MAC Exam Questions With Correct
Solutions
Linking - ✅✅ Leader assists members in recognizing similarities
Blocking - ✅✅ Leadership prevents unfocused members from being disruptive
or preventing them from monopolizing discussion
Summarizing - ✅✅ Leaders assist member in raising awareness of what occurs
and how the group and membership have changed
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) - ✅✅ Self-help group, not led by a professional or
paraprofessional
Direct Advice - ✅✅ receiving and giving suggestions for strategies for handling
problems
Interpersonal learning - ✅✅ The group offers many and varied opportunities for
interacting with other people. Insight is gained regarding how one perceives and is
being perceived by others.
Instillation of hope - ✅✅ The leader shares optimism about successes of group
treatment, and members share their improvements.
Imitative behavior - ✅✅ members may copy behavior from the leader or peers
and can adopt healthier habits
,Interdependence - ✅✅ Also called "performing" and occurs when members are
comfortable with one another and occupy their time with problem-solving and
engaging with one another for the group's primary purpose.
Who is involved with program orientation? - ✅✅ The client's immediate family
and significant other needs to be present if possible. Counselor would be involved.
No PO.
Chemical drug testing - ✅✅ Can determine specific drugs recently used by client
and is the most accurate way to determine current or recent use.
Can't replace assessment process in diagnosing an addiction disorder
Psychoeducational groups - ✅✅ Group where the focus is on the leader and what
the leader is presenting
Clinical evaluation - ✅✅ In addictions counseling - the systematic approach to
the screening and assessment process in which the counselor identifies and
evaluates the individual's presenting issues and identifies their treatment and
referral needs.
Dependency (group stage) - ✅✅ Initial stage of a group. Often referred to as
"forming".
Therapist may observe a dependency on the therapist for direction as members are
uncertain of themselves and look to leadership for direction.
Stages of Group Development - ✅✅ forming (dependency), storming (conflict),
norming (cohesion), performing (interdependence), adjourning
, Divided dose - ✅✅ Type of dosage when The total amount of medication is
administered in separate doses
Total dose might not be safe or half-life may be so short that there won't be an
effective blood level over the course of the day
SUD early remission - ✅✅ lack of symptoms with the possible exception of
cravings.
SUD criteria - ✅✅ 1. Taking substance in larger amounts or for longer than you
meant to
2. Wanting to cut down or stop using the substance and not managing to
3. Spending a lot of time getting, using, or recovering
4. Cravings
5. Work, home, school
6. Problems in relationships
7. Giving up social, occupational, recreational activities
8. Recurrent substance use in situations in which it is physically hazardous.
9. Physical or psychological problem made worse by use
10. Tolerance
11. Withdrawal
SUD Severity Specifiers - ✅✅ 2-3 mild
4-5 moderate
6+ severe
Solutions
Linking - ✅✅ Leader assists members in recognizing similarities
Blocking - ✅✅ Leadership prevents unfocused members from being disruptive
or preventing them from monopolizing discussion
Summarizing - ✅✅ Leaders assist member in raising awareness of what occurs
and how the group and membership have changed
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) - ✅✅ Self-help group, not led by a professional or
paraprofessional
Direct Advice - ✅✅ receiving and giving suggestions for strategies for handling
problems
Interpersonal learning - ✅✅ The group offers many and varied opportunities for
interacting with other people. Insight is gained regarding how one perceives and is
being perceived by others.
Instillation of hope - ✅✅ The leader shares optimism about successes of group
treatment, and members share their improvements.
Imitative behavior - ✅✅ members may copy behavior from the leader or peers
and can adopt healthier habits
,Interdependence - ✅✅ Also called "performing" and occurs when members are
comfortable with one another and occupy their time with problem-solving and
engaging with one another for the group's primary purpose.
Who is involved with program orientation? - ✅✅ The client's immediate family
and significant other needs to be present if possible. Counselor would be involved.
No PO.
Chemical drug testing - ✅✅ Can determine specific drugs recently used by client
and is the most accurate way to determine current or recent use.
Can't replace assessment process in diagnosing an addiction disorder
Psychoeducational groups - ✅✅ Group where the focus is on the leader and what
the leader is presenting
Clinical evaluation - ✅✅ In addictions counseling - the systematic approach to
the screening and assessment process in which the counselor identifies and
evaluates the individual's presenting issues and identifies their treatment and
referral needs.
Dependency (group stage) - ✅✅ Initial stage of a group. Often referred to as
"forming".
Therapist may observe a dependency on the therapist for direction as members are
uncertain of themselves and look to leadership for direction.
Stages of Group Development - ✅✅ forming (dependency), storming (conflict),
norming (cohesion), performing (interdependence), adjourning
, Divided dose - ✅✅ Type of dosage when The total amount of medication is
administered in separate doses
Total dose might not be safe or half-life may be so short that there won't be an
effective blood level over the course of the day
SUD early remission - ✅✅ lack of symptoms with the possible exception of
cravings.
SUD criteria - ✅✅ 1. Taking substance in larger amounts or for longer than you
meant to
2. Wanting to cut down or stop using the substance and not managing to
3. Spending a lot of time getting, using, or recovering
4. Cravings
5. Work, home, school
6. Problems in relationships
7. Giving up social, occupational, recreational activities
8. Recurrent substance use in situations in which it is physically hazardous.
9. Physical or psychological problem made worse by use
10. Tolerance
11. Withdrawal
SUD Severity Specifiers - ✅✅ 2-3 mild
4-5 moderate
6+ severe
