NCE Exam Prep Practice Exam 4/25 Flashcards
Mark lives in a college town and has had a small private counseling practice in the past. His son is now of the age to want to play organized sports with a locally organized league close to his home. Unfortunately, the team is without a coach and Mark is considering whether he should volunteer or not. He knows that potential clients are present as the parents of the other boys. He should….
evaluate his availability and skills with his family and make a decision based on his personal values and goals for his family.
have his coaching assignment approved through the NBCC since he will be interacting with potential clients.
not consider coaching because he will meet new people and see how they act in this particular setting.
coach but hand out his cards at every game so that all the parents know that he will be viewing all of their conversations with him and their actions through the eyes of counseling parameters.
evaluate his availability and skills with his family and make a decision based on his personal values and goals for his family.
The developmental model of supervision which includes the three levels of stagnation, confusion, and integration is the….
Logenbill, Hardy, and Delworth Model.
Littrell, Lee-Borden, and Lorenz Model.
Bernard and Goodyear Model.
Stoltenberg Model.
Logenbill, Hardy, and Delworth Model.
Which of the following answers most accurately describes the time frame when it is most appropriate to have a romantic, sexual relationship with a client….
It is appropriate after you’ve seen the client for 2 years.
It is not appropriate to have sex with a client.
It is appropriate as long as it does not create trauma for you or your client.
It is appropriate as long as the client consents.
It is not appropriate to have sex with a client.
The type of research that attempts to establish a relationship between two variables for predictive purposes is….
predictive research.
correlational research.
experimental research.
descriptive research.
correlational research.
Variability, in statistics, measures how scores in a distribution are spread from the reference point of the mean and includes all of the following statistics EXCEPT….
Correlation
Standard deviation
Range
Interquartile range
Correlation
Nora makes lists of things to do and prioritizes her lists to practice effective time management. The scale of measurement she is using is….
interval.
ratio.
nominal.
ordinal.
ordinal.
Researchers are planning a study about the effect of TV on children. The first step in setting up experimental research is….
Review Later
stating the purpose of the experiment.
stating a null hypothesis.
establishing a control group.
defining the independent variables.
stating the purpose of the experiment.
In an experiment designed to determine whether sixth-grade middle-class girls perform better than sixth-grade upper-class boys on tests of language ability, the dependent variable(s) is (are) each child’s
performance on the language test and social class.
grade level in school and gender.
performance on the language test.
social class.
performance on the language test.
- The court case ruling that set the national standard for balancing a counselor‘s duty to clients with the duty for social welfare when the counselor predicts potential violence is likely to occur from the client toward some individual/s is known as
Brown.
Bradley.
Jaffee.
Tarasoff.
Tarasoff.
- The client sitting in front of you is a 47 year old man who has lost his job to “downsizing.” He is seeking your help in dealing with depression. You explain your contract with him and he brings up the issue of professional ethics. Authorities in the area of ethical behavior in counseling seem to agree that ethical behavior in counseling is
not a major problem at this time and will probably not become one soon.
a major problem that needs a great deal of attention before it can be eliminated.
not a problem at this time, but may be in the future.
a major problem at this time, but is well on its way to being eliminated.
a major problem that needs a great deal of attention before it can be eliminated.
Dr. Jackson administered a standardized test to his research group of 600 subjects where X = 50, SD = 5, range = 10, median = 50, and mode = 50. In considering the results, she knows that
50% of the scores are equal to 50.
14% of the scores fall between -1s and +1s.
68% of the scores are between 45 and 55.
48% of the scores are greater than 5
68% of the scores are between 45 and 55.
A group that receives special treatment in a psychological study is called a/an _________ group.
experimental
variable
control
None of the Above
experimental
What is the range of the following set of scores? 44, 46, 47, 39, 45, 57, 37, 46, 65.
26
Normal
Negatively skewed
28
28
Which of the following emphasized the process of supervision as actually a modified form of therapy?
Holloway
Rogers
Bradley
Bernard and Goodyear
Rogers
- All of the following are examples of tests of inferential statistics EXCEPT:
stanine
chi-square
ANOVA
t-test
stanine
Many professionals believe that a code of ethics is only as strong as the underlying moral principles and virtues that incorporate the ethical decision making process. Which of the following moral principles are identified in Kitchener’s Critical Evaluation model?
Honesty, Integrity, Truthfulness, Caring
Beneficence, Justice, Respect, Nonmaleficence
Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Justice
None of the Above
Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Justice
Given the scores 80, 90, 60, 100, and 70, the mean is
80
75
60
85
80
Given the scores 95, 77, 91, 91, 82, 88, 84, 85, and 79, the mean is
91
80
86
85
86
All of the following principles are reflected in the Ethical Standards of professional counselors EXCEPT:
Counselors should receive appropriate fees for services rendered regardless of the situations or settings in which the services were rendered.
Revelation of a counselor’s notes on a client should not be made to other professionals unless the client has provided written permission to do so or the information has been subpoenaed by a court of law.
Counselors have a right to protect clients from themselves if the clients give evidence of being self-injurious.
Improvement of the profession through a variety of professional involvements is a responsibility of all counselors.
Counselors should receive appropriate fees for services rendered regardless of the situations or settings in which the services were rendered.
Which of the following infers a counselor intervention which most closely follows client verbalizations?
Reflection of feelings
Confrontation
Positive regard
Restatement of content
Reflection of feelings
The theory that is based on the scientific method and principles of learning, which includes classical and operant conditioning and observational learning, is called
response theory.
cognitive theory.
psychoanalytic theory.
behavioral theory.
behavioral theory.
Which of the following answers correctly identifies the first “step” in the ABC’s of REBT?
Anchoring
Precipitating event
Depression
Concordance
Precipitating event
A consultant is hired by an organization to help the administrators evaluate the effectiveness of the various educational programs provided by the organization. Caplan would call this focus of consultation
consultee-centered administration.
program-centered.
consultee-centered.
client-centered.
program-centered.
As a psychodrama is enacted in a group setting, the group members who comprise the audience are prompted to
provide support and feedback to the protagonist.
offer impersonal, cognitive interpretations.
spontaneously assume the role of the director.
analyze the protagonist’s ego states.
provide support and feedback to the protagonist.