CTRS Practice Exam Questions Study
Guide QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
- If a person believes that he/she does not have the right skills to
complete a leisure experience, and then generalized this inadequacy to
all other leisure behaviors, what is this person exhibiting? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Learned helplessness
NPO - CORRECT ANSWERS nothing by mouth
According to the Leisure Ability Model of service provision, the role
of the therapeutic recreation specialist in leisure education can be as
a(n): - CORRECT ANSWERS Instructor, advisor, and
counselor
What is likely to be the nature/role of a TRS in an acute care setting
where the medical model is the mode of operation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Prepare individualized treatment programs based
on physicians orders
One of the major long term effects of repeated use of inhalants is: -
CORRECT ANSWERS Extreme thirst
Purpose of evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWERS
Method to enhance client care through research application
,Activity often used in stress management programs: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Progressive muscle relaxation
"Accessible" facilities become "usable" when the person with a
disability can: - CORRECT ANSWERS Function as
independently as possible
The three major characteristics of mental retardation - CORRECT
ANSWERS Subaverage intellectual functioning, impairment
in at least 2 adaptive skill areas, and evident before age 18
ad. lib - CORRECT ANSWERS as desired, freely
A halfway house is used primarily for individuals who: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Need a balance of supervision and independence
Prospective payment - CORRECT ANSWERS An insurance
carrier's cost control method of paying a prearranged amount for
specific service, no matter what the actual cost of those services might
be
Goal condition - CORRECT ANSWERS The circumstance or
situation under which the desired behavior will occur
Goal behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS Identifies what action
the client will demonstrate to prove achievement or desired KSAs
,Goal criteria - CORRECT ANSWERS Defines how the goal
will be measured
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 allows full and equal
access by persons with disabilities to: - CORRECT ANSWERS
Any place of public accommodation, government, or private
In a treatment protocol, the outcome refers to: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Measurable changes brought about in a patient as
a direct result of the intervention
The primary reason the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
was created in 1984 was to: - CORRECT ANSWERS
Respond to concerns and issues of therapeutic recreation specialists
working in clinical facilities
In 2001, the WHO defines quality of life as: - CORRECT ANSWERS
A person's perception of their overall health and well-being
Which type of facility has the highest bed occupancy rate of all long-
term facilities? - CORRECT ANSWERS Psychiatric hospitals
Individuals with mental retardation may have an unrealistic view of
"self" because: - CORRECT ANSWERS they lack exposure to
peer groups, their parents are often overprotective, they have
difficulty exploring and testing their own limits
, Productivity measurement - CORRECT ANSWERS The
process of comparing the quantity of services provided with the
amount of resources such as staff and time used
Title II in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 concerns
discrimination in: - CORRECT ANSWERS Transportation
and communication services
What is the primary feature that distinguishes "therapeutic recreation"
from "recreation"? - CORRECT ANSWERS Purposeful nature
of intervention to bring about behavioral change
In 2001, the WHO revamped its classification of human functioning
and disablement. Called the International Classification of
Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), it promotes: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Viewing human functioning and disablement from
a biopsychosocial model of health
Mission statement - CORRECT ANSWERS a statement that
identifies the agency's basic values and beliefs, and thus defines how
it wants to be perceived by the public
Teenscope is a useful assessment to place adolescent clients into
which types of therapeutic recreation programs? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Leisure skills
The punishment model for corrections may adhere to which motto? -
CORRECT ANSWERS "An eye for an eye"
Guide QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
- If a person believes that he/she does not have the right skills to
complete a leisure experience, and then generalized this inadequacy to
all other leisure behaviors, what is this person exhibiting? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Learned helplessness
NPO - CORRECT ANSWERS nothing by mouth
According to the Leisure Ability Model of service provision, the role
of the therapeutic recreation specialist in leisure education can be as
a(n): - CORRECT ANSWERS Instructor, advisor, and
counselor
What is likely to be the nature/role of a TRS in an acute care setting
where the medical model is the mode of operation? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Prepare individualized treatment programs based
on physicians orders
One of the major long term effects of repeated use of inhalants is: -
CORRECT ANSWERS Extreme thirst
Purpose of evidence-based practice - CORRECT ANSWERS
Method to enhance client care through research application
,Activity often used in stress management programs: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Progressive muscle relaxation
"Accessible" facilities become "usable" when the person with a
disability can: - CORRECT ANSWERS Function as
independently as possible
The three major characteristics of mental retardation - CORRECT
ANSWERS Subaverage intellectual functioning, impairment
in at least 2 adaptive skill areas, and evident before age 18
ad. lib - CORRECT ANSWERS as desired, freely
A halfway house is used primarily for individuals who: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Need a balance of supervision and independence
Prospective payment - CORRECT ANSWERS An insurance
carrier's cost control method of paying a prearranged amount for
specific service, no matter what the actual cost of those services might
be
Goal condition - CORRECT ANSWERS The circumstance or
situation under which the desired behavior will occur
Goal behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS Identifies what action
the client will demonstrate to prove achievement or desired KSAs
,Goal criteria - CORRECT ANSWERS Defines how the goal
will be measured
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 allows full and equal
access by persons with disabilities to: - CORRECT ANSWERS
Any place of public accommodation, government, or private
In a treatment protocol, the outcome refers to: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Measurable changes brought about in a patient as
a direct result of the intervention
The primary reason the American Therapeutic Recreation Association
was created in 1984 was to: - CORRECT ANSWERS
Respond to concerns and issues of therapeutic recreation specialists
working in clinical facilities
In 2001, the WHO defines quality of life as: - CORRECT ANSWERS
A person's perception of their overall health and well-being
Which type of facility has the highest bed occupancy rate of all long-
term facilities? - CORRECT ANSWERS Psychiatric hospitals
Individuals with mental retardation may have an unrealistic view of
"self" because: - CORRECT ANSWERS they lack exposure to
peer groups, their parents are often overprotective, they have
difficulty exploring and testing their own limits
, Productivity measurement - CORRECT ANSWERS The
process of comparing the quantity of services provided with the
amount of resources such as staff and time used
Title II in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 concerns
discrimination in: - CORRECT ANSWERS Transportation
and communication services
What is the primary feature that distinguishes "therapeutic recreation"
from "recreation"? - CORRECT ANSWERS Purposeful nature
of intervention to bring about behavioral change
In 2001, the WHO revamped its classification of human functioning
and disablement. Called the International Classification of
Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), it promotes: - CORRECT
ANSWERS Viewing human functioning and disablement from
a biopsychosocial model of health
Mission statement - CORRECT ANSWERS a statement that
identifies the agency's basic values and beliefs, and thus defines how
it wants to be perceived by the public
Teenscope is a useful assessment to place adolescent clients into
which types of therapeutic recreation programs? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Leisure skills
The punishment model for corrections may adhere to which motto? -
CORRECT ANSWERS "An eye for an eye"
