Test Bank For Counseling the Culturally Diverse Theory
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,Chapter 1: Obstacles to Cultural Competence & Cultural Humility: Understanding Resistance to Multicultural
Training
Test Questions
Below are questions that can be used to test the students’ knowledge of the material covered in Chapter 1 of the
8th edition of Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice (CCD, Sue 8th edition). Questions are
presented in various formats (True/False, Multiple Selection, Multiple Choice, Text Entry, and Essay Type). After
each series of questions, you will find the correct answers along with accompanying explanations. Bloom’s
taxonomy is provided to indicate the style of learning needed to answer the respective question. Additionally, you
will also find a descriptor, EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, indicating the difficulty level of each question.
Question 1
Question Type: True/False
Question: The journey to becoming a competent culturally sensitive counselor in working with diverse populations is
not complex as humans have innate characteristics that are relatively consistent across cultures with similar hopes
and dreams that mark their humanness.
Answer: False
Solution: According to the authors, becoming culturally competent in working with diverse populations is a
complex interaction of many dimensions that involves broad theoretical, conceptual, research, and practice
issues. Moreover, the journey will be filled with obstacles to self-exploration, to understanding yourself as a
racial/cultural being, and to understanding the worldview of those who differ from you in race, gender, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, and other sociodemographic characteristics. The subject matter in this book and course
requires the reader to explore biases and prejudices, a task that often evokes defensiveness and resistance.
Bloom’s Level: Comprehension Difficulty Level:
EASY
Question 2
Question Type: Multiple Selection
Question: Becoming culturally competent in mental health practice demands that nested or embedded emotions be
openly experienced in which of the following sociodemographic dimensions of difference?
a. race
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,b. culture
c. gender
d. sexual orientation
e. only a and b
Answer: a, b, c, d
Solution: The authors point out that the journey to becoming culturally competent therapists is filled
with obstacles to self-exploration, to understanding oneself as a racial/cultural being, and to
understanding the worldview of those who differ from others in terms of race, gender, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, and other sociodemographic dimensions.
Bloom’s Level: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: MEDIUM
Question 3
Question Type: Text Entry
Question: The three types of resistance that are often encountered by students studying diversity
training are: , , .
a. cognitive; emotional; behavioral
b. psychological; physiological; emotional
c. dissonance; isolation; invalidation
d. physical; emotional; spiritual
Answer: a
Solution: The authors report that in work with resistance to diversity training, research reveals
how it is likely to be manifested in three forms: cognitive resistance, emotional resistance, and
behavioral resistance (Sue, 2015, as cited in Sue 8th edition).
Bloom’s Level: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: MEDIUM
Question 4
Question Type: Essay Type
Question: Identify at least three emotions you experienced as you read the reactions of the four
students. Reflect on why you feel those emotions surfaced.
Solution: Responses will vary but, according to the authors, one of the greatest concerns of
instructors is the strong emotive reactions of students to the material: grief, anger, depression,
and guilt in working through the content.
Bloom’s Level: Synthesis Difficulty
Level: HARD
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, Question 5
Question Type: True/False
Question. The burden to become multiculturally competent rests on the trainees from dominant
culture as in most cases they have been the ones to marginalize, stereotype, and oppress minority
cultures. Thus, it is the responsibility of the dominant culture to help rectify this in raising awareness
and also in becoming competent in working with diverse populations.
Answer: False
Solution: Understanding multicultural counseling competence applies equally to trainees from
dominant and marginalized groups and to helping professionals.
Bloom’s Level: Application
Difficulty Level: MEDIUM
Question 6
Question Type: Multiple Selection
Question: According to Kiselica (1999, as cited in Sue 8th edition), White psychologists avoid
topics of race because
a. It may reveal their own prejudices and biases
b. They are racked with guilt over the way people of color have been treated
c. They are fearful of being labeled a racist or blamed for the oppression
d. a and c
only Answer: a, b,
c
Solution: Kiselica, a White psychologist who addresses his own ethnocentrism and racism,
contends that these topics (ethnocentrism and racism) are subjects that most Whites tend to
avoid. He adds that most shy away from discussing these issues for many reasons. He posits that
Whites are racked with guilt over the way people of color have been treated in our nation. Whites
fear that they will be accused of mistreating others, and particularly fear being called the ―R‖
word—racist. Many grow uneasy whenever issues of race emerge. Whites tend to back away,
change the subject, respond defensively, assert their innocence and ―color blindness,‖ and deny
that they could possibly be ethnocentric or racist. (Kiselica, 1999, as cited in Sue 8th edition).
Bloom’s Level: Application
Difficulty Level: MEDIUM
Question 7
Question Type: Essay Type
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and Practice, 9th Edition Author: Derald Wing Sue| All
Chapters 1-26 Covered|100% Complete A+ Study Guide
Latest Version 2026
FULL TEST BANK!!!
1|Page
,Chapter 1: Obstacles to Cultural Competence & Cultural Humility: Understanding Resistance to Multicultural
Training
Test Questions
Below are questions that can be used to test the students’ knowledge of the material covered in Chapter 1 of the
8th edition of Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice (CCD, Sue 8th edition). Questions are
presented in various formats (True/False, Multiple Selection, Multiple Choice, Text Entry, and Essay Type). After
each series of questions, you will find the correct answers along with accompanying explanations. Bloom’s
taxonomy is provided to indicate the style of learning needed to answer the respective question. Additionally, you
will also find a descriptor, EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, indicating the difficulty level of each question.
Question 1
Question Type: True/False
Question: The journey to becoming a competent culturally sensitive counselor in working with diverse populations is
not complex as humans have innate characteristics that are relatively consistent across cultures with similar hopes
and dreams that mark their humanness.
Answer: False
Solution: According to the authors, becoming culturally competent in working with diverse populations is a
complex interaction of many dimensions that involves broad theoretical, conceptual, research, and practice
issues. Moreover, the journey will be filled with obstacles to self-exploration, to understanding yourself as a
racial/cultural being, and to understanding the worldview of those who differ from you in race, gender, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, and other sociodemographic characteristics. The subject matter in this book and course
requires the reader to explore biases and prejudices, a task that often evokes defensiveness and resistance.
Bloom’s Level: Comprehension Difficulty Level:
EASY
Question 2
Question Type: Multiple Selection
Question: Becoming culturally competent in mental health practice demands that nested or embedded emotions be
openly experienced in which of the following sociodemographic dimensions of difference?
a. race
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,b. culture
c. gender
d. sexual orientation
e. only a and b
Answer: a, b, c, d
Solution: The authors point out that the journey to becoming culturally competent therapists is filled
with obstacles to self-exploration, to understanding oneself as a racial/cultural being, and to
understanding the worldview of those who differ from others in terms of race, gender, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, and other sociodemographic dimensions.
Bloom’s Level: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: MEDIUM
Question 3
Question Type: Text Entry
Question: The three types of resistance that are often encountered by students studying diversity
training are: , , .
a. cognitive; emotional; behavioral
b. psychological; physiological; emotional
c. dissonance; isolation; invalidation
d. physical; emotional; spiritual
Answer: a
Solution: The authors report that in work with resistance to diversity training, research reveals
how it is likely to be manifested in three forms: cognitive resistance, emotional resistance, and
behavioral resistance (Sue, 2015, as cited in Sue 8th edition).
Bloom’s Level: Knowledge
Difficulty Level: MEDIUM
Question 4
Question Type: Essay Type
Question: Identify at least three emotions you experienced as you read the reactions of the four
students. Reflect on why you feel those emotions surfaced.
Solution: Responses will vary but, according to the authors, one of the greatest concerns of
instructors is the strong emotive reactions of students to the material: grief, anger, depression,
and guilt in working through the content.
Bloom’s Level: Synthesis Difficulty
Level: HARD
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, Question 5
Question Type: True/False
Question. The burden to become multiculturally competent rests on the trainees from dominant
culture as in most cases they have been the ones to marginalize, stereotype, and oppress minority
cultures. Thus, it is the responsibility of the dominant culture to help rectify this in raising awareness
and also in becoming competent in working with diverse populations.
Answer: False
Solution: Understanding multicultural counseling competence applies equally to trainees from
dominant and marginalized groups and to helping professionals.
Bloom’s Level: Application
Difficulty Level: MEDIUM
Question 6
Question Type: Multiple Selection
Question: According to Kiselica (1999, as cited in Sue 8th edition), White psychologists avoid
topics of race because
a. It may reveal their own prejudices and biases
b. They are racked with guilt over the way people of color have been treated
c. They are fearful of being labeled a racist or blamed for the oppression
d. a and c
only Answer: a, b,
c
Solution: Kiselica, a White psychologist who addresses his own ethnocentrism and racism,
contends that these topics (ethnocentrism and racism) are subjects that most Whites tend to
avoid. He adds that most shy away from discussing these issues for many reasons. He posits that
Whites are racked with guilt over the way people of color have been treated in our nation. Whites
fear that they will be accused of mistreating others, and particularly fear being called the ―R‖
word—racist. Many grow uneasy whenever issues of race emerge. Whites tend to back away,
change the subject, respond defensively, assert their innocence and ―color blindness,‖ and deny
that they could possibly be ethnocentric or racist. (Kiselica, 1999, as cited in Sue 8th edition).
Bloom’s Level: Application
Difficulty Level: MEDIUM
Question 7
Question Type: Essay Type
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