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ADC Exam via IC&RC 2025/2026 | Complete Q&A for Alcohol & Drug Counselor Certification

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This document presents a full set of verified and solved questions for the ADC (Alcohol and Drug Counselor) exam through IC&RC for the 2025/2026 testing period. It covers all major topics including substance use disorders, counseling theories, treatment planning, confidentiality laws, motivational interviewing, ethics, DSM-V changes, core functions, trauma-informed care, and legal responsibilities. Ideal for professionals seeking certification or recertification with accurate, up-to-date content aligned to IC&RC standards.

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ADC Exam Through IC&RC 2025/2026
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Dependency - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔occurs when a drug user experiences

physical or psychological distress upon discontinuing use of the drug.


Addiction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔implies compulsive use, impaired control over

using the substance, preoccupation with obtaining and using the drug, and

continued use despite adverse consequences.


Five Critical Components of Effective Treatment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Assess


Patient-Treatment Matching (individualized)

Comprehensive Services

Relapse Prevention

Accountability


DSMV removed what distinction? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The distinction between

abuse and dependence.

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,Substance Use Disorders Have _____ Criteria... including ______ and

_______. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔11 including tolerance and withdrawal.


Once addiction reaches dependency, it is now a _____________. - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔Chronic and relapsing disorder.


Medical View of Addiction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Disease Model


Criminal View of Addiction - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Protect Public


Process of Stimulus and response - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sensory,

Interconnection, Motor Responses


Two Major Structures in the Nervous System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Central

Nervous System and Peripheral Nervous System


Two Parts of the Peripheral Nervous System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Autonomic

and Somatic systems


Psychoactive drugs majorly affect this - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔synapses


Alcohol affects what part of the Nervous System - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CNS


Two key issues that separate alcohol use from alcohol abuse - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Tolerance and loss of control


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, Sedatives-Hypnotics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Barbiturates


Inhalants are - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔CNS Depressants


Marijuana has - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Depressant, stimulant, analgesic and

hallucinogenic effects


CNS Stimulants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Caffeine, Nicotine, and Amphetamines


Disease means - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔an involuntary disability


treatment approaches - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Medical, Biopsychosocial, social,

clinical


Three substances that require detox - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Alcohol and CNS

Depressants, Opiates, Cocaine


12 Core Functions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Screening


2. Intake

3. Orientation

4. Assessment

5. Treatment Planning

6. Counseling

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