CAADC COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2025/2026 ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Drug Schedules - ✔✔Drugs and other controlled substances are regulated by the
federal government according to the potential the drug has for abuse; whether or not it
has benefit of use in the medical community; and whether they can produce
psychological or physical dependence. Such drugs are divided into different groups or
schedules, numbered I through V.
✔✔Schedule I - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse; The
drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in the United States;
There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug of other substance under medical
supervision.
✔✔Schedule II - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse; The
drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United
States or a currently accepted use with severe restrictions; Abuse of the drug or other
substance may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
✔✔Schedule III - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than
the drugs or other substances in Schedules I & II; The drug or other substance has a
currently accepted medical use in the United States; Abuse of the drug or other
substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological
dependence.
✔✔Schedule IV - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative
to the drugs or other substances in Schedule III; The drug or other substance has a
currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; Abuse of the drug or
other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence
relative to the drugs or other substances in Schedule III.
✔✔Schedule V - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative
to the drugs or other substances in Schedule IV; The drug or other substance has a
currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; Abuse of the drug or
other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence
relative to the drugs or other substances in Schedule IV.
✔✔Screening - 1 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔The process by which a client is determined
appropriate and eligible for admission to a particular program. The eligibility criteria are
generally determined by the focus, target population and funding requirements of the
counselor's program or agency. Many of the criteria are easily ascertained. These may
include the client's age, sex, place of residence, legal status, veteran status, income
level and referral source.
,✔✔Screening - 1 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔1. Evaluate psychological, social and
physiological signs and symptoms of alcohol and other drug use.
2. Determine the client's appropriateness for admission or referral.
3. Determine the client's eligibility for admission or referral.
4. Identify any coexisting conditions (medical, psychiatric, etc) that indicate need for
additional professional assessment and/or services.
5. Adhere to applicable laws, regulations and agency policies governing alcohol and
other drug abuse services.
✔✔Intake - 2 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔The administrative and initial procedures for
admission to a program. Usually becomes an extension of the screening, when the
decision to admit is formally made and documented. Typically, client and counselor fill
out admission/intake sheet, document initial assessment, complete appropriate releases
of information, collect financial data, sign consent for treatment, and assign the primary
counselor.
✔✔Intake - 2 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔6. Complete required documents for admission
to the program
7. Complete required documents for program eligibility and appropriateness
8. Obtain appropriately signed consents for exchanging information with outside
sources to protect client confidentiality and rights.
✔✔Orientation - 3 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔Describing to the client: the general
nature/goals of the program; the rules governing client conduct and infractions that can
lead to disciplinary action or discharge from the program; in a nonresidential program,
the hours during which services are available; treatment costs to be borne by the client,
if any, & client's rights. May be provided before, during, and/or after the client's
screening intake. Can be conducted in an individual, group, or gamily context.
✔✔Orientation - 3 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔9. Provide an overview of the program to
the client by describing program goals and objectives
10. Provide an overview to the client by describing program rules and client obligations
and rights.
11. Provide an overview to the client of the program operations.
✔✔Assessment - 4 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔Those procedures by which a
counselor/program identifies and evaluates an individual's strengths, weaknesses,
problems, and needs for the development of the treatment plan.
✔✔Assessment - 4 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔12. Gather relevant history from the client
including but not limited to alcohol and other drug abuse using appropriate interview
techniques.
13. Identify methods and procedures for obtaining corroborative information from
significant secondary sources regarding client's alcohol and other drug abuse and
psychological history.
, 14. Identify appropriate assessment tools.
15. Explain to the client the rationale for the use of assessment techniques in order to
facilitate understanding.
16. Develop a diagnostic evaluation of the client's substance abuse and any coexisting
conditions based on the results of all assessments in order to provide an integrated
approach to treatment planning based on client's strengths, weaknesses and identified
problems and needs.
✔✔Treatment Planning - 5 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔The process by which the client
and counselor: identify and rank problems needing resolution, establish agreed-upon
immediate and long-term goals, and decide on treatment methods and the resources to
be used.
✔✔Treatment Planning - 5 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔17. Explain assessment results to
the client in an understandable manner.
18. Identify and rank problems based on individual client needs in the written treatment
plan.
19. Formulate agreed upon immediate and long-term goals using behavioral terms in
the written treatment plan.
20. Identify the treatment methods and resources to be utilized as appropriate for the
individual client.
✔✔Counseling - 6 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔The utilization of special skills to assist
individuals, families or groups in achieving objectives through: explorations of a problem
and its ramifications, examination of attitudes and feelings, consideration of alternative
solutions and decision-making
✔✔Counseling - 6 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔21. Select the counseling theory/theories
that apply.
22. Apply techniques to assist the client, group and/or family in exploring problems and
ramifications.
23. Apply techniques to assist the client, group and/or family in examining the client's
behavior, attitudes, and/or feelings if appropriate in the treatment setting.
24. Individualize counseling in accordance with cultural, gender, and lifestyle
differences.
25. Interact with the client in appropriate therapeutic manner.
26. Elicit solutions and decisions from the client.
27. Implement the treatment plan.
✔✔Case Management - 7 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔Activities which bring services,
agencies, resources or people together within a planned framework of action toward the
achievement of established goals. It may involve liaison activities and collateral
contacts.
✔✔Case Management - 7 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔28. Coordinate services for client
care.
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Drug Schedules - ✔✔Drugs and other controlled substances are regulated by the
federal government according to the potential the drug has for abuse; whether or not it
has benefit of use in the medical community; and whether they can produce
psychological or physical dependence. Such drugs are divided into different groups or
schedules, numbered I through V.
✔✔Schedule I - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse; The
drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in the United States;
There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug of other substance under medical
supervision.
✔✔Schedule II - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse; The
drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United
States or a currently accepted use with severe restrictions; Abuse of the drug or other
substance may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
✔✔Schedule III - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a potential for abuse less than
the drugs or other substances in Schedules I & II; The drug or other substance has a
currently accepted medical use in the United States; Abuse of the drug or other
substance may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological
dependence.
✔✔Schedule IV - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative
to the drugs or other substances in Schedule III; The drug or other substance has a
currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; Abuse of the drug or
other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence
relative to the drugs or other substances in Schedule III.
✔✔Schedule V - ✔✔The drug or other substance has a low potential for abuse relative
to the drugs or other substances in Schedule IV; The drug or other substance has a
currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; Abuse of the drug or
other substance may lead to limited physical dependence or psychological dependence
relative to the drugs or other substances in Schedule IV.
✔✔Screening - 1 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔The process by which a client is determined
appropriate and eligible for admission to a particular program. The eligibility criteria are
generally determined by the focus, target population and funding requirements of the
counselor's program or agency. Many of the criteria are easily ascertained. These may
include the client's age, sex, place of residence, legal status, veteran status, income
level and referral source.
,✔✔Screening - 1 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔1. Evaluate psychological, social and
physiological signs and symptoms of alcohol and other drug use.
2. Determine the client's appropriateness for admission or referral.
3. Determine the client's eligibility for admission or referral.
4. Identify any coexisting conditions (medical, psychiatric, etc) that indicate need for
additional professional assessment and/or services.
5. Adhere to applicable laws, regulations and agency policies governing alcohol and
other drug abuse services.
✔✔Intake - 2 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔The administrative and initial procedures for
admission to a program. Usually becomes an extension of the screening, when the
decision to admit is formally made and documented. Typically, client and counselor fill
out admission/intake sheet, document initial assessment, complete appropriate releases
of information, collect financial data, sign consent for treatment, and assign the primary
counselor.
✔✔Intake - 2 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔6. Complete required documents for admission
to the program
7. Complete required documents for program eligibility and appropriateness
8. Obtain appropriately signed consents for exchanging information with outside
sources to protect client confidentiality and rights.
✔✔Orientation - 3 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔Describing to the client: the general
nature/goals of the program; the rules governing client conduct and infractions that can
lead to disciplinary action or discharge from the program; in a nonresidential program,
the hours during which services are available; treatment costs to be borne by the client,
if any, & client's rights. May be provided before, during, and/or after the client's
screening intake. Can be conducted in an individual, group, or gamily context.
✔✔Orientation - 3 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔9. Provide an overview of the program to
the client by describing program goals and objectives
10. Provide an overview to the client by describing program rules and client obligations
and rights.
11. Provide an overview to the client of the program operations.
✔✔Assessment - 4 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔Those procedures by which a
counselor/program identifies and evaluates an individual's strengths, weaknesses,
problems, and needs for the development of the treatment plan.
✔✔Assessment - 4 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔12. Gather relevant history from the client
including but not limited to alcohol and other drug abuse using appropriate interview
techniques.
13. Identify methods and procedures for obtaining corroborative information from
significant secondary sources regarding client's alcohol and other drug abuse and
psychological history.
, 14. Identify appropriate assessment tools.
15. Explain to the client the rationale for the use of assessment techniques in order to
facilitate understanding.
16. Develop a diagnostic evaluation of the client's substance abuse and any coexisting
conditions based on the results of all assessments in order to provide an integrated
approach to treatment planning based on client's strengths, weaknesses and identified
problems and needs.
✔✔Treatment Planning - 5 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔The process by which the client
and counselor: identify and rank problems needing resolution, establish agreed-upon
immediate and long-term goals, and decide on treatment methods and the resources to
be used.
✔✔Treatment Planning - 5 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔17. Explain assessment results to
the client in an understandable manner.
18. Identify and rank problems based on individual client needs in the written treatment
plan.
19. Formulate agreed upon immediate and long-term goals using behavioral terms in
the written treatment plan.
20. Identify the treatment methods and resources to be utilized as appropriate for the
individual client.
✔✔Counseling - 6 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔The utilization of special skills to assist
individuals, families or groups in achieving objectives through: explorations of a problem
and its ramifications, examination of attitudes and feelings, consideration of alternative
solutions and decision-making
✔✔Counseling - 6 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔21. Select the counseling theory/theories
that apply.
22. Apply techniques to assist the client, group and/or family in exploring problems and
ramifications.
23. Apply techniques to assist the client, group and/or family in examining the client's
behavior, attitudes, and/or feelings if appropriate in the treatment setting.
24. Individualize counseling in accordance with cultural, gender, and lifestyle
differences.
25. Interact with the client in appropriate therapeutic manner.
26. Elicit solutions and decisions from the client.
27. Implement the treatment plan.
✔✔Case Management - 7 of 12 Core Functions - ✔✔Activities which bring services,
agencies, resources or people together within a planned framework of action toward the
achievement of established goals. It may involve liaison activities and collateral
contacts.
✔✔Case Management - 7 of 12 Global Criteria - ✔✔28. Coordinate services for client
care.
