ASAM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST EXAM 2025
1. Screening - CORRECT ANSWERS - The process by which counselor, client, and available significant
others review current situation, symptoms, and other available information to determine the most
appropriate initial course of action, given the client's needs, characteristics, and available resources
within the community.
2. Intake - CORRECT ANSWERS - The administrative and initial assessment procedures for admission to a
program.
3. Orientation - CORRECT ANSWERS - Describing to the client the following: general nature and goals of
the program; 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; and client rights.
4. Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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.
5. Tx planning - CORRECT ANSWERS - The process in which the counselor and client identify and rank
problems needing resolution, establish agreed upon immediate and long term goals, and decide on tx
methods and resources to be used.
6. Counseling - CORRECT ANSWERS - The utilization of special skills to assist individuals, families,
significant others, or groups in achieving objectives through exploration of a problem and its
ramifications; examination of attitudes and feelings; consideration of alternative solutions; and decision-
making.
7. Case Management - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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.
LATEST EXAM 2025
1. Screening - CORRECT ANSWERS - The process by which counselor, client, and available significant
others review current situation, symptoms, and other available information to determine the most
appropriate initial course of action, given the client's needs, characteristics, and available resources
within the community.
2. Intake - CORRECT ANSWERS - The administrative and initial assessment procedures for admission to a
program.
3. Orientation - CORRECT ANSWERS - Describing to the client the following: general nature and goals of
the program; 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; and client rights.
4. Assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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.
5. Tx planning - CORRECT ANSWERS - The process in which the counselor and client identify and rank
problems needing resolution, establish agreed upon immediate and long term goals, and decide on tx
methods and resources to be used.
6. Counseling - CORRECT ANSWERS - The utilization of special skills to assist individuals, families,
significant others, or groups in achieving objectives through exploration of a problem and its
ramifications; examination of attitudes and feelings; consideration of alternative solutions; and decision-
making.
7. Case Management - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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.
