CAADC PRACTICE EXAM
What are the Diagnostic Criteria for Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia?
All of the above
Recurrent and unexpected Panic Attacks.
Neither a substance nor a general medical condition accounts for the Panic Attacks.
No Agoraphobia present. - ✔✔ALL OF THE ABOVE
An individual who has lost control of their drinking (alcohol) and is unable to stop or cut down
despite serious negative health consequences and the loss of valued activities or relationships,
seems to be suffering from:
Alcohol dependency
Codependent personality disorder
Alcohol abuse
Fetal alcohol syndrome - ✔✔ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY
A commonly used instrument in psychological assessment which obtains a diagnosis by testing
such indices as anxiety, paranoia, depression, and gender issues:
Thematic Apperception Test
Luria-Nebraska Test
MMPI
Korsakoff's Psychosis Test - ✔✔MMPI
,A client has a history of depression, mood swings, and problems with his body image. He is an
exercise junkie and hits the gym at least twice a day even when he is sick. One day he asks if you
can refer him to a physician that can prescribe some pills to help him control his weight. You
should suspect:
Performance anxiety
An eating disorder
Chemical dependency
A metabolic imbalance - ✔✔AN EATING DISORDER
The diagnosis of Panic Disorder in children is controversial, with some arguing that they do not
have panic attacks because:
Children are not capable of making internal, catastrophic interpretations of physical symptoms
Their nervous systems are not fully developed
Children don't have as many fears as adults
They have much less life experience - ✔✔Children are not capable of making internal,
catastrophic interpretations of physical symptoms
When performing a psychosocial assessment on an infant by questioning her parents, what data
gathered during the session would have the greatest significance?
Information about the mother's pregnancy, including any drug use
Information about the infant's development
Information about the infant's caregivers
,Information about the infant's siblings - ✔✔The correct answer: Information about the infant's
development
Pure brain!
The psychosocial deals specifically with the psychological and social development of the
individual-therefore the best information from the parents of an infant would have to consist of
developmental information about the infant. While the other choices consist of information that
would be helpful in making the psychosocial assessment, the information provided by a
developmental history from the parents would be of the greatest value.
For a diagnosis of delusional disorder:
At least three non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least two weeks
One or more non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least a month
More than one bizarre delusion must have occurred for at least two months
One or more bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least six months - ✔✔One or more
non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least a month
As an addictions counselor your are legally and ethically, bound to take reasonable steps to
prevent a client's threatened suicide. These steps depend on the degree of risk and your client's
willingness and ability to follow your recommendations. When the risk is not immediate, these
recommendations could be to:
Develop a no-suicide contract
Consider hospitalization
All answers are correct
, Involve the client's support systems and relieve isolation. - ✔✔All answers are correct
Procedures or instruments such as inventories, questionnaires, checklists, structured interviews,
etc. which are the basis developing and forming a judgment regarding the specific nature extent
of the client's problems.
Testing tools
Assessment tools
Diagnostic tools
Screening tools - ✔✔Assessment tool
Assessment tools are the procedures or instruments such as inventories, questionnaires,
checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are the basis developing and forming judgment
regarding the specific nature extent of the client's problems.
Achievement tests are different from ability tests because:
Achievement tests are less related to school subjects than are ability tests
Achievement tests are more related to school subjects than are ability tests
Ability tests access what a client already knows
Ability tests access past performance - ✔✔Achievement tests are more related to school subjects
than are ability tests
When formulating a diagnosis in counseling, the counselor must bear in mind that
Diagnosis is a function of the value judgments of the particular counselor
What are the Diagnostic Criteria for Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia?
All of the above
Recurrent and unexpected Panic Attacks.
Neither a substance nor a general medical condition accounts for the Panic Attacks.
No Agoraphobia present. - ✔✔ALL OF THE ABOVE
An individual who has lost control of their drinking (alcohol) and is unable to stop or cut down
despite serious negative health consequences and the loss of valued activities or relationships,
seems to be suffering from:
Alcohol dependency
Codependent personality disorder
Alcohol abuse
Fetal alcohol syndrome - ✔✔ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY
A commonly used instrument in psychological assessment which obtains a diagnosis by testing
such indices as anxiety, paranoia, depression, and gender issues:
Thematic Apperception Test
Luria-Nebraska Test
MMPI
Korsakoff's Psychosis Test - ✔✔MMPI
,A client has a history of depression, mood swings, and problems with his body image. He is an
exercise junkie and hits the gym at least twice a day even when he is sick. One day he asks if you
can refer him to a physician that can prescribe some pills to help him control his weight. You
should suspect:
Performance anxiety
An eating disorder
Chemical dependency
A metabolic imbalance - ✔✔AN EATING DISORDER
The diagnosis of Panic Disorder in children is controversial, with some arguing that they do not
have panic attacks because:
Children are not capable of making internal, catastrophic interpretations of physical symptoms
Their nervous systems are not fully developed
Children don't have as many fears as adults
They have much less life experience - ✔✔Children are not capable of making internal,
catastrophic interpretations of physical symptoms
When performing a psychosocial assessment on an infant by questioning her parents, what data
gathered during the session would have the greatest significance?
Information about the mother's pregnancy, including any drug use
Information about the infant's development
Information about the infant's caregivers
,Information about the infant's siblings - ✔✔The correct answer: Information about the infant's
development
Pure brain!
The psychosocial deals specifically with the psychological and social development of the
individual-therefore the best information from the parents of an infant would have to consist of
developmental information about the infant. While the other choices consist of information that
would be helpful in making the psychosocial assessment, the information provided by a
developmental history from the parents would be of the greatest value.
For a diagnosis of delusional disorder:
At least three non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least two weeks
One or more non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least a month
More than one bizarre delusion must have occurred for at least two months
One or more bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least six months - ✔✔One or more
non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least a month
As an addictions counselor your are legally and ethically, bound to take reasonable steps to
prevent a client's threatened suicide. These steps depend on the degree of risk and your client's
willingness and ability to follow your recommendations. When the risk is not immediate, these
recommendations could be to:
Develop a no-suicide contract
Consider hospitalization
All answers are correct
, Involve the client's support systems and relieve isolation. - ✔✔All answers are correct
Procedures or instruments such as inventories, questionnaires, checklists, structured interviews,
etc. which are the basis developing and forming a judgment regarding the specific nature extent
of the client's problems.
Testing tools
Assessment tools
Diagnostic tools
Screening tools - ✔✔Assessment tool
Assessment tools are the procedures or instruments such as inventories, questionnaires,
checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are the basis developing and forming judgment
regarding the specific nature extent of the client's problems.
Achievement tests are different from ability tests because:
Achievement tests are less related to school subjects than are ability tests
Achievement tests are more related to school subjects than are ability tests
Ability tests access what a client already knows
Ability tests access past performance - ✔✔Achievement tests are more related to school subjects
than are ability tests
When formulating a diagnosis in counseling, the counselor must bear in mind that
Diagnosis is a function of the value judgments of the particular counselor
