CADC LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔139) Which statement MOST accurately describes the relationship between
Alcoholics Anonymous and the professional treatment community?
A. AA policy clearly states that recovery can often be frustrated by contact with
professionals.
B. AA has made no statements for or against the professional treatment community.
C. There are inherent conflicts between AA and the professional treatment community
which are unlikely to be resolved.
D. A partnership between AA and the professional community was repeatedly
emphasized by the founders of AA. - ✔✔D. A partnership between AA and the
professional community was repeatedly
emphasized by the founders of AA.
✔✔138) ___________is the essential first step in determining the possible causes of
addiction for the person and the most appropriate treatment modality for his or her
needs.
A. Screening
B. Assessment
C. Intake
D. Orientation - ✔✔B. Assessment
✔✔137) In determining whether a chemically dependent patient should be treated in an
inpatient or outpatient program, all of the following should be considered EXCEPT:
A. Whether the patient has a history of sobriety during the last several years.
B. Whether the patient's job and family are likely to give him another chance if this
treatment fails.
C. Whether the patient has family support for sobriety.
D. Whether the patient has a history of failed treatment on an outpatient or inpatient
basis. - ✔✔B. Whether the patient's job and family are likely to give him another chance
if this treatment fails.
✔✔136) A single mother with three young children enters your clinic and begins to
discuss her
current drug use. She tells you that she hasn't been home for several days and has left
the 8
year old in charge. What do you do?
A. Contact child protective services to report this incident.
B. Explain to her the limits of confidentiality regarding drug use.
C. Admit her for treatment and arrange childcare services.
D. Contact law enforcement to have her arrested for child abuse and neglect. - ✔✔A.
Contact child protective services to report this incident.
,✔✔135) Joe is a 27-year old addict who has begun counseling, but has not yet been
able to give up using drugs. During one session, he tells his counselor that he is
beginning to feel that "it is useless to try to stop," and that "sometimes life is not worth
living." The counselor is concerned
that Joe could be suicidal. The counselor should:
A. Assess Joe's potential for suicide without directly asking him about
suicide plans, but assess his high-risk factors.
B. Assess Joe's potential for suicide by asking him about his intent, and
evaluating high risk factors.
C. Determine if Joe has a gun or other weapon.
D. Initiate involuntary hospitalization procedures. - ✔✔B. Assess Joe's potential for
suicide by asking him about his intent, and
evaluating high risk factors.
✔✔134) "Referral" pertains to:
A. Assisting a client to utilize the support systems and community resources
available.
B. Meeting with other professionals for discussions and planning.
C. Providing drug and alcohol information to clients.
D. Attending an A.A. or N.A. meeting with a client. - ✔✔A. Assisting a client to utilize the
support systems and community resources
available.
✔✔133) Good case management requires the integration of services within a treatment
plan. With this in mind, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The counselor should coordinate regular meetings with all professionals involved in
the client's treatment.
B. Good integration of services requires team meetings with the client present.
C. Once the treatment plan is written, the use of other services ¡s determined and will
remain unchanged.
D. With a well-integrated team of professionals, the case manager's review of progress
notes will alone determine how the treatment plan ¡s being followed. - ✔✔A. The
counselor should coordinate regular meetings with all professionals involved in the
client's treatment.
✔✔132) You are asked to see a client in the emergency room for a consultation. The
nursing notes read: pupils dilated; gooseflesh; lacrimation; muscle jerks; flu syndrome;
vomiting; diarrhea; nervousness; yawning; and severe anxiety. You conclude that the
client is withdrawing from:
A. Hallucinogens.
B. CNS depressants.
C. Opioids.
D. Dextro-amphetamines. - ✔✔C. Opioids.
✔✔131) An irresistible impulse is called a(an):
, A. Compulsion.
B. Delusion.
C. Hallucination.
D. Obsession. - ✔✔A. Compulsion.
✔✔130) When conducting an assessment, what is the counselor's primary focus?
A. Identifying the client's problems and needs, strengths and weaknesses
B. Explaining the rules of the program
C. Having the client sign Release of Information forms
D. Confronting the client's denial - ✔✔A. Identifying the client's problems and needs,
strengths and weaknesses
✔✔129) You have assessed your client and determined that he is a problem drinker. He
insists
that the reason he drinks is because of his wife's behavior. Your initial objective should
be to
help him:
A. Get his wife into counseling with him.
B. Take responsibility for his behavior.
C. Develop a more positive perception of himself.
D. Effect a behavioral intervention. - ✔✔B. Take responsibility for his behavior.
✔✔128) The organization founded as an alternative to programs with spiritual
overtones, whose
publication is called "The Small Book," is:
A. Rational Recovery.
B. Secular Organization for Sobriety.
C. Men and Women for Sobriety.
D. Codependents Anonymous. - ✔✔A. Rational Recovery.
✔✔127) Because addiction affects so many facets of the addicted person's
life,_____________________promotes recovery and enables the substance abuse
client to fully integrate into society as a healthy, substance-free individual.
A. Detoxification and stabilization
B. Psychological evaluation and treatment
C. Integration into a self-help recovery program
D. A comprehensive continuum of services - ✔✔D. A comprehensive continuum of
services
✔✔126) A "Release of Information" form must include, in addition to the client's name,
address and date of birth, which of the following?
A. The client's ethnic background
B. A signature by a medical doctor
C. The purpose of the release of information
D. The client's social security number - ✔✔C. The purpose of the release of information
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔139) Which statement MOST accurately describes the relationship between
Alcoholics Anonymous and the professional treatment community?
A. AA policy clearly states that recovery can often be frustrated by contact with
professionals.
B. AA has made no statements for or against the professional treatment community.
C. There are inherent conflicts between AA and the professional treatment community
which are unlikely to be resolved.
D. A partnership between AA and the professional community was repeatedly
emphasized by the founders of AA. - ✔✔D. A partnership between AA and the
professional community was repeatedly
emphasized by the founders of AA.
✔✔138) ___________is the essential first step in determining the possible causes of
addiction for the person and the most appropriate treatment modality for his or her
needs.
A. Screening
B. Assessment
C. Intake
D. Orientation - ✔✔B. Assessment
✔✔137) In determining whether a chemically dependent patient should be treated in an
inpatient or outpatient program, all of the following should be considered EXCEPT:
A. Whether the patient has a history of sobriety during the last several years.
B. Whether the patient's job and family are likely to give him another chance if this
treatment fails.
C. Whether the patient has family support for sobriety.
D. Whether the patient has a history of failed treatment on an outpatient or inpatient
basis. - ✔✔B. Whether the patient's job and family are likely to give him another chance
if this treatment fails.
✔✔136) A single mother with three young children enters your clinic and begins to
discuss her
current drug use. She tells you that she hasn't been home for several days and has left
the 8
year old in charge. What do you do?
A. Contact child protective services to report this incident.
B. Explain to her the limits of confidentiality regarding drug use.
C. Admit her for treatment and arrange childcare services.
D. Contact law enforcement to have her arrested for child abuse and neglect. - ✔✔A.
Contact child protective services to report this incident.
,✔✔135) Joe is a 27-year old addict who has begun counseling, but has not yet been
able to give up using drugs. During one session, he tells his counselor that he is
beginning to feel that "it is useless to try to stop," and that "sometimes life is not worth
living." The counselor is concerned
that Joe could be suicidal. The counselor should:
A. Assess Joe's potential for suicide without directly asking him about
suicide plans, but assess his high-risk factors.
B. Assess Joe's potential for suicide by asking him about his intent, and
evaluating high risk factors.
C. Determine if Joe has a gun or other weapon.
D. Initiate involuntary hospitalization procedures. - ✔✔B. Assess Joe's potential for
suicide by asking him about his intent, and
evaluating high risk factors.
✔✔134) "Referral" pertains to:
A. Assisting a client to utilize the support systems and community resources
available.
B. Meeting with other professionals for discussions and planning.
C. Providing drug and alcohol information to clients.
D. Attending an A.A. or N.A. meeting with a client. - ✔✔A. Assisting a client to utilize the
support systems and community resources
available.
✔✔133) Good case management requires the integration of services within a treatment
plan. With this in mind, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The counselor should coordinate regular meetings with all professionals involved in
the client's treatment.
B. Good integration of services requires team meetings with the client present.
C. Once the treatment plan is written, the use of other services ¡s determined and will
remain unchanged.
D. With a well-integrated team of professionals, the case manager's review of progress
notes will alone determine how the treatment plan ¡s being followed. - ✔✔A. The
counselor should coordinate regular meetings with all professionals involved in the
client's treatment.
✔✔132) You are asked to see a client in the emergency room for a consultation. The
nursing notes read: pupils dilated; gooseflesh; lacrimation; muscle jerks; flu syndrome;
vomiting; diarrhea; nervousness; yawning; and severe anxiety. You conclude that the
client is withdrawing from:
A. Hallucinogens.
B. CNS depressants.
C. Opioids.
D. Dextro-amphetamines. - ✔✔C. Opioids.
✔✔131) An irresistible impulse is called a(an):
, A. Compulsion.
B. Delusion.
C. Hallucination.
D. Obsession. - ✔✔A. Compulsion.
✔✔130) When conducting an assessment, what is the counselor's primary focus?
A. Identifying the client's problems and needs, strengths and weaknesses
B. Explaining the rules of the program
C. Having the client sign Release of Information forms
D. Confronting the client's denial - ✔✔A. Identifying the client's problems and needs,
strengths and weaknesses
✔✔129) You have assessed your client and determined that he is a problem drinker. He
insists
that the reason he drinks is because of his wife's behavior. Your initial objective should
be to
help him:
A. Get his wife into counseling with him.
B. Take responsibility for his behavior.
C. Develop a more positive perception of himself.
D. Effect a behavioral intervention. - ✔✔B. Take responsibility for his behavior.
✔✔128) The organization founded as an alternative to programs with spiritual
overtones, whose
publication is called "The Small Book," is:
A. Rational Recovery.
B. Secular Organization for Sobriety.
C. Men and Women for Sobriety.
D. Codependents Anonymous. - ✔✔A. Rational Recovery.
✔✔127) Because addiction affects so many facets of the addicted person's
life,_____________________promotes recovery and enables the substance abuse
client to fully integrate into society as a healthy, substance-free individual.
A. Detoxification and stabilization
B. Psychological evaluation and treatment
C. Integration into a self-help recovery program
D. A comprehensive continuum of services - ✔✔D. A comprehensive continuum of
services
✔✔126) A "Release of Information" form must include, in addition to the client's name,
address and date of birth, which of the following?
A. The client's ethnic background
B. A signature by a medical doctor
C. The purpose of the release of information
D. The client's social security number - ✔✔C. The purpose of the release of information
