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NCE Practice Exam Questions And Answers
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Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent?
a. Haivng 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. - Answer✔b. Telling
members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
Several principles may underline 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 - Answer✔Pro bono
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
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c. needing more schooling
d. career indecisive - Answer✔Career undecided
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 probable 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 - Answer✔Emotional or cognitive integration
European Americans 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 - Answer✔White privilege
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
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c. gestalt
d. person-centered - Answer✔behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV-TR?
a. age of syndrome appearance
b. medical condition
c. clinical disorder
d. psychosocial and environmental problem - Answer✔Age of syndrome apperance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which measures nine
aptitudes important for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the
counselor is concerned how his clients' scores stack up 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 - Answer✔Ipsatively
In the last few years, several national surveys have been conducted inquiring about career
related issues. These surveys, typically conducted with adults, rely on self-report data to draw
conclusions in a variety of areas. In general, an accurate statement that can be drawn from
these recent surveys is
a. the vast majority of workers hold jobs for which they carefully planned.
b. over fifity percent of the workers indicated that they planned to change jobs during the next
three years
c. the majority of workers would try to gather more information about their options if they
were to start their career over again.
d. there is a small need for career counselors - Answer✔the majority of workers would try to
gather more information about their options if they were to start their career over again.
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NCE Practice Exam Questions And Answers
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Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent?
a. Haivng 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. - Answer✔b. Telling
members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
Several principles may underline 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 - Answer✔Pro bono
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
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c. needing more schooling
d. career indecisive - Answer✔Career undecided
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 probable 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 - Answer✔Emotional or cognitive integration
European Americans 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 - Answer✔White privilege
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
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c. gestalt
d. person-centered - Answer✔behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV-TR?
a. age of syndrome appearance
b. medical condition
c. clinical disorder
d. psychosocial and environmental problem - Answer✔Age of syndrome apperance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which measures nine
aptitudes important for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the
counselor is concerned how his clients' scores stack up 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 - Answer✔Ipsatively
In the last few years, several national surveys have been conducted inquiring about career
related issues. These surveys, typically conducted with adults, rely on self-report data to draw
conclusions in a variety of areas. In general, an accurate statement that can be drawn from
these recent surveys is
a. the vast majority of workers hold jobs for which they carefully planned.
b. over fifity percent of the workers indicated that they planned to change jobs during the next
three years
c. the majority of workers would try to gather more information about their options if they
were to start their career over again.
d. there is a small need for career counselors - Answer✔the majority of workers would try to
gather more information about their options if they were to start their career over again.
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