IC&RC LATEST EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔cerebellum - ✔✔A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills.
The "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input
and coordinating movement output and balance
Alcohol= lack of balance and coordination
✔✔It's considered unethical for a counselor to : - ✔✔treat client problems that are
beyond her/his skill level
✔✔When participating in the screening process, a counselor must also be skilled in: -
✔✔making referrals
✔✔Which statement is TRUE regarding dual relationships with clients that might impair
the counselor's judgement? - ✔✔They MUST be avoided
✔✔If the orientation process is neglected or incomplete a client may: - ✔✔have
incorrect information and unanswered questions about the program.
✔✔A common error that counselors make when conducting an assessment is -
✔✔moving too quickly from data collection to treatment planning.
✔✔What is essential for a successful recovery from addiction? - ✔✔Admitting to a
drinking and/or drug problem
✔✔Interventions by a group counselor should: - ✔✔address issues critical to the
functioning of the group as a whole
✔✔When clients ask directly for advise it is usually helpful for counselors to: -
✔✔encourage the client to explore various alternatives
✔✔Client files should be readily accessible to - ✔✔only persons directly involved in
providing clinical services.
✔✔Less recognizable sign of AIDS associated illnessess - ✔✔Dementia
✔✔The agency you work for does not provide post-discharge services. It is your
professional responsibility to - ✔✔develop a plan for ongoing client support
✔✔_____________ is defined as "the revulsion towards homosexuals and often the
desire to inflict punishment as a retribution, and in the case of homosexuals themselves,
self-loathing." - ✔✔Homophobia
, ✔✔Factors often cited as responsible for unsuccessful treatment programs for Hispanic
Americans include all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔A. Inequality of services provided
B. confusion caused by language barriers.
C. Viewing the Hispanic culture as heterogeneous.
D. traditional techniques of psychodynamic treatment.
C. Viewing the Hispanic culture as heterogeneous.
✔✔phobic behaviors are reinforced by - ✔✔reduction in one's feelings of anxiety
✔✔After several months in marital and family therapy the alcoholic spouse suffers a
relapse. The MOST useful approach to the couple is to - ✔✔frame the relapse as a sign
that the marital therapy was moving too quickly, and it would be good to get back to the
basics of early recovery.
✔✔If an individual were to take two barbiturates, such as phenobarbital and
secobarbital simultaneously, the drug interaction effect would most appropriately be
described as. - ✔✔additive
a substance added to something in small quantities to improve or preserve it
✔✔Potentiating effect - ✔✔increase the power, effect, or likelihood of (something,
especially a drug or physiological reaction).
✔✔antagonistic - ✔✔the ability of a drug to oppose or resist the action or effect of
another drug
opposite of synergistic action
✔✔synergistic effect - ✔✔in pharmacology, an increase of effects that occurs when
more than one substance is acting on the body at the same time
✔✔with regard to case management - ✔✔the counselor should coordinate regular
communication between professionals involved in the client's treatment.
✔✔"Pink Cloud" is an expression used to describe alcoholics in early recovery who -
✔✔are overly optimistic about their futures and don't predict normal stresses.
✔✔after completing an assessment interview with a difficult client, the counselor
received a phone call from the client suggesting that the two have dinner together. You,
the counselor would - ✔✔decline the invitation
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔cerebellum - ✔✔A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills.
The "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory input
and coordinating movement output and balance
Alcohol= lack of balance and coordination
✔✔It's considered unethical for a counselor to : - ✔✔treat client problems that are
beyond her/his skill level
✔✔When participating in the screening process, a counselor must also be skilled in: -
✔✔making referrals
✔✔Which statement is TRUE regarding dual relationships with clients that might impair
the counselor's judgement? - ✔✔They MUST be avoided
✔✔If the orientation process is neglected or incomplete a client may: - ✔✔have
incorrect information and unanswered questions about the program.
✔✔A common error that counselors make when conducting an assessment is -
✔✔moving too quickly from data collection to treatment planning.
✔✔What is essential for a successful recovery from addiction? - ✔✔Admitting to a
drinking and/or drug problem
✔✔Interventions by a group counselor should: - ✔✔address issues critical to the
functioning of the group as a whole
✔✔When clients ask directly for advise it is usually helpful for counselors to: -
✔✔encourage the client to explore various alternatives
✔✔Client files should be readily accessible to - ✔✔only persons directly involved in
providing clinical services.
✔✔Less recognizable sign of AIDS associated illnessess - ✔✔Dementia
✔✔The agency you work for does not provide post-discharge services. It is your
professional responsibility to - ✔✔develop a plan for ongoing client support
✔✔_____________ is defined as "the revulsion towards homosexuals and often the
desire to inflict punishment as a retribution, and in the case of homosexuals themselves,
self-loathing." - ✔✔Homophobia
, ✔✔Factors often cited as responsible for unsuccessful treatment programs for Hispanic
Americans include all of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔A. Inequality of services provided
B. confusion caused by language barriers.
C. Viewing the Hispanic culture as heterogeneous.
D. traditional techniques of psychodynamic treatment.
C. Viewing the Hispanic culture as heterogeneous.
✔✔phobic behaviors are reinforced by - ✔✔reduction in one's feelings of anxiety
✔✔After several months in marital and family therapy the alcoholic spouse suffers a
relapse. The MOST useful approach to the couple is to - ✔✔frame the relapse as a sign
that the marital therapy was moving too quickly, and it would be good to get back to the
basics of early recovery.
✔✔If an individual were to take two barbiturates, such as phenobarbital and
secobarbital simultaneously, the drug interaction effect would most appropriately be
described as. - ✔✔additive
a substance added to something in small quantities to improve or preserve it
✔✔Potentiating effect - ✔✔increase the power, effect, or likelihood of (something,
especially a drug or physiological reaction).
✔✔antagonistic - ✔✔the ability of a drug to oppose or resist the action or effect of
another drug
opposite of synergistic action
✔✔synergistic effect - ✔✔in pharmacology, an increase of effects that occurs when
more than one substance is acting on the body at the same time
✔✔with regard to case management - ✔✔the counselor should coordinate regular
communication between professionals involved in the client's treatment.
✔✔"Pink Cloud" is an expression used to describe alcoholics in early recovery who -
✔✔are overly optimistic about their futures and don't predict normal stresses.
✔✔after completing an assessment interview with a difficult client, the counselor
received a phone call from the client suggesting that the two have dinner together. You,
the counselor would - ✔✔decline the invitation
