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Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent?
a. Haivng members sign a contract before joining a group.
b. Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
c. Having members decide upon all the activities of the group.
d. Making sure that groups will always be composed of voluntary members. - ✔✔b.
Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
Several principles may underline an ethical decision made by a counselor. Which of the
following is NOT one of those principles?
a. autonomy
b. nonmaleficience
c. pro bono
d. fidelity - ✔✔Pro bono
Maria, a 25-year-old Latina woman, is in career counseling. In reviewing her
background, the counselor determines that she has followed the 'rules' and expectations
of her close-knit family. She now finds herself in a position needing to support her
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,family on her own and can't decide between three different occupational possibilities
which she has heard about. Maria may be characterized as
a. career inefficacious
b. career undecided
c. needing more schooling
d. career indecisive - ✔✔Career undecided
Client: "I wrote some more in my journal yesterday. I wrote about the strong urge to eat
after I visited my mother. I almost went to the store for junk food but I didn't"
Counselor: "The urge to eat was connected with your mother"
A long silence follows. The probable cause for the client's silence was
a. boredom
b. hostility toward the counselor
c. emotional or cognitive integration
d. waiting for the counselor to lead - ✔✔Emotional or cognitive integration
European Americans often enjoy benefits, without their awareness, that people of color
do not. This phenomenon is referred to as
a. ethnocentrism
b. double standard
c. acculturation
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,d. white privilege - ✔✔White privilege
On a college campus, a group of students of color has been protesting their treatment
alluding to harassing comments by whites and what they believe to be discrimination in
the grading system by their professors. Eleven of these students have come to the
campus counseling center and want to begin a group experience to arrive at some
answers and find solutions. The most appropriate theoretical orientation of the
counselor assigned to lead the group is
a. behavioral
b. psychoanalytic
c. gestalt
d. person-centered - ✔✔behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV-TR?
a. age of syndrome appearance
b. medical condition
c. clinical disorder
d. psychosocial and environmental problem - ✔✔Age of syndrome apperance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which measures nine
aptitudes important for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the
counselor is concerned how his clients' scores stack up against others and how they
would perceive their aptitudes, he interprets the scores to each of his clients
a. ipsatively
b. using national norms
c. using local norms
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, d. in relationship to other tests - ✔✔Ipsatively
In the last few years, several national surveys have been conducted inquiring about
career related issues. These surveys, typically conducted with adults, rely on self-report
data to draw conclusions in a variety of areas. In general, an accurate statement that can
be drawn from these recent surveys is
a. the vast majority of workers hold jobs for which they carefully planned.
b. over fifity percent of the workers indicated that they planned to change jobs during
the next three years
c. the majority of workers would try to gather more information about their options if
they were to start their career over again.
d. there is a small need for career counselors - ✔✔the majority of workers would try to
gather more information about their options if they were to start their career over again.
A licensed professional counselor in private practice is also trained in career counseling
and occasionally sees a client for career work. Generally, the counselor receives
insurance reimbursement for services she provides for her career clients who are often
experiencing anxiety and work-related stress. The counselor assigns a DSM code to
these clients even though the insurance companies policies indicate that payment for
career services is not reimbursable. Which of the following statements is most accurate?
a. The counselor is okay because she is concerned about the general health and welfare
of the client as the ethical code expects
b. The counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not reimbursable
and this is insurance fraud.
c. The counselor is okay because the experts in the literature agree that career
counseling is personal counseling.
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Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent?
a. Haivng members sign a contract before joining a group.
b. Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
c. Having members decide upon all the activities of the group.
d. Making sure that groups will always be composed of voluntary members. - ✔✔b.
Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
Several principles may underline an ethical decision made by a counselor. Which of the
following is NOT one of those principles?
a. autonomy
b. nonmaleficience
c. pro bono
d. fidelity - ✔✔Pro bono
Maria, a 25-year-old Latina woman, is in career counseling. In reviewing her
background, the counselor determines that she has followed the 'rules' and expectations
of her close-knit family. She now finds herself in a position needing to support her
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,family on her own and can't decide between three different occupational possibilities
which she has heard about. Maria may be characterized as
a. career inefficacious
b. career undecided
c. needing more schooling
d. career indecisive - ✔✔Career undecided
Client: "I wrote some more in my journal yesterday. I wrote about the strong urge to eat
after I visited my mother. I almost went to the store for junk food but I didn't"
Counselor: "The urge to eat was connected with your mother"
A long silence follows. The probable cause for the client's silence was
a. boredom
b. hostility toward the counselor
c. emotional or cognitive integration
d. waiting for the counselor to lead - ✔✔Emotional or cognitive integration
European Americans often enjoy benefits, without their awareness, that people of color
do not. This phenomenon is referred to as
a. ethnocentrism
b. double standard
c. acculturation
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,d. white privilege - ✔✔White privilege
On a college campus, a group of students of color has been protesting their treatment
alluding to harassing comments by whites and what they believe to be discrimination in
the grading system by their professors. Eleven of these students have come to the
campus counseling center and want to begin a group experience to arrive at some
answers and find solutions. The most appropriate theoretical orientation of the
counselor assigned to lead the group is
a. behavioral
b. psychoanalytic
c. gestalt
d. person-centered - ✔✔behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV-TR?
a. age of syndrome appearance
b. medical condition
c. clinical disorder
d. psychosocial and environmental problem - ✔✔Age of syndrome apperance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which measures nine
aptitudes important for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the
counselor is concerned how his clients' scores stack up against others and how they
would perceive their aptitudes, he interprets the scores to each of his clients
a. ipsatively
b. using national norms
c. using local norms
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, d. in relationship to other tests - ✔✔Ipsatively
In the last few years, several national surveys have been conducted inquiring about
career related issues. These surveys, typically conducted with adults, rely on self-report
data to draw conclusions in a variety of areas. In general, an accurate statement that can
be drawn from these recent surveys is
a. the vast majority of workers hold jobs for which they carefully planned.
b. over fifity percent of the workers indicated that they planned to change jobs during
the next three years
c. the majority of workers would try to gather more information about their options if
they were to start their career over again.
d. there is a small need for career counselors - ✔✔the majority of workers would try to
gather more information about their options if they were to start their career over again.
A licensed professional counselor in private practice is also trained in career counseling
and occasionally sees a client for career work. Generally, the counselor receives
insurance reimbursement for services she provides for her career clients who are often
experiencing anxiety and work-related stress. The counselor assigns a DSM code to
these clients even though the insurance companies policies indicate that payment for
career services is not reimbursable. Which of the following statements is most accurate?
a. The counselor is okay because she is concerned about the general health and welfare
of the client as the ethical code expects
b. The counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not reimbursable
and this is insurance fraud.
c. The counselor is okay because the experts in the literature agree that career
counseling is personal counseling.
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