CADC 2026 CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Appropriate treatment goals must be:
a. observable and measurable, in order to facilitate monitoring progress.
b. typed and signed in order to ensure compliance by an unwilling client.
c. written in the order that they will be addressed in treatment
d. finalized by the time the client is admitted for services - ✔✔a
✔✔When is confrontation probably least appropriate?
a. prior to establishing rapport with the client
b. when directed at the client's strengths
c. when addressed to specific aspects of a client's behavior
d. when used to point out a discrepancy between a client's verbal statements and his or
her behavior - ✔✔a
✔✔The goal of screening is to:
a. provide clients with an opportunity to discuss their past problems
b. determine whether a client is appropriate and eligible for a particular treatment
service
c. gathering some general information about the future goals of the potential client
d. assign a counselor who fits the client's personality the best - ✔✔b
✔✔_______ drugs are used to treat mental disorders
a. psychoactive
b. psychotropic
c. psychosomatic
d. psychointeractive - ✔✔b
✔✔Jamal believes that he has everything he will ever need materially and financially, so
he has decided to devote his time to music and other creative outlets for self-
expression. Jamal's motivation is best accounted by:
a. psychoanalytic theory
b. homeostatic considerations
c. humanistic theories
d. biological factors - ✔✔c
✔✔The idea that people have an in-born desire to self-actualize is associated with:
a. psychoanalytic theory
b. humanistic theory
c. cognitive-behaviorism
d. classical-conditioning - ✔✔b
✔✔Methadone, Tramadol and Morphine are all
,a. schedule v drugs
b. cns stimulants
c. barbiturates
d. opiates - ✔✔d
✔✔The central focus or "charge" of the twelfth step of alcoholic anonymous is:
a. service to others
b. relapse prevention
c. abstinence
d. making amends to others - ✔✔a
✔✔A counselor's personal values
a. should never show lest they cause a client's decisions to be biased
b. should be disclosed in order to influence the client to make healthier decisions.
c. are irrelevant to the counseling process
d. are communicated through the therapeutic goals they offer and how they attempt to
reach those goals with the client. - ✔✔d
✔✔Nonmaleficence is the ethical principle that means:
a. show unconditional positive regard
b. show equal respect for gender
c. do no harm
d. respect confidentiality - ✔✔c
✔✔____________ interventions have been developed or are being sought to block the
effects of abused drugs, reduce cravings for drugs and block the toxic effect of drugs.
a. socially acceptable
b. pharmacological
c. biological
d. free - ✔✔b
✔✔The terminology now being used in the DSM-5 for diagnostic categories is:
a. substance abuse disorders
b. substance dependence disorders
c. substance use disorders
d. substance addictive disorders - ✔✔c
✔✔Which statement BEST describes the relevance of counselor self-exploration?
a. the counselor's personal identity should not be disclosed to the client because of the
risk of transference.
b. counselors can benefit greatly from being clients themselves, at some point.
c. counselors who are in therapy themselves are putting their own clients at risk.
d. counselors learn what is most important by helping other people. - ✔✔b
, ✔✔__________ is the term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring,
retaining and using any type of knowledge.
a. thinking
b. memory
c. cognition
d. perception - ✔✔c
✔✔In the DSM-5, for a substance use disorder severity indicator of mild, how many
criteria must be present?
a. two to three
b. four to five
c. five to six
d. six or more - ✔✔a
✔✔In which situation is it acceptable to release confidential information without prior
consent from the client?
a. when the client has a sexually transmitted disease
b. if law enforcement officials request information in writing
c. after learning that a client was once involved in a crime
d. when the client admits to abusing a child - ✔✔d
✔✔Substance _______ is a syndrome that develops temporarily after ingestion of a
psychoactive substance
a. withdrawal
b. overdose
c. intoxication
d. anhedonia - ✔✔c
✔✔"Referral" means:
a. assisting a client to utilize the support systems and community resources available
b. identifying and ranking problems
c. meeting with other professionals for discussions and planning
d. attending an A.A. or N.A. meeting with a client - ✔✔a
✔✔____________ are a problem associated with consuming alcohol and valium
together.
a. synergistic effects
b. tremors
c. cross allergic reactions
d. negative symptoms - ✔✔a
✔✔___________ is the belief that one's own culture is superior to others
a. reverse racism
b. ethnocentrism
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Appropriate treatment goals must be:
a. observable and measurable, in order to facilitate monitoring progress.
b. typed and signed in order to ensure compliance by an unwilling client.
c. written in the order that they will be addressed in treatment
d. finalized by the time the client is admitted for services - ✔✔a
✔✔When is confrontation probably least appropriate?
a. prior to establishing rapport with the client
b. when directed at the client's strengths
c. when addressed to specific aspects of a client's behavior
d. when used to point out a discrepancy between a client's verbal statements and his or
her behavior - ✔✔a
✔✔The goal of screening is to:
a. provide clients with an opportunity to discuss their past problems
b. determine whether a client is appropriate and eligible for a particular treatment
service
c. gathering some general information about the future goals of the potential client
d. assign a counselor who fits the client's personality the best - ✔✔b
✔✔_______ drugs are used to treat mental disorders
a. psychoactive
b. psychotropic
c. psychosomatic
d. psychointeractive - ✔✔b
✔✔Jamal believes that he has everything he will ever need materially and financially, so
he has decided to devote his time to music and other creative outlets for self-
expression. Jamal's motivation is best accounted by:
a. psychoanalytic theory
b. homeostatic considerations
c. humanistic theories
d. biological factors - ✔✔c
✔✔The idea that people have an in-born desire to self-actualize is associated with:
a. psychoanalytic theory
b. humanistic theory
c. cognitive-behaviorism
d. classical-conditioning - ✔✔b
✔✔Methadone, Tramadol and Morphine are all
,a. schedule v drugs
b. cns stimulants
c. barbiturates
d. opiates - ✔✔d
✔✔The central focus or "charge" of the twelfth step of alcoholic anonymous is:
a. service to others
b. relapse prevention
c. abstinence
d. making amends to others - ✔✔a
✔✔A counselor's personal values
a. should never show lest they cause a client's decisions to be biased
b. should be disclosed in order to influence the client to make healthier decisions.
c. are irrelevant to the counseling process
d. are communicated through the therapeutic goals they offer and how they attempt to
reach those goals with the client. - ✔✔d
✔✔Nonmaleficence is the ethical principle that means:
a. show unconditional positive regard
b. show equal respect for gender
c. do no harm
d. respect confidentiality - ✔✔c
✔✔____________ interventions have been developed or are being sought to block the
effects of abused drugs, reduce cravings for drugs and block the toxic effect of drugs.
a. socially acceptable
b. pharmacological
c. biological
d. free - ✔✔b
✔✔The terminology now being used in the DSM-5 for diagnostic categories is:
a. substance abuse disorders
b. substance dependence disorders
c. substance use disorders
d. substance addictive disorders - ✔✔c
✔✔Which statement BEST describes the relevance of counselor self-exploration?
a. the counselor's personal identity should not be disclosed to the client because of the
risk of transference.
b. counselors can benefit greatly from being clients themselves, at some point.
c. counselors who are in therapy themselves are putting their own clients at risk.
d. counselors learn what is most important by helping other people. - ✔✔b
, ✔✔__________ is the term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring,
retaining and using any type of knowledge.
a. thinking
b. memory
c. cognition
d. perception - ✔✔c
✔✔In the DSM-5, for a substance use disorder severity indicator of mild, how many
criteria must be present?
a. two to three
b. four to five
c. five to six
d. six or more - ✔✔a
✔✔In which situation is it acceptable to release confidential information without prior
consent from the client?
a. when the client has a sexually transmitted disease
b. if law enforcement officials request information in writing
c. after learning that a client was once involved in a crime
d. when the client admits to abusing a child - ✔✔d
✔✔Substance _______ is a syndrome that develops temporarily after ingestion of a
psychoactive substance
a. withdrawal
b. overdose
c. intoxication
d. anhedonia - ✔✔c
✔✔"Referral" means:
a. assisting a client to utilize the support systems and community resources available
b. identifying and ranking problems
c. meeting with other professionals for discussions and planning
d. attending an A.A. or N.A. meeting with a client - ✔✔a
✔✔____________ are a problem associated with consuming alcohol and valium
together.
a. synergistic effects
b. tremors
c. cross allergic reactions
d. negative symptoms - ✔✔a
✔✔___________ is the belief that one's own culture is superior to others
a. reverse racism
b. ethnocentrism
