ILTS 235 Practice Test
A han school counselor is preparing for an initial meeting with a student who has experienced sexual
harassment at an after-school job. The student has since quit the job, but reportedly endured the sexual
harassment several times a week for Six months. In this situation, It Is most important for the counselor
to be
aware that individuals who exnerience sexual harassment have an increased risk of:
A. personality disorders.
B. depression and feelings of low self-worth.
C. compulsive behaviors.
D. addiction and episodes of paranoia. - ✔✔B. depression and feelings of low self-worth.
A high school counseling program receives unexpected funding for the program from an endowment.
The amount is substantial and the school counselor wants to determine how best to use the funding to
accomplish the goals of the program and the school. Which of the following approaches would be most
effective in this process?
A. Requesting proposals from teachers for projects that they would like funding to go towards
B. Compiling input from school counselor colleagues at other schools into a report to present to the
school leadership team
C. Consulting district personnel about the most appropriate school-level uses for the funding
D. Gathering school and student data from various sources (e.g., surveys, focus groups, achievement
outcomes) for analysis - ✔✔D. Gathering school and student data from various sources (e.g., surveys,
focus groups, achievement outcomes) for analysis
A high school counselor can best address current trends and issues related to
the use of emerging technologies by incorporating which of the following topics
into the developmental curriculum?
A. interpersonal communication skills for individuals and groups
B. evaluation of the validity of information in various formats
C. use of digital tools to increase productivity and efficiency
D. best practices in digital citizenship and online safety - ✔✔D. best practices in digital citizenship and
online safety
A high school counselor observes that there appears to be a growing underrepresentation of some
subgroups of students in high-level
math and science courses. The counselor gathers and analyzes relevant data to determine the extent
of the underrepresentation and
the students affected. To develop effective advocacy strategies for addressing this issue, the counselor
should take which of the
following actions next?
,A identifying institutional and social barriers that may be impeding students' equitable access to
challenging coursework
B. informing members of the school faculty of the situation to enhance their awareness of the situation
and the intent to make systemic change to address it
C. creating goals, an action plan, and timeline for increasing access for all students to challenging
coursework
D. meeting with the department chairs of the academic disciplines
involved to brainstorm ideas for addressing the situati - ✔✔A identifying institutional and social barriers
that may be impeding students' equitable access to challenging coursework
A high school counselor recently concluded small-group counseling
with several students who were having difficulty managing stress in various aspects of their lives. The
students' stress was affecting their
interactions and functioning at home and at school. Which of the following techniques would best
enable the counselor to evaluate the effectiveness of the group counseling in addressing the targeted
goals?
A. gathering perception data from the students, their families, and teachers related to the desired
outcomes of the counseling group
B. monitoring students' academic performance and class participation in the weeks following the group
sessions
C. administering a generalized anxiety assessment to students at the final meeting of the counseling
group
D. conducting a brief follow-up interview with each member of the group a few weeks after the final
meeting - ✔✔A. gathering perception data from the students, their families, and teachers related to the
desired outcomes of the counseling group
A high school counselor wants to collect data from large and diverse stakenolder groups to inform
decision making with regard to the school counseling program. Which of the following technologies
would be most
effective for this purpose?
A. Text messaging
B. Web-based surveys
C. social networking
D. handheld clicker devices - ✔✔B. Web-based surveys
A highly gifted student had been taking the high schools advanced math and science courses since
seventh grade and has exhausted major portions of the STEM curriculum. Which of the following
resources would be most appropriate to recommend for this student?
A. commercially prepared enrichment activities
B. college-level textbooks to support independent study
C. online open courseware offered by universities
, D. academic summer camps for specific content areas - ✔✔C. online open courseware offered by
universities
A middle school counselor asks seventh-grade students to think of a time that they jumped to a
conclusion, reacted intensely and immediately, and then said or did something they regretted. The
counselor then asks students to complete the chart below.
Things Aren't Always What They Seem...
Trigger Event
(what happened)
Reference
(how I misperceived the event)
Unhealthy Response
(what I said or did that I now regret)
Truth
(what really happened)
Healthy Response
(what I could say or do better next time)
This activity is most likely to promote students' ability to:
A. Express empathy
B. Manage emotions
C. Cope with stress
D. Identify feelings - ✔✔B. Manage emotions
A middle school counselor has formed a committee to develop strategies to address a growing issue of
online harassment among students at the school. The team includes student, teacher, and
parent/guardian
representatives, the assistant principal, the technology specialist, and a local mental health provider.
The counselor can best enhance effective teamwork within the committee by emphasizing which of the
following
approaches?
A. directing the activities of committee members according to a
predetermined plan of action
B. assuming the role of observer as the committee members work through the problem-solving process
C. suggesting that committee members determine actions by voting when there is no consensus
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