NCE Practice Exam
1. "It seems like you are having trouble in your current relationship because you havent
moved on from your past relationship" is an example of: an inter-pretation.
2. when presented with a gift from a client, the counselor should: consider the possible impact
on the counseling relationship before refusing or accepting a gift.
3. In psychoanalysis transeferrence is: encouraged.
4. and values are the primary value that affect an individual's
occupational decision.: Work: cultural
5. A client informs her counselor that has been diagnosed with HIV and doesnot plan on
telling her significant other, enen though they are engaging in unprotected sex. The counselor:
is ethically justified in telling, but not obligated totell the clients' significant other.
6. are common psycholanalytic techniques: Interpretation, dreamanalysis, free
association
7. Validity can be reported as a(n): aggression equation.
8. A counselor decides to usse a technique with some of her clients that is notased in theory and
does not have any scientific support. In this situation, thecounselor should to uphold ethical
standards.: discuss any possible risiks with her clients, label the technique as unproven, label
the technique as developing.
9. The neo-freudian approach known as contends that, under certain
cicumstances, the ego is able to function autonomously without being influ-enced by the id or
superego: interpersonal psucjpamalysis
10. Having benefits, prestige, and a general belief that one's group is superioris termed:
privelege.
11. A counselor who has a PH.D in education refers to himself as Dr. JulianLewis in
advertisements for hi counseling practice. The counselor in this situation is: acting
unethically, the Ph.D is not in counseling or a related field.
12. The phase of culture shock included feelings of belonging tomultiple
cultures.: honeymoon
13. A mother pours each of her two children a cup of choco milk,. although each cup hold the
same amount of liquid one is taller and kinnier. The child who does no receive the tall, skinny
glass starts crying because she is
convinced that her brother received more milk than she did. which cognitive developmental
concept does this child have trouble understanding.: conser-vation
14. Unlike a lot of other career theories, the theory of work adjustment: isconcerned with
actual work on the job.
15. The adlerian technique known as helps clients understand that
, paying attention to positive thoughts, actions, memories and feelings, ratherthan negative ones,
is within their control.: pushbutton
16. Member in a(n) group normally have a DSM diagnosis.: psychother-apy
17. Valid tests are: always reliable.
18. How would you describe a relationship between a sample of counselor'sbeginning and
current salaries if the correlation coefficient was r= .88, p<
.01: there is a significant posibtive relationship between beginning and currentsalaries.
19. A counselor decides to use an old verson of a depression assessment with his clients. The
assessment has had two substantial revisions since theversion he wants to use was published,
but the counselor does not want to spend the money to purchase the newest version when he
still has so manycopies of the older one. In this situation the counselor is acting: unethically
because the test is outdated.
20. Peer mediation is typically used: in schools.
21. the technique for improving memory involves: method of loci
22. According to Holland's theory of types, congruence refers to: the relation-ship between an
individual's personality and the work environment.
23. According to Jung, complexes: form around an arcetype, represent problemsthat must be
worked through, are repressed desires, thoughts, or impulses that combine in the unconscious.
24. A task group is run by a leader who has expertise in the task to be accomplished. The
group memebers have little or no experience with the taskat hand. In addition, the group has
very little time to complete the task. Whatleadership style would make the most sense in this
situation.: Authoritarian
25. Acculturation level is influenced by: number of years in the new country,country of
origin, age at the beginning of acculutration process.
26. WHich part of the brain is least developed at birth: Forebrain
27. The was passed in response to the U.S.S.R.'s launching of Sput- nik and
sought to increase the number of trained counselors in secondary schools to raise the number of
students enrolled in higher education that werepursuing math and science careers: National
Defense Education Act (NDEA)
28. Wellness is: a state of complete well being - physical, cognitive, and psycholog-ical.
29. is the name of the ACA division dedicated to group work.: Associ-ation for
Specicialists in Group Work
30. Thr concept of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) is associatedwith: IDEA
31. This 19th century pioneer is credited with recognizing that mental retarda- tion was
related to developmental decifiencies rather than mental illness: JeanEsquirol
32. The design requires random assignment: true experimental design
33. Parents of a minor client demand to be informed by the counselor about what the client
1. "It seems like you are having trouble in your current relationship because you havent
moved on from your past relationship" is an example of: an inter-pretation.
2. when presented with a gift from a client, the counselor should: consider the possible impact
on the counseling relationship before refusing or accepting a gift.
3. In psychoanalysis transeferrence is: encouraged.
4. and values are the primary value that affect an individual's
occupational decision.: Work: cultural
5. A client informs her counselor that has been diagnosed with HIV and doesnot plan on
telling her significant other, enen though they are engaging in unprotected sex. The counselor:
is ethically justified in telling, but not obligated totell the clients' significant other.
6. are common psycholanalytic techniques: Interpretation, dreamanalysis, free
association
7. Validity can be reported as a(n): aggression equation.
8. A counselor decides to usse a technique with some of her clients that is notased in theory and
does not have any scientific support. In this situation, thecounselor should to uphold ethical
standards.: discuss any possible risiks with her clients, label the technique as unproven, label
the technique as developing.
9. The neo-freudian approach known as contends that, under certain
cicumstances, the ego is able to function autonomously without being influ-enced by the id or
superego: interpersonal psucjpamalysis
10. Having benefits, prestige, and a general belief that one's group is superioris termed:
privelege.
11. A counselor who has a PH.D in education refers to himself as Dr. JulianLewis in
advertisements for hi counseling practice. The counselor in this situation is: acting
unethically, the Ph.D is not in counseling or a related field.
12. The phase of culture shock included feelings of belonging tomultiple
cultures.: honeymoon
13. A mother pours each of her two children a cup of choco milk,. although each cup hold the
same amount of liquid one is taller and kinnier. The child who does no receive the tall, skinny
glass starts crying because she is
convinced that her brother received more milk than she did. which cognitive developmental
concept does this child have trouble understanding.: conser-vation
14. Unlike a lot of other career theories, the theory of work adjustment: isconcerned with
actual work on the job.
15. The adlerian technique known as helps clients understand that
, paying attention to positive thoughts, actions, memories and feelings, ratherthan negative ones,
is within their control.: pushbutton
16. Member in a(n) group normally have a DSM diagnosis.: psychother-apy
17. Valid tests are: always reliable.
18. How would you describe a relationship between a sample of counselor'sbeginning and
current salaries if the correlation coefficient was r= .88, p<
.01: there is a significant posibtive relationship between beginning and currentsalaries.
19. A counselor decides to use an old verson of a depression assessment with his clients. The
assessment has had two substantial revisions since theversion he wants to use was published,
but the counselor does not want to spend the money to purchase the newest version when he
still has so manycopies of the older one. In this situation the counselor is acting: unethically
because the test is outdated.
20. Peer mediation is typically used: in schools.
21. the technique for improving memory involves: method of loci
22. According to Holland's theory of types, congruence refers to: the relation-ship between an
individual's personality and the work environment.
23. According to Jung, complexes: form around an arcetype, represent problemsthat must be
worked through, are repressed desires, thoughts, or impulses that combine in the unconscious.
24. A task group is run by a leader who has expertise in the task to be accomplished. The
group memebers have little or no experience with the taskat hand. In addition, the group has
very little time to complete the task. Whatleadership style would make the most sense in this
situation.: Authoritarian
25. Acculturation level is influenced by: number of years in the new country,country of
origin, age at the beginning of acculutration process.
26. WHich part of the brain is least developed at birth: Forebrain
27. The was passed in response to the U.S.S.R.'s launching of Sput- nik and
sought to increase the number of trained counselors in secondary schools to raise the number of
students enrolled in higher education that werepursuing math and science careers: National
Defense Education Act (NDEA)
28. Wellness is: a state of complete well being - physical, cognitive, and psycholog-ical.
29. is the name of the ACA division dedicated to group work.: Associ-ation for
Specicialists in Group Work
30. Thr concept of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) is associatedwith: IDEA
31. This 19th century pioneer is credited with recognizing that mental retarda- tion was
related to developmental decifiencies rather than mental illness: JeanEsquirol
32. The design requires random assignment: true experimental design
33. Parents of a minor client demand to be informed by the counselor about what the client
