FICEP EXAM 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM
50 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
Which cycle describes members who are just surviving and living paycheck to
paycheck?
a. Earn/spend/earn/spend
b. earn/spend/borrow/spend
c. earn/spend/save
d. earn/borrow/spend/save - CORRECT ANSWERS Earn/Spend/earn/spend
Financial counselors who don't use what they know about hemispheric thinking may fall
into the trap of:
a. Assuming the member will succeed if they work with the counsellor
b. Asking too many questions
c. Telling the member what they should do
d. Presenting information to a member in a manner that might not be the best way to
communicate - CORRECT ANSWERS presenting information to a member in a
manner that might not be the best way to communicate
Using a hard approach, rather than a soft approach, with members:
a. Reminds members they are in control
b. Communicates in an orderly, specific and straight-forward way
c. Correlates with the right side of the brain
d. Offers possibilities and suggestions - CORRECT ANSWERS Communicates in an
orderly, specific and straight-forward way
The Johari Window describes four zones. When working with a member the Hidden
Zone represents:
a. Information that is known to the counselor and the member
b. Information that is known to the counselor and not the member
c. Information that is known to the member and not the counselor
d. Information that is not known to either the member or the counselor - CORRECT
ANSWERS Information that is known to the member and not the counselor
Which type of counseling should a counselor use when a member is preparing for a
large purchase?
a. Preventive
b. Procedural
c. Productive
d. Remedial - CORRECT ANSWERS Preventive
, Which of the following is NOT a counseling element
a. Budget
b. Credit.
c. Debt
d. Savings - CORRECT ANSWERS Savings
Which of the following is a closed-ended question?
a. Tell me more about that?
b. Do you plan to move forward?
c. What was your deciding factor?
d. What is causing the hesitation? - CORRECT ANSWERS Do you plan to move
forward?
An example of pacing is when a counselor:
a. wears the same type of clothing as the member.
b. matches the member's tone.
c. matches the member's energy level.
d. agrees with everything the member says. - CORRECT ANSWERS Matches the
member's energy level
How many steps are in the change process?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6 - CORRECT ANSWERS 4
Which of the following decision-making tools is the best to use when considering all
forces in favor of or against a plan so a decision can be made?
a. Essential obligations
b. Cost-benefit analysis
c. Reframing
d. Force-field analysis - CORRECT ANSWERS Force-filed analysis
Which of the following is the first step of the counseling process?
a. Analyze data
b. Develop a spending plan
c. Collect member data
d. Establish goals and objectives - CORRECT ANSWERS collect member data
It is best to divide a budget into which cycle?
a. Daily
b. Monthly
c. Quarterly
50 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
Which cycle describes members who are just surviving and living paycheck to
paycheck?
a. Earn/spend/earn/spend
b. earn/spend/borrow/spend
c. earn/spend/save
d. earn/borrow/spend/save - CORRECT ANSWERS Earn/Spend/earn/spend
Financial counselors who don't use what they know about hemispheric thinking may fall
into the trap of:
a. Assuming the member will succeed if they work with the counsellor
b. Asking too many questions
c. Telling the member what they should do
d. Presenting information to a member in a manner that might not be the best way to
communicate - CORRECT ANSWERS presenting information to a member in a
manner that might not be the best way to communicate
Using a hard approach, rather than a soft approach, with members:
a. Reminds members they are in control
b. Communicates in an orderly, specific and straight-forward way
c. Correlates with the right side of the brain
d. Offers possibilities and suggestions - CORRECT ANSWERS Communicates in an
orderly, specific and straight-forward way
The Johari Window describes four zones. When working with a member the Hidden
Zone represents:
a. Information that is known to the counselor and the member
b. Information that is known to the counselor and not the member
c. Information that is known to the member and not the counselor
d. Information that is not known to either the member or the counselor - CORRECT
ANSWERS Information that is known to the member and not the counselor
Which type of counseling should a counselor use when a member is preparing for a
large purchase?
a. Preventive
b. Procedural
c. Productive
d. Remedial - CORRECT ANSWERS Preventive
, Which of the following is NOT a counseling element
a. Budget
b. Credit.
c. Debt
d. Savings - CORRECT ANSWERS Savings
Which of the following is a closed-ended question?
a. Tell me more about that?
b. Do you plan to move forward?
c. What was your deciding factor?
d. What is causing the hesitation? - CORRECT ANSWERS Do you plan to move
forward?
An example of pacing is when a counselor:
a. wears the same type of clothing as the member.
b. matches the member's tone.
c. matches the member's energy level.
d. agrees with everything the member says. - CORRECT ANSWERS Matches the
member's energy level
How many steps are in the change process?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6 - CORRECT ANSWERS 4
Which of the following decision-making tools is the best to use when considering all
forces in favor of or against a plan so a decision can be made?
a. Essential obligations
b. Cost-benefit analysis
c. Reframing
d. Force-field analysis - CORRECT ANSWERS Force-filed analysis
Which of the following is the first step of the counseling process?
a. Analyze data
b. Develop a spending plan
c. Collect member data
d. Establish goals and objectives - CORRECT ANSWERS collect member data
It is best to divide a budget into which cycle?
a. Daily
b. Monthly
c. Quarterly
