CPCA Practice Exam #3
A child who separates easily from her parent and quickly engages with the parent when the parent
returns is said to have the __________ attachment pattern.
a. Securely attached
b. Insecure avoidant
c. Insecure ambivalent
d. Insecure disorganized-disoriented - correct answer ✔✔A
According to Erikson, infancy is characterized by which psychosocial stage?
a. Autonomy vs. shame
b. Trust vs.mistrust
c. Initiative vs. guilt
d. Identity vs. rôle confusion - correct answer ✔✔B
Which of the following is an example of a micro-invalidation?
a. A person rushes to help a person with a disability onto a bus
b. Using an epithet such as 'spic', '******', or' kyke'
c. Asking a person how they are feeling
d. Dismissing a person's sexual orientation as a 'phase' - correct answer ✔✔D
Ethnocentric monoculturalism refers to
a. A belief that one's group's cultural heritage is superior over another
b. Counsellors credibility and trustworthiness
c. Viewing the counsellor as the expert
d. Acceptance of cultural groups and norms - correct answer ✔✔A
The fundamental goal of existential therapy is to______________.
a. Help people accept the futility of life
, b. Accurately diagnose and treat client dysfunction
c. Help people find value, meaning, and purpose in their lives - correct answer ✔✔C
Your client was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but refuses to take the medication because it makes him
feel restless, tremors, and muscle spasms. Your client was likely prescribed ___.
a. Mood stabilizers
b. Antidepressants
c. Benzodiazepines
d. Antipsychotics - correct answer ✔✔D
Your client is an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse. She wakes up in the middle of the night in a
cold sweat due to dreams and nightmares, is often on edge and hypervigilant, and often "leaves her
body." What disorder do her symptoms suggest?
a. Adjustment reactivedisorder
b. Dissociative disorder
c. Post-traumatic stress disorder
d. Obsessive-compulsivedisorder - correct answer ✔✔C
An assessment instrument that has fixed instructions for its administration and scoring is said to be:
a. valid
b. standardized
c. reliable
d. norm-referenced - correct answer ✔✔B
In the counselling process,assessment:
a. is an integral part of the entire process
b. primarily plays a role in intake
c. primarily plays a role in evaluating counselling
d.should be conducted only at termination - correct answer ✔✔A
A child who separates easily from her parent and quickly engages with the parent when the parent
returns is said to have the __________ attachment pattern.
a. Securely attached
b. Insecure avoidant
c. Insecure ambivalent
d. Insecure disorganized-disoriented - correct answer ✔✔A
According to Erikson, infancy is characterized by which psychosocial stage?
a. Autonomy vs. shame
b. Trust vs.mistrust
c. Initiative vs. guilt
d. Identity vs. rôle confusion - correct answer ✔✔B
Which of the following is an example of a micro-invalidation?
a. A person rushes to help a person with a disability onto a bus
b. Using an epithet such as 'spic', '******', or' kyke'
c. Asking a person how they are feeling
d. Dismissing a person's sexual orientation as a 'phase' - correct answer ✔✔D
Ethnocentric monoculturalism refers to
a. A belief that one's group's cultural heritage is superior over another
b. Counsellors credibility and trustworthiness
c. Viewing the counsellor as the expert
d. Acceptance of cultural groups and norms - correct answer ✔✔A
The fundamental goal of existential therapy is to______________.
a. Help people accept the futility of life
, b. Accurately diagnose and treat client dysfunction
c. Help people find value, meaning, and purpose in their lives - correct answer ✔✔C
Your client was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but refuses to take the medication because it makes him
feel restless, tremors, and muscle spasms. Your client was likely prescribed ___.
a. Mood stabilizers
b. Antidepressants
c. Benzodiazepines
d. Antipsychotics - correct answer ✔✔D
Your client is an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse. She wakes up in the middle of the night in a
cold sweat due to dreams and nightmares, is often on edge and hypervigilant, and often "leaves her
body." What disorder do her symptoms suggest?
a. Adjustment reactivedisorder
b. Dissociative disorder
c. Post-traumatic stress disorder
d. Obsessive-compulsivedisorder - correct answer ✔✔C
An assessment instrument that has fixed instructions for its administration and scoring is said to be:
a. valid
b. standardized
c. reliable
d. norm-referenced - correct answer ✔✔B
In the counselling process,assessment:
a. is an integral part of the entire process
b. primarily plays a role in intake
c. primarily plays a role in evaluating counselling
d.should be conducted only at termination - correct answer ✔✔A
