Sample For IC & RC Exam Questions
And Answers.
__________ is the essential first step in determining the possible cause of addiction for
the person and the most appropriate treatment modality for his or needs -
\Assessment
A client tells a counselor that she is unhappy with the way her treatment is progressing.
The counselor should -
\discuss these concerns with the client and make necessary changes in treatment goals
A common error that counselors maken when conducting an assessment is -
\moving too quickly from data collection to treatment planning
A female client reports that she has some concerns about that relationship between her
husband and her 14-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. She reports that her
husband and daughter frequently argue, that her daughter refuses to take direction from
her stepfather, mid that her daughter regularly complains about her stepfather's "faults"
and describes how her biological father is better. The MOST relevant professional to
whom a referral should be made is a -
\Marriage and family therapist
A key factor for counselors to consider is that in counseling relationship, the counselor
has differential power. One of the best safeguards is -
\to be alert and understand the power relationship
A pretreatment period is frequently the result of waiting lists or client reluctance to
become fully engaged in primary treatment. What might be a danger of this
pretreatment period? -
\The pretreatment period may be when clients lose interest in treatment
According to Marlatt's model of the relapse process, which of the following statements is
not true? -
\Clients should be helped to recognizethat one or more temporary lapses are likely to
occur and are premitted
According to the DSM-IV-TR, all of the following are criteira for pschoactive substance
dependence EXCEPT -
\mark lack of intiative, interest or energy.
All of the following are goals of person-centered therapy EXCEPT (Rogers) -
\teaching clients to formulate and carry out plans to chenge their behaviors
, Bob is a case manager in an intensive inpatient trestment facility. He recently was
assigned a client, Mary, who presents not only with alcoholism but has also been
diagnosed with AIDS. to assist Mary in her treatment and recovery needs, Bob would
probably need to habe knowledge of all of the following except: -
\new medication used in treatment regimens
Therapeutic communities differ from Synanon because -
\these communities try to return clients to society.
During the screening process, a critical task that the counselor has is to -
\establish rapport with the client
During the assessment process, your alcohol and tranquilizer abusing client reveals a
history of self-destructiveness when frustrated and an inability to delay impulses. The
MOST appropriate assessment battery in this case is -
\the Beck Depression Scale, the MAST (Minnisota) test, and the MMPI
The primary purpose the screening process is to -
\determine one's appropriateness and eligibility for admission
Effective case management for persons in need of multiple services requires: -
\monitoring, feedback, and evaluation of services
In deterininig whether a chemically dependent patient should be treated in an inpatient
or outpatient program, all of the following should be considered EXCEPT -
\whether the patients job and family are likely to give him another chance is this
treatment fails.
Alcohol decreases resistance to HIV infection by -
\a. compromising T-cell functions.
It is crucial for the case manager to be aware of what may inhibit minorities' participation
in the substance abuse treatment continuum. Suppose that you are a case manager,
working in an outpatient program with a Somali client. AA is an integral part of your
program, yet you are aware of the fact that while "accepting one's powerlessness" is a
central tenet of 12-Step self-help programs. members of oppressed groups may not
accept it, given their own societal powerlessness. What would be the best thing to do in
such a case? -
\Be sensitive to such cultral differences and seek out other recovery resources that are
relevent to the individual's values.
It is important to understand clients and their expectations for counseling. Clients
coming in for treatment carry with them both helpful and harmful expectations. Which of
the following is a harmful client expectations? -
\"My counselor will direct me to do what I need to do, and everything will be OK."
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