Sample CECE Test 2025 Questions
and Answers
The first state to offer licensure to counselors was
a. South Carolina.
b. Virginia.
c. Maryland.
d. Delaware. - ✔✔b
Viewing clients from one's own cultural background, which is
believed to be superior to other cultures, and ignoring the client's
personal cultural context is known as
a. cultural identity.
b. assimilation.
c. introjection.
d. cultural encapsulation. - ✔✔d
A 53-year-old woman feels like she is 25 years old. Which cat-
egory of aging does this statement represent?
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,a. Biological aging
b. Psychological aging
c. Social aging
d. All of the above. - ✔✔b
The __________ was founded in 1913 as the first career-guidance
organization.
a. National Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA)
b. American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA)
c. National Career Development Association (NCDA)
d. National Employment Counseling Association (NECA) - ✔✔a
Stress management, self-worth, and leisure are dimensions of the
_________ factor of the indivisible self model of wellness.
a. social self
b. essential self
c. coping self
d. creative self - ✔✔c
When a member forms an unhealthy attachment in group work,
this most likely means that the member
a. has become involved in an abusive relationship with another
member.
b. feels dependent on the relationship formed in group.
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,c. has developed a romantic attachment to another group
member.
d. All of the above. - ✔✔b
James Bryant Conant believed he could create equal opportunities
in access to college education through the development of
a. the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).
b. the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS).
c. the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
d. TerraNova tests. - ✔✔a
A researcher recruited two counseling groups with clients who
self-reported to be test anxious. One group was instructed on the
use of meditation prior to exams; the other was not (and served
as controls). Students' anxiety level was assessed after the train-
ing just prior to final exams. What research design has just been
described?
a. Single-group posttest
b. Quasi-experimental
c. Randomized experimental
d. Pre-experimental - ✔✔b
The civil rights law that mandates equal access for individuals
with disabilities to opportunities and services is called
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, a. FERPA.
b. HIPAA.
c. Section 504 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act.
d. CAPTA. - ✔✔c
The __________ model refers to when persons reject both the cus-
toms and values of the new culture and their country of origin.
a. separation
b. marginalization
c. biculturalism
d. assimilation - ✔✔b
The __________ controls higher-order behavior and conscious
thought.
a. hindbrain
b. midbrain
c. forebrain
d. limbic system - ✔✔c
Williamson's Minnesota point of view is considered a
a. nondirective counseling approach.
b. cognitive-behavioral counseling approach.
c. directive counseling approach.
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and Answers
The first state to offer licensure to counselors was
a. South Carolina.
b. Virginia.
c. Maryland.
d. Delaware. - ✔✔b
Viewing clients from one's own cultural background, which is
believed to be superior to other cultures, and ignoring the client's
personal cultural context is known as
a. cultural identity.
b. assimilation.
c. introjection.
d. cultural encapsulation. - ✔✔d
A 53-year-old woman feels like she is 25 years old. Which cat-
egory of aging does this statement represent?
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,a. Biological aging
b. Psychological aging
c. Social aging
d. All of the above. - ✔✔b
The __________ was founded in 1913 as the first career-guidance
organization.
a. National Vocational Guidance Association (NVGA)
b. American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA)
c. National Career Development Association (NCDA)
d. National Employment Counseling Association (NECA) - ✔✔a
Stress management, self-worth, and leisure are dimensions of the
_________ factor of the indivisible self model of wellness.
a. social self
b. essential self
c. coping self
d. creative self - ✔✔c
When a member forms an unhealthy attachment in group work,
this most likely means that the member
a. has become involved in an abusive relationship with another
member.
b. feels dependent on the relationship formed in group.
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,c. has developed a romantic attachment to another group
member.
d. All of the above. - ✔✔b
James Bryant Conant believed he could create equal opportunities
in access to college education through the development of
a. the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).
b. the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS).
c. the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
d. TerraNova tests. - ✔✔a
A researcher recruited two counseling groups with clients who
self-reported to be test anxious. One group was instructed on the
use of meditation prior to exams; the other was not (and served
as controls). Students' anxiety level was assessed after the train-
ing just prior to final exams. What research design has just been
described?
a. Single-group posttest
b. Quasi-experimental
c. Randomized experimental
d. Pre-experimental - ✔✔b
The civil rights law that mandates equal access for individuals
with disabilities to opportunities and services is called
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, a. FERPA.
b. HIPAA.
c. Section 504 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act.
d. CAPTA. - ✔✔c
The __________ model refers to when persons reject both the cus-
toms and values of the new culture and their country of origin.
a. separation
b. marginalization
c. biculturalism
d. assimilation - ✔✔b
The __________ controls higher-order behavior and conscious
thought.
a. hindbrain
b. midbrain
c. forebrain
d. limbic system - ✔✔c
Williamson's Minnesota point of view is considered a
a. nondirective counseling approach.
b. cognitive-behavioral counseling approach.
c. directive counseling approach.
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