ReadyToTest Practice Exam #1 (LCDC ICRC ADC)fully
solved 2023
A sudden understanding of self, or realization of how a problem can be solved.
Which of the following is the BEST definition of insight?
a) A problem-solving strategy involving the elimination of unworkable solutions.
b) A sudden understanding of self, or realization of how a problem can be solved.
c) A Freudian defense mechanism that is used unconsciously but not maliciously.
d) A confrontation technique used in conjunction with Gestalt therapy.
the use of medications such as suboxone in the treatment of addiction
MAT refers to:
a) a common screening tool for alcoholism
b) a lengthy personality inventory used to identify gross psychopathology
c) the use of medications such as suboxone in the treatment of addiction
d) a nonmedical detox protocol
a referral
Aisha has completed her treatment at an in-patient facility and is ready to be
discharged. She has asked her counselor to recommend a therapist to work with her
and her husband on an out-patient basis. This process is BEST viewed as an example
of:
a) a referral
b) a consultation
c) case management
d) an aftercare plan
Gestalt
Which type of therapy is most directive, offering the greatest potential for abuse of
power by the counselor?
a) Adlerian
b) Rational-emotive
c) Gestalt
d) Person-centered
protect public safety by ensuring that counselors meet minimum standards of
competency
The primary purpose of professional credentialing for counselors is to:
a) advance the field by ensuring that counselors are recognized as dignified
professionals
b) ensure that counselors share and understand the accepted philosophies of practice
c) protect public safety by ensuring that counselors meet minimum standards of
competency
d) ensure that counselors receiving third-party payments have professional credentials
, Benzedrine
Which of the following is NOT a CNS depressant?
a) Alcohol
b) Xanax
c) Nembutal
d) Benzedrine
the limits of their confidentiality
The concept of informed consent requires that before agreeing to accept treatment,
clients should know their rights and obligations, therapeutic goals, fees for services and
__________.
a) availability of referral services
b) community resources to be used
c) with whom they will be participating in group activities
d) the limits of their confidentiality
offer to refer the client to someone with experience in with special issues
associated with the gay community.
In his second counseling session, a client reveals to the counselor that he is gay.
Having never worked with a member of this special population, the counselor's BEST
course of action is to:
a) inform the client of his lack of knowledge of the gay community and commitment to
learn.
b) offer to refer the client to someone with experience in with special issues associated
with the gay community.
c) send the client a letter informing him that he has been transferred to another
counselor's caseload.
d) say nothing because counseling should be value-neutral anyway.
screening
Determining a client's eligibility and appropriateness for treatment occurs during the
__________ process.
a) intake
b) assessment
c) admission
d) screening
competence
Attitudes, policies, and practices that are destructive to other cultures and their
members are examples of lack of cultural __________.
a) blindness
b) competence
c) destructiveness
d) incapacity
therapeutic communities
solved 2023
A sudden understanding of self, or realization of how a problem can be solved.
Which of the following is the BEST definition of insight?
a) A problem-solving strategy involving the elimination of unworkable solutions.
b) A sudden understanding of self, or realization of how a problem can be solved.
c) A Freudian defense mechanism that is used unconsciously but not maliciously.
d) A confrontation technique used in conjunction with Gestalt therapy.
the use of medications such as suboxone in the treatment of addiction
MAT refers to:
a) a common screening tool for alcoholism
b) a lengthy personality inventory used to identify gross psychopathology
c) the use of medications such as suboxone in the treatment of addiction
d) a nonmedical detox protocol
a referral
Aisha has completed her treatment at an in-patient facility and is ready to be
discharged. She has asked her counselor to recommend a therapist to work with her
and her husband on an out-patient basis. This process is BEST viewed as an example
of:
a) a referral
b) a consultation
c) case management
d) an aftercare plan
Gestalt
Which type of therapy is most directive, offering the greatest potential for abuse of
power by the counselor?
a) Adlerian
b) Rational-emotive
c) Gestalt
d) Person-centered
protect public safety by ensuring that counselors meet minimum standards of
competency
The primary purpose of professional credentialing for counselors is to:
a) advance the field by ensuring that counselors are recognized as dignified
professionals
b) ensure that counselors share and understand the accepted philosophies of practice
c) protect public safety by ensuring that counselors meet minimum standards of
competency
d) ensure that counselors receiving third-party payments have professional credentials
, Benzedrine
Which of the following is NOT a CNS depressant?
a) Alcohol
b) Xanax
c) Nembutal
d) Benzedrine
the limits of their confidentiality
The concept of informed consent requires that before agreeing to accept treatment,
clients should know their rights and obligations, therapeutic goals, fees for services and
__________.
a) availability of referral services
b) community resources to be used
c) with whom they will be participating in group activities
d) the limits of their confidentiality
offer to refer the client to someone with experience in with special issues
associated with the gay community.
In his second counseling session, a client reveals to the counselor that he is gay.
Having never worked with a member of this special population, the counselor's BEST
course of action is to:
a) inform the client of his lack of knowledge of the gay community and commitment to
learn.
b) offer to refer the client to someone with experience in with special issues associated
with the gay community.
c) send the client a letter informing him that he has been transferred to another
counselor's caseload.
d) say nothing because counseling should be value-neutral anyway.
screening
Determining a client's eligibility and appropriateness for treatment occurs during the
__________ process.
a) intake
b) assessment
c) admission
d) screening
competence
Attitudes, policies, and practices that are destructive to other cultures and their
members are examples of lack of cultural __________.
a) blindness
b) competence
c) destructiveness
d) incapacity
therapeutic communities
