MSN 570 Pathology Final Exam – 2026’s Most Reliable
Study Resource!
Becoming a reflective practitioner means:
a) mirroring, or showing clients hidden aspects of themselves
b) using personal awareness to maximize growth as a helper
c) Becoming licensed in reflective techniques and procedures
d) both A & B - b) using personal awareness to maximize growth as a helper
A student who is in her practicum/internship is at what stage in development?
a) initiate
b) journeyman
c) novice
d) apprentice - d) apprentice
The following are ways counselors can be proactive in reflecting in their practice EXCEPT:
a) become a client
b) read professional articles
c) supervision
d) join a support group of other leaders - b) read professional articles
To a client that says "I'm not angry," pointing out their clenched fists and increased volume is:
a) not a good idea
b) an advanced reflecting skill
c) a challenging skill
d) a solution skill - c) a challenging skill
Which of the following was NOT suggested as an ethical guideline?
a) confidentiality
b) avoiding value judgments
c) remaining focused on goals
,d) using only techniques in which you have received sufficient education and experience - c)
remaining focused on goals
Which of the following does the author of the text consider key characteristics of effective helpers?
a) stable and mentally healthy
b) intelligent
c) creative
d) all of the above - d) all of the above
Paraphrasing is included in what category of the building blocks skills mentioned in the text?
a) advanced reflecting skills
b) opening skills
c) reflecting skills
d) paraphrasing skills - c) reflecting skills
The stages of relationship building include the following EXCEPT:
a) history taking
b) goal setting
c) relationship building
d) intervention and action - a) history taking
Unique characteristics of a therapeutic relationship (compared to a friendship) include all of the
following EXCEPT:
a) a contrast specifying roles, confidentiality
b) that it can be ended by either at any time
c) that both parties agree on a similar worldview
d) that the goal of the relationship is to help the client - c) that both parties agree on a similar
worldview
The hoped for outcome of relationship enhancing skills is:
a) to give the client courage to change
b) a change in affect for the client
, c) the collection of fees
d) the termination of the relationship - a) to give the client courage to change
Grasping the feelings, facts and meaning of another person's disclosure, and then showing them
understanding is:
a) warmth
b) empathy
c) credibility
d) schmoozing - b) empathy
Empathy is not:
a) taking on your client's problems
b) sympathy
c) tuning into your client
d) all of the above
e) A & B - e) A & B
One primary purpose of self-disclosure is to:
a) help the client feel more important
b) augment the social schmoozing process
c) allow the helper to model ventilation of feelings
d) normalize the client's experience - d) normalize the client's experience
A microaggression is:
a) beneficial to the therapeutic relationship
b) a verbal or behavioral slight that minority members experience
c) may be unconscious
d) B & C - d) B & C
Roadblocks to good helper communication such as directing, criticizing, consoling, or premature
analyzing communicate to the client that:
a) even helpers make mistakes sometimes
Study Resource!
Becoming a reflective practitioner means:
a) mirroring, or showing clients hidden aspects of themselves
b) using personal awareness to maximize growth as a helper
c) Becoming licensed in reflective techniques and procedures
d) both A & B - b) using personal awareness to maximize growth as a helper
A student who is in her practicum/internship is at what stage in development?
a) initiate
b) journeyman
c) novice
d) apprentice - d) apprentice
The following are ways counselors can be proactive in reflecting in their practice EXCEPT:
a) become a client
b) read professional articles
c) supervision
d) join a support group of other leaders - b) read professional articles
To a client that says "I'm not angry," pointing out their clenched fists and increased volume is:
a) not a good idea
b) an advanced reflecting skill
c) a challenging skill
d) a solution skill - c) a challenging skill
Which of the following was NOT suggested as an ethical guideline?
a) confidentiality
b) avoiding value judgments
c) remaining focused on goals
,d) using only techniques in which you have received sufficient education and experience - c)
remaining focused on goals
Which of the following does the author of the text consider key characteristics of effective helpers?
a) stable and mentally healthy
b) intelligent
c) creative
d) all of the above - d) all of the above
Paraphrasing is included in what category of the building blocks skills mentioned in the text?
a) advanced reflecting skills
b) opening skills
c) reflecting skills
d) paraphrasing skills - c) reflecting skills
The stages of relationship building include the following EXCEPT:
a) history taking
b) goal setting
c) relationship building
d) intervention and action - a) history taking
Unique characteristics of a therapeutic relationship (compared to a friendship) include all of the
following EXCEPT:
a) a contrast specifying roles, confidentiality
b) that it can be ended by either at any time
c) that both parties agree on a similar worldview
d) that the goal of the relationship is to help the client - c) that both parties agree on a similar
worldview
The hoped for outcome of relationship enhancing skills is:
a) to give the client courage to change
b) a change in affect for the client
, c) the collection of fees
d) the termination of the relationship - a) to give the client courage to change
Grasping the feelings, facts and meaning of another person's disclosure, and then showing them
understanding is:
a) warmth
b) empathy
c) credibility
d) schmoozing - b) empathy
Empathy is not:
a) taking on your client's problems
b) sympathy
c) tuning into your client
d) all of the above
e) A & B - e) A & B
One primary purpose of self-disclosure is to:
a) help the client feel more important
b) augment the social schmoozing process
c) allow the helper to model ventilation of feelings
d) normalize the client's experience - d) normalize the client's experience
A microaggression is:
a) beneficial to the therapeutic relationship
b) a verbal or behavioral slight that minority members experience
c) may be unconscious
d) B & C - d) B & C
Roadblocks to good helper communication such as directing, criticizing, consoling, or premature
analyzing communicate to the client that:
a) even helpers make mistakes sometimes
