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Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination(CPCE)
A counselor is meeting with an older client, age 80, for the first time. The client lost her husband about
15 years ago and in the past year has begun having symptoms of depression, including sleeplessness
and irritability. Which of the following is the most helpful goal the counselor can help the client work
toward?
A. Examine the origins of the client's depression such as childhood trauma
B. Build a positive attitude towards the client's self worth
C. Encourage the client to see and find support from her own children
D. Work through unresolved grief related to the loss of the client's husband -
B
Appraisal is an important concept in the field of assessment. Which of the following is the best
definition of appraisal?
A. Making a conclusion about the usefulness of measurement data
B. Collecting information about human behavior
C. Determining the dimensions of a specific attribute or trait
D. Making judgements about human behavior -
D
Statistical regression is BEST explained by which of the following
A. Test scores can often predict future scores on related material
B. Errors are often made when scoring tests.
C. When large numbers of people take a test, it is less likely for individual scores to be very high or
very low
D. If an individuals score is very low or very high on a pretest, the individuals score will be closer to
the mean on the posttest. -
D
What is the BEST definition of attribution theory?
A. The belief that the future is determined more by chance than by being contingent on certain evens
B. The expectations that people have for themselves are often higher than what they are capable of
C. The belief that rewards are contingent on our own actions
D. The explanations people offer for events influence future expectations for success and failure. -
D
Though counselors may try to use approaches that enhance client's experiences, at times these
approaches may exhibit a lack of understanding of other cultures. This concept, conceptualized by
Gilbert Wrenn is known as:
A. Cultural encapsulation
B. Cultural pluralism
,C. Cultural norming
D. Acculturation -
A
Quasi-experimental design is similar to true experimental design with the EXCEPTION of which of the
following?
A. Quasi-experimental designs measure the existence of relationships between two or more variables,
while true experimental designs measure the degree of the relationship
B. Quasi-experimental designs descrive a state of events, while true experimental designs determine
cause and effect relationships.
C. Quasi-experimental designs do not randomly assign subjects to treatment and control groups, while
true experimental designs do use randomization.
D. Quasi-experimental designs investigate whether there are differences between two groups, while
true experimental designs explore why these differences exist. -
C
What is a goal that group members of a person-centered group may have?
A. Become free of scripts and games.
B. Increase self-acceptance and move past self-defeating behaviors
C. Take responsibility for one's life
D. Increase self-understanding and explore a full range of feelings. -
D
A 4 year old child regularly becomes upset when his mother is not able to read him a bedtime story. He
frequently makes comments like "I wish Daddy was dead." and often tells his father to go in another
room so he and his mother can be alone. What is MOST likely true regarding this child?
A. It is likely that he is being abused by his father
B. He and his mother are enmeshed
C. He is showing early signs of mental illness.
D. He is experiencing a typical Oedipal complex. -
D
A counselor asks a group of one hundred high schoolers to complete a self report questionnaire about
their drug use and sexual activity. After recording the results of the questionnaire, the counselor
strongly believes that the students consistently underreported this behavior. What factor MOST likely
influenced the students' answers?
A. Placebo effect
B. Self-fulfilling prophecy
C. Social desirability
D. Groupthink -
C
Career counselors have the option of giving many types of assessments to help clients choose careers
that match their interests and abilities. The ACT and the ITBS measure:
,A. Personality
B. Achievement
C. Interest
D. Aptitude -
B
A counselor employed at a shelter for women who are victims of aggressive sexual assault tells her
supervisor that she has begun having nightmares recently about being raped. She also says that when
she works late and leaves after dark she feels panicky, her heart races, and she feels like she is being
watched. She has been having trouble focusing during sessions with women in the shelter and often
feels trapped in her own office when the women are talking about being abused.
This counselor is most likely suffering from:
A. Transference
B. Compassion fatigue
C. Secondary traumatic stress
D. A normal part of the therapeutic process. -
C
A woman in couples' counseling complains that her husband keeps his emotions to himself and refuses
to talk about his feelings. After hearing this, the husband turns to his wife in surprise and says, "I try to
tell you how I feel, but you're the one who never wants to talk about your emotions!" The woman is
most likely using which of the following defenses?
A. Repression
B. Denial
C. Reaction formation
D. Projection -
D
A career counselor operating from a contextual point of view would most likely work toward which of
the following goals?
A. Encourage the individual to see themselves as separate from their environment
B. Assist the individual in making meaning of their own situation
C. Focus on the individual's affective experiences rather than cognitive understanding
D. Direct the individual in how to change their environment -
B
What are the typically recommended treatments for bipolar disorders?
A. Group therapy and family counseling
B. Mood-stabilizing medication and psychotherapy
C. Relaxation training and antipsychotic medication
D. Interpersonal therapy and cognitive behavior therapy -
B
, The parents of a three-year-old child come to see a counselor for help with their son. He has been
throwing extreme temper tantrums for the past year to the point that he will yell, scream, and
sometimes hit his head on the floor. The parents report that the tantrums didn't start out this bad but
have gradually gotten worse. When the child starts having a tantrum, the parents say that they tell him
to stop and try to talk to him about his feelings. If this doesn't work, they try to ignore him until he
becomes so disruptive that they hold him in a bear hug until he calms down. The parents' unsuccessful
intervention is a(n):
A. positive-reinforcing stimulus
B. example of classical conditioning
C. negative-reinforcing stimulus
D. punishment -
A
In what situation would Caplan's consultation model be most appropriate?
A. A counselor asks to meet with her supervisor because she has recently been feeling inadequate at
work
B. A case manager at a social services agency consults with a coworker in an effort to improve time
management skills
C. A counselor searches the internet to increase understanding of various types of defense mechanisms
D. A counselor treating an individual with an eating disorder consults with another counselor with more
experience to discuss the need for family therapy in the case -
D
Caplan's model of consultation in counseling is a mental health consultation model. In Caplan's model,
two professionals discuss issues specific to mental health diagnoses, such as eating disorders, and
treatment. The center of discussion can be an individual client or family, the consultee and the client,
treatment or a specific program, or the consultee and administration.
Some individuals who have experienced trauma, losses, and other potentially damaging events seem to
cope well and function relatively normally in society. What quality do these individuals possess?
A. Plasticity
B. Resiliency
C. Tabula rasa
D. Thought blocking -
B
Compassion fatigue is common in the counseling field. Which of the following is not a symptom of
compassion fatigue?
A. Boredom during sessions
B. Loss of empathy
C. An increased desire to help clients
D. Loss of interest in client concerns -
C
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