ILLINOIS CADC CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Psychedelics - ✔✔Acid, PCP, LSD, Cannabis when used heavily
✔✔Alcohol Absoprtion - ✔✔Absorbed from the stomach and small intestines, passes
directly into the blood stream
✔✔Cannabis - ✔✔Lower doses produce effects similar to alcohol and sedative
hypnotics. Higher doses produce psychedelic effects.
✔✔THC term - ✔✔tetrahydrocannabinol, peak effect 30 to 60 min
✔✔Reverse Tolerance - ✔✔becoming more sensitive to the drug upon regular use and
need less to get high
✔✔Barbiturate Pisoning - ✔✔Intoxication due to a combo of ethyl alcohol and
barbiturates is the most frequent and potentially lethal
✔✔Hallucinogens - ✔✔Mescaline, S T P, O C O, Angel dust, H O G
✔✔Counselor's Professional Competencies Impaired - ✔✔Utilize AODA's Counselor
Assistance Program
✔✔Counselor Assistance Program - ✔✔Time to establish personal recovery and health
and counselors should not be involved with others until their own health is restored
✔✔IAODAPCA - ✔✔Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification
Association
✔✔IAODAPCA Appeals - ✔✔Submit in writing to executive director in 30 days of
notification of Volunteer Committee Action, review of the action, contact counselor to
clarify and counselor can decided whether to keep pursuing the appeal
✔✔IAODAPCA Further Appeal - ✔✔Executive director transmit appeal to Certification
Criteria and Testing Committee of the Board of Directors within 30 days
✔✔Certification and Testing Committee - ✔✔Review appeal within 90 days, notification
of hearing sent by mail to counselor
✔✔Certification and Testing Committee appeal options - ✔✔Deny the appeal, return
decision to appropriate Volunteer Committee with instructions and/or recommendations
and they have 90 days to react or overturn the decision
,✔✔Notification of Appeal - ✔✔Notified of the decision within 10 working days and
Certification Criteria and Testing Committee will notify the Board of Directors at a
quarterly board meeting the number and nature of appeals and their disposition
✔✔Continuing Education (1) - ✔✔At least 25% of meets the criteria for AODA specific
counseling and 50% meets the Core Functions knowledge and skills base
✔✔Outline for Continuing Education Standards for recognition (1) - ✔✔1. Continuing
Education Program Sponsor, 2. Title of the Continuing Education Program, 3. Dates
and Length of the Program, 4. Location of the Continuing Education Program, 5.
Estimate of number of persons to attend, 6. Intended Audience
✔✔Outline for Continuing Education Standards for recognition (2) - ✔✔7. Method of
continuing education program evaluation, 8. Mechanisms to verify attendance
✔✔Outline for Continuing Education Standards for recognition (3) - ✔✔9. Program
review including learner objectives, brief course description, format of instruction,
method of determining program completing and faculty/instructors and their credentials
✔✔Application for Program Sponsor - ✔✔Filling out an application, submission of
application fee and review by IAODAPCA. Upon approval they will be assigned a
program number
✔✔IAODAPCA Training Standards - ✔✔3 Main Components - Identification of
knowledge and skills base in accredit training programs, internship and administrative
standards
✔✔IAODAPCA Bylaws - ✔✔Article I: Name and Purpose, Article II: Membership, Article
III: Board of Directors, Article IV: Officers, Article V: Standing Committees, Article VI:
Volunteer Committees; Article IX Business
✔✔Article I Name and Purpose - ✔✔Purpose shall be to promote the welfare of the
public through the improvement of quality health care service being provided to the
alcohol and other drug abusing/dependent person
✔✔Article II Membership - ✔✔Shall be mandatory for all individuals who are certified
counselors in good standing with IAODAPCA
✔✔Article III Board of Directors - ✔✔Represents the members of the corporation,
sixteen certified counselors are nominated. Three nonvoting members filled by experts
✔✔Article IV Officers - ✔✔Four officers: President, President Elect, Secretary and
Treasurer. elected in the last board meeting of the fiscal year and serve one year terms.
President is also a member of the Executive Committe
,✔✔Article V Standing Committees - ✔✔Executive, Membership/Nominations, Finance,
Certification/Accreditation Criteria and Testing, Education and Training and Member
Services Committed. Ad Hoc committees can be formed as the need arises.
Appointment to committees is on a yearly basis
✔✔Article VI Volunteer Committees - ✔✔Provide a separation of the certification and
accreditation process from the policy making function of the board of directors.
Becomes involved during appeals. Members send resumes and letters in and service a
three year term and can be appointed for one additional term
✔✔Article IX Business - ✔✔Not for profit corporation with its corporate headquarters in
Springfield, IL
✔✔Retired Emeritus - ✔✔At least 55 years of age, minimum of 10 years of service,
retiring with no intention of returning to AODA employment, $5.00 annual fee and no
continuing education required
✔✔Exam Areas (1) - ✔✔1. Pharmacology, 2, Signs and symptoms of alcohol and other
drug abuse, 3. Human development and behavior, 4. History of alcohol and other drug
abuse field, 5. Treatment modalities including self help
✔✔Exam Areas (2) - ✔✔6. Rules and regulations, 7. Core functions of an AODA
counselor, 8. Ethics, 9. Special populations
✔✔12 Core Functions (1) - ✔✔1. Client screening, 2. Client intake, 3. Client orientation,
4. Client assessment, 5. Treatment Planning, 6. Counseling, 7. Case management, 8.
Crisis intervention, 9. Client Education, 10. Referral, 11. Reports and record keeping,
12. Consultation
✔✔Client Screening - ✔✔Determine appropriate/eligible for admission. Evaluation of
psychological, social, physiological signs and symptoms of use. Determine
appropriateness and eligibility. Identify co-existing conditions for addition assessment or
services and adhere to laws regulations and policies
✔✔Client Intake - ✔✔Procedures for admission. Complete required documents for
admission, eligibility and appropriateness. Obtain signed consents to provide or receive
information from outside sources
✔✔Client Orientation - ✔✔Nature of the program. Overview of goals and objectives for
client care, program rules, client obligations and rights, and overview of program
operations
✔✔Client Assessment (1) - ✔✔Counselor/Program identifies and evaluates an
individual's strengths, weaknesses, problems and needs for the development of a
, treatment plan. Gather relevant history, obtain corroborative information from secondary
sources
✔✔Client Assessment (2) - ✔✔Identify appropriate assessment tools, explain to client
why assessments are being used, develop a diagnostic evaluation of substance use
and any coexisting conditions based on the results of the assessments
✔✔Treatment Planning (1) - ✔✔Counselor and client identify and rank problems
needing resolution. Explain assessment results to client, identify and rank problems
based on client's needs in treatment plan,
✔✔Treatment Planning (2) - ✔✔Formulate agreed upon immediate and long term goals
using behavioral terms in the treatment plan, identify treatment methods/resources to be
utilized as appropriate for client.
✔✔Counseling (1) - ✔✔Individual, group, family. Utilizing special skills to assist in
achieving objectives through exploration of a problem and its ramifications, examination
of attitudes and feelings, consideration of alternative solutions and decision making
✔✔Counseling (2) - ✔✔Select counseling theories that apply, apply them to assist in
exploring problems and ramifications, individualize counseling based on client's needs,
interact with client appropriately, elicit solutions and decisions from client and implement
treatment plan
✔✔Case Management - ✔✔Activities that bring services, agencies, resources or people
together within a planned framework of action toward the achievement of established
goals. Coordinate services for client care and explain the rationale of activities to clients
✔✔Crisis Intervention - ✔✔respond to client's needs during acute emotional and/or
physical distress. Recognize elements of client's crisis, implement immediate course of
action appropriate to crisis and enhance overall treatment by utilizing crisis events.
✔✔Client Education - ✔✔Provision of information to clients. Present relevant
information through formal and informal processes, present information about available
services and resources
✔✔Referral - ✔✔Needs the client cannot meet with the counselor or agency. Identify
needs, explain referral, matching client to appropriate resources, adhere to laws and
policies to protect confidentiality and assist client in utilizing referral
✔✔Report and Record Keeping - ✔✔Charting appropriate client related data. Prepare
reports and relevant records to facilitate continuum of care, chart pertinent ongoing
information, utilize relevant information
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Psychedelics - ✔✔Acid, PCP, LSD, Cannabis when used heavily
✔✔Alcohol Absoprtion - ✔✔Absorbed from the stomach and small intestines, passes
directly into the blood stream
✔✔Cannabis - ✔✔Lower doses produce effects similar to alcohol and sedative
hypnotics. Higher doses produce psychedelic effects.
✔✔THC term - ✔✔tetrahydrocannabinol, peak effect 30 to 60 min
✔✔Reverse Tolerance - ✔✔becoming more sensitive to the drug upon regular use and
need less to get high
✔✔Barbiturate Pisoning - ✔✔Intoxication due to a combo of ethyl alcohol and
barbiturates is the most frequent and potentially lethal
✔✔Hallucinogens - ✔✔Mescaline, S T P, O C O, Angel dust, H O G
✔✔Counselor's Professional Competencies Impaired - ✔✔Utilize AODA's Counselor
Assistance Program
✔✔Counselor Assistance Program - ✔✔Time to establish personal recovery and health
and counselors should not be involved with others until their own health is restored
✔✔IAODAPCA - ✔✔Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification
Association
✔✔IAODAPCA Appeals - ✔✔Submit in writing to executive director in 30 days of
notification of Volunteer Committee Action, review of the action, contact counselor to
clarify and counselor can decided whether to keep pursuing the appeal
✔✔IAODAPCA Further Appeal - ✔✔Executive director transmit appeal to Certification
Criteria and Testing Committee of the Board of Directors within 30 days
✔✔Certification and Testing Committee - ✔✔Review appeal within 90 days, notification
of hearing sent by mail to counselor
✔✔Certification and Testing Committee appeal options - ✔✔Deny the appeal, return
decision to appropriate Volunteer Committee with instructions and/or recommendations
and they have 90 days to react or overturn the decision
,✔✔Notification of Appeal - ✔✔Notified of the decision within 10 working days and
Certification Criteria and Testing Committee will notify the Board of Directors at a
quarterly board meeting the number and nature of appeals and their disposition
✔✔Continuing Education (1) - ✔✔At least 25% of meets the criteria for AODA specific
counseling and 50% meets the Core Functions knowledge and skills base
✔✔Outline for Continuing Education Standards for recognition (1) - ✔✔1. Continuing
Education Program Sponsor, 2. Title of the Continuing Education Program, 3. Dates
and Length of the Program, 4. Location of the Continuing Education Program, 5.
Estimate of number of persons to attend, 6. Intended Audience
✔✔Outline for Continuing Education Standards for recognition (2) - ✔✔7. Method of
continuing education program evaluation, 8. Mechanisms to verify attendance
✔✔Outline for Continuing Education Standards for recognition (3) - ✔✔9. Program
review including learner objectives, brief course description, format of instruction,
method of determining program completing and faculty/instructors and their credentials
✔✔Application for Program Sponsor - ✔✔Filling out an application, submission of
application fee and review by IAODAPCA. Upon approval they will be assigned a
program number
✔✔IAODAPCA Training Standards - ✔✔3 Main Components - Identification of
knowledge and skills base in accredit training programs, internship and administrative
standards
✔✔IAODAPCA Bylaws - ✔✔Article I: Name and Purpose, Article II: Membership, Article
III: Board of Directors, Article IV: Officers, Article V: Standing Committees, Article VI:
Volunteer Committees; Article IX Business
✔✔Article I Name and Purpose - ✔✔Purpose shall be to promote the welfare of the
public through the improvement of quality health care service being provided to the
alcohol and other drug abusing/dependent person
✔✔Article II Membership - ✔✔Shall be mandatory for all individuals who are certified
counselors in good standing with IAODAPCA
✔✔Article III Board of Directors - ✔✔Represents the members of the corporation,
sixteen certified counselors are nominated. Three nonvoting members filled by experts
✔✔Article IV Officers - ✔✔Four officers: President, President Elect, Secretary and
Treasurer. elected in the last board meeting of the fiscal year and serve one year terms.
President is also a member of the Executive Committe
,✔✔Article V Standing Committees - ✔✔Executive, Membership/Nominations, Finance,
Certification/Accreditation Criteria and Testing, Education and Training and Member
Services Committed. Ad Hoc committees can be formed as the need arises.
Appointment to committees is on a yearly basis
✔✔Article VI Volunteer Committees - ✔✔Provide a separation of the certification and
accreditation process from the policy making function of the board of directors.
Becomes involved during appeals. Members send resumes and letters in and service a
three year term and can be appointed for one additional term
✔✔Article IX Business - ✔✔Not for profit corporation with its corporate headquarters in
Springfield, IL
✔✔Retired Emeritus - ✔✔At least 55 years of age, minimum of 10 years of service,
retiring with no intention of returning to AODA employment, $5.00 annual fee and no
continuing education required
✔✔Exam Areas (1) - ✔✔1. Pharmacology, 2, Signs and symptoms of alcohol and other
drug abuse, 3. Human development and behavior, 4. History of alcohol and other drug
abuse field, 5. Treatment modalities including self help
✔✔Exam Areas (2) - ✔✔6. Rules and regulations, 7. Core functions of an AODA
counselor, 8. Ethics, 9. Special populations
✔✔12 Core Functions (1) - ✔✔1. Client screening, 2. Client intake, 3. Client orientation,
4. Client assessment, 5. Treatment Planning, 6. Counseling, 7. Case management, 8.
Crisis intervention, 9. Client Education, 10. Referral, 11. Reports and record keeping,
12. Consultation
✔✔Client Screening - ✔✔Determine appropriate/eligible for admission. Evaluation of
psychological, social, physiological signs and symptoms of use. Determine
appropriateness and eligibility. Identify co-existing conditions for addition assessment or
services and adhere to laws regulations and policies
✔✔Client Intake - ✔✔Procedures for admission. Complete required documents for
admission, eligibility and appropriateness. Obtain signed consents to provide or receive
information from outside sources
✔✔Client Orientation - ✔✔Nature of the program. Overview of goals and objectives for
client care, program rules, client obligations and rights, and overview of program
operations
✔✔Client Assessment (1) - ✔✔Counselor/Program identifies and evaluates an
individual's strengths, weaknesses, problems and needs for the development of a
, treatment plan. Gather relevant history, obtain corroborative information from secondary
sources
✔✔Client Assessment (2) - ✔✔Identify appropriate assessment tools, explain to client
why assessments are being used, develop a diagnostic evaluation of substance use
and any coexisting conditions based on the results of the assessments
✔✔Treatment Planning (1) - ✔✔Counselor and client identify and rank problems
needing resolution. Explain assessment results to client, identify and rank problems
based on client's needs in treatment plan,
✔✔Treatment Planning (2) - ✔✔Formulate agreed upon immediate and long term goals
using behavioral terms in the treatment plan, identify treatment methods/resources to be
utilized as appropriate for client.
✔✔Counseling (1) - ✔✔Individual, group, family. Utilizing special skills to assist in
achieving objectives through exploration of a problem and its ramifications, examination
of attitudes and feelings, consideration of alternative solutions and decision making
✔✔Counseling (2) - ✔✔Select counseling theories that apply, apply them to assist in
exploring problems and ramifications, individualize counseling based on client's needs,
interact with client appropriately, elicit solutions and decisions from client and implement
treatment plan
✔✔Case Management - ✔✔Activities that bring services, agencies, resources or people
together within a planned framework of action toward the achievement of established
goals. Coordinate services for client care and explain the rationale of activities to clients
✔✔Crisis Intervention - ✔✔respond to client's needs during acute emotional and/or
physical distress. Recognize elements of client's crisis, implement immediate course of
action appropriate to crisis and enhance overall treatment by utilizing crisis events.
✔✔Client Education - ✔✔Provision of information to clients. Present relevant
information through formal and informal processes, present information about available
services and resources
✔✔Referral - ✔✔Needs the client cannot meet with the counselor or agency. Identify
needs, explain referral, matching client to appropriate resources, adhere to laws and
policies to protect confidentiality and assist client in utilizing referral
✔✔Report and Record Keeping - ✔✔Charting appropriate client related data. Prepare
reports and relevant records to facilitate continuum of care, chart pertinent ongoing
information, utilize relevant information
