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2025/2026 Questions and Correct Answers
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Multiethinic and multiracial families often present with rich and complex histories
and dynamics. The best assessment tool for outlining the complexities of a
multiracial family is a:
A: Timber lawn Racial Dichotomy Scales. A genogram is useful for increasing
understanding of family relationships and dynamics. Further identifying and
exploring the multiracial heritages across the family generations can provide
insight into isolation, bonds, beliefs, roles, and societal micro aggression.
B: cultural genogram
C: FACES III: Diversity Matrix
D: DSM-5's GARF Ethnicity Relational Scales - CORRECT ANSWER-B: Cultural
genogram
,A genogram is useful for increasing understanding of family relationships and
dynamics. Further identifying and exploring the multiracial heritages across the
family generations can provide insight into isolation, bonds, beliefs, roles and
societal micro aggressions.
All of the following are considered communication theorists EXCEPT:
A: Watzlawick
B: Satir
C: White
D: Haley - CORRECT ANSWER-C: White
White focused on meaning where communication therapists focused on behavior.
During a session with a couple a husband states to the therapist that his wife
often nags and belittles him. The therapist's intervention is to give the wife
homework in which she is to only say positive things to her husband and abstain
from any negative comments. When she appears to be negative or belittling to
her husband he is to put his hand up and say "Stop". A feminist therapist would
be critical of the above technique because it:
A: Gives the husband more power
B: Appears to be hierarchical
C: Is therapist driven
,D: All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D: All of the above
Feminists draw techniques from other schools of family therapy such as the
Narrative approach, with a sensitivity to those that are especially empowering
and client driven. In this case, the therapist would work together to question
imbalances of power between members and the effects these imbalances have
on all family members. A feminist therapist might then work with the couple to
develop new stories using a collaborative approach.
Jose and Maria bring their son, Joe, to counseling because of poor academic
performance and behavior.
A: externalize the problem
B: rearrange family members to imply alliance shifts.
C: use genogram construction to help the family identify family-of-origins patterns
consciously.
D: coach the family on improving its problem-solving skills - CORRECT
ANSWER-D: Coach the family on improving its problem solving skills.
The strategic family therapist defines the focus of treatment as the family and its
interactive process, paying particular attention to the family's process of problem
solving.
During the process of treatment, Mr. Medieros recognizes how he was victimized
by his parents, and that past generations were also victimized by their parents. In
, recognizing this he began to see his parents less as monsters and more as
struggling human beings, themselves acting out invisible loyalties. Therefore, he
was able to block the trans-generational pattern of destructive entitlement and
allowed the positive transmission of relational resources. The process by which he
earned entitlement by dealing with his own issues with his own parents is called:
A: A family projection process
B: relational ethics
C: societal regression
D: exoneration - CORRECT ANSWER-D: exoneration
Exoneration is a process by which the therapist attempts to help the client see the
positive intent and inter-generational loyalty issues that motivate the behavior of
members of previous generations.
Harmonious relationships are more difficult to achieve for gay and lesbian couples
because:
A: they are more inherently pathological than straight couples
B: of shame
C: our society presents them with far more obstacles
D: they have more individual problems. - CORRECT ANSWER-C: our society
presents them with far more obstacles
2025/2026 Questions and Correct Answers
Graded A+|Assured Success|Newest Version
Multiethinic and multiracial families often present with rich and complex histories
and dynamics. The best assessment tool for outlining the complexities of a
multiracial family is a:
A: Timber lawn Racial Dichotomy Scales. A genogram is useful for increasing
understanding of family relationships and dynamics. Further identifying and
exploring the multiracial heritages across the family generations can provide
insight into isolation, bonds, beliefs, roles, and societal micro aggression.
B: cultural genogram
C: FACES III: Diversity Matrix
D: DSM-5's GARF Ethnicity Relational Scales - CORRECT ANSWER-B: Cultural
genogram
,A genogram is useful for increasing understanding of family relationships and
dynamics. Further identifying and exploring the multiracial heritages across the
family generations can provide insight into isolation, bonds, beliefs, roles and
societal micro aggressions.
All of the following are considered communication theorists EXCEPT:
A: Watzlawick
B: Satir
C: White
D: Haley - CORRECT ANSWER-C: White
White focused on meaning where communication therapists focused on behavior.
During a session with a couple a husband states to the therapist that his wife
often nags and belittles him. The therapist's intervention is to give the wife
homework in which she is to only say positive things to her husband and abstain
from any negative comments. When she appears to be negative or belittling to
her husband he is to put his hand up and say "Stop". A feminist therapist would
be critical of the above technique because it:
A: Gives the husband more power
B: Appears to be hierarchical
C: Is therapist driven
,D: All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER-D: All of the above
Feminists draw techniques from other schools of family therapy such as the
Narrative approach, with a sensitivity to those that are especially empowering
and client driven. In this case, the therapist would work together to question
imbalances of power between members and the effects these imbalances have
on all family members. A feminist therapist might then work with the couple to
develop new stories using a collaborative approach.
Jose and Maria bring their son, Joe, to counseling because of poor academic
performance and behavior.
A: externalize the problem
B: rearrange family members to imply alliance shifts.
C: use genogram construction to help the family identify family-of-origins patterns
consciously.
D: coach the family on improving its problem-solving skills - CORRECT
ANSWER-D: Coach the family on improving its problem solving skills.
The strategic family therapist defines the focus of treatment as the family and its
interactive process, paying particular attention to the family's process of problem
solving.
During the process of treatment, Mr. Medieros recognizes how he was victimized
by his parents, and that past generations were also victimized by their parents. In
, recognizing this he began to see his parents less as monsters and more as
struggling human beings, themselves acting out invisible loyalties. Therefore, he
was able to block the trans-generational pattern of destructive entitlement and
allowed the positive transmission of relational resources. The process by which he
earned entitlement by dealing with his own issues with his own parents is called:
A: A family projection process
B: relational ethics
C: societal regression
D: exoneration - CORRECT ANSWER-D: exoneration
Exoneration is a process by which the therapist attempts to help the client see the
positive intent and inter-generational loyalty issues that motivate the behavior of
members of previous generations.
Harmonious relationships are more difficult to achieve for gay and lesbian couples
because:
A: they are more inherently pathological than straight couples
B: of shame
C: our society presents them with far more obstacles
D: they have more individual problems. - CORRECT ANSWER-C: our society
presents them with far more obstacles
