Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (CPCE)
with question and actual answers 2026!!!
When is assent used in the informed consent process?
A) with minor clients
B) with mandated clients
C) with clients diagnosed as bipolar
D) with clients on Medicare - ANSWERS💫✔️-A) with minor clients
What is the term used for the study of differential use of space among different ethnic groups?
A) stance
B) proxemics
C) social stature
D) formality - ANSWERS💫✔️-B) proxemics
According to Piaget, what evidences an infant's first stage of adaptation?
A) use of reflexes
B) hand-to-mouth coordination
C) attempts to vocalize
D) eye-to-hand coordination - ANSWERS💫✔️-A) use of reflexes
What is the organizing concept in Super's career development theory?
A) self-concept
B) environment setting
C) childhood needs
D) decision-making style - ANSWERS💫✔️-A) self-concept
Why would a counselor use open-ended instead of close-ended questions?
A) to elicit brief responses from the client
, B) to prompt the client to speak more freely*
C) to demonstrate counselor understanding
D) to elicit empathy from the client - ANSWERS💫✔️-B) to prompt client to speak more freely
What technique do group leaders use to protect members from harmful behaviors?
A) blocking
B) challenging
C) reframing
D) retraining - ANSWERS💫✔️-A) blocking
Which of the following options is an example of a norm-referenced test?
A) a mental status examination
B) an IQ test
C) a depression test
D) a math test developed by the teacher - ANSWERS💫✔️-B) an IQ test
Which of the following research designs would provide the best evidence for the existence of a causal
link?
A) a pre-test with two group design
B) a pre- and post-test with two group design
C) a randomized, post-test, two group design
D) a randomized, pre-test, one group design - ANSWERS💫✔️-C) a randomized, post-test, two group
design
Which of the following is the least supported technique for dealing with resistance in a group? -
ANSWERS💫✔️-Extinction
Which of these is a LESS appropriate rationale for a counselor's use of testing? - ANSWERS💫✔️-To
critique the client's performance in school, work, or training setting
with question and actual answers 2026!!!
When is assent used in the informed consent process?
A) with minor clients
B) with mandated clients
C) with clients diagnosed as bipolar
D) with clients on Medicare - ANSWERS💫✔️-A) with minor clients
What is the term used for the study of differential use of space among different ethnic groups?
A) stance
B) proxemics
C) social stature
D) formality - ANSWERS💫✔️-B) proxemics
According to Piaget, what evidences an infant's first stage of adaptation?
A) use of reflexes
B) hand-to-mouth coordination
C) attempts to vocalize
D) eye-to-hand coordination - ANSWERS💫✔️-A) use of reflexes
What is the organizing concept in Super's career development theory?
A) self-concept
B) environment setting
C) childhood needs
D) decision-making style - ANSWERS💫✔️-A) self-concept
Why would a counselor use open-ended instead of close-ended questions?
A) to elicit brief responses from the client
, B) to prompt the client to speak more freely*
C) to demonstrate counselor understanding
D) to elicit empathy from the client - ANSWERS💫✔️-B) to prompt client to speak more freely
What technique do group leaders use to protect members from harmful behaviors?
A) blocking
B) challenging
C) reframing
D) retraining - ANSWERS💫✔️-A) blocking
Which of the following options is an example of a norm-referenced test?
A) a mental status examination
B) an IQ test
C) a depression test
D) a math test developed by the teacher - ANSWERS💫✔️-B) an IQ test
Which of the following research designs would provide the best evidence for the existence of a causal
link?
A) a pre-test with two group design
B) a pre- and post-test with two group design
C) a randomized, post-test, two group design
D) a randomized, pre-test, one group design - ANSWERS💫✔️-C) a randomized, post-test, two group
design
Which of the following is the least supported technique for dealing with resistance in a group? -
ANSWERS💫✔️-Extinction
Which of these is a LESS appropriate rationale for a counselor's use of testing? - ANSWERS💫✔️-To
critique the client's performance in school, work, or training setting
