IC&RC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔While taking an alcohol drug history, which of the following is a good clue to alcohol
dependency? - ✔✔Increased tolerance and withdrawal symptoms when abstinence is
attempted
✔✔You have assessed your client and determined that he is a problem drinker. He
insists that the reason he drinks is because of his wife's behavior. Your initial objective
should be to help him: - ✔✔take responsibility for his behavior
✔✔In order to fill gaps in services to minority clients, communities should
include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. education and training.
b. diagnosis and intervention.
c. segregated treatment programs.
d. integrated treatment programs with cultural programming.. - ✔✔Segregated
treatment programs.
✔✔An irresistible impulse is called a(an): - ✔✔compulsion.
✔✔What are theveffects of alcohol abuse on the body? - ✔✔malnutrition canoccur in
drinkers who eat well-balanced diets. the second stage of liver deterioration can be
reversed and vitamin B6 deficiency
✔✔The interpersonal style in which a member of a minority group has made conscious
or subconscious decision to reject the general attitudes, behaviors, customs, rituals, and
stereotypic behaviors associated with his/her own minority group to assimilate into the
mainstream white culture is known as: - ✔✔the Acculturated Interpersonal Style.
✔✔Brian is a 15-year old boy who has been admitted to a program for chemical
dependency. He has a history of running away from home, erratic performance in
school, and has been arrested twice for petty theft. In assessing Brian, the counselor
should first consider which of the following before making a treatment recommendation?
- ✔✔Brian's familial relationships and social milieu
✔✔Despite vast personality differences, virtually all substance abusers experience: -
✔✔remorse, self-hatred, and shame.
✔✔The therapeutic reasoning for self-disclosure in group counseling is to: - ✔✔facilitate
the growth of the group by relating to client or group issues.
✔✔Barbiturates can be sub-classified into groups based upon: - ✔✔the speed of the
onset and duration of the effects.
, ✔✔Heroin is an example of a(an): - ✔✔semi-synthetic narcotic.
✔✔There are several psychological and sociological differences between male and
female alcohol abusers. Which of the following BEST describes one of those
differences? - ✔✔Women more often than men will cite a traumatic event that
precipitated their drinking.
✔✔Which statement MOST accurately describes the relationship between Alcoholics
Anonymous and the professional treatment community? - ✔✔A partnership between AA
and the professional community was repeatedly emphasized by the founders of AA.
✔✔Which of the following patterns of drinking is accurately associated with the term
"alcoholism"? - ✔✔The inability to control the amount one drinks
✔✔Which of the following is MOST helpful for counselors in defining their professional
roles for counseling clients? - ✔✔An ethical code of conduct
✔✔"Referral" pertains to:
a. assisting a client to utilize the support systems and community resources
available.
b. meeting with other professionals for discussions and planning.
c. providing drug and alcohol information to clients.
d. attending an A.A. or N.A. meeting with a client. - ✔✔a. assisting a client to utilize the
support systems and community resources available.
✔✔Assisting the client with needs generally thought to be outside the realm of
substance abuse treatment, provideing the client a single point of contact for multiple
health and social services systems, and flexible, community-based, and client-oriented
are used by treatment professionals when utilizing ... - ✔✔Case Management
✔✔Pointing out parallels between a client's interpersonal relationships and
client/counselor interaction serves to focus awareness on - ✔✔the "here and now."
✔✔If a client appears to be in denial due to discrepancies stated during an intake
interview, which of the following statements by the counselor would be MOST
appropriate?
a. "I'm not sure I understand. Let me check this out"
b. "First you tell me one thing, then another. Which is really the truth?"
c. "There's a lot of confusion in your story"
d. "Addiction fosters denial" - ✔✔"I'm not sure I understand. Let me check this out"
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔While taking an alcohol drug history, which of the following is a good clue to alcohol
dependency? - ✔✔Increased tolerance and withdrawal symptoms when abstinence is
attempted
✔✔You have assessed your client and determined that he is a problem drinker. He
insists that the reason he drinks is because of his wife's behavior. Your initial objective
should be to help him: - ✔✔take responsibility for his behavior
✔✔In order to fill gaps in services to minority clients, communities should
include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. education and training.
b. diagnosis and intervention.
c. segregated treatment programs.
d. integrated treatment programs with cultural programming.. - ✔✔Segregated
treatment programs.
✔✔An irresistible impulse is called a(an): - ✔✔compulsion.
✔✔What are theveffects of alcohol abuse on the body? - ✔✔malnutrition canoccur in
drinkers who eat well-balanced diets. the second stage of liver deterioration can be
reversed and vitamin B6 deficiency
✔✔The interpersonal style in which a member of a minority group has made conscious
or subconscious decision to reject the general attitudes, behaviors, customs, rituals, and
stereotypic behaviors associated with his/her own minority group to assimilate into the
mainstream white culture is known as: - ✔✔the Acculturated Interpersonal Style.
✔✔Brian is a 15-year old boy who has been admitted to a program for chemical
dependency. He has a history of running away from home, erratic performance in
school, and has been arrested twice for petty theft. In assessing Brian, the counselor
should first consider which of the following before making a treatment recommendation?
- ✔✔Brian's familial relationships and social milieu
✔✔Despite vast personality differences, virtually all substance abusers experience: -
✔✔remorse, self-hatred, and shame.
✔✔The therapeutic reasoning for self-disclosure in group counseling is to: - ✔✔facilitate
the growth of the group by relating to client or group issues.
✔✔Barbiturates can be sub-classified into groups based upon: - ✔✔the speed of the
onset and duration of the effects.
, ✔✔Heroin is an example of a(an): - ✔✔semi-synthetic narcotic.
✔✔There are several psychological and sociological differences between male and
female alcohol abusers. Which of the following BEST describes one of those
differences? - ✔✔Women more often than men will cite a traumatic event that
precipitated their drinking.
✔✔Which statement MOST accurately describes the relationship between Alcoholics
Anonymous and the professional treatment community? - ✔✔A partnership between AA
and the professional community was repeatedly emphasized by the founders of AA.
✔✔Which of the following patterns of drinking is accurately associated with the term
"alcoholism"? - ✔✔The inability to control the amount one drinks
✔✔Which of the following is MOST helpful for counselors in defining their professional
roles for counseling clients? - ✔✔An ethical code of conduct
✔✔"Referral" pertains to:
a. assisting a client to utilize the support systems and community resources
available.
b. meeting with other professionals for discussions and planning.
c. providing drug and alcohol information to clients.
d. attending an A.A. or N.A. meeting with a client. - ✔✔a. assisting a client to utilize the
support systems and community resources available.
✔✔Assisting the client with needs generally thought to be outside the realm of
substance abuse treatment, provideing the client a single point of contact for multiple
health and social services systems, and flexible, community-based, and client-oriented
are used by treatment professionals when utilizing ... - ✔✔Case Management
✔✔Pointing out parallels between a client's interpersonal relationships and
client/counselor interaction serves to focus awareness on - ✔✔the "here and now."
✔✔If a client appears to be in denial due to discrepancies stated during an intake
interview, which of the following statements by the counselor would be MOST
appropriate?
a. "I'm not sure I understand. Let me check this out"
b. "First you tell me one thing, then another. Which is really the truth?"
c. "There's a lot of confusion in your story"
d. "Addiction fosters denial" - ✔✔"I'm not sure I understand. Let me check this out"
