NCC Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
_______ are beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to
everyday living, while ______ are beliefs we hold about what
constitutes right conduct.
a. Morals; ethics b. Ethics; values c. Values; morals d. Values;
ethics Correct Answer D
Values are beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to
everyday living. Morals are concerned with perspectives of right
and proper conduct and involves an evaluation of actions on the
basis of some broader cultural context or religious standard.
Ethics are beliefs we hold about what constitutes right conduct.
______________ is believing that when something is delayed or
made more difficult, the situation is unbearable.
a. Self-criticism b. Catastrophizing c. Low-frustration tolerance
d. Attention Deficit Disorder Correct Answer C
Low-frustration tolerance is a concept developed by
psychologist Albert Ellis who is famous for developing
Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Frustration occurs
when a person has a goal that is being blocked or when there is a
barrier that a person cannot overcome or when there is a gap
between what you desire and what you actually get. Frustration
is a common human trait. Low-frustration tolerance is the
inability to emotionally accept the delay or blockage to getting
what an individual wants. Low frustration tolerance is also the
act of seeking immediate gratification or pleasure or the attempt
to avoid something painful at the cost of long-term stress.
Procrastination is a form of low frustration tolerance. It is
putting off or avoiding the necessary when it is in one's best
interest to face it. When people make statements like, "It's
,hard....I can't do it.....I can' take this," they are believing that the
thing or event is difficult to tolerate and therefore must be
intolerable.
. Harlow is to _________ as Lorenz is to ________________. a.
temperament; attachment b. attachment; temperament c.
bonding; attachment d. attachment; bonding Correct Answer
D
Harry Harlow worked with rhesus monkeys and focused his
research on attachment studies. Harry removed infant monkeys
from their mothers and placed them on either a cloth mother or
wire mother substitute. He found that the infant monkeys stayed
close to the cloth monkey for perceived comfort over the wire
mother, which provided nourishment. His work was influenced
by the earlier work of Konrad Lorenz, who studied imprinting in
birds and found that birds will bond with the first moving thing
they see upon birth.
"A group is a microcosm of the real world. By acting in the
group in a changed manner, change will generalize." This idea
can be attributed to _______ approach to group therapy.
a. Behavioral Therapy b. Reality Therapy c. Psychodynamics d.
Gestalt Therapy Correct Answer B
Reality therapists believe that you own your behavior, and
therefore, you can behave as you choose in a group setting. By
choosing to behave in a certain way in group, where the client is
safe from real world responses, the client can try out the
behavior and then take it with him to the outside world.
"Do you like to try new things?" This question most closely
coincides to which continuum of the MBTI?
, a. Introvert/extravert b. Sensing/intuiting c. Thinking/feeling d.
Judging/perceiving Correct Answer D
This most closely resembles the Judging/perceiving continuum
as it is exploring structure. The thinking/feeling continuum
explores the decision-making process. The introvert/extravert
continuum relates to favorite world and social interactions. The
sensing/intuiting continuum explores fact and information.
"Equal work for equal pay" is the catch phrase that corresponds
to:
a. Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 b. Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 c. 19th Amendment of the US
Constitution d. 21st amendment of the US Constitutio Correct
Answer B
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers
from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race,
color, national origin and religion. The 19th amendment
provided women the right to vote but had no protections for
work.
A ______ test is always ________ and ________ a test's length
increases reliability.
a. Valid, reliable, increasing b. Valid, reliable, decreasing c.
Reliable, valid, increasing d. Reliable, valid, decreasing
Correct Answer A
A valid test is always reliable. A valid test is one that measures
what it claims to be measuring. A reliable test produces
consistent results over time. A test can be reliable and measure
something consistently but might not be valid if it measures
something other than what it claims to measure. Increasing a
, test's length increases its reliability. Conversely, if you shorten a
test, you reduce its reliability.
A client is asked by a counselor to remember a list of four
words. The counselor then asks the client to count forward by
7's and repeat the list of four words that she previously
mentioned. What is being measured or tested?
a. Mathematic ability b. Executive functioning c. Sequential
processing d. Emotional Intelligence Correct Answer C
Sequential processing is the mental ability to arrange stimuli in
sequential or serial order in which to process information.
Cognitive instruments may test or measure sequential processing
ability.
A client is ready for discharge from a psychiatric facility. What
will the client's counselor be asked to prepare to give to the
other members of the mental health staff involved in the client's
treatment?
a. Treatment plan b. Psychological report c. Personality
inventory d. Emotional Battery Test Correct Answer B
A psychological report is a summary of a client's assessment
results that is written for the benefit of other professionals that
may be involved in the client's care including any sources of
referral for additional or the continuation of care. A
psychological report will contain information regarding the
demographic and background information of a client, any
behavioral observations, test results and interpretations,
recommendations and a summary.
A client, who has recently sought out therapy for marital stress
due to his wife finding out that he had been having an
_______ are beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to
everyday living, while ______ are beliefs we hold about what
constitutes right conduct.
a. Morals; ethics b. Ethics; values c. Values; morals d. Values;
ethics Correct Answer D
Values are beliefs and attitudes that provide direction to
everyday living. Morals are concerned with perspectives of right
and proper conduct and involves an evaluation of actions on the
basis of some broader cultural context or religious standard.
Ethics are beliefs we hold about what constitutes right conduct.
______________ is believing that when something is delayed or
made more difficult, the situation is unbearable.
a. Self-criticism b. Catastrophizing c. Low-frustration tolerance
d. Attention Deficit Disorder Correct Answer C
Low-frustration tolerance is a concept developed by
psychologist Albert Ellis who is famous for developing
Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Frustration occurs
when a person has a goal that is being blocked or when there is a
barrier that a person cannot overcome or when there is a gap
between what you desire and what you actually get. Frustration
is a common human trait. Low-frustration tolerance is the
inability to emotionally accept the delay or blockage to getting
what an individual wants. Low frustration tolerance is also the
act of seeking immediate gratification or pleasure or the attempt
to avoid something painful at the cost of long-term stress.
Procrastination is a form of low frustration tolerance. It is
putting off or avoiding the necessary when it is in one's best
interest to face it. When people make statements like, "It's
,hard....I can't do it.....I can' take this," they are believing that the
thing or event is difficult to tolerate and therefore must be
intolerable.
. Harlow is to _________ as Lorenz is to ________________. a.
temperament; attachment b. attachment; temperament c.
bonding; attachment d. attachment; bonding Correct Answer
D
Harry Harlow worked with rhesus monkeys and focused his
research on attachment studies. Harry removed infant monkeys
from their mothers and placed them on either a cloth mother or
wire mother substitute. He found that the infant monkeys stayed
close to the cloth monkey for perceived comfort over the wire
mother, which provided nourishment. His work was influenced
by the earlier work of Konrad Lorenz, who studied imprinting in
birds and found that birds will bond with the first moving thing
they see upon birth.
"A group is a microcosm of the real world. By acting in the
group in a changed manner, change will generalize." This idea
can be attributed to _______ approach to group therapy.
a. Behavioral Therapy b. Reality Therapy c. Psychodynamics d.
Gestalt Therapy Correct Answer B
Reality therapists believe that you own your behavior, and
therefore, you can behave as you choose in a group setting. By
choosing to behave in a certain way in group, where the client is
safe from real world responses, the client can try out the
behavior and then take it with him to the outside world.
"Do you like to try new things?" This question most closely
coincides to which continuum of the MBTI?
, a. Introvert/extravert b. Sensing/intuiting c. Thinking/feeling d.
Judging/perceiving Correct Answer D
This most closely resembles the Judging/perceiving continuum
as it is exploring structure. The thinking/feeling continuum
explores the decision-making process. The introvert/extravert
continuum relates to favorite world and social interactions. The
sensing/intuiting continuum explores fact and information.
"Equal work for equal pay" is the catch phrase that corresponds
to:
a. Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 b. Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 c. 19th Amendment of the US
Constitution d. 21st amendment of the US Constitutio Correct
Answer B
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers
from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race,
color, national origin and religion. The 19th amendment
provided women the right to vote but had no protections for
work.
A ______ test is always ________ and ________ a test's length
increases reliability.
a. Valid, reliable, increasing b. Valid, reliable, decreasing c.
Reliable, valid, increasing d. Reliable, valid, decreasing
Correct Answer A
A valid test is always reliable. A valid test is one that measures
what it claims to be measuring. A reliable test produces
consistent results over time. A test can be reliable and measure
something consistently but might not be valid if it measures
something other than what it claims to measure. Increasing a
, test's length increases its reliability. Conversely, if you shorten a
test, you reduce its reliability.
A client is asked by a counselor to remember a list of four
words. The counselor then asks the client to count forward by
7's and repeat the list of four words that she previously
mentioned. What is being measured or tested?
a. Mathematic ability b. Executive functioning c. Sequential
processing d. Emotional Intelligence Correct Answer C
Sequential processing is the mental ability to arrange stimuli in
sequential or serial order in which to process information.
Cognitive instruments may test or measure sequential processing
ability.
A client is ready for discharge from a psychiatric facility. What
will the client's counselor be asked to prepare to give to the
other members of the mental health staff involved in the client's
treatment?
a. Treatment plan b. Psychological report c. Personality
inventory d. Emotional Battery Test Correct Answer B
A psychological report is a summary of a client's assessment
results that is written for the benefit of other professionals that
may be involved in the client's care including any sources of
referral for additional or the continuation of care. A
psychological report will contain information regarding the
demographic and background information of a client, any
behavioral observations, test results and interpretations,
recommendations and a summary.
A client, who has recently sought out therapy for marital stress
due to his wife finding out that he had been having an
