LMFT Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Reporting Requirements: Child Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - Call CPS immediately
Written report within 36 hours
Types of child abuse that are optional reports - CORRECT ANSWER - emotional abuse
and exposure to DV
Taking a child out of state constitutes __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - kidnapping
Magic ages for sex with minors - CORRECT ANSWER - 13 (13 and 14 is reportable; 13
and 13 or below is nonreportable)
16 and 21 (if old enough to drink, need to be old enough to drive)
Elder age - CORRECT ANSWER - anyone over the age of 60 (65??)
Dependent adult - CORRECT ANSWER - anyone between 18 and 59 (64?) who has
physical, mental or financial limitations which restrict ability to carry out normal activities of
daily living, ability to protect own rights, and which threaten capacity to live an independent life
Categories of Elder Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - (8)
1. Physical = assault, battery, physical restraints, chemical restraints (over medicating),
deprivation of food/water, sexual assault
2. Neglect = failure to provide adequate food, shelter, care, basic hygiene (could include self
neglect)
3. Abandonment = willful withdrawal of care or support when it is needed
4. Isolation = restricting social contact by denying mail, phone, computer, friends
5. Financial = secretes or misappropriates money or property
6. Abduction = taking out of CA and preventing return
,7. Emotional = optional report
Reporting for Elder/Dependent Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - Not in care home:
-APS; verbal immediately, written within 2 business days
In a care facility:
-non phys abuse: report to police/ombudsman > verbal immediately and written within 2
business days
-phys abuse with non-serious injury: report to police/ombudsman > verbal and written within 24
hours (written to licensing agency too)
-phys abuse with serious injury: report to police/ombudsman > verbal immediately (within 2
hours) and written within 2 hours (written to licensing agency too)
-phys abuse by other resident with dementia dx > report to police/ombudsman, verbal/written
within 24 hours
Ways to enact duty to protect - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. notify intended victim and law
enforcement (duty to report)
2. involuntary/voluntary hospitalization
3. medication management
4. therapeutic interventions
Elements of a Mental status exam (know, don't need to memorize) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Appearance
attitude
behavior
mood/affect
speech
thought process
thought content
perceptions
,cognition
insight
judgment
Symptoms must be present for this amount of time with a given substance to be diagnosed with
substance use disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - at least 12 months
Wernicke's Encephalopathy - CORRECT ANSWER - *Alcohol related*
caused by thiamine deficiency often associated with alcoholism; symptoms include confusion,
loss of muscle coordination (leg tremors), and vision changes (abnormal eye movements, double
vision, eyelid drooping).
Korsakoff's Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - *Alcohol related*
retrograde and anterograde amnesia and confabulation (attempts to compensate for memory loss
by fabricating memories), hallucinations
Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - Following
cessation of use of a hallucinogen, the re-experiencing of one or more of the perceptual
symptoms that were experienced while intoxicated with the hallucinogen
12 step programs are based on the _______ model. - CORRECT ANSWER - disease
Time frame for early full remission - CORRECT ANSWER - at least 3 months but no
more than 12 months
time frame for sustained full remission - CORRECT ANSWER - at least 12 month period
, Stages of Change - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Precontemplation - may be experiencing
negative consequences but don't feel serious enough to change behavior
2. Contemplation - recognize behavior as problematic but ambivalent to change
3. Preparation - committing to changes in behavior and taking responsibility
4. Action - actively engaged in changing behaviors, may recognize need for outside assistance
5. Maintenance - developed some efficiency and are working to consolidate changes
Motivational Interviewing Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - OARS
Open ended questions
Affirmations
Reflecting
Summarizing
Goal of crisis intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - restore to previous functioning
Treatment of Sexual Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Knowledge and insight
2. CBT (here and now focus)
3. Decrease anxiety
4. Increase relationship quality
Timeline for releasing client records - CORRECT ANSWER - 5 days to inspect
10 days for summary
15 days for copy of entire record
*If feel like this could be a detriment to client or hurt therapeutic relationship, can say won't
release and client has the ability to have a third party therapist review (third party therapist
cannot share information)
Releases of Information requirements - CORRECT ANSWER - -14 pt font
Answers
Reporting Requirements: Child Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - Call CPS immediately
Written report within 36 hours
Types of child abuse that are optional reports - CORRECT ANSWER - emotional abuse
and exposure to DV
Taking a child out of state constitutes __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - kidnapping
Magic ages for sex with minors - CORRECT ANSWER - 13 (13 and 14 is reportable; 13
and 13 or below is nonreportable)
16 and 21 (if old enough to drink, need to be old enough to drive)
Elder age - CORRECT ANSWER - anyone over the age of 60 (65??)
Dependent adult - CORRECT ANSWER - anyone between 18 and 59 (64?) who has
physical, mental or financial limitations which restrict ability to carry out normal activities of
daily living, ability to protect own rights, and which threaten capacity to live an independent life
Categories of Elder Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - (8)
1. Physical = assault, battery, physical restraints, chemical restraints (over medicating),
deprivation of food/water, sexual assault
2. Neglect = failure to provide adequate food, shelter, care, basic hygiene (could include self
neglect)
3. Abandonment = willful withdrawal of care or support when it is needed
4. Isolation = restricting social contact by denying mail, phone, computer, friends
5. Financial = secretes or misappropriates money or property
6. Abduction = taking out of CA and preventing return
,7. Emotional = optional report
Reporting for Elder/Dependent Abuse - CORRECT ANSWER - Not in care home:
-APS; verbal immediately, written within 2 business days
In a care facility:
-non phys abuse: report to police/ombudsman > verbal immediately and written within 2
business days
-phys abuse with non-serious injury: report to police/ombudsman > verbal and written within 24
hours (written to licensing agency too)
-phys abuse with serious injury: report to police/ombudsman > verbal immediately (within 2
hours) and written within 2 hours (written to licensing agency too)
-phys abuse by other resident with dementia dx > report to police/ombudsman, verbal/written
within 24 hours
Ways to enact duty to protect - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. notify intended victim and law
enforcement (duty to report)
2. involuntary/voluntary hospitalization
3. medication management
4. therapeutic interventions
Elements of a Mental status exam (know, don't need to memorize) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Appearance
attitude
behavior
mood/affect
speech
thought process
thought content
perceptions
,cognition
insight
judgment
Symptoms must be present for this amount of time with a given substance to be diagnosed with
substance use disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - at least 12 months
Wernicke's Encephalopathy - CORRECT ANSWER - *Alcohol related*
caused by thiamine deficiency often associated with alcoholism; symptoms include confusion,
loss of muscle coordination (leg tremors), and vision changes (abnormal eye movements, double
vision, eyelid drooping).
Korsakoff's Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - *Alcohol related*
retrograde and anterograde amnesia and confabulation (attempts to compensate for memory loss
by fabricating memories), hallucinations
Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER - Following
cessation of use of a hallucinogen, the re-experiencing of one or more of the perceptual
symptoms that were experienced while intoxicated with the hallucinogen
12 step programs are based on the _______ model. - CORRECT ANSWER - disease
Time frame for early full remission - CORRECT ANSWER - at least 3 months but no
more than 12 months
time frame for sustained full remission - CORRECT ANSWER - at least 12 month period
, Stages of Change - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Precontemplation - may be experiencing
negative consequences but don't feel serious enough to change behavior
2. Contemplation - recognize behavior as problematic but ambivalent to change
3. Preparation - committing to changes in behavior and taking responsibility
4. Action - actively engaged in changing behaviors, may recognize need for outside assistance
5. Maintenance - developed some efficiency and are working to consolidate changes
Motivational Interviewing Interventions - CORRECT ANSWER - OARS
Open ended questions
Affirmations
Reflecting
Summarizing
Goal of crisis intervention - CORRECT ANSWER - restore to previous functioning
Treatment of Sexual Disorders - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Knowledge and insight
2. CBT (here and now focus)
3. Decrease anxiety
4. Increase relationship quality
Timeline for releasing client records - CORRECT ANSWER - 5 days to inspect
10 days for summary
15 days for copy of entire record
*If feel like this could be a detriment to client or hurt therapeutic relationship, can say won't
release and client has the ability to have a third party therapist review (third party therapist
cannot share information)
Releases of Information requirements - CORRECT ANSWER - -14 pt font
