different.
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c. There really isn’t much difference between a friendship relationship and a therapy
relationship.
d. Clinical interviewing involves only behavior that would be considered appropriate under
normal social circumstances.
e. None of these are true about clinical interviewing.
7. The authors note that, “. . . when done well, clinical assessment is or can be”
a. Problematic
b. Therapeutic
c. Enigmatic
d. Theoretical
e. Pragmatic
8. Ethical professional relationships include which of the following:
a. Informed consent
b. Compensation for services
c. Minimal relationship boundaries
d. All of the above
e. Only a and b
9. What are the main reasons why people seek mental health services?
a. Personal growth
b. Subjective distress
c. Someone is forcing the issue
d. All of the above
e. Only a and b
10. What do solution-focused therapists call clients who attend therapy only when coerced?
a. Visitors to treatment
b. Complainants
c. Customers for change
d. A pain in the backside
e. Both a and b
11. How do solution-focused therapists refer to clients who are highly motivated to attend therapy?
a. Complainants
b. Customers for change
c. Difficult customers
d. Resistant clients
e. Visitors to treatment
12. Which of the following is true about collaborative goal-setting?
a. Although ideal, it doesn’t occur very often because therapists and clients usually disagree
on goals
b. It hasn’t been the subject of much empirical research
c. It’s considered an evidence-based practice
d. It’s not conducive to effective problem-solving in therapy
e. None of the above are true
13. From a cognitive-behavioral perspective, collaborative goal setting is initiated when:
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