IC&RC CORE EXAMS SET 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Research has found what to be true about ethnic minority client in SA/MH settings? -
✔✔Studies found fewer community resources and access to specialty treatment for
ethnic minorities
✔✔How to SA clients file complaints when they've experienced discrimination? -
✔✔Cases may be filed in state or federal court, or a suit filed by the U.S. Attorney
General
✔✔The CNS is made up of what? - ✔✔brain and spinal cord
✔✔Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - ✔✔the sensory and motor neurons that connect
the CNS to the rest of the body
1. Somatic System
2. Autonomic System
✔✔Somatic System (PNS) - ✔✔Connects CNS to the skeletal muscles and skin
✔✔Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) - ✔✔the part of the peripheral nervous system
that connects CNS nerves to organs
1. Sympathetic Division
2. Parasympathetic Division
✔✔Sympathetic Divison - ✔✔Part of ANS within PNS: fight or flight
✔✔Parasympathetic Division - ✔✔Part of ANS within PNS: rest and digest
✔✔Neuron - ✔✔Cell body, axons, and dendrites
✔✔Acetylcholine - ✔✔Excitatory Neurotransmitter
Muscle movement
✔✔Norepinephrine - ✔✔Excitatory Neurotransmitter
Arousal, moods, memory formation
✔✔Serotonin - ✔✔Excitatory Neurotransmitter
Emotion, mood, sleep, temperature regulation
✔✔Dopamine - ✔✔Excitatory & Inhibitory Neurotransmitter
Body movement, pleasure, reward
, ✔✔GABA - ✔✔Inhibitory Neurotransmitter
Motor behavior (not enough = convulsions)
✔✔Glycine - ✔✔Inhibitory Neurotransmitter
Spinal reflexes, motor behavior
✔✔Enkephalins & Endorphins - ✔✔Inhibitory Neurotransmitters
inhibit spinal neurons from transmitting pain signals to the brain, pleasure
✔✔Medulla Oblongata - ✔✔Lowest part of the brain/brainstem that controls vital life-
sustaining involuntary functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and
digestion.
✔✔Pons - ✔✔Connects brain stem and midbrain
Allows communication b/w cerebrum, cerebellum, and spinal cord
✔✔Midbrain - ✔✔A small part of the brain above the pons that integrates sensory
information and relays it upward
Psychedelics act here and cause hallucinations
✔✔Limbic System - ✔✔neural system (including the hippocampus, amygdala, and
hypothalamus) located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and
drives.
Tranquilizers calm
✔✔Hypothalamus - ✔✔A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several
maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body temperature), helps govern the endocrine
system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.
Many psychoactive drugs work here
✔✔Cerebellum - ✔✔A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills.
✔✔Thalamus - ✔✔the brain's sensory control center, located on top of the brainstem; it
directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to
the cerebellum and medulla
✔✔Subthalamus - ✔✔located beneath the thalamus
interacts with the cerebellum to control motor activity
✔✔Cerebrum Lobes - ✔✔frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
✔✔Frontal Lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas for
movement, abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgement
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Research has found what to be true about ethnic minority client in SA/MH settings? -
✔✔Studies found fewer community resources and access to specialty treatment for
ethnic minorities
✔✔How to SA clients file complaints when they've experienced discrimination? -
✔✔Cases may be filed in state or federal court, or a suit filed by the U.S. Attorney
General
✔✔The CNS is made up of what? - ✔✔brain and spinal cord
✔✔Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - ✔✔the sensory and motor neurons that connect
the CNS to the rest of the body
1. Somatic System
2. Autonomic System
✔✔Somatic System (PNS) - ✔✔Connects CNS to the skeletal muscles and skin
✔✔Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) - ✔✔the part of the peripheral nervous system
that connects CNS nerves to organs
1. Sympathetic Division
2. Parasympathetic Division
✔✔Sympathetic Divison - ✔✔Part of ANS within PNS: fight or flight
✔✔Parasympathetic Division - ✔✔Part of ANS within PNS: rest and digest
✔✔Neuron - ✔✔Cell body, axons, and dendrites
✔✔Acetylcholine - ✔✔Excitatory Neurotransmitter
Muscle movement
✔✔Norepinephrine - ✔✔Excitatory Neurotransmitter
Arousal, moods, memory formation
✔✔Serotonin - ✔✔Excitatory Neurotransmitter
Emotion, mood, sleep, temperature regulation
✔✔Dopamine - ✔✔Excitatory & Inhibitory Neurotransmitter
Body movement, pleasure, reward
, ✔✔GABA - ✔✔Inhibitory Neurotransmitter
Motor behavior (not enough = convulsions)
✔✔Glycine - ✔✔Inhibitory Neurotransmitter
Spinal reflexes, motor behavior
✔✔Enkephalins & Endorphins - ✔✔Inhibitory Neurotransmitters
inhibit spinal neurons from transmitting pain signals to the brain, pleasure
✔✔Medulla Oblongata - ✔✔Lowest part of the brain/brainstem that controls vital life-
sustaining involuntary functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and
digestion.
✔✔Pons - ✔✔Connects brain stem and midbrain
Allows communication b/w cerebrum, cerebellum, and spinal cord
✔✔Midbrain - ✔✔A small part of the brain above the pons that integrates sensory
information and relays it upward
Psychedelics act here and cause hallucinations
✔✔Limbic System - ✔✔neural system (including the hippocampus, amygdala, and
hypothalamus) located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and
drives.
Tranquilizers calm
✔✔Hypothalamus - ✔✔A neural structure lying below the thalamus; it directs several
maintenance activities (eating, drinking, body temperature), helps govern the endocrine
system via the pituitary gland, and is linked to emotion and reward.
Many psychoactive drugs work here
✔✔Cerebellum - ✔✔A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills.
✔✔Thalamus - ✔✔the brain's sensory control center, located on top of the brainstem; it
directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to
the cerebellum and medulla
✔✔Subthalamus - ✔✔located beneath the thalamus
interacts with the cerebellum to control motor activity
✔✔Cerebrum Lobes - ✔✔frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
✔✔Frontal Lobe - ✔✔A region of the cerebral cortex that has specialized areas for
movement, abstract thinking, planning, memory, and judgement
