MFT Clinical Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Systemic bias - CORRECT ANSWER- Involves bias information processing in which a
person selectively attends to one aspect of reality while discounting other aspects
Facticious disorder - CORRECT ANSWER- Characterized by the voluntary production of
physical or psychological symptoms, the abscense of external incentives, and the compulsive
psychological need to assume the "patient role"
Family life cycles - CORRECT ANSWER- Between families: children learn to individuate
from their family and begin independent life of their own.
Behavioral interventions of CBT - CORRECT ANSWER- Diversion techniques, scheduled
techniques, graded tasks and assignments
Fetal abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- Is optional under the mandated reporting laws
Domestic violence - CORRECT ANSWER- Jealousy, impulsivity, and poor social skills
contribute to DV
Section 56.10 of civil code - CORRECT ANSWER- Therapist may confer with another
mental health provider without patient authorization for the purpose of providing that patient
with the highest level of care
Changes in office setting - CORRECT ANSWER- Point it out and inform clt of its use. This
reduces the imagined purpose of change
Acute stress disorder - CORRECT ANSWER- Symptoms last longer than 4 weeks
Structural Therapy: Early Stage - CORRECT ANSWER- Identify where famillies boundaries
are to then identify interventions and goals
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Systemic bias - CORRECT ANSWER- Involves bias information processing in which a
person selectively attends to one aspect of reality while discounting other aspects
Facticious disorder - CORRECT ANSWER- Characterized by the voluntary production of
physical or psychological symptoms, the abscense of external incentives, and the compulsive
psychological need to assume the "patient role"
Family life cycles - CORRECT ANSWER- Between families: children learn to individuate
from their family and begin independent life of their own.
Behavioral interventions of CBT - CORRECT ANSWER- Diversion techniques, scheduled
techniques, graded tasks and assignments
Fetal abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- Is optional under the mandated reporting laws
Domestic violence - CORRECT ANSWER- Jealousy, impulsivity, and poor social skills
contribute to DV
Section 56.10 of civil code - CORRECT ANSWER- Therapist may confer with another
mental health provider without patient authorization for the purpose of providing that patient
with the highest level of care
Changes in office setting - CORRECT ANSWER- Point it out and inform clt of its use. This
reduces the imagined purpose of change
Acute stress disorder - CORRECT ANSWER- Symptoms last longer than 4 weeks
Structural Therapy: Early Stage - CORRECT ANSWER- Identify where famillies boundaries
are to then identify interventions and goals
