BHS 175 EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔As a trauma-informed professional, your role is to help people develop an inner
resource to move through the recovery and healing process - ✔✔true
✔✔Structured and unstructured treatments produce consistent results, but unstructured
models enhance predictability and reliability - ✔✔false
✔✔In what phase does the coaching of in-session self-regulation begin?
Correct! - ✔✔Preparation and Relationship Building
✔✔In what phase does coaching of in-session self-regulation paired with low to mild
adverse stimulus begin - ✔✔Personal Growth, Resilience, and Well-Being
✔✔What part of the salutogenic trauma treatment structure explains the beginning,
middle, and end of services delivery to the patient/client - ✔✔Preparation and
relationship building
✔✔Phase One of the salutogenic trauma treatment structure provides transparency and
predictability - ✔✔true
✔✔What is required to successfully integrate traumatic memory? - ✔✔Tell and process
your trauma story in a mindful and relaxed state
✔✔Not only is it awkward but ineffective for the professional to practice self-regulation
skills while in a therapeutic session - ✔✔false
✔✔"Inside danger" represents the rational realization of real environmental threats that
activate the body's security systems - ✔✔false
✔✔Before moving into Phase Two of trauma treatment, it is important that the client can
distinguish between "am safe" and "feel safe." - ✔✔true
✔✔In what phase does exposure (confronting and narrating traumatic memories) while
self-regulating begin - ✔✔Integration and Desensitization
✔✔The virtual of good actions produce what goal - ✔✔Happiness or well-being
✔✔Your colleague saw a client/patient leaving your office, and he was curious to know
what brought the person in for services. However, even though you both work for the
same organization, you inform him that you cannot provide any information on the
client/patient since your colleague is not part of the treatment plan.
, Which ethical standard are you applying - ✔✔Confidentiality
✔✔Suppose a highly qualified and licensed professional is an expert at treating trauma.
In that case, there is no need to develop good ethical standards since his qualifications
will prevent harm to his patients/clients. - ✔✔false
✔✔You are seeing a 15-year-old boy who, in confidence, tells you that his local gang
will be doing a "drive-by-shooting" tonight. They selected a house where his childhood
friend and family live because the childhood refused to join the gang. Your patient/client
further states that he will be required to fire the gun at the house to prove his loyalty. He
asks you not to say anything because the gang will retaliate against him and his family.
What ethical standard dictates your next course of action? - ✔✔Duty to warn
✔✔While providing treatment to a 10-year-old boy, he tells you how his dad comes
home drunk and upset. On various occasions, the dad will turn on the chainsaw, have
your patient/client strip naked, and nick your patient/client on the back to teach him to
be brave and overcome fear.
What ethical standard dictates your next course of action? - ✔✔Mandated reporting
✔✔The maximum "first, do no harm" is related to which ethical principle? -
✔✔Beneficence and non-maleficence
✔✔Although your license qualifies you to provide trauma treatment, you have never
been trained in trauma-informed care or studied any trauma-sensitive treatments to
achieve competency.
Refusing to practice without proper supervision is an example of putting into practice
which ethical standard? - ✔✔Scope of practice
✔✔What ethical principle focuses on the appropriate or inappropriate interpersonal
dynamics of a professional-patient/client relationship? - ✔✔Professional boundaries
✔✔What ethical principle focuses on not asking our patients/clients to do things when
they are not ready - ✔✔Compassion
✔✔While working as a mental health professional, your client mentions that his doctor
found a vitamin D deficiency. Since you are a distributor for a natural supplement
company, you inform your patient that you can give him a discount on vitamin -
✔✔Scope of practice
✔✔As a result of our empathizing capacity, our health is at risk - ✔✔true
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔As a trauma-informed professional, your role is to help people develop an inner
resource to move through the recovery and healing process - ✔✔true
✔✔Structured and unstructured treatments produce consistent results, but unstructured
models enhance predictability and reliability - ✔✔false
✔✔In what phase does the coaching of in-session self-regulation begin?
Correct! - ✔✔Preparation and Relationship Building
✔✔In what phase does coaching of in-session self-regulation paired with low to mild
adverse stimulus begin - ✔✔Personal Growth, Resilience, and Well-Being
✔✔What part of the salutogenic trauma treatment structure explains the beginning,
middle, and end of services delivery to the patient/client - ✔✔Preparation and
relationship building
✔✔Phase One of the salutogenic trauma treatment structure provides transparency and
predictability - ✔✔true
✔✔What is required to successfully integrate traumatic memory? - ✔✔Tell and process
your trauma story in a mindful and relaxed state
✔✔Not only is it awkward but ineffective for the professional to practice self-regulation
skills while in a therapeutic session - ✔✔false
✔✔"Inside danger" represents the rational realization of real environmental threats that
activate the body's security systems - ✔✔false
✔✔Before moving into Phase Two of trauma treatment, it is important that the client can
distinguish between "am safe" and "feel safe." - ✔✔true
✔✔In what phase does exposure (confronting and narrating traumatic memories) while
self-regulating begin - ✔✔Integration and Desensitization
✔✔The virtual of good actions produce what goal - ✔✔Happiness or well-being
✔✔Your colleague saw a client/patient leaving your office, and he was curious to know
what brought the person in for services. However, even though you both work for the
same organization, you inform him that you cannot provide any information on the
client/patient since your colleague is not part of the treatment plan.
, Which ethical standard are you applying - ✔✔Confidentiality
✔✔Suppose a highly qualified and licensed professional is an expert at treating trauma.
In that case, there is no need to develop good ethical standards since his qualifications
will prevent harm to his patients/clients. - ✔✔false
✔✔You are seeing a 15-year-old boy who, in confidence, tells you that his local gang
will be doing a "drive-by-shooting" tonight. They selected a house where his childhood
friend and family live because the childhood refused to join the gang. Your patient/client
further states that he will be required to fire the gun at the house to prove his loyalty. He
asks you not to say anything because the gang will retaliate against him and his family.
What ethical standard dictates your next course of action? - ✔✔Duty to warn
✔✔While providing treatment to a 10-year-old boy, he tells you how his dad comes
home drunk and upset. On various occasions, the dad will turn on the chainsaw, have
your patient/client strip naked, and nick your patient/client on the back to teach him to
be brave and overcome fear.
What ethical standard dictates your next course of action? - ✔✔Mandated reporting
✔✔The maximum "first, do no harm" is related to which ethical principle? -
✔✔Beneficence and non-maleficence
✔✔Although your license qualifies you to provide trauma treatment, you have never
been trained in trauma-informed care or studied any trauma-sensitive treatments to
achieve competency.
Refusing to practice without proper supervision is an example of putting into practice
which ethical standard? - ✔✔Scope of practice
✔✔What ethical principle focuses on the appropriate or inappropriate interpersonal
dynamics of a professional-patient/client relationship? - ✔✔Professional boundaries
✔✔What ethical principle focuses on not asking our patients/clients to do things when
they are not ready - ✔✔Compassion
✔✔While working as a mental health professional, your client mentions that his doctor
found a vitamin D deficiency. Since you are a distributor for a natural supplement
company, you inform your patient that you can give him a discount on vitamin -
✔✔Scope of practice
✔✔As a result of our empathizing capacity, our health is at risk - ✔✔true
