NCMHCE Practice Test Exam 2025
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Differential Diagnoses for ASD CORRECT ANSWERS
Intellectual disability, ADHD, and schizophrenia.
Children with ASD will often have difficulty with CORRECT
ANSWERS Imaginative play
Helpful therapeutic modalities for behavioral problems related
to ASD CORRECT ANSWERS CBT, behavior therapy,
applied behavior analysis
Areas to assess when someone may have panic disorder
CORRECT ANSWERS Generalized anxiety, cognitive
processes that occur when experiencing a panic attack, and
whether the panic attacks are expected, unexpected, or both
All of the following are short term goals for the first month of
therapy EXCEPT: CORRECT ANSWERS Reducing frequency
and intensity of panic attacks, because as it is a triggered
fight/flight response, it takes time to reduce.
,Negative Attending Behaviors CORRECT ANSWERS • (+)
behave are annoying when overused:
Over mirroring!
o Head nods
o Saying 'uh huh'
o Eye contact (too much)
o Repeating client's last word
o Mirroring
• Other (-) attending behavs:
o Infreq eye contact
o Turning away more than 45o
o Leaning back from the waist up
o Folding arms across chest
You had an argument with your spouse prior to the session and
are distracted. Which of the following would be the most
appropriate decision with regard to your clients well-being, as it
is impacted by your distraction? CORRECT ANSWERS Be
aware of how your personal life is impacting the session and
refocus as needed. Maintain awareness of how your personal life
is affecting the counseling session because you want to support
the client and prevent as much personal impact as possible.
Rescheduling may be appropriate if the impact of your personal
life is unavoidable.
, All of the following are primary focuses of the termination
session except: CORRECT ANSWERS Evaluating the
effectiveness of therapy because evaluating the effectiveness of
therapy should've occurred throughout the entirety of the
counseling services. Therefore it is not a primary focus of
termination..
The client asks if she could return to work with you after the
termination session if panic symptoms were to worsen or return.
Which of the following is the most ethical response? CORRECT
ANSWERS Encourage her to continue to use coping skills
learned in sessions, and assure her that she would be able to
work with her. Should she have the clinical need for therapy.
You are supervising counseling resident, and their established
client has canceled several sessions in a row. Which of the
following would you encourage the Counselor to do?
CORRECT ANSWERS Follow up with a client to ascertain the
reason for the cancellations. Determining the reason for the
cancellations is most important because this can open up a
dialogue for getting back on track in the counseling relationship.
All of the following are criteria for borderline personality
disorder, except CORRECT ANSWERS Recurrent depressive
episodes. Depressive episodes are not a symptom of borderline
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Differential Diagnoses for ASD CORRECT ANSWERS
Intellectual disability, ADHD, and schizophrenia.
Children with ASD will often have difficulty with CORRECT
ANSWERS Imaginative play
Helpful therapeutic modalities for behavioral problems related
to ASD CORRECT ANSWERS CBT, behavior therapy,
applied behavior analysis
Areas to assess when someone may have panic disorder
CORRECT ANSWERS Generalized anxiety, cognitive
processes that occur when experiencing a panic attack, and
whether the panic attacks are expected, unexpected, or both
All of the following are short term goals for the first month of
therapy EXCEPT: CORRECT ANSWERS Reducing frequency
and intensity of panic attacks, because as it is a triggered
fight/flight response, it takes time to reduce.
,Negative Attending Behaviors CORRECT ANSWERS • (+)
behave are annoying when overused:
Over mirroring!
o Head nods
o Saying 'uh huh'
o Eye contact (too much)
o Repeating client's last word
o Mirroring
• Other (-) attending behavs:
o Infreq eye contact
o Turning away more than 45o
o Leaning back from the waist up
o Folding arms across chest
You had an argument with your spouse prior to the session and
are distracted. Which of the following would be the most
appropriate decision with regard to your clients well-being, as it
is impacted by your distraction? CORRECT ANSWERS Be
aware of how your personal life is impacting the session and
refocus as needed. Maintain awareness of how your personal life
is affecting the counseling session because you want to support
the client and prevent as much personal impact as possible.
Rescheduling may be appropriate if the impact of your personal
life is unavoidable.
, All of the following are primary focuses of the termination
session except: CORRECT ANSWERS Evaluating the
effectiveness of therapy because evaluating the effectiveness of
therapy should've occurred throughout the entirety of the
counseling services. Therefore it is not a primary focus of
termination..
The client asks if she could return to work with you after the
termination session if panic symptoms were to worsen or return.
Which of the following is the most ethical response? CORRECT
ANSWERS Encourage her to continue to use coping skills
learned in sessions, and assure her that she would be able to
work with her. Should she have the clinical need for therapy.
You are supervising counseling resident, and their established
client has canceled several sessions in a row. Which of the
following would you encourage the Counselor to do?
CORRECT ANSWERS Follow up with a client to ascertain the
reason for the cancellations. Determining the reason for the
cancellations is most important because this can open up a
dialogue for getting back on track in the counseling relationship.
All of the following are criteria for borderline personality
disorder, except CORRECT ANSWERS Recurrent depressive
episodes. Depressive episodes are not a symptom of borderline
