CPCE STUDY GUIDE EVALUATION QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Complaining of feeling restless, mood swings, times of hopelessness, periods of high
energy and creativity in which she can go days without sleep - Bipolar
Client presents with his wife both complaining the patient has had a change in cognitive
function including language and memory. Client denies loss of pleasure in normal
activities and denies feeling sad, but client is able to manage his medications but
requires someone to set up his medication box and set a timer for him. - Neurocognitive
Disorder
Disorder of thought; disorder of mood - Schizophrenia; bipolar disorder
Mirroring back client's verbalizations, and not passing judgment. Facilitating in assisting
his client in reaching resolution of the presenting problems. - Rogerian, client-centered
therapy
Binge eating coupled with inappropriate methods of controlling one's weight may be a
symptom of - Bulimia
Concerns of his health; reports chronic intestinal difficulties, but has not sought medical
treatment for his concerns. For the last five years he rarely feels at ease while at his job.
Feels uneasy when outside the home - Agoraphobia
loss of appetite; nervousness, and recurrent nightmares of a past hospital experience
from years prior, where she says she almost died - PTSD
Actively defiant of instructions, argues regularly, spiteful, and resentful. School
performance is marginal. - Oppositional defiant disorder
40-year old client not feeling comfortable socially after gaining weight. Unwilling to try
new activities and avoiding activities he once found enjoyable - Avoidant Personality
Disorder
Client believes his favorite actress is in love with him. He is appropriate in every other
way and substance use is not the factor - Delusional Disorder
Cyclothymia - Mild form of bipolar disorder. Cause is unknown
Client needs help with substance use, uses recreationally on the weekends. Two DUIs
within 3 years - Stimulant Use Disorder
Complaints about significant Chronic back pain and shoulder pain (basis of a disability
claim), when seen he looks fully physical capable of bending and picking up things -
Malingering - to receive an external reward
, Symptoms of Schizophrenia categorized in three groups - Positive, Negative, and
Disorganized
Couple comes in. Wife displays feelings of distrust and no tolerance for relationships
and also experiences excessive over-valuation "he's the best thing that every happened
to me" - Borderline Personality Disorder
A patient diagnosed with depression/suicide ideation suddenly appears to feel better
and think more clearly - Suicide has increased!
20 year-old male college student. Last 6-7 months grossly disorganized or catatonic
behavior and speech, hallucinations, poor responses - Schizophrenia...Paranoid,
disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual
When a client's physical symptoms have a psychological cause it is referred to as -
Conversion Disorder
Appraisal - Any means by which by which a counselor assesses a client. ie: mental
health exam, IQ test
Type of test - NCE - Objective
Test created by David Wechsler - IQ
When administering tests to a client, the counselor should always - Inform the client of
limitations of testing
Validity (In testing) - How accurate the test is
Reliability (in testing) - How consistent the results are
The only test you are using with your client has a reliability of .60, you should... -
disregard the results of the test as the reliability is too low
Francis Galton - Inherited intellectual abilities; father of behavioral genetics; personality
traits are passed down
J.P. Guilford - individual differences and intellect; creativity
Developed the first intelligence test - Alfred Binet and Theophilus Simon
Rorschach - Inkblot test
Most researched test in history - MMPI; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Complaining of feeling restless, mood swings, times of hopelessness, periods of high
energy and creativity in which she can go days without sleep - Bipolar
Client presents with his wife both complaining the patient has had a change in cognitive
function including language and memory. Client denies loss of pleasure in normal
activities and denies feeling sad, but client is able to manage his medications but
requires someone to set up his medication box and set a timer for him. - Neurocognitive
Disorder
Disorder of thought; disorder of mood - Schizophrenia; bipolar disorder
Mirroring back client's verbalizations, and not passing judgment. Facilitating in assisting
his client in reaching resolution of the presenting problems. - Rogerian, client-centered
therapy
Binge eating coupled with inappropriate methods of controlling one's weight may be a
symptom of - Bulimia
Concerns of his health; reports chronic intestinal difficulties, but has not sought medical
treatment for his concerns. For the last five years he rarely feels at ease while at his job.
Feels uneasy when outside the home - Agoraphobia
loss of appetite; nervousness, and recurrent nightmares of a past hospital experience
from years prior, where she says she almost died - PTSD
Actively defiant of instructions, argues regularly, spiteful, and resentful. School
performance is marginal. - Oppositional defiant disorder
40-year old client not feeling comfortable socially after gaining weight. Unwilling to try
new activities and avoiding activities he once found enjoyable - Avoidant Personality
Disorder
Client believes his favorite actress is in love with him. He is appropriate in every other
way and substance use is not the factor - Delusional Disorder
Cyclothymia - Mild form of bipolar disorder. Cause is unknown
Client needs help with substance use, uses recreationally on the weekends. Two DUIs
within 3 years - Stimulant Use Disorder
Complaints about significant Chronic back pain and shoulder pain (basis of a disability
claim), when seen he looks fully physical capable of bending and picking up things -
Malingering - to receive an external reward
, Symptoms of Schizophrenia categorized in three groups - Positive, Negative, and
Disorganized
Couple comes in. Wife displays feelings of distrust and no tolerance for relationships
and also experiences excessive over-valuation "he's the best thing that every happened
to me" - Borderline Personality Disorder
A patient diagnosed with depression/suicide ideation suddenly appears to feel better
and think more clearly - Suicide has increased!
20 year-old male college student. Last 6-7 months grossly disorganized or catatonic
behavior and speech, hallucinations, poor responses - Schizophrenia...Paranoid,
disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual
When a client's physical symptoms have a psychological cause it is referred to as -
Conversion Disorder
Appraisal - Any means by which by which a counselor assesses a client. ie: mental
health exam, IQ test
Type of test - NCE - Objective
Test created by David Wechsler - IQ
When administering tests to a client, the counselor should always - Inform the client of
limitations of testing
Validity (In testing) - How accurate the test is
Reliability (in testing) - How consistent the results are
The only test you are using with your client has a reliability of .60, you should... -
disregard the results of the test as the reliability is too low
Francis Galton - Inherited intellectual abilities; father of behavioral genetics; personality
traits are passed down
J.P. Guilford - individual differences and intellect; creativity
Developed the first intelligence test - Alfred Binet and Theophilus Simon
Rorschach - Inkblot test
Most researched test in history - MMPI; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
