NATIONAL COUNSELING EXAM ( NCE) WITH
ACCURATE AND VERIFIED QUESTIONS COVERING
HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL DIVERSITY,GROU WORK, COUNSELING
THEORIES, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE REQUIRED
FOR LICENSURE AND ASSESMENT.
A behavioral counselor is working with a client who complains of anxiety.
Together the counselor and the client examine both the antecedents and
consequences of the behavior (anxiety). Understanding the nature of
operant conditioning, the counselor and the client decide to eliminate the
unwanted behavior through extinction by
A. aversive counterconditioning
B. implosion or flooding
C. punishment
D. thought stopping - ANSWERS-B. implosion or flooding
A counselor is developing a genogram during the second session in family
counseling. As the clients talk of their family backgrounds, the counselor
realizes that the wife in counseling is actually her second or third cousin of
which the woman is unaware. The counselor decides - ANSWERS-to tell
the woman they are relatives and refer the family after explaining her
ethical position.
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 - ANSWERS-B. 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 - ANSWERS-C. Emotional or cognitive
integration
Research suggests that television may be an important socializing force on
children. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Observation of television violence has been shown to increase
aggression in viewers.
B. The most effective positive models on television are those who resemble
parents and teachers.
C. Television may affect children's world view in such a way that they see
the world as mean and scary.
D. Television has little potential to teach children positive, prosocial
behaviors. - ANSWERS-D. Television has little potential to teach children
positive, prosocial behaviors.
On a college campus, a group of minority students 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. client-centered - ANSWERS-A. Behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV?
A. Age of syndrome appearance.
B. Medical condition
,C. Clinical disorder
D. Psychosocial and environmental problems. - ANSWERS-A. Age of
syndrome appearance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which
means 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 - ANSWERS-A. 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 fifty 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. - ANSWERS-C. the
majority of workers would try to gather more information about their options
if they were to start their career over again
A licensed professional counselor in private practice is also trained in
career counseling and occasionally sees a client for career work. The
counselor receives insurance reimbursement, generally, including 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 company's 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 client 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 - ANSWERS-B. The
counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not
reimbursable and this is insurance fraud.
The eclectic approach to counseling assumes a broad knowledge of a
variety of theoretical approaches. Which of the following is NOT a factor in
determining the counselor-client relationship for someone operating from
an eclectic point of view?
A. Diagnostic ability.
B. Knowledge of techniques.
C. Supportive counselor role.
D. Strong focus on cognitions. - ANSWERS-D. strong focus on cognitions
A school counselor is interested in determining whether seniors who have
jobs receive lower grades on 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
would be wrong to say that because this study is
A. a causal-comparative investigation
B. an experiment
C. a survey
D. a descriptive study - ANSWERS-A. causal-comparative investigation
Historically, there were many influences on the development of the testing
movement. Which one of the following was NOT an early influence?
A. Civil rights movement.
B. Compulsory school attendance
C. World War I.
D. Advances in statistical methodology - ANSWERS-A. Civil rights
movement
ACCURATE AND VERIFIED QUESTIONS COVERING
HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL DIVERSITY,GROU WORK, COUNSELING
THEORIES, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE REQUIRED
FOR LICENSURE AND ASSESMENT.
A behavioral counselor is working with a client who complains of anxiety.
Together the counselor and the client examine both the antecedents and
consequences of the behavior (anxiety). Understanding the nature of
operant conditioning, the counselor and the client decide to eliminate the
unwanted behavior through extinction by
A. aversive counterconditioning
B. implosion or flooding
C. punishment
D. thought stopping - ANSWERS-B. implosion or flooding
A counselor is developing a genogram during the second session in family
counseling. As the clients talk of their family backgrounds, the counselor
realizes that the wife in counseling is actually her second or third cousin of
which the woman is unaware. The counselor decides - ANSWERS-to tell
the woman they are relatives and refer the family after explaining her
ethical position.
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 - ANSWERS-B. 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 - ANSWERS-C. Emotional or cognitive
integration
Research suggests that television may be an important socializing force on
children. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Observation of television violence has been shown to increase
aggression in viewers.
B. The most effective positive models on television are those who resemble
parents and teachers.
C. Television may affect children's world view in such a way that they see
the world as mean and scary.
D. Television has little potential to teach children positive, prosocial
behaviors. - ANSWERS-D. Television has little potential to teach children
positive, prosocial behaviors.
On a college campus, a group of minority students 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. client-centered - ANSWERS-A. Behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV?
A. Age of syndrome appearance.
B. Medical condition
,C. Clinical disorder
D. Psychosocial and environmental problems. - ANSWERS-A. Age of
syndrome appearance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which
means 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 - ANSWERS-A. 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 fifty 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. - ANSWERS-C. the
majority of workers would try to gather more information about their options
if they were to start their career over again
A licensed professional counselor in private practice is also trained in
career counseling and occasionally sees a client for career work. The
counselor receives insurance reimbursement, generally, including 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 company's 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 client 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 - ANSWERS-B. The
counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not
reimbursable and this is insurance fraud.
The eclectic approach to counseling assumes a broad knowledge of a
variety of theoretical approaches. Which of the following is NOT a factor in
determining the counselor-client relationship for someone operating from
an eclectic point of view?
A. Diagnostic ability.
B. Knowledge of techniques.
C. Supportive counselor role.
D. Strong focus on cognitions. - ANSWERS-D. strong focus on cognitions
A school counselor is interested in determining whether seniors who have
jobs receive lower grades on 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
would be wrong to say that because this study is
A. a causal-comparative investigation
B. an experiment
C. a survey
D. a descriptive study - ANSWERS-A. causal-comparative investigation
Historically, there were many influences on the development of the testing
movement. Which one of the following was NOT an early influence?
A. Civil rights movement.
B. Compulsory school attendance
C. World War I.
D. Advances in statistical methodology - ANSWERS-A. Civil rights
movement
