CADC ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔32. Sally is a 16-year old girl who has been admitted to a program for chemical
dependency. She has a history of running away from home, erratic performance in
school, and has been arrested twice for petty theft. In assessing Sally, the counselor
should first consider:
a. Sally's goals in life
b. Sally's social resources
c. Sally's internal conflict
d. Sally's familial relationships and social milieu - ✔✔d. Sally's familial relationships and
social milieu
✔✔33. It is appropriate for a counselor to teach a client about the physiological effects
of the drugs he/she has been using during the administration of which of these core
functions?
a. screening
b. assessment
c. crisis intervention
d. client education - ✔✔d. client education
✔✔34. Which of the following woul be the MOST appropriate way to assure follow-
through on a referral?
a. give the client the phone number of the referral resource
b. have the client sign a release form in case the resource calls
c. take the client to the referral resource's facility for their initial interview
d. notify the referral resource of the referral and have client call to make an appointment
- ✔✔d. notify the referral resource of the referral and have client call to make an
appointment
✔✔35. Client files are reviewed by the clinical supervisor for the purpose of:
a. expanding the treatment plans
, b. identifying the counselor's incompetencies
c. monitoring the counselor's utilization of time
d. providing professional feedback to enhance the counseling process - ✔✔d. providing
professional feedback to enhance the counseling process
✔✔36. If a client is experiencing difficulties conforming to the rules and expectations of
the program, the counselor's first course of action would be to:
a. revise the treatment plan
b. refer the client to the agency psychiatrist
c. cancel the client's next individual counseling session
d. consult with supervisor and other members of the treatment team. - ✔✔d. consult
with supervisor and other members of the treatment team.
✔✔37. All of the following counseling theories are appropriate for the direct care of
recovering addicts during the first month of rehabilitation EXCEPT:
a. Rational Emotive Therapy
b. Reality Therapy
c. Psychoanalysis
d. Gestalt Therapy - ✔✔c. Psychoanalysis
✔✔38. According to the addiction counselor code of ethics, a certified counselor must
do all of the following EXCEPT:
a. prevent the practice of alcohol and drug abuse counseling by unqualified and
unauthorized persons
b. make provisions for the maintenance of confidentiality and the ultimate disposition of
confidential reports
c. be concerned primarily with the reputation of the profession when in the presence of
professional conflict
d. espouse objectivity and integrity and maintain the highest standards in the services
provided - ✔✔c. be concerned primarily with the reputation of the profession when in
the presence of professional conflict
✔✔39. Which of the following is a characteristic of Gestalt therapy?
a. an emphasis on the past
b. a focus on unfinished business
c. an emphasis on diagnostic considerations
d. a focus on the conflict between the id and the superego - ✔✔b. a focus on unfinished
business
✔✔32. Sally is a 16-year old girl who has been admitted to a program for chemical
dependency. She has a history of running away from home, erratic performance in
school, and has been arrested twice for petty theft. In assessing Sally, the counselor
should first consider:
a. Sally's goals in life
b. Sally's social resources
c. Sally's internal conflict
d. Sally's familial relationships and social milieu - ✔✔d. Sally's familial relationships and
social milieu
✔✔33. It is appropriate for a counselor to teach a client about the physiological effects
of the drugs he/she has been using during the administration of which of these core
functions?
a. screening
b. assessment
c. crisis intervention
d. client education - ✔✔d. client education
✔✔34. Which of the following woul be the MOST appropriate way to assure follow-
through on a referral?
a. give the client the phone number of the referral resource
b. have the client sign a release form in case the resource calls
c. take the client to the referral resource's facility for their initial interview
d. notify the referral resource of the referral and have client call to make an appointment
- ✔✔d. notify the referral resource of the referral and have client call to make an
appointment
✔✔35. Client files are reviewed by the clinical supervisor for the purpose of:
a. expanding the treatment plans
, b. identifying the counselor's incompetencies
c. monitoring the counselor's utilization of time
d. providing professional feedback to enhance the counseling process - ✔✔d. providing
professional feedback to enhance the counseling process
✔✔36. If a client is experiencing difficulties conforming to the rules and expectations of
the program, the counselor's first course of action would be to:
a. revise the treatment plan
b. refer the client to the agency psychiatrist
c. cancel the client's next individual counseling session
d. consult with supervisor and other members of the treatment team. - ✔✔d. consult
with supervisor and other members of the treatment team.
✔✔37. All of the following counseling theories are appropriate for the direct care of
recovering addicts during the first month of rehabilitation EXCEPT:
a. Rational Emotive Therapy
b. Reality Therapy
c. Psychoanalysis
d. Gestalt Therapy - ✔✔c. Psychoanalysis
✔✔38. According to the addiction counselor code of ethics, a certified counselor must
do all of the following EXCEPT:
a. prevent the practice of alcohol and drug abuse counseling by unqualified and
unauthorized persons
b. make provisions for the maintenance of confidentiality and the ultimate disposition of
confidential reports
c. be concerned primarily with the reputation of the profession when in the presence of
professional conflict
d. espouse objectivity and integrity and maintain the highest standards in the services
provided - ✔✔c. be concerned primarily with the reputation of the profession when in
the presence of professional conflict
✔✔39. Which of the following is a characteristic of Gestalt therapy?
a. an emphasis on the past
b. a focus on unfinished business
c. an emphasis on diagnostic considerations
d. a focus on the conflict between the id and the superego - ✔✔b. a focus on unfinished
business
