NCTRC EXAM PART 2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The World Health Organization defines health as:
a. the absence of disease
b. a holistic balancing of one's functioning and environmental influences
c. the promotion of healthy lifestyle behaviors
d. the management of barriers that inhibit client capacity and performance - Correct
Answers -b. a holistic balancing of one's functioning and environmental influences
What is a common characteristic found in several of the practice models, particularly the
Leisure Ability, Health Protection/Health Promotion, and the Therapeutic Outcome and
Service Delivery Models?
a. the desired outcome of TR is prevention fo leisure dysfunction
b. the role of the TRS changes as clients begin to assume responsibility for their
behavior
c. TR services are provided only when the focus is treatment and rehabilitation
d. leisure education is a prescriptive service in settings that ascribe to each of these
practice models - Correct Answers -b. the role of the TRS changes as clients begin to
assume responsibility for their behavior
Which is a primary feature that distinguishes therapeutic recreation from recreation?
a. the setting in which the intervention takes place (i.e., hospital or outpatient service)
b. whether the individual receiving the service is experiencing health or quality of life
issues
c. whether the activity promotes the growth and development of the participant
d. whether the intervention is specifically designed to bring about behavioral or
attitudinal changes in the patient - Correct Answers -d. whether the intervention is
specifically designed to bring about behavioral or attitudinal changes in the patient
According to the Leisure and Well-Being Model, a primary responsibility of the TRS is
to:
a. prescribe interventions in order to promote behavioral change
b. encourage clients to achieve optimal health to cope with life's stressors
c. assist clients as they select experiences that are compatible with their skills and
available resources
d. assist clients to develop their capacities and resources in order to achieve personally
meaningful goals - Correct Answers -d. assist clients to develop their capacities and
resources in order to achieve personally meaningful goals
, A medical or clinical approach to healthcare is:
a. in evidence when the ICF checklist is used during assessments
b. structured around a physician-directed health-care model
c. found in long-term care facilities
d. used when the TRS emphasizes the educational value of interventions - Correct
Answers -b. structured around a physician-directed health care model
The Outcome model represents:
a. a way to provide services to clients
b. a description of the TR process
c. an approach that describes TR practice as a functional intervention
d. a description of the nature and relationship of possible outcomes for TR servies -
Correct Answers -d. a description of the nature and relationship of possible outcomes
for TR services
Quality of life is:
a. characterized by feelings of satisfaction, contentment, and joy
b. characterized by emotional and spiritual maturity
c. an objective, rational assessment of one's health status and functional capacity
d. an outcome of TR treatment services - Correct Answers -a. characterized by feelings
of satisfaction, contentment, and joy
One past and future challenge to the viability of the profession is the:
a. limited number of journals and textbooks
b. recognition of TR as a reimbursable service
c. inconsistency in professional preparation curricula
d. diversity of client needs and delivery settings - Correct Answers -b. recognition of TR
as a reimbursable service
How does the client's worldview or cultural context influence the helping process?
a. the degree of client autonomy is influenced during helping relationships
b. the client's ability to give informed consent influences the helper
c. the client's view toward illness may discourage seeking help from an unfamiliar
person
d. the client's family's values influence their ability to report facts about the client's
needs - Correct Answers -c. the client's view toward illness may discourage seeking
help from an unfamiliar person
Modeling is a technique that is a component of;
a. leisure education
b. adventure/challenge education
c. physical activity
d. behavior management - Correct Answers -d. behavior management
Which statement identifies a social outcome measure?
ANSWERS
The World Health Organization defines health as:
a. the absence of disease
b. a holistic balancing of one's functioning and environmental influences
c. the promotion of healthy lifestyle behaviors
d. the management of barriers that inhibit client capacity and performance - Correct
Answers -b. a holistic balancing of one's functioning and environmental influences
What is a common characteristic found in several of the practice models, particularly the
Leisure Ability, Health Protection/Health Promotion, and the Therapeutic Outcome and
Service Delivery Models?
a. the desired outcome of TR is prevention fo leisure dysfunction
b. the role of the TRS changes as clients begin to assume responsibility for their
behavior
c. TR services are provided only when the focus is treatment and rehabilitation
d. leisure education is a prescriptive service in settings that ascribe to each of these
practice models - Correct Answers -b. the role of the TRS changes as clients begin to
assume responsibility for their behavior
Which is a primary feature that distinguishes therapeutic recreation from recreation?
a. the setting in which the intervention takes place (i.e., hospital or outpatient service)
b. whether the individual receiving the service is experiencing health or quality of life
issues
c. whether the activity promotes the growth and development of the participant
d. whether the intervention is specifically designed to bring about behavioral or
attitudinal changes in the patient - Correct Answers -d. whether the intervention is
specifically designed to bring about behavioral or attitudinal changes in the patient
According to the Leisure and Well-Being Model, a primary responsibility of the TRS is
to:
a. prescribe interventions in order to promote behavioral change
b. encourage clients to achieve optimal health to cope with life's stressors
c. assist clients as they select experiences that are compatible with their skills and
available resources
d. assist clients to develop their capacities and resources in order to achieve personally
meaningful goals - Correct Answers -d. assist clients to develop their capacities and
resources in order to achieve personally meaningful goals
, A medical or clinical approach to healthcare is:
a. in evidence when the ICF checklist is used during assessments
b. structured around a physician-directed health-care model
c. found in long-term care facilities
d. used when the TRS emphasizes the educational value of interventions - Correct
Answers -b. structured around a physician-directed health care model
The Outcome model represents:
a. a way to provide services to clients
b. a description of the TR process
c. an approach that describes TR practice as a functional intervention
d. a description of the nature and relationship of possible outcomes for TR servies -
Correct Answers -d. a description of the nature and relationship of possible outcomes
for TR services
Quality of life is:
a. characterized by feelings of satisfaction, contentment, and joy
b. characterized by emotional and spiritual maturity
c. an objective, rational assessment of one's health status and functional capacity
d. an outcome of TR treatment services - Correct Answers -a. characterized by feelings
of satisfaction, contentment, and joy
One past and future challenge to the viability of the profession is the:
a. limited number of journals and textbooks
b. recognition of TR as a reimbursable service
c. inconsistency in professional preparation curricula
d. diversity of client needs and delivery settings - Correct Answers -b. recognition of TR
as a reimbursable service
How does the client's worldview or cultural context influence the helping process?
a. the degree of client autonomy is influenced during helping relationships
b. the client's ability to give informed consent influences the helper
c. the client's view toward illness may discourage seeking help from an unfamiliar
person
d. the client's family's values influence their ability to report facts about the client's
needs - Correct Answers -c. the client's view toward illness may discourage seeking
help from an unfamiliar person
Modeling is a technique that is a component of;
a. leisure education
b. adventure/challenge education
c. physical activity
d. behavior management - Correct Answers -d. behavior management
Which statement identifies a social outcome measure?
