COUN 5279 UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Q: Important first step for counselors? - ✔✔A: Assess acculturation level.
✔✔Q: Name one structural barrier for women - ✔✔A: Pay inequity or glass ceiling.
✔✔Q: What influences many women's career choices? - ✔✔A: Gender role
socialization.
✔✔Q: Helpful counseling focus for women? - ✔✔A: Strengthening self-efficacy and
challenging internalized bias.
✔✔Q: What is concealment stress? - ✔✔A: Emotional strain from hiding one's identity
at work.
✔✔Q: Workplace risk for LGBTQ+ individuals? - ✔✔A: Discrimination or hostile climate.
✔✔Q: Counselor role? - ✔✔A: Provide affirming space and explore disclosure
decisions.
✔✔Q: Difference between medical vs. social model of disability? - ✔✔A: Medical =
deficit; Social = environment creates barriers.
✔✔Q: What are reasonable accommodations? - ✔✔A: Adjustments enabling equal
participation.
✔✔Q: Key counseling strategy for those with disabilities? - ✔✔A: Strength-based
assessment.
✔✔Q: Why is long-term planning difficult for low income individuals? - ✔✔A: Chronic
survival demands (housing, childcare, transport).
✔✔Q: First counseling priority for low income individuals? - ✔✔A: Address immediate
needs.
✔✔Q: Effective approach for low income individuals? - ✔✔A: Solution-focused and
empowerment strategies.
✔✔Q: First step in culturally informed career counseling? - ✔✔A: Intake + cultural
assessment.
✔✔Q: Two types of interventions used? - ✔✔A: Narrative, SCCT, P-E fit, cognitive-
behavioral.
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Q: Important first step for counselors? - ✔✔A: Assess acculturation level.
✔✔Q: Name one structural barrier for women - ✔✔A: Pay inequity or glass ceiling.
✔✔Q: What influences many women's career choices? - ✔✔A: Gender role
socialization.
✔✔Q: Helpful counseling focus for women? - ✔✔A: Strengthening self-efficacy and
challenging internalized bias.
✔✔Q: What is concealment stress? - ✔✔A: Emotional strain from hiding one's identity
at work.
✔✔Q: Workplace risk for LGBTQ+ individuals? - ✔✔A: Discrimination or hostile climate.
✔✔Q: Counselor role? - ✔✔A: Provide affirming space and explore disclosure
decisions.
✔✔Q: Difference between medical vs. social model of disability? - ✔✔A: Medical =
deficit; Social = environment creates barriers.
✔✔Q: What are reasonable accommodations? - ✔✔A: Adjustments enabling equal
participation.
✔✔Q: Key counseling strategy for those with disabilities? - ✔✔A: Strength-based
assessment.
✔✔Q: Why is long-term planning difficult for low income individuals? - ✔✔A: Chronic
survival demands (housing, childcare, transport).
✔✔Q: First counseling priority for low income individuals? - ✔✔A: Address immediate
needs.
✔✔Q: Effective approach for low income individuals? - ✔✔A: Solution-focused and
empowerment strategies.
✔✔Q: First step in culturally informed career counseling? - ✔✔A: Intake + cultural
assessment.
✔✔Q: Two types of interventions used? - ✔✔A: Narrative, SCCT, P-E fit, cognitive-
behavioral.
