IC&RC Candidate Guide Sample Questions

Question 1

A community coalition is advocating for an ordinance to ban the sale of alcohol at the annual fall family festival. This is an example of:
A. an alternative action strategy
B. a family intervention strategy
C. an environmental strategy
D. an enforcement strategy

Answer 1

C. an environmental strategy

Question 2

There was an underage drinking problem in the community. Enforcement of minimum-purchase-age laws against selling alcohol and tobacco to minors through the use of undercover buying operations was utilized to address the underage drinking problem. What type of prevention strategy was used?
A. alternatives to drug use
B. dissemination of information
C. prevention education
D. environmental approach

Answer 2

D. environmental approach

Question 3

A prevention specialist’s agency conducts a school-based indicated intervention for youth who have been identified as experimenting with alcohol and other drugs. A guidance counselor calls the prevention specialist and requests information about a group participant. Disclosing this information would violate which principle in the prevention code of ethics?
A. Nature of services
B. integrity
C. nondiscrimination
D. confidentiality

Answer 3

D. confidentiality

Question 4

Which of the following is categorized as a depressant drug?
A. alcohol
B. oxycodone
C. marijuana
D. methamphetamine

Answer 4

A. alcohol

Question 5

A prevention specialist provides life skills classes at a local school. They are asked by the principal to lead group therapy sessions for children of alcoholics while the guidance counselor is on leave. The prevention specialist should:
A. respectfully refuse
B. accept the challenge
C. volunteer to co-facilitate
D. accept but provide life skills classes instead of therapy

Answer 5

A. respectfully refuse

Question 6

Qualitative data is often collected through key informant interviews, focus groups, listening sessions, and:
A. town hall meetings
B. newspaper articles
C. arrest reports
D. hospital records

Answer 6

A. town hall meetings

Question 7

A person who has been designated by group members to be caretaker of the meeting process is known as the:
A. president
B. boss
C. facilitator
D. advocate

Answer 7

C. facilitator

Question 8

An example of a selective intervention is:
A. a classroom-based prevention program for all seventh graders in a school district in a high-risk community
B. a skills-based program for youth from military families who have experienced many transitions.
C. a parenting program open to all residents in a rural town hosted by a local church
D. a media campaign targeting Latino youth in a big city

Answer 8

B. a skills-based program for youth from military families who have experienced many transitions

Question 9

The first step in developing community prevention strategies is:
A. assessment
B. capacity building
C. planning
D. implementation

Answer 9

A. assessment

Question 10

A prevention specialist who is facilitating a Community Prevention Coalition must tailor their facilitation style to the group’s blend of bylaws, ground rules, people, and:
A. consultants
B. funding
C. history
D. strategies

Answer 10

10. history

Question 11

When facilitating a Community Prevention Coalition planning group, a prevention specialist should not:
A. listen and observe
B. prevent and manage conflict
C. encourage participation
D. insert personal opinions

Answer 11

D. insert personal opinions

Question 12

Strategies that aim to enhance individuals’ ability to develop competence, a positive sense of self-esteem, mastery, well-being, social inclusion, and strengthen their ability to cope with adversity are:
A. mental health promotion interventions
B. universal preventive concepts
C. selective preventive interventions
D. indicated preventive interventions

Answer 12

A. mental health promotion interventions