Master in Counseling Comprehensive
Exam questions with answers
Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship- oriented
therapy? - correct answer ✔✔ Family system therapy
Which one of the following Is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action- oriented
therapies? - correct answer ✔✔ Existential therapy
Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of the
therapeutic process? - correct answer ✔✔ Person-centered therapy
Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe: - correct answer ✔✔ is dangerous in that
it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
The author makes a case for: - correct answer ✔✔ Initially getting an overview of the major
theoretical orientations, and then delving more deeply into each approach
Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling / psychotherapy is
true? - correct answer ✔✔ There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society
What type of factor oftentimes limits our freedom of choice? - correct answer ✔✔ Social,
environmental, cultural, biological ( all of the above)
Which of these statements about intervention is true? - correct answer ✔✔ During the course
of an individual's therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times
,Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against
psychoanalysis? - correct answer ✔✔ Person-centered therapy
Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients.
What might her rationale be for doing this? - correct answer ✔✔ Homework can be a vehicle
for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in therapy.
Which of the following statements best described the author's view of the medical model. -
correct answer ✔✔ A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it
stressed deficit rather than strengths
A comprehensive approach to counseling: - correct answer ✔✔ Goes beyond focusing on our
internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realities that influence us.
It is especially important for counseling who work with culturally diverse client populations to -
correct answer ✔✔ All of the above
According to the text, research shows that counselor values influences - correct answer ✔✔
Treatment outcome
Client place more values on - correct answer ✔✔ The personality of the therapist, than on the
specific techniques used.
With regard to the role of counselors' personal value in therapy, it is appropriate for counselor
to - correct answer ✔✔ avoid the imposition of their values, yet expose their values to the
client.
During an initial session, an adolescent girl tells you that she is pregnant considering an
abortion. Which of the following would be the most ethical and professional course for you to
follow. - correct answer ✔✔ Help her to clarify the range of her choice in light of her own
values.
,Culturally encapsulated counselors would be most likely to - correct answer ✔✔ depend
entirely on their own internalized values assumptions about what is good for people.
You are working with an ethnic minority client who is silent during the initial phase of
counseling. This silence is probably best interpret as - correct answer ✔✔ a response consistent
with his or her cultural context
Which of the following is not considered essential knowledge for culturally competent
counselors? - correct answer ✔✔ Knowing how to analyze transference reactions
Essential components of effective multicultural counseling include all of the following except -
correct answer ✔✔ Counselors avoid becoming involved in out-of- office interventions.
In working with culturally diverse clients, it helps to understand and assess - correct answer ✔✔
All of theses
Which of the following is not a method of increasing effectiveness in working with diverse client
populations? - correct answer ✔✔ Realize that practicing form a multicultural perspective will
probably make your job very difficult.
The Contextual factors------ are the primary determinants of therapeutic outcome. - correct
answer ✔✔ the alliance, the relationship, the personal and interpersonal skills of the therapist,
client, agency, and extra-therapeutic factor
In becoming ethical practitioners, a crucial task is to - correct answer ✔✔ Learn how to
interpret and apply ethical codes, to ethical dilemma
, According to the text, the challenge of providing informed consent consists of - correct answer
✔✔ Striking a balance between giving clients too much or too little information about the
therapeutic process.
Many ethical codes state that dual or multiple relationships - correct answer ✔✔ Should be
avoided whenever possible.
Privileged communication does not apply to - correct answer ✔✔ All of the above (PC)
Confidentiality must be breached and information must be reported by a practitioners when -
correct answer ✔✔ All of these(breached)
Under what circumstances should a therapist consult with colleagues or specialists? - correct
answer ✔✔ All of these (consult)
Both feminist therapist and postmodern therapists tend to view diagnosis as it its traditionally
done - correct answer ✔✔ As often oppressive and ignoring of social context
According to the text, positive ethics is a practice in which counselors - correct answer ✔✔ base
their ethical decision on what is the best for their clients rather than minimum standard of care
During her sessions, Justine questions whether she is trying to meet her clients' needs or her
own needs. Justine is - correct answer ✔✔ Engaging in meaningful self-reflection and self-
assessment as a professional.
Assessment is useful method of - correct answer ✔✔ all of these (assessment)
Evidenced-based practices are not - correct answer ✔✔ Based on psychodynamic principles
Exam questions with answers
Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship- oriented
therapy? - correct answer ✔✔ Family system therapy
Which one of the following Is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action- oriented
therapies? - correct answer ✔✔ Existential therapy
Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of the
therapeutic process? - correct answer ✔✔ Person-centered therapy
Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe: - correct answer ✔✔ is dangerous in that
it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
The author makes a case for: - correct answer ✔✔ Initially getting an overview of the major
theoretical orientations, and then delving more deeply into each approach
Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling / psychotherapy is
true? - correct answer ✔✔ There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society
What type of factor oftentimes limits our freedom of choice? - correct answer ✔✔ Social,
environmental, cultural, biological ( all of the above)
Which of these statements about intervention is true? - correct answer ✔✔ During the course
of an individual's therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times
,Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against
psychoanalysis? - correct answer ✔✔ Person-centered therapy
Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients.
What might her rationale be for doing this? - correct answer ✔✔ Homework can be a vehicle
for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in therapy.
Which of the following statements best described the author's view of the medical model. -
correct answer ✔✔ A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it
stressed deficit rather than strengths
A comprehensive approach to counseling: - correct answer ✔✔ Goes beyond focusing on our
internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realities that influence us.
It is especially important for counseling who work with culturally diverse client populations to -
correct answer ✔✔ All of the above
According to the text, research shows that counselor values influences - correct answer ✔✔
Treatment outcome
Client place more values on - correct answer ✔✔ The personality of the therapist, than on the
specific techniques used.
With regard to the role of counselors' personal value in therapy, it is appropriate for counselor
to - correct answer ✔✔ avoid the imposition of their values, yet expose their values to the
client.
During an initial session, an adolescent girl tells you that she is pregnant considering an
abortion. Which of the following would be the most ethical and professional course for you to
follow. - correct answer ✔✔ Help her to clarify the range of her choice in light of her own
values.
,Culturally encapsulated counselors would be most likely to - correct answer ✔✔ depend
entirely on their own internalized values assumptions about what is good for people.
You are working with an ethnic minority client who is silent during the initial phase of
counseling. This silence is probably best interpret as - correct answer ✔✔ a response consistent
with his or her cultural context
Which of the following is not considered essential knowledge for culturally competent
counselors? - correct answer ✔✔ Knowing how to analyze transference reactions
Essential components of effective multicultural counseling include all of the following except -
correct answer ✔✔ Counselors avoid becoming involved in out-of- office interventions.
In working with culturally diverse clients, it helps to understand and assess - correct answer ✔✔
All of theses
Which of the following is not a method of increasing effectiveness in working with diverse client
populations? - correct answer ✔✔ Realize that practicing form a multicultural perspective will
probably make your job very difficult.
The Contextual factors------ are the primary determinants of therapeutic outcome. - correct
answer ✔✔ the alliance, the relationship, the personal and interpersonal skills of the therapist,
client, agency, and extra-therapeutic factor
In becoming ethical practitioners, a crucial task is to - correct answer ✔✔ Learn how to
interpret and apply ethical codes, to ethical dilemma
, According to the text, the challenge of providing informed consent consists of - correct answer
✔✔ Striking a balance between giving clients too much or too little information about the
therapeutic process.
Many ethical codes state that dual or multiple relationships - correct answer ✔✔ Should be
avoided whenever possible.
Privileged communication does not apply to - correct answer ✔✔ All of the above (PC)
Confidentiality must be breached and information must be reported by a practitioners when -
correct answer ✔✔ All of these(breached)
Under what circumstances should a therapist consult with colleagues or specialists? - correct
answer ✔✔ All of these (consult)
Both feminist therapist and postmodern therapists tend to view diagnosis as it its traditionally
done - correct answer ✔✔ As often oppressive and ignoring of social context
According to the text, positive ethics is a practice in which counselors - correct answer ✔✔ base
their ethical decision on what is the best for their clients rather than minimum standard of care
During her sessions, Justine questions whether she is trying to meet her clients' needs or her
own needs. Justine is - correct answer ✔✔ Engaging in meaningful self-reflection and self-
assessment as a professional.
Assessment is useful method of - correct answer ✔✔ all of these (assessment)
Evidenced-based practices are not - correct answer ✔✔ Based on psychodynamic principles
