NCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS-(National Counselor EXAM)
Working with individuals from different cultures requires that the counselor:
a. have sensitivity to the needs of the individuals
b. make a referral to another counselor
c. have knowledge about the different cultures
d. Both A and C.
Correct Answer
D. It is not necessary that a counselor refer a client from another culture to another
counselor. What is important is that the counselor demonstrates sensitivity to the
needs of that client and has some knowledge about other cultures.
Question 2
program evaluations are used in most large educational, governmental, and social
programs. which statement best explains why program evaluations are necessary?
a. prog evals are the only method available for accurately assessing prog effectiveness
b. prog evals make more sense to the general public than confusing statistical data
c. without prog evals, programs cannot meet their goals
d. prog evals help maintain accountability standards
Correct Answer
d. prog evals help maintain accountability standards
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,Question 3
A high standard of counseling practice when working with diverse populations
involves all of the following EXCEPT:
a. treating all clients the same way
b. acknowledging and confronting their own biases and prejudices
c. adapting one's knowledge and skills to meet the clients' needs
d. educating oneself as completely as possible regarding the clients' cultural context
Correct Answer
A. The answer is pretty straightforward when you consider the other choices. The
most
appropriate standard of care for a counselor who works with multicultural clients is
to treat
each client individually.
Question 4
Which of the following is not a behavioral therapy?
a. Flooding
b. Skills training
c. Exposure
d. Unconditional positive regard
Correct Answer
D. The only technique that is not behavioral is unconditional positive regard, which
is
client centered, or Rogerian
Question 5
a career counselor gives all of her new clients a measure of career maturity that scores
people on a 100 point scale from 1-100. after collecting data on over 100 clients, she
notices that the scores are normally distributed. the mean score is 65, indicating a
level of moderate career maturity. the standard deviation of scores is 10. based on
this information, she would expect that 68% of scores would be between:
Correct Answer
55 and 75. 68% of scores will be one SD above and one SD below
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,Question 6
you are working as a family therapist and are referred a new family as a client. the
family includes two parents, two sons, and one daughter. when the referal is made
you learn that incest between the father and daughter is the primary issue for this
family. whom should you include in therapy
Correct Answer
the mother, father, and all three children
Question 7
Research on gay and lesbian parents indicates:
a. Their children are maladjusted.
b. They are as dedicated to and effective at child rearing as are heterosexual parents.
c. They are less dedicated to child rearing than heterosexual parents.
d. Their children are parented harshly and inconsistently.
Correct Answer
B. There is very little evidence to support that homosexual couples are poor parents.
When gays and lesbians become parents, they generally are just as effective and
caring as
are heterosexual couples who become parents.
Question 8
you are treating a client who is receiving counseling through his companies EAP. the
employees supervisor calls you because he is curious as to how the counseling is
progressing. in this situation, you can let the supervisor know how the clients
counseling is progressing:
Correct Answer
only if the employee has signed a waiver of confidentiality/release of information
form
Question 9
often, counselors refer to erikson's eight stages of psychosocial developmentwhen
considering the developmental progress of clients. which of the following describes
the frame of erikson's model?
Correct Answer
the eight stages occur throughout a persons life span
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, Question 10
Connie tells each of her clients that the best way she can help them is to attempt to
look at the world from the client's point of view. This counselor is taking the _________
perspective.
a. etic
b. alloplastic
c. emic
d. autoplastic
Correct Answer
C. From a multicultural perspective, an emic view considers that an individual's
culture
matters. On the other hand, an etic view considers that people are people no matter
where they come from or what their cultural background is. You might think about
this distinction as emic = culture matters, and etic = total world. The distinction
between autoplastic and alloplastic is that the former believes in the efficacy of
changes taking place within the individual, while the latter believes in making
changes in the environment. Think about it this way: When you drive an automobile,
you are the operator, you're in charge.
Question 11
Henry, a 72-year-old widower, reminisces with his daughter about his life. He talks
about his successes and regrets. This is an example of Erikson's:
a. intimacy stage
b. generativity stage
c. industry stage
d. ego integrity stage
Correct Answer
D. One of the clues in this example is Henry's age. Another clue is Henry's
discussion about his life successes and regrets, not finding another mate, being
successful in school, or contributing to society. Erikson's generativity stage involves
middle-aged adults who are
launching their children, dealing with an empty nest, and working toward
retirement. His ego integrity stage involves older adults who review their lives,
looking at successes and regrets.
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ANSWERS-(National Counselor EXAM)
Working with individuals from different cultures requires that the counselor:
a. have sensitivity to the needs of the individuals
b. make a referral to another counselor
c. have knowledge about the different cultures
d. Both A and C.
Correct Answer
D. It is not necessary that a counselor refer a client from another culture to another
counselor. What is important is that the counselor demonstrates sensitivity to the
needs of that client and has some knowledge about other cultures.
Question 2
program evaluations are used in most large educational, governmental, and social
programs. which statement best explains why program evaluations are necessary?
a. prog evals are the only method available for accurately assessing prog effectiveness
b. prog evals make more sense to the general public than confusing statistical data
c. without prog evals, programs cannot meet their goals
d. prog evals help maintain accountability standards
Correct Answer
d. prog evals help maintain accountability standards
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,Question 3
A high standard of counseling practice when working with diverse populations
involves all of the following EXCEPT:
a. treating all clients the same way
b. acknowledging and confronting their own biases and prejudices
c. adapting one's knowledge and skills to meet the clients' needs
d. educating oneself as completely as possible regarding the clients' cultural context
Correct Answer
A. The answer is pretty straightforward when you consider the other choices. The
most
appropriate standard of care for a counselor who works with multicultural clients is
to treat
each client individually.
Question 4
Which of the following is not a behavioral therapy?
a. Flooding
b. Skills training
c. Exposure
d. Unconditional positive regard
Correct Answer
D. The only technique that is not behavioral is unconditional positive regard, which
is
client centered, or Rogerian
Question 5
a career counselor gives all of her new clients a measure of career maturity that scores
people on a 100 point scale from 1-100. after collecting data on over 100 clients, she
notices that the scores are normally distributed. the mean score is 65, indicating a
level of moderate career maturity. the standard deviation of scores is 10. based on
this information, she would expect that 68% of scores would be between:
Correct Answer
55 and 75. 68% of scores will be one SD above and one SD below
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,Question 6
you are working as a family therapist and are referred a new family as a client. the
family includes two parents, two sons, and one daughter. when the referal is made
you learn that incest between the father and daughter is the primary issue for this
family. whom should you include in therapy
Correct Answer
the mother, father, and all three children
Question 7
Research on gay and lesbian parents indicates:
a. Their children are maladjusted.
b. They are as dedicated to and effective at child rearing as are heterosexual parents.
c. They are less dedicated to child rearing than heterosexual parents.
d. Their children are parented harshly and inconsistently.
Correct Answer
B. There is very little evidence to support that homosexual couples are poor parents.
When gays and lesbians become parents, they generally are just as effective and
caring as
are heterosexual couples who become parents.
Question 8
you are treating a client who is receiving counseling through his companies EAP. the
employees supervisor calls you because he is curious as to how the counseling is
progressing. in this situation, you can let the supervisor know how the clients
counseling is progressing:
Correct Answer
only if the employee has signed a waiver of confidentiality/release of information
form
Question 9
often, counselors refer to erikson's eight stages of psychosocial developmentwhen
considering the developmental progress of clients. which of the following describes
the frame of erikson's model?
Correct Answer
the eight stages occur throughout a persons life span
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, Question 10
Connie tells each of her clients that the best way she can help them is to attempt to
look at the world from the client's point of view. This counselor is taking the _________
perspective.
a. etic
b. alloplastic
c. emic
d. autoplastic
Correct Answer
C. From a multicultural perspective, an emic view considers that an individual's
culture
matters. On the other hand, an etic view considers that people are people no matter
where they come from or what their cultural background is. You might think about
this distinction as emic = culture matters, and etic = total world. The distinction
between autoplastic and alloplastic is that the former believes in the efficacy of
changes taking place within the individual, while the latter believes in making
changes in the environment. Think about it this way: When you drive an automobile,
you are the operator, you're in charge.
Question 11
Henry, a 72-year-old widower, reminisces with his daughter about his life. He talks
about his successes and regrets. This is an example of Erikson's:
a. intimacy stage
b. generativity stage
c. industry stage
d. ego integrity stage
Correct Answer
D. One of the clues in this example is Henry's age. Another clue is Henry's
discussion about his life successes and regrets, not finding another mate, being
successful in school, or contributing to society. Erikson's generativity stage involves
middle-aged adults who are
launching their children, dealing with an empty nest, and working toward
retirement. His ego integrity stage involves older adults who review their lives,
looking at successes and regrets.
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