COUNSELOR PREPARATION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
(CPCE) QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
When is assent used in the informed consent process?
A) with minor clients
B) with mandated clients
C) with clients diagnosed as bipolar
D) with clients on Medicare - Answer-A) with minor clients
What is the term used for the study of differential use of space among different ethnic
groups?
A) stance
B) proxemics
C) social stature
D) formality - Answer-B) proxemics
According to Piaget, what evidences an infant's first stage of adaptation?
A) use of reflexes
B) hand-to-mouth coordination
C) attempts to vocalize
D) eye-to-hand coordination - Answer-A) use of reflexes
What is the organizing concept in Super's career development theory?
A) self-concept
B) environment setting
C) childhood needs
D) decision-making style - Answer-A) self-concept
Why would a counselor use open-ended instead of close-ended questions?
A) to elicit brief responses from the client
B) to prompt the client to speak more freely*
C) to demonstrate counselor understanding
D) to elicit empathy from the client - Answer-B) to prompt client to speak more freely
What technique do group leaders use to protect members from harmful behaviors?
A) blocking
B) challenging
C) reframing
D) retraining - Answer-A) blocking
, Which of the following options is an example of a norm-referenced test?
A) a mental status examination
B) an IQ test
C) a depression test
D) a math test developed by the teacher - Answer-B) an IQ test
Which of the following research designs would provide the best evidence for the
existence of a causal link?
A) a pre-test with two group design
B) a pre- and post-test with two group design
C) a randomized, post-test, two group design
D) a randomized, pre-test, one group design - Answer-C) a randomized, post-test, two
group design
Which of the following is the least supported technique for dealing with resistance in a
group? - Answer-Extinction
Which of these is a LESS appropriate rationale for a counselor's use of testing? -
Answer-To critique the client's performance in school, work, or training setting
Which of these is correct regarding a release of information? - Answer-This document is
signed by the client before confidential information can be given to another professional
or agency
Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about how the standard error of
measurement is used? - Answer-It is calculated after the test has been taken and
scored
If an aggressive, hostile client has managed to remove a towel rod and is brandishing it
as a weapon, the counselor's first priority should be to do what? - Answer-Protect self
and others
In Salvador Minuchin's structural family therapy, there are _____ between family
subsystems; if these are too rigid, they lead to ____, and if they are too diffuse, they can
lead to ______ - Answer-boundaries, disengagement, enmeshment
Which of these is true about professional liability insurance for counselors? - Answer-
This insurance is required in some states, but not in others
Rational-emotive behavior therapy follows a five-step system using ABCDE, where D
stands for - Answer-disputing the irrational belief
What is Francis Galton known for? - Answer-inherited intellectual abilities
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