NCAC II Exam Questions and Answers
Pharmacology - Correct Answers -the branch of science that examines how
psychoactive substances taken to alter bodily functions or enhance bodily functions
interact with the brain and body.
Due to it's short half-life, which requires a divided dosing? - Correct Answers -Wellbutrin
The first stage in group process may be referred to as: - Correct Answers -Dependency
The ICRC/AODA defines assessment as: - Correct Answers -An identification of the
client's strengths, weaknesses, needs and problems to develop the treatment plan.
In regard to crisis situations, the most useful criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of
actions taken between sessions is: - Correct Answers -Level of functioning, compared
to pre-crisis level
The Cephalocaudle Principle - Correct Answers -Development proceeds from the head
downward, with control over the head and face first, then the arms, and finally the legs.
Within two months from birth infants develop control over head and face movements. In
the following few months, they are able to use their arms to lift themselves up. Control
over the legs develops between 6 to 12 months of age, with infants then able crawl,
stand, and eventually walk. Arm coordination always precedes leg coordination.
The Proximodistal Principle - Correct Answers -Development proceeds from the center
of the body outward. Thus, arms develop before hands, and the fingers and toes follow.
Muscle control over the fingers and toes develops last, as well.
Sigmund Freud - Correct Answers -Freud emphasized the significance of childhood
events and experiences, but focused nearly entirely on abnormal development instead
of normal functioning. Freud described child development as a set of "psychosexual
stages," referred to as oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital.
Erik Erickson - Correct Answers -A neo-Freudian psychologist that hypothesized that
people face pass through 8 social development stages from infancy to old age. Each
challenge has an outcome that affects a persons social and personality development.
Jean Piaget - Correct Answers -Theorist Jean Piaget focused primarily on the mental
aspects of childhood, and proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development. He
,pioneered the idea that children's knowledge of the world is gained by active interaction,
describing them as "little scientists" in this endeavor.
Rational Emotive Psychotherapy - Correct Answers -The earliest form of a cognitive-
behaviour approach to social work practice, in which personal problems are understood
to be the result of irrational patterns of thinking and the dysfunctional behaviours that
happen as a result. The goal of the therapist is to help a client to see that the negative
emotions experienced are due to a flawed perception of reality.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy - Correct Answers -a brief, nonconfrontational,
client-centered therapy designed to change specific problematic behaviors such as
alcohol or drug use
Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory - Correct Answers -based on the idea that people are
influenced considerably by their unconscious, inner drives.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Correct Answers -a popular integrative therapy that
combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy
(changing behavior)
Socratic Dialogue - Correct Answers -A process that cognitive therapists use in helping
clients empirically test their core beliefs. Clients form hypotheses about their behavior
through observation and monitoring.
Gestalt therapy - Correct Answers -therapy that aims to integrate different and
sometimes opposing aspects of personality into a unified sense of self
Person Centered Therapy - Correct Answers -a nondirective insight therapy based on
the work of Carl Rogers in which the client does all the talking and the therapist listens
Priviledge - Correct Answers -refers to the right of an individual not to have confidential
information disclosed in legal proceedings.
Transactional Analysis - Correct Answers -treatment that focuses on patterns of
interaction with others, especially patterns that indicate personal problems
When is privilege waived? - Correct Answers -Privilege is waived in the following ways:
1) when the client has agreed that the counselor may reveal confidential information, 2)
when a third person has been made privy to the information, and 3) under certain legal
conditions. The therapist cannot claim privilege once the client has agreed to waive
privilege.
Existential Therapy - Correct Answers -a therapy that encourages clients to accept
responsibility for their lives and to live with greater meaning and value
,Informed Consent - Correct Answers -requires that an individual not only provide
voluntary consent, but that he or she be adequately informed regarding choices,
options, and outcomes to have properly understood the meaning of the consent or
refusal that was given. Typically this requires disclosure of:
nature and purpose of the treatment
the risks and consequences
the available alternatives
the risks of no treatment.
Who created CBT? - Correct Answers -Aaron Beck
Duty to warn - Correct Answers -Mental health professional's responsibility to break
confidentiality and notify the potential victim whom a client has specifically threatened.
Rational Enhancement Behavioral Therapy - Correct Answers -based on the principle
that people are not disturbed by events but rather how they see the event. Attitudes and
negative self- concepts can start and maintain the process of addiction.
methadone maintenance - Correct Answers -a treatment program for heroin abusers in
which heroin is replaced by the long-term intake of methadone
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - Correct Answers -system of development in
the workplace for daily improving performance at every level in every operational
process by focusing on meeting or exceeding customer expectations
Stage two of the comprehensive assessment process, screening, refers to all, EXCEPT:
- Correct Answers -Determining which treatment program is best for the client
When conducting a psychoeducational group, the level of facilitator activity is: - Correct
Answers -High, with a strong focus on the leader
Psychoactive Substance - Correct Answers -Any drug that affects the central nervous
system and alters consciousness and/or perceptions
Providing therapy to clients who have a different cultural background than the therapist:
- Correct Answers -Requires that the therapist obtains additional training to work with
diverse clients
Which is NOT a symptom of Sedative, Hypnotic or Anxiolytic Intoxication? - Correct
Answers -Sweating or cold chills
The first stage in group process may be referred to as: - Correct Answers -Dependency
Physiological effects - Correct Answers -Physical signs and symptoms of a
pscyhoactive substance
, A treatment plan must be in place within - Correct Answers -One week
Which is NOT an MAO inhibitor? - Correct Answers -Elavil
Suicide Risk Factors - Correct Answers -More women attempt although more men
commit.
Questioning - Correct Answers -the appropriate use of open and close-ended questions,
and avoiding complex double/embedded/nested questioning.
Psychological effects - Correct Answers -Alterations in perception and/or judgement
caused by a psychoactive substance
Reflecting - Correct Answers -using paraphrasing, summarizing, and feeling-based
reflection. Also, reflecting values, beliefs, and key meanings.
Chemical Interaction - Correct Answers -Physiological and psychological effects of two
or more psychoactive substances that are administered simutaneously
Confrontation - Correct Answers -challenging clients in productive ways to overcome
denial, avoidance, misdirection, and deception, etc.
Encouragers - Correct Answers -the appropriate use of phrases such as "tell me more,"
etc., to encourage and facilitate further dialogue.
Withdrawal - Correct Answers -Signs and symptoms that occur when an individual who
is physically dependent upon a psychoactive substance discontinues it's use
Nonverbal communication - Correct Answers -such as proper body positioning, eye
contact, optimal spatial distancing (seating, standing, room use, etc.), and rate, tone
and rhythm of speech, etc.
Treatment Applications - Correct Answers -The method of detoxification, stabilization
and maintenance that is unique to each client in order to facilitate sobriety
professionalism and ethics - Correct Answers -understanding and applying proper rules
of conduct.
Supeona Guidelines - Correct Answers -1) a subpoena should not be ignored, but
should not automatically be obeyed, 2) the lawyer issuing the subpoena should be
contacted, 3) if after consultation with the lawyer who issued the subpoena it is agreed
upon that the patient records contain no germane information, the subpoena should be
destroyed, 4) a court order involving a hearing must be issued before release of
information, 5) the therapist, or program, should refuse to comply with the subpoena if
possible, 6) the patient and his/her lawyer should be contacted, and if the patient wants
the information released, written consent should be obtained.
Pharmacology - Correct Answers -the branch of science that examines how
psychoactive substances taken to alter bodily functions or enhance bodily functions
interact with the brain and body.
Due to it's short half-life, which requires a divided dosing? - Correct Answers -Wellbutrin
The first stage in group process may be referred to as: - Correct Answers -Dependency
The ICRC/AODA defines assessment as: - Correct Answers -An identification of the
client's strengths, weaknesses, needs and problems to develop the treatment plan.
In regard to crisis situations, the most useful criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of
actions taken between sessions is: - Correct Answers -Level of functioning, compared
to pre-crisis level
The Cephalocaudle Principle - Correct Answers -Development proceeds from the head
downward, with control over the head and face first, then the arms, and finally the legs.
Within two months from birth infants develop control over head and face movements. In
the following few months, they are able to use their arms to lift themselves up. Control
over the legs develops between 6 to 12 months of age, with infants then able crawl,
stand, and eventually walk. Arm coordination always precedes leg coordination.
The Proximodistal Principle - Correct Answers -Development proceeds from the center
of the body outward. Thus, arms develop before hands, and the fingers and toes follow.
Muscle control over the fingers and toes develops last, as well.
Sigmund Freud - Correct Answers -Freud emphasized the significance of childhood
events and experiences, but focused nearly entirely on abnormal development instead
of normal functioning. Freud described child development as a set of "psychosexual
stages," referred to as oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital.
Erik Erickson - Correct Answers -A neo-Freudian psychologist that hypothesized that
people face pass through 8 social development stages from infancy to old age. Each
challenge has an outcome that affects a persons social and personality development.
Jean Piaget - Correct Answers -Theorist Jean Piaget focused primarily on the mental
aspects of childhood, and proposed a four-stage theory of cognitive development. He
,pioneered the idea that children's knowledge of the world is gained by active interaction,
describing them as "little scientists" in this endeavor.
Rational Emotive Psychotherapy - Correct Answers -The earliest form of a cognitive-
behaviour approach to social work practice, in which personal problems are understood
to be the result of irrational patterns of thinking and the dysfunctional behaviours that
happen as a result. The goal of the therapist is to help a client to see that the negative
emotions experienced are due to a flawed perception of reality.
Motivational Enhancement Therapy - Correct Answers -a brief, nonconfrontational,
client-centered therapy designed to change specific problematic behaviors such as
alcohol or drug use
Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory - Correct Answers -based on the idea that people are
influenced considerably by their unconscious, inner drives.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Correct Answers -a popular integrative therapy that
combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy
(changing behavior)
Socratic Dialogue - Correct Answers -A process that cognitive therapists use in helping
clients empirically test their core beliefs. Clients form hypotheses about their behavior
through observation and monitoring.
Gestalt therapy - Correct Answers -therapy that aims to integrate different and
sometimes opposing aspects of personality into a unified sense of self
Person Centered Therapy - Correct Answers -a nondirective insight therapy based on
the work of Carl Rogers in which the client does all the talking and the therapist listens
Priviledge - Correct Answers -refers to the right of an individual not to have confidential
information disclosed in legal proceedings.
Transactional Analysis - Correct Answers -treatment that focuses on patterns of
interaction with others, especially patterns that indicate personal problems
When is privilege waived? - Correct Answers -Privilege is waived in the following ways:
1) when the client has agreed that the counselor may reveal confidential information, 2)
when a third person has been made privy to the information, and 3) under certain legal
conditions. The therapist cannot claim privilege once the client has agreed to waive
privilege.
Existential Therapy - Correct Answers -a therapy that encourages clients to accept
responsibility for their lives and to live with greater meaning and value
,Informed Consent - Correct Answers -requires that an individual not only provide
voluntary consent, but that he or she be adequately informed regarding choices,
options, and outcomes to have properly understood the meaning of the consent or
refusal that was given. Typically this requires disclosure of:
nature and purpose of the treatment
the risks and consequences
the available alternatives
the risks of no treatment.
Who created CBT? - Correct Answers -Aaron Beck
Duty to warn - Correct Answers -Mental health professional's responsibility to break
confidentiality and notify the potential victim whom a client has specifically threatened.
Rational Enhancement Behavioral Therapy - Correct Answers -based on the principle
that people are not disturbed by events but rather how they see the event. Attitudes and
negative self- concepts can start and maintain the process of addiction.
methadone maintenance - Correct Answers -a treatment program for heroin abusers in
which heroin is replaced by the long-term intake of methadone
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) - Correct Answers -system of development in
the workplace for daily improving performance at every level in every operational
process by focusing on meeting or exceeding customer expectations
Stage two of the comprehensive assessment process, screening, refers to all, EXCEPT:
- Correct Answers -Determining which treatment program is best for the client
When conducting a psychoeducational group, the level of facilitator activity is: - Correct
Answers -High, with a strong focus on the leader
Psychoactive Substance - Correct Answers -Any drug that affects the central nervous
system and alters consciousness and/or perceptions
Providing therapy to clients who have a different cultural background than the therapist:
- Correct Answers -Requires that the therapist obtains additional training to work with
diverse clients
Which is NOT a symptom of Sedative, Hypnotic or Anxiolytic Intoxication? - Correct
Answers -Sweating or cold chills
The first stage in group process may be referred to as: - Correct Answers -Dependency
Physiological effects - Correct Answers -Physical signs and symptoms of a
pscyhoactive substance
, A treatment plan must be in place within - Correct Answers -One week
Which is NOT an MAO inhibitor? - Correct Answers -Elavil
Suicide Risk Factors - Correct Answers -More women attempt although more men
commit.
Questioning - Correct Answers -the appropriate use of open and close-ended questions,
and avoiding complex double/embedded/nested questioning.
Psychological effects - Correct Answers -Alterations in perception and/or judgement
caused by a psychoactive substance
Reflecting - Correct Answers -using paraphrasing, summarizing, and feeling-based
reflection. Also, reflecting values, beliefs, and key meanings.
Chemical Interaction - Correct Answers -Physiological and psychological effects of two
or more psychoactive substances that are administered simutaneously
Confrontation - Correct Answers -challenging clients in productive ways to overcome
denial, avoidance, misdirection, and deception, etc.
Encouragers - Correct Answers -the appropriate use of phrases such as "tell me more,"
etc., to encourage and facilitate further dialogue.
Withdrawal - Correct Answers -Signs and symptoms that occur when an individual who
is physically dependent upon a psychoactive substance discontinues it's use
Nonverbal communication - Correct Answers -such as proper body positioning, eye
contact, optimal spatial distancing (seating, standing, room use, etc.), and rate, tone
and rhythm of speech, etc.
Treatment Applications - Correct Answers -The method of detoxification, stabilization
and maintenance that is unique to each client in order to facilitate sobriety
professionalism and ethics - Correct Answers -understanding and applying proper rules
of conduct.
Supeona Guidelines - Correct Answers -1) a subpoena should not be ignored, but
should not automatically be obeyed, 2) the lawyer issuing the subpoena should be
contacted, 3) if after consultation with the lawyer who issued the subpoena it is agreed
upon that the patient records contain no germane information, the subpoena should be
destroyed, 4) a court order involving a hearing must be issued before release of
information, 5) the therapist, or program, should refuse to comply with the subpoena if
possible, 6) the patient and his/her lawyer should be contacted, and if the patient wants
the information released, written consent should be obtained.
