NCE PRACTICE EXAM 2026 500
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
B - answer- Maria, a 25 year old Latina woman, is in career counseling. In reviewing her
background, the counselor determines that she has followed the rules and expectations of her
close knit family. She now finds herself in a position needing to support her family on her own
and can't decide between three different occupational possibilities which she has heard about.
Maria may be characterized as...
a. career inefficacious
b. career undecided
c. needing more schooling
d. career indecisive
B - answer- Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent?
a. having members sign a contract before joining a group
b. telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group
c. having members decide upon all the activities of the group
d. making sure that groups will always be composed of voluntary members.
C - answer- Several principles may underlie an ethical decision made by a counselor.
Which of the following is NOT one of those principles?
a. autonomy
b. nonmaleficience
c. pro bono
d. fidelity
,A - answer- An employment counselor uses the Ability Profiled which measures nine
aptitudes important for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the
counselor is concerned how his clients' scores stack u p against others and how they would
perceive their aptitudes, he interprets the scores to each of his clients.
a. ipsatively
b. using national norms
c. using local norms
d. in relationship to other tests
C - answer- Jobs and careers of individuals have been changing over the years. Some
newer conceptualizations of the world of work have been noted. For example, when a retired
person chooses to or must re-enter the workforce, such work or career is often called
a. compensatory
b. portfolio
c. encore
d. life career.
B - answer- A licensed professioanl counselor in private practice is also trained in career
counseling and occasionally sees a client for career work. Generally, the counselor receives
insurance reimbursement for services she provides for her career clients who are often
experiencing anxiety and work related stress. The counselor assigns a DSM code to these clients
even though the insurance companies policies indicate that payment for career services is not
reimbursable. Which of the following statements is most accurate?
a. the counselor is okay because she is concerned about the general health and welfare of the
lcient as the ethical code expects
b. the counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not reimbursable and this
is insurance fraud
,c. the counselor is okay because the experts in the literature agree that career counseling is
personal counseling
d. the counselor knows other counselors who have received reimbursement for similar client
problems.
D - answer- Practicing positive or reinforcing self statements has been called stress
inoculation. Who is the behaviorally oriented theorist who proposed this concept?
a. Bandura
b. Wolpe
C Allport
d. Meichenbaum
A - answer- A school counselor is interested in determining whether seniors who have
jobs receive lower grades and national test scores than those who do not work. Let's assume
that in May of the school year he finds that approximately 250 seniors worked this past school
year and 250 did not. He compares their GPA, class rank information and ACT scores. If all these
indicators were lower for the seniors who worked, the counselor would be tempted to say that
having a job causes the lower indicators. He may be wrong to say that because this study is...
a. a post hoc investigation
b. an experiment
c. a survey
d. a descriptive study
C - answer- Client: "I wrote some more in my journal yesterday. I wrote about the strong
urge to eat after I visited my mother. I almost went to the store for junk food but I didn't."
Counselor: "The urge to eat was connected with your mother."
A long silence follows. The probably cause for the client's silence was...
a. boredom
b. hostility toward the counselor
, c. emotional or cognitive integration
d. waiting for the counselor to lead.
D - answer- Individuals of European ancestry often enjoy benefits, without their
awareness, that people of color do not. This phenomenon is referred to as...
a. ethnocentrism
b. double standard
c. acculturation
d. white privilege
A - answer- On a college campus, a group of students of color has been protesting their
treatment alluding to harassing comments by whites and what they believe to be discrimination
in the grading system by their professors. Eleven of these students have come to the campus
counseling center and want to begin a group experience to arrive at some answers and find
solutions. The most appropriate theoretical orientation of the counselor assigned to lead the
group is...
a. behavioral
b. psychoanalytic
c. gestalt
d. person centered
A - answer- The science of neurobiology is growing in importance to the field of
counseling and psychotherapy. One part of neurobiology is neurotransmitters. Which of the
following statements is true?
a. neurotransmitters affect various cognitive, emotional, and psychological reactions
b. neurotransmitters are found primarily in the liver
c. neurotransmitters are unrelated to diet and nutrition
d. neurotransmitters are unimportant to physically healthy individuals
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
B - answer- Maria, a 25 year old Latina woman, is in career counseling. In reviewing her
background, the counselor determines that she has followed the rules and expectations of her
close knit family. She now finds herself in a position needing to support her family on her own
and can't decide between three different occupational possibilities which she has heard about.
Maria may be characterized as...
a. career inefficacious
b. career undecided
c. needing more schooling
d. career indecisive
B - answer- Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent?
a. having members sign a contract before joining a group
b. telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group
c. having members decide upon all the activities of the group
d. making sure that groups will always be composed of voluntary members.
C - answer- Several principles may underlie an ethical decision made by a counselor.
Which of the following is NOT one of those principles?
a. autonomy
b. nonmaleficience
c. pro bono
d. fidelity
,A - answer- An employment counselor uses the Ability Profiled which measures nine
aptitudes important for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the
counselor is concerned how his clients' scores stack u p against others and how they would
perceive their aptitudes, he interprets the scores to each of his clients.
a. ipsatively
b. using national norms
c. using local norms
d. in relationship to other tests
C - answer- Jobs and careers of individuals have been changing over the years. Some
newer conceptualizations of the world of work have been noted. For example, when a retired
person chooses to or must re-enter the workforce, such work or career is often called
a. compensatory
b. portfolio
c. encore
d. life career.
B - answer- A licensed professioanl counselor in private practice is also trained in career
counseling and occasionally sees a client for career work. Generally, the counselor receives
insurance reimbursement for services she provides for her career clients who are often
experiencing anxiety and work related stress. The counselor assigns a DSM code to these clients
even though the insurance companies policies indicate that payment for career services is not
reimbursable. Which of the following statements is most accurate?
a. the counselor is okay because she is concerned about the general health and welfare of the
lcient as the ethical code expects
b. the counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not reimbursable and this
is insurance fraud
,c. the counselor is okay because the experts in the literature agree that career counseling is
personal counseling
d. the counselor knows other counselors who have received reimbursement for similar client
problems.
D - answer- Practicing positive or reinforcing self statements has been called stress
inoculation. Who is the behaviorally oriented theorist who proposed this concept?
a. Bandura
b. Wolpe
C Allport
d. Meichenbaum
A - answer- A school counselor is interested in determining whether seniors who have
jobs receive lower grades and national test scores than those who do not work. Let's assume
that in May of the school year he finds that approximately 250 seniors worked this past school
year and 250 did not. He compares their GPA, class rank information and ACT scores. If all these
indicators were lower for the seniors who worked, the counselor would be tempted to say that
having a job causes the lower indicators. He may be wrong to say that because this study is...
a. a post hoc investigation
b. an experiment
c. a survey
d. a descriptive study
C - answer- Client: "I wrote some more in my journal yesterday. I wrote about the strong
urge to eat after I visited my mother. I almost went to the store for junk food but I didn't."
Counselor: "The urge to eat was connected with your mother."
A long silence follows. The probably cause for the client's silence was...
a. boredom
b. hostility toward the counselor
, c. emotional or cognitive integration
d. waiting for the counselor to lead.
D - answer- Individuals of European ancestry often enjoy benefits, without their
awareness, that people of color do not. This phenomenon is referred to as...
a. ethnocentrism
b. double standard
c. acculturation
d. white privilege
A - answer- On a college campus, a group of students of color has been protesting their
treatment alluding to harassing comments by whites and what they believe to be discrimination
in the grading system by their professors. Eleven of these students have come to the campus
counseling center and want to begin a group experience to arrive at some answers and find
solutions. The most appropriate theoretical orientation of the counselor assigned to lead the
group is...
a. behavioral
b. psychoanalytic
c. gestalt
d. person centered
A - answer- The science of neurobiology is growing in importance to the field of
counseling and psychotherapy. One part of neurobiology is neurotransmitters. Which of the
following statements is true?
a. neurotransmitters affect various cognitive, emotional, and psychological reactions
b. neurotransmitters are found primarily in the liver
c. neurotransmitters are unrelated to diet and nutrition
d. neurotransmitters are unimportant to physically healthy individuals
