NCE/LPC Exam Study Guide
1. Which theorist uses an approach that is very effective for treating
depression?
A) Ellis
B) Beck
C) Freud
D) Rogers
ANSWER: B) Beck
2. What makes employment, housing, medical, and other services difficult to
obtain for elderly people?
A) Lack of education
B) Discrimination against elderly/ageism
C) Physical limitations
D) Financial constraints
ANSWER: B) Discrimination against elderly, ageism
3. _______ scales are interval scales with an absolute zero point:
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Ratio
D) Likert
ANSWER: C) Ratio
4. What dictates the customs, attitudes, and beliefs of a particular racial or
ethnic group?
A) Socioeconomic status
B) Culture-bound values
C) Religious practices
D) Political systems
ANSWER: B) Culture-bound values
,5. _______ refers to correlation with a criterion measured at the same time,
whereas _______ refers to correlation between test scores and later
performance:
A) Predictive validity; concurrent validity
B) Concurrent validity; predictive validity
C) Content validity; construct validity
D) Criterion validity; content validity
ANSWER: B) Concurrent validity; Predictive validity
6. Gender roles or sex roles are:
A) More distinct in early life and more alike in the elderly
B) More alike in early life and more distinct in elderly
C) The same throughout the lifespan
D) Irrelevant to development
ANSWER: A) More distinct in early life and more alike in the elderly
7. Which theorist recognized the importance of a person's position in the
family constellation?
A) Freud
B) Rogers
C) Adler
D) Jung
ANSWER: C) Adler
8. Who developed scales for measuring empathy, genuineness, and respect?
A) Rogers
B) Carkhuff
C) Egan
D) Ivey
ANSWER: B) Carkhuff
,9. Whose theory of career development uses the hierarchy of needs developed
by Maslow?
A) Holland
B) Super
C) Roe
D) Krumboltz
ANSWER: C) Roe
10. "Primary," "secondary," and "tertiary" refer to:
A) Levels of counseling
B) Prevention
C) Treatment stages
D) Group types
ANSWER: B) Prevention
11. "What happens in the group stays in the group" is an underlying
assumption of:
A) Trust
B) Confidentiality
C) Cohesiveness
D) Universality
ANSWER: B) Confidentiality
12. Who developed the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire?
A) Eysenck
B) Cattell
C) Allport
D) Murray
ANSWER: B) Cattell
13. A _______ has an M.D. degree, whereas a _______ has a Ph.D. degree:
, A) Psychologist; psychiatrist
B) Psychiatrist; psychologist
C) Counselor; psychologist
D) Therapist; psychiatrist
ANSWER: B) Psychiatrist; Psychologist
14. A basic premise of behavior modification is that people are influenced by:
A) Their unconscious
B) The consequences of their behavior
C) Their thoughts
D) Their emotions
ANSWER: B) The consequences of their behavior
15. Which behavior modification technique is used to establish new behavior?
A) Punishment
B) Extinction
C) Reinforcement
D) Modeling
ANSWER: C) Reinforcement
16. A counselor who meets educational and experimental requirements may
become a _______ of the AAMFT:
A) Associate member
B) Clinical member
C) Student member
D) Fellow
ANSWER: B) Clinical member
17. A diagram that depicts relationships within a group is called a:
A) Genogram
B) Sociogram
1. Which theorist uses an approach that is very effective for treating
depression?
A) Ellis
B) Beck
C) Freud
D) Rogers
ANSWER: B) Beck
2. What makes employment, housing, medical, and other services difficult to
obtain for elderly people?
A) Lack of education
B) Discrimination against elderly/ageism
C) Physical limitations
D) Financial constraints
ANSWER: B) Discrimination against elderly, ageism
3. _______ scales are interval scales with an absolute zero point:
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Ratio
D) Likert
ANSWER: C) Ratio
4. What dictates the customs, attitudes, and beliefs of a particular racial or
ethnic group?
A) Socioeconomic status
B) Culture-bound values
C) Religious practices
D) Political systems
ANSWER: B) Culture-bound values
,5. _______ refers to correlation with a criterion measured at the same time,
whereas _______ refers to correlation between test scores and later
performance:
A) Predictive validity; concurrent validity
B) Concurrent validity; predictive validity
C) Content validity; construct validity
D) Criterion validity; content validity
ANSWER: B) Concurrent validity; Predictive validity
6. Gender roles or sex roles are:
A) More distinct in early life and more alike in the elderly
B) More alike in early life and more distinct in elderly
C) The same throughout the lifespan
D) Irrelevant to development
ANSWER: A) More distinct in early life and more alike in the elderly
7. Which theorist recognized the importance of a person's position in the
family constellation?
A) Freud
B) Rogers
C) Adler
D) Jung
ANSWER: C) Adler
8. Who developed scales for measuring empathy, genuineness, and respect?
A) Rogers
B) Carkhuff
C) Egan
D) Ivey
ANSWER: B) Carkhuff
,9. Whose theory of career development uses the hierarchy of needs developed
by Maslow?
A) Holland
B) Super
C) Roe
D) Krumboltz
ANSWER: C) Roe
10. "Primary," "secondary," and "tertiary" refer to:
A) Levels of counseling
B) Prevention
C) Treatment stages
D) Group types
ANSWER: B) Prevention
11. "What happens in the group stays in the group" is an underlying
assumption of:
A) Trust
B) Confidentiality
C) Cohesiveness
D) Universality
ANSWER: B) Confidentiality
12. Who developed the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire?
A) Eysenck
B) Cattell
C) Allport
D) Murray
ANSWER: B) Cattell
13. A _______ has an M.D. degree, whereas a _______ has a Ph.D. degree:
, A) Psychologist; psychiatrist
B) Psychiatrist; psychologist
C) Counselor; psychologist
D) Therapist; psychiatrist
ANSWER: B) Psychiatrist; Psychologist
14. A basic premise of behavior modification is that people are influenced by:
A) Their unconscious
B) The consequences of their behavior
C) Their thoughts
D) Their emotions
ANSWER: B) The consequences of their behavior
15. Which behavior modification technique is used to establish new behavior?
A) Punishment
B) Extinction
C) Reinforcement
D) Modeling
ANSWER: C) Reinforcement
16. A counselor who meets educational and experimental requirements may
become a _______ of the AAMFT:
A) Associate member
B) Clinical member
C) Student member
D) Fellow
ANSWER: B) Clinical member
17. A diagram that depicts relationships within a group is called a:
A) Genogram
B) Sociogram
