CPCE
CPCE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CPCE (Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination) Practice
Exam - correct answer CPCE (Counselor Preparation Comprehensive
Examination) Practice Exam, developed by the Center for Credentialing
and Education, is designed to assess readiness for counseling program
completion and licensure preparation. It covers eight core areas,
including human growth and development, social and cultural diversity,
counseling theories, helping relationships, group work, career
development, assessment, and research methods. The exam is multiple-
choice and concept-driven, emphasizing application of counseling
principles. Preparation should focus on reviewing core theories, key
concepts, and practicing questions to strengthen comprehension and
test-taking skills.
In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson
is an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists...
A) Emphasize the id processes
B) Refute the concept of the superego
C) Believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior
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D) Are sometimes known as radical behaviorists - correct answer C)
Believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior
The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which
encompasses the entire life span was...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Milton H. Erickson
C) A.A. Brill
D) Jean Piaget, who created the four stage theory - correct answer A) Erik
Erikson
Has 8 stages representing a psychosocial crisis/turning point. Final stage
does not begin until age 60
The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely
reflect the work of...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Sigmund Freud, who created the psychodynamic theory
C) Jay Haley
D) Arnold Lazarus, William Perry and Robert Kegan - correct answer B)
Sigmund Freud
(In Freudian theory, the id=the pleasure principle. Erikson emphasizes
the power of control. Haley is known for strategic and problem-solving
therapy. Lazaras is pioneer in behavior therapy.
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Robert Perry - correct answer -Known for ideas related to adult cognitive
development
-Stresses dualistic thinking (conceptualize things as good or bad and
right or wrong)
-Enter adulthood and move into relativistic thinking (ability to perceive
that not everything is right or wrong)
Jean Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with four stages.
The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is....
A) formal operations, concrete operations, preoperations, sensorimotor
B) Formal operations, preoperations, concrete operations, sensorimotor
C) Sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations, formal operations
D) Concrete operations, sensorimotor, preoperations, formal operations
- correct answer C) Sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations,
formal operations
Ideographics - correct answer Examine individuals (not groups) in depth
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of Jean Piaget's
developmental research inasmuch as...
A) he utilized the t test too requently
B) He failed to check for Type 1 or alpha errors
C) He worked primarily with minority children
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D) His findings were often derived from observing his own children -
correct answer D) His findings were often derived from observing his own
children
A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty pitcher. A
child indicates that she feels the small pitcher has less water. The child
has not yet mastered...
A) Symbolic schema
B) Conservation
C) Androgynous psychosocial issues
D) Trust vs. mistrust - correct answer B) Conservation
(The notion that a substance's weight, mass and volume remain the
same event if it changes shape. Child masters conservation at concrete
operational stage (7-11 years old)
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to...
A) Volume or mass
B) Defenses of the ego
C) The sensorimotor intelligence stage
D) A specific psychosexual stage of life - correct answer A) Volume or mass
A child masters conservation in the Piatetian stage known as..
A) Formal operations (12+)
B) Concrete operations (7-11)
CPCE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
CPCE (Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination) Practice
Exam - correct answer CPCE (Counselor Preparation Comprehensive
Examination) Practice Exam, developed by the Center for Credentialing
and Education, is designed to assess readiness for counseling program
completion and licensure preparation. It covers eight core areas,
including human growth and development, social and cultural diversity,
counseling theories, helping relationships, group work, career
development, assessment, and research methods. The exam is multiple-
choice and concept-driven, emphasizing application of counseling
principles. Preparation should focus on reviewing core theories, key
concepts, and practicing questions to strengthen comprehension and
test-taking skills.
In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson
is an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists...
A) Emphasize the id processes
B) Refute the concept of the superego
C) Believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior
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D) Are sometimes known as radical behaviorists - correct answer C)
Believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior
The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which
encompasses the entire life span was...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Milton H. Erickson
C) A.A. Brill
D) Jean Piaget, who created the four stage theory - correct answer A) Erik
Erikson
Has 8 stages representing a psychosocial crisis/turning point. Final stage
does not begin until age 60
The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely
reflect the work of...
A) Erik Erikson
B) Sigmund Freud, who created the psychodynamic theory
C) Jay Haley
D) Arnold Lazarus, William Perry and Robert Kegan - correct answer B)
Sigmund Freud
(In Freudian theory, the id=the pleasure principle. Erikson emphasizes
the power of control. Haley is known for strategic and problem-solving
therapy. Lazaras is pioneer in behavior therapy.
,CPCE
Robert Perry - correct answer -Known for ideas related to adult cognitive
development
-Stresses dualistic thinking (conceptualize things as good or bad and
right or wrong)
-Enter adulthood and move into relativistic thinking (ability to perceive
that not everything is right or wrong)
Jean Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with four stages.
The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is....
A) formal operations, concrete operations, preoperations, sensorimotor
B) Formal operations, preoperations, concrete operations, sensorimotor
C) Sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations, formal operations
D) Concrete operations, sensorimotor, preoperations, formal operations
- correct answer C) Sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations,
formal operations
Ideographics - correct answer Examine individuals (not groups) in depth
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of Jean Piaget's
developmental research inasmuch as...
A) he utilized the t test too requently
B) He failed to check for Type 1 or alpha errors
C) He worked primarily with minority children
, CPCE
D) His findings were often derived from observing his own children -
correct answer D) His findings were often derived from observing his own
children
A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty pitcher. A
child indicates that she feels the small pitcher has less water. The child
has not yet mastered...
A) Symbolic schema
B) Conservation
C) Androgynous psychosocial issues
D) Trust vs. mistrust - correct answer B) Conservation
(The notion that a substance's weight, mass and volume remain the
same event if it changes shape. Child masters conservation at concrete
operational stage (7-11 years old)
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to...
A) Volume or mass
B) Defenses of the ego
C) The sensorimotor intelligence stage
D) A specific psychosexual stage of life - correct answer A) Volume or mass
A child masters conservation in the Piatetian stage known as..
A) Formal operations (12+)
B) Concrete operations (7-11)
