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MFT Comp Exam – Questions With Complete Solutions
MFT Comp Exam – Questions With Complete Solutions
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MFT Comp Exam – Questions With Complete SolutionsThe therapeutic alliance is thought to consist of all but the following:
a. tasks
b. bonds
c. shared culture
d. goals ✔️Ans - c. shared culture
The therapeutic alliance is especially critical during which stage of therapy
a. beginning
b. middle
c. end
d. equally important throughout ✔️Ans - a. beginning
Which is the correct order of the levels of the therapeutic pyramid, starting
from the top (peak) to ending at the bottom (base)?:
a. Way of Being, Alliance, Techniques
b. Alliance, Techniques, Way of Being
c. Way of Being, Techniques, Alliance
d. Techniques, Alliance, Way of Being ✔️Ans - d. Techniques, Alliance,
Way of Being
Thu Hue noticed that her interventions with the Smith family didn't seem
to be working regardless of which techniques she tried. What should she
next consider?
a. The strength of the therapeutic alliance
b. The degree to which she regards the Smiths as humans rather than
objects
c. Whether working with families are a good fit for her skill set
d. Her suitability for the profession ✔️Ans - a. The strength of the
therapeutic alliance
You are working with the Nguyen family. The parents are excited to be
coming in so their son, Thomas, can do better in school. Thomas doesn't
want to be there and views you as just another adult telling him what to do.
What is an immediate clinical issue for you to address, and what is one way
you address it?
a. Coping skills; assess what they've done so far that has and hasn't worked
,b. Adolescent rebellion; work to contain Thomas' acting out
c. Split alliance; validating each person's perspective
d. Controlling parents; work to help the parents loosen their expectations
of Thomas ✔️Ans - Split alliance; validating each person's perspective
Which of the following could be a thesis statement of the common factors
argument?
a. If the therapeutic alliance is strong, everything else will fall into place
b. Factors shared across various theoretical models are responsible for
most of the change in therapy
c. Since the therapeutic alliance is so important, there is no need to learn
theory
d. The therapist is the most important variable in therapy ✔️Ans - b.
Factors shared across various theoretical models are responsible for most
of the change in therapy
Which of the following approaches to theory would be most consistent
with a common factors approach?
a. Learning one theory in depth then moving onto another until you've
mastered as many as possible
b. Learning one theory in depth and staying loyal to that theory throughout
your career
c. Disregarding theory in favor of mastering the therapeutic alliance
d. Only learning theories that enjoy empirical validation ✔️Ans - a.
Learning one theory in depth then moving onto another until you've
mastered as many as possible
Which variables are thought to be common factors of effective therapy?
a. Client motivation, therapeutic alliance, client culture, therapist empathy
b. Therapist empathy, client motivation, use of a structured model,
therapeutic alliance
c. Client cognitive complexity, match between client and therapist culture,
empirically validated theory, therapeutic alliance
d. Therapist cognitive complexity, match between therapist and client
motivation, empirically validated theory, therapist empathy ✔️Ans - b.
Therapist empathy, client motivation, use of a structured model,
therapeutic alliance
,The meta-model of change outlined in the Common Factors text outlines
the following three clinical behaviors common to all effective systemic
therapies:
a. Slowing down the process, therapeutic alliance, successful completion of
homework
b. Therapeutic alliance, standing meta, identification of family member's
faults
c. Encouraging responsibility, successful completion of homework, slowing
down the process
d. Slowing down the process; standing meta; encouraging responsibility for
one's role in the interactional cycle ✔️Ans - Slowing down the process;
standing meta; encouraging responsibility for one's role in the interactional
cycle
All theoretical models of MFT use the following to help clients reach their
goals:
a. Emotional Regulation
b Cognitive Reframing
c. Behavioral Shifts
d. All of the above ✔️Ans - d. All of the above
The idea that family interactions had an influence on individual mental
health first came about in part from observing people in which setting?
a. Post-World War II industrial workplaces
b. Research studies at the National Institute of Mental Health
c. Group therapy
d. Naturalistic home environments ✔️Ans - c. Group therapy
If a behavior persists over time, it is maintained by:
a. Equifinality
b. A feedback loop
c. Positive feedback
d. Cybernetics ✔️Ans - b. A feedback loop
When Bal nags, Mohammed withdraws. When Jose does more housework,
Luida does less. Which systemic concept best describes these patterns?
a. Linear causality
b. Triangles
c. Complementarity
, d. Enmeshment ✔️Ans - c. Complementarity
Bob and Leslie pride themselves on being involved parents. Mary, their 10
year old daughter, has practically never left their side since she was born -
she slept in their room until 5, they've never gone on a vacation without
Mary, and they don't let her play at friend's houses. They come to therapy
concerned about her refusal to attend middle school. Which term best
describes the boundaries between Mary and her parents?
a. Resistant
b. Triangulated
c. Enmeshed
d. Rigid ✔️Ans - c. Enmeshed
Which of the following were among the first family therapy theories?
a. Structural, Strategic, Bowenian
b. Emotionally-focused, Experiential
c. Strategic, Cognitive-Behavioral, Experiential
d. Bowenian, Structural, Solution-Focused ✔️Ans - a. Structural,
Strategic, Bowenian
Which of the following groups most often face the societal assumption that
they are lazy and to blame for their problems?
a. Immigrant families
b. Mixed-race families
c. Gay and lesbian individuals
d. Individuals living in poverty ✔️Ans - d. Individuals living in poverty
In families, Goldner believes that power primarily manifests across which
two domains? Select one:
a. Race & Ethnicity
b. Money & Sex
c. Generation & Gender
d. Education and Age ✔️Ans - c. Generation & Gender
When things aren't going John's way at home, he tells his wife Sandy that
she needs to obey him because the Bible says that is God's will. When she
complains of this pattern to her priest, he rebukes her and says she needs
to repent of her insubordination. According to Gender/Power theory, Sandy
is experiencing the misuse of which type of power? Select one:
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