NCAC II STUDY GUIDE EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Narcotics withdrawal symptoms are sometimes described as being like... -
✔✔Having the flu.
✔✔A common side effect of long-term alcohol abuse that requires an increase in
dosage is... - ✔✔Tolerance.
✔✔What has long-term cocaine use been linked to? - ✔✔Psychosis
✔✔Heroin overdoses MOST often involve.... - ✔✔Depressed respiration.
✔✔A person has Bipolar disorder but uses alcohol to sleep at night. The alcohol use
could be considered - ✔✔Secondary
✔✔A heroin addict has relationship problems and enters treatment for relationships.
The heroin use could be considered - ✔✔Primary
✔✔Self-medication MOST closely refers to... - ✔✔Self-administering drugs with
therapeutic intent.
✔✔A problem not commonly addressed in treatment for drug abuse - ✔✔Optical
difficulties.
✔✔Significant difference between casefinding and ongoing services... - ✔✔Casefinding
does not always include treatment, and ongoing services do.
✔✔Primary goal of the helping relationship between patient and counselor. -
✔✔Changing the patient's behavior.
✔✔Not a common personality trait of counselors. - ✔✔Superior intellect.
✔✔In relation to counseling, what is empathy? - ✔✔Being able to understand what
another person is experiencing.
✔✔Warmth... - ✔✔Is an essential component in counseling.
✔✔Not related to concreteness in counseling.. - ✔✔Theorizing about the patient's
relationships.
✔✔Not an avoidance behavior. - ✔✔Perseverating on specific situations.
, ✔✔In counseling, what does immediacy refer to? - ✔✔Dealing with feelings in the here
and now.
✔✔What does a counselor do in a facilitative relationship? - ✔✔Keep the patient talking.
✔✔When a counselor adopts a relaxed posture, good eye contact, and a pleasant tone
of voice, the counselor is... - ✔✔Attending.
✔✔How does a counselor NOT convey an open invitation to talk in a counseling
session? - ✔✔Offering lengthy responses to what the patient says.
✔✔Paraphrasing involves... - ✔✔Repetition.
✔✔In counseling, reflection usually involves.. - ✔✔Responding to feelings.
✔✔Why must every patient be treated differently? - ✔✔Each patient is different.
✔✔If the counselor speaks English as a primary language and the patient speaks
English as a second language... - ✔✔It might still be best to consider using another
language in counseling.
✔✔Is a counselor a role model? - ✔✔Yes.
✔✔If a patient speak of a domestic violence experience as fact based with a rational
tone, what is the patient doing? - ✔✔Resistance
✔✔A critical component of individual counseling... - ✔✔That only two people are
present during the counseling session.
✔✔Issues of time, purpose, and confidentiality are parts of what? - ✔✔Structuring the
counseling relationship.
✔✔Defining a patient's goals takes place during which point in counseling? - ✔✔Within
the assessment stage.
✔✔The intervention stage of treatment primarily focuses on... - ✔✔Problem-solving.
✔✔In group therapy, members must... - ✔✔Be willing to share openly their personal
problems.
✔✔Group dynamics are... - ✔✔Always an issue in group therapy.
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Narcotics withdrawal symptoms are sometimes described as being like... -
✔✔Having the flu.
✔✔A common side effect of long-term alcohol abuse that requires an increase in
dosage is... - ✔✔Tolerance.
✔✔What has long-term cocaine use been linked to? - ✔✔Psychosis
✔✔Heroin overdoses MOST often involve.... - ✔✔Depressed respiration.
✔✔A person has Bipolar disorder but uses alcohol to sleep at night. The alcohol use
could be considered - ✔✔Secondary
✔✔A heroin addict has relationship problems and enters treatment for relationships.
The heroin use could be considered - ✔✔Primary
✔✔Self-medication MOST closely refers to... - ✔✔Self-administering drugs with
therapeutic intent.
✔✔A problem not commonly addressed in treatment for drug abuse - ✔✔Optical
difficulties.
✔✔Significant difference between casefinding and ongoing services... - ✔✔Casefinding
does not always include treatment, and ongoing services do.
✔✔Primary goal of the helping relationship between patient and counselor. -
✔✔Changing the patient's behavior.
✔✔Not a common personality trait of counselors. - ✔✔Superior intellect.
✔✔In relation to counseling, what is empathy? - ✔✔Being able to understand what
another person is experiencing.
✔✔Warmth... - ✔✔Is an essential component in counseling.
✔✔Not related to concreteness in counseling.. - ✔✔Theorizing about the patient's
relationships.
✔✔Not an avoidance behavior. - ✔✔Perseverating on specific situations.
, ✔✔In counseling, what does immediacy refer to? - ✔✔Dealing with feelings in the here
and now.
✔✔What does a counselor do in a facilitative relationship? - ✔✔Keep the patient talking.
✔✔When a counselor adopts a relaxed posture, good eye contact, and a pleasant tone
of voice, the counselor is... - ✔✔Attending.
✔✔How does a counselor NOT convey an open invitation to talk in a counseling
session? - ✔✔Offering lengthy responses to what the patient says.
✔✔Paraphrasing involves... - ✔✔Repetition.
✔✔In counseling, reflection usually involves.. - ✔✔Responding to feelings.
✔✔Why must every patient be treated differently? - ✔✔Each patient is different.
✔✔If the counselor speaks English as a primary language and the patient speaks
English as a second language... - ✔✔It might still be best to consider using another
language in counseling.
✔✔Is a counselor a role model? - ✔✔Yes.
✔✔If a patient speak of a domestic violence experience as fact based with a rational
tone, what is the patient doing? - ✔✔Resistance
✔✔A critical component of individual counseling... - ✔✔That only two people are
present during the counseling session.
✔✔Issues of time, purpose, and confidentiality are parts of what? - ✔✔Structuring the
counseling relationship.
✔✔Defining a patient's goals takes place during which point in counseling? - ✔✔Within
the assessment stage.
✔✔The intervention stage of treatment primarily focuses on... - ✔✔Problem-solving.
✔✔In group therapy, members must... - ✔✔Be willing to share openly their personal
problems.
✔✔Group dynamics are... - ✔✔Always an issue in group therapy.
