CPCE Exam QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS.
0pen group - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅members can join and leave at any time, the
number of sessions is undetermined, group meetings are usually held in a hospital
setting
20 year-old male college student. Last 6-7 months grossly disorganized or catatonic
behavior and speech, hallucinations, poor responses - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Schizophrenia...Paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and
residual
40-year old client not feeling comfortable socially after gaining weight. Unwilling to try
new activities and avoiding activities he once found enjoyable - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Avoidant Personality Disorder
8 year old son - teachers feel he is impaired - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅WISC-R - tests
impairment and gifted students
A 17-year old client has been referred to you for intellectual testing. What test are you
likely to perform? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅WAIS-IV
A 42-year old woman returns to her career as an HR manager after her children start to
attend school all day - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reentry woman
A career counselor who adheres to Holland's theory of career choice may have his
clients take the _______ to help determine personality types - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅SDS
A career test that tests one's ABILITY - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An aptitude test
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of relationship difficulties.
She goes on to describe that she has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion
as a birth control method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your
personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Your
personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic relationship
A common weakness in group therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Not setting firm goals
for the group
,A correlation coefficient shows - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅how strong the relationship
between two variables are, the direction of two variables' relationship, the degree of
relationship between two variables
A counselor is conducting the initial screening of individuals who may be included in a
bereavement group. An appropriate candidate for the group would be one who -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is free from the use of alcohol or other drugs
A counselor may decide to administer a number of personality tests in order to: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅better understand the client, predict future performance, and
evaluate the outcomes of counseling
A cultural norm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅how people are supposed to act
A dog that has been trained to stop and stand at attention when she hears a duck call
does not stop and stand at attention when she hears a goose call - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅stimulus discrimination
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor, you are
called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on
a current or past client, so you should decline
A group has co-leaders. That is, there are two trained counselors who are facilitating the
group together. All of the following are advantages of co-leadership groups: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅More support and attention are provided to the participants,
effective modeling of appropriate behavior is provided to the participants, and co-
leaders are often viewed as parents
A high standard of counseling practice when working with diverse populations involves
everything EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅treating all clients the same way
A patient diagnosed with depression/suicide ideation suddenly appears to feel better
and think more clearly - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Suicide has increased!
A receptionist at a dental office is not allowed to sing or hum at the office, but when she
gets home, she turns on the radio and sings her favorite songs as loudly as she can.
This is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The compensatory effect
A researcher who observes a strong negative correlation between income and mental
illness would conclude that: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅those with lower incomes tend
to suffer from higher rates of mental illness and those with higher incomes tend to suffer
from lower rates of mental illness
, A study measuring the IQ levels of a group of men, of differing ages, performed on a
single day is most likely an example of - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cross-Sectional
study
A test is considered "standardized" if it includes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅clearly
specified procedures for administration, for scoring and normative data
A test producing the same results from one time to another is to a test measuring what it
is supposed to as _______ is to _________ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reliability;
validity
Abraham Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅existentialist
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Theory of human
motivation - psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
According to Carl Rogers, ___________ is love and support given to another with no
strings attached - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unconditional positive regard
According to Erikson, When an individual fails to develop a strong sense of identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Intimacy
According to Freud, ___________ is the most important defense mechanism -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Repression
According to Roe, career choice is influenced by - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅genetics,
parent-child interactions, and unconscious motivators
Acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When two cultures mix
Actively defiant of instructions, argues regularly, spiteful, and resentful. School
performance is marginal. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Oppositional defiant disorder
Advantages of group counseling - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cost-effectiveness,
opportunities for feedback, and structured practice
Albert Bandura's best-known research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bobo Doll study
All of the following are assumptions of John Holland's theory of career choice -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Individuals can be categorized into six different personality
types; people search for work environments in which their personality types can be
expressed without much interference; The behavior of an individual is determined by the
interaction between the environment and the person's unique personality characteristics
CORRECT ANSWERS.
0pen group - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅members can join and leave at any time, the
number of sessions is undetermined, group meetings are usually held in a hospital
setting
20 year-old male college student. Last 6-7 months grossly disorganized or catatonic
behavior and speech, hallucinations, poor responses - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Schizophrenia...Paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and
residual
40-year old client not feeling comfortable socially after gaining weight. Unwilling to try
new activities and avoiding activities he once found enjoyable - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Avoidant Personality Disorder
8 year old son - teachers feel he is impaired - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅WISC-R - tests
impairment and gifted students
A 17-year old client has been referred to you for intellectual testing. What test are you
likely to perform? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅WAIS-IV
A 42-year old woman returns to her career as an HR manager after her children start to
attend school all day - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reentry woman
A career counselor who adheres to Holland's theory of career choice may have his
clients take the _______ to help determine personality types - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅SDS
A career test that tests one's ABILITY - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An aptitude test
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of relationship difficulties.
She goes on to describe that she has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion
as a birth control method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your
personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Your
personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic relationship
A common weakness in group therapy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Not setting firm goals
for the group
,A correlation coefficient shows - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅how strong the relationship
between two variables are, the direction of two variables' relationship, the degree of
relationship between two variables
A counselor is conducting the initial screening of individuals who may be included in a
bereavement group. An appropriate candidate for the group would be one who -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is free from the use of alcohol or other drugs
A counselor may decide to administer a number of personality tests in order to: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅better understand the client, predict future performance, and
evaluate the outcomes of counseling
A cultural norm - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅how people are supposed to act
A dog that has been trained to stop and stand at attention when she hears a duck call
does not stop and stand at attention when she hears a goose call - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅stimulus discrimination
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor, you are
called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on
a current or past client, so you should decline
A group has co-leaders. That is, there are two trained counselors who are facilitating the
group together. All of the following are advantages of co-leadership groups: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅More support and attention are provided to the participants,
effective modeling of appropriate behavior is provided to the participants, and co-
leaders are often viewed as parents
A high standard of counseling practice when working with diverse populations involves
everything EXCEPT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅treating all clients the same way
A patient diagnosed with depression/suicide ideation suddenly appears to feel better
and think more clearly - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Suicide has increased!
A receptionist at a dental office is not allowed to sing or hum at the office, but when she
gets home, she turns on the radio and sings her favorite songs as loudly as she can.
This is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The compensatory effect
A researcher who observes a strong negative correlation between income and mental
illness would conclude that: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅those with lower incomes tend
to suffer from higher rates of mental illness and those with higher incomes tend to suffer
from lower rates of mental illness
, A study measuring the IQ levels of a group of men, of differing ages, performed on a
single day is most likely an example of - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cross-Sectional
study
A test is considered "standardized" if it includes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅clearly
specified procedures for administration, for scoring and normative data
A test producing the same results from one time to another is to a test measuring what it
is supposed to as _______ is to _________ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reliability;
validity
Abraham Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅existentialist
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Theory of human
motivation - psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
According to Carl Rogers, ___________ is love and support given to another with no
strings attached - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unconditional positive regard
According to Erikson, When an individual fails to develop a strong sense of identity, the
individual will have troubles with the development of - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Intimacy
According to Freud, ___________ is the most important defense mechanism -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Repression
According to Roe, career choice is influenced by - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅genetics,
parent-child interactions, and unconscious motivators
Acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When two cultures mix
Actively defiant of instructions, argues regularly, spiteful, and resentful. School
performance is marginal. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Oppositional defiant disorder
Advantages of group counseling - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Cost-effectiveness,
opportunities for feedback, and structured practice
Albert Bandura's best-known research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bobo Doll study
All of the following are assumptions of John Holland's theory of career choice -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Individuals can be categorized into six different personality
types; people search for work environments in which their personality types can be
expressed without much interference; The behavior of an individual is determined by the
interaction between the environment and the person's unique personality characteristics
