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MFT Clinical Exam Questions And Answers
Systemic bias - Answers✔Involves bias information processing in which a person selectively
attends to one aspect of reality while discounting other aspects
Facticious disorder - Answers✔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 - Answers✔Between families: children learn to individuate from their family
and begin independent life of their own.
Behavioral interventions of CBT - Answers✔Diversion techniques, scheduled techniques, graded
tasks and assignments
Fetal abuse - Answers✔Is optional under the mandated reporting laws
Domestic violence - Answers✔Jealousy, impulsivity, and poor social skills contribute to DV
Section 56.10 of civil code - Answers✔Therapist may confer with another mental health
provider without patient authorization for the purpose of providing that patient with the
highest level of care
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Changes in office setting - Answers✔Point it out and inform clt of its use. This reduces the
imagined purpose of change
Acute stress disorder - Answers✔Symptoms last longer than 4 weeks
Structural Therapy: Early Stage - Answers✔Identify where famillies boundaries are to then
identify interventions and goals
Coping with divorce - Answers✔Anger, self-pity, and disillusionment are common reactions
Elder/Dependent adult abuse reporting law - Answers✔Optional category: mental suffering
(fear, agitation, confusion, severe depression brought on by threats, harrasment or intimidating
bx) are not mandated.
Structural therapy: middle stage goal - Answers✔Changing the subsystem of the family could be
achieved by "marking boundaries" (directing family to move where they are sitting).
Strategic therapy - Answers✔Designed to be a short-term approach in which therapist takes a
directive role.
Tarasoff - Answers✔Only pertains to harm YOUR client may cause to a reasonable identofied
victim(s).
Exception to confidentiality - Answers✔Responding to a subpoena, initially assert privledge
until directed to do otherwise by a judge.
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
MFT Clinical Exam Questions And Answers
Systemic bias - Answers✔Involves bias information processing in which a person selectively
attends to one aspect of reality while discounting other aspects
Facticious disorder - Answers✔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 - Answers✔Between families: children learn to individuate from their family
and begin independent life of their own.
Behavioral interventions of CBT - Answers✔Diversion techniques, scheduled techniques, graded
tasks and assignments
Fetal abuse - Answers✔Is optional under the mandated reporting laws
Domestic violence - Answers✔Jealousy, impulsivity, and poor social skills contribute to DV
Section 56.10 of civil code - Answers✔Therapist may confer with another mental health
provider without patient authorization for the purpose of providing that patient with the
highest level of care
1|Page
, ©SIRJOEL EXAM SOLUTIONS 2024/2025
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Changes in office setting - Answers✔Point it out and inform clt of its use. This reduces the
imagined purpose of change
Acute stress disorder - Answers✔Symptoms last longer than 4 weeks
Structural Therapy: Early Stage - Answers✔Identify where famillies boundaries are to then
identify interventions and goals
Coping with divorce - Answers✔Anger, self-pity, and disillusionment are common reactions
Elder/Dependent adult abuse reporting law - Answers✔Optional category: mental suffering
(fear, agitation, confusion, severe depression brought on by threats, harrasment or intimidating
bx) are not mandated.
Structural therapy: middle stage goal - Answers✔Changing the subsystem of the family could be
achieved by "marking boundaries" (directing family to move where they are sitting).
Strategic therapy - Answers✔Designed to be a short-term approach in which therapist takes a
directive role.
Tarasoff - Answers✔Only pertains to harm YOUR client may cause to a reasonable identofied
victim(s).
Exception to confidentiality - Answers✔Responding to a subpoena, initially assert privledge
until directed to do otherwise by a judge.
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