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MSCP CORE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
Question: Robert runs into the office, unprepared and frustrated
because he is late for his weekly appointment with his first client of the
day. He is consistently late for his appointments and his behavior is
Ans✅ ✅: Unprofessional
Question: The single best intervention for addressing general physical
and psychological
concerns is
Ans✅ ✅: aerobic exercise.
Question: According to REBT, we develop emotional disturbances
because of
Ans✅ ✅: our beliefs about certain events
Question: The term minority group has come to refer to
Ans✅ ✅: any category of people who have been discriminated against or subjected
to unequal treatment and oppression by society largely because of their group
membership.
Question: The principal function of item analysis is to
Ans✅ ✅: identify test items that may be faulty or superfluous.
Question: Which is the correct sequence of the stages of a group?
Ans✅ ✅: Forming, storming, norming, performing/working, adjourning
(termination); initial, transition, working, termination
Question: Although research questions typically concern a _________,
a research study typically examines a _________.
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Ans✅ ✅: population, sample
Question: The process by which an organism develops physically or
mentally in an orderly sequence and at a fixed individual rate is:
Ans✅ ✅: maturation.
Question: A summarization of content response is one in which the
counselor:
Ans✅ ✅: ties together the main ideas any client series of messages or rambling
message, involves rephrasing two or more of the client's cognitive or content
messages, and helps to illuminate themes in the client's message.
Question: This resource provides current national job market
information for specific career areas such as annual job openings and
closures, salary range for new and experienced workers, and the kinds of
skills, abilities and education required for the career area.
Ans✅ ✅: Occupational Outlook Handbook
Question: Systematic desensitization has been shown to be especially
effective in the treatment of:
Ans✅ ✅: phobias.
Question: Sarah's mother receives a call from her daughter's teacher
telling her that Sarah has been misbehaving. According to the
psychoanalytic approach, her daughter's misbehavior
Ans✅ ✅: is the result of unconscious mental activity.
Question: The basic purpose of professional code of ethics is to
Ans✅ ✅: educate professionals about sound ethical conduct, provide a mechanism
for professional accountability, and serve as a catalyst for improving practice.
Question: The treatment plan constructed by the counselor or therapist
is most consistent with Buddha's
Ans✅ ✅: Fourth Noble Truth.
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Question: In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to
Ans✅ ✅: assist clients in substituting rational beliefs for irrational beliefs.
Question: __________ counseling is any counseling relationship in
which the counselor and the client belong to different cultural groups,
hold different assumptions about social reality, and subscribe to different
world views.
Ans✅ ✅: Multicultural
Question: Norms for an educational or psychological test are
established by
Ans✅ ✅: examining the performance of the top and bottom 10% of a population.
Question: Resistance in a group can be seen as
Ans✅ ✅: inevitable and material for productive exploration.
Question: Statistical techniques that summarize, organize, and simplify
data are classified as
Ans✅ ✅: descriptive statistics.
Question: Sometime between 9-12 months a child begins to
experience:
Ans✅ ✅: a self-concept.
Question: Which of the following is not true?
Practice is important in the development of positive attending.
It is possible to attend poorly but listen well.
Attending and listening are synonymous.
It is possible to attend well but listen poorly.
Ans✅ ✅: It is possible to attend well but listen poorly.
MSCP CORE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
Question: Robert runs into the office, unprepared and frustrated
because he is late for his weekly appointment with his first client of the
day. He is consistently late for his appointments and his behavior is
Ans✅ ✅: Unprofessional
Question: The single best intervention for addressing general physical
and psychological
concerns is
Ans✅ ✅: aerobic exercise.
Question: According to REBT, we develop emotional disturbances
because of
Ans✅ ✅: our beliefs about certain events
Question: The term minority group has come to refer to
Ans✅ ✅: any category of people who have been discriminated against or subjected
to unequal treatment and oppression by society largely because of their group
membership.
Question: The principal function of item analysis is to
Ans✅ ✅: identify test items that may be faulty or superfluous.
Question: Which is the correct sequence of the stages of a group?
Ans✅ ✅: Forming, storming, norming, performing/working, adjourning
(termination); initial, transition, working, termination
Question: Although research questions typically concern a _________,
a research study typically examines a _________.
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Ans✅ ✅: population, sample
Question: The process by which an organism develops physically or
mentally in an orderly sequence and at a fixed individual rate is:
Ans✅ ✅: maturation.
Question: A summarization of content response is one in which the
counselor:
Ans✅ ✅: ties together the main ideas any client series of messages or rambling
message, involves rephrasing two or more of the client's cognitive or content
messages, and helps to illuminate themes in the client's message.
Question: This resource provides current national job market
information for specific career areas such as annual job openings and
closures, salary range for new and experienced workers, and the kinds of
skills, abilities and education required for the career area.
Ans✅ ✅: Occupational Outlook Handbook
Question: Systematic desensitization has been shown to be especially
effective in the treatment of:
Ans✅ ✅: phobias.
Question: Sarah's mother receives a call from her daughter's teacher
telling her that Sarah has been misbehaving. According to the
psychoanalytic approach, her daughter's misbehavior
Ans✅ ✅: is the result of unconscious mental activity.
Question: The basic purpose of professional code of ethics is to
Ans✅ ✅: educate professionals about sound ethical conduct, provide a mechanism
for professional accountability, and serve as a catalyst for improving practice.
Question: The treatment plan constructed by the counselor or therapist
is most consistent with Buddha's
Ans✅ ✅: Fourth Noble Truth.
, Page | 3
Question: In cognitive therapy techniques are designed to
Ans✅ ✅: assist clients in substituting rational beliefs for irrational beliefs.
Question: __________ counseling is any counseling relationship in
which the counselor and the client belong to different cultural groups,
hold different assumptions about social reality, and subscribe to different
world views.
Ans✅ ✅: Multicultural
Question: Norms for an educational or psychological test are
established by
Ans✅ ✅: examining the performance of the top and bottom 10% of a population.
Question: Resistance in a group can be seen as
Ans✅ ✅: inevitable and material for productive exploration.
Question: Statistical techniques that summarize, organize, and simplify
data are classified as
Ans✅ ✅: descriptive statistics.
Question: Sometime between 9-12 months a child begins to
experience:
Ans✅ ✅: a self-concept.
Question: Which of the following is not true?
Practice is important in the development of positive attending.
It is possible to attend poorly but listen well.
Attending and listening are synonymous.
It is possible to attend well but listen poorly.
Ans✅ ✅: It is possible to attend well but listen poorly.
