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NATIONAL COUNSELOR PRACTICE 2026
EXAM (NCE) COMPLETE (194) CURRENT
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS|GUARANTEED PASS.
NCE
Prepare for the National Counselor practice Exam (NCE)
with this concise study resource covering counseling
theories, ethics, assessment, and intervention
strategies. It reinforces key concepts aligned with
certification standards from the National Board for
Certified Counselors. Suitable for counseling
professionals seeking licensure or certification.
What is caring as it relates to group therapy? ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... technique that originated from Yalom and
includes warmth, acceptance, genuineness, and concern.
What are the leadership functions developed Yalom for
group therapy? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Emotion
stimulation, caring, meaning attribution, and executive
leadership
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What is emotion stimulation as apart of Yalom leadership
functions? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... counselors
encourage healthy expression of emotions
What is executive leadership as apart of Yalom's leadership
functions? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... counselor provides a
cognitive perspective to group members experiences
What is meaning attribution as apart of Yalom's leadership
functions? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... structuring the group
and ensures the group is moving in a particular direction
Who is Jacob moreno? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... known
for psychodrame to group psychotherapy and the study of
sociometry.
What is sociometry and who was it devleoped by ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... the study of measurement and social
relationships developed by Jacob moreno.
What is an example of nominal data? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... an indviduals's race
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What does nominal data refer to? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
race, gender, and age
"Positive Uncertainty" is a model of career decision-making
associated most closely with whom? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... the balance between reason and intuition when
making career decisions is termed "positive uncertainty"
coined by HB Gelatt.
Individual, Interpersonal, Organization, and community
populations refers to who and how it associated with group?
✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... R.K. Coynes four levels of
intervention and refers to the group work grid.
What is the individual of the group work grid? ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... to prevent or correct individual task
functions
Which of the following did Jacob Moreno contribute to the
field of group psychotherapy? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
the psychodrama technique
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Typically, instruments that have reliability coefficients of
what value or higher are said to be reliable? ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... .70 (if it has this or higher, it is considered
to be reliable0
When sharing her moral beliefs with her counselor, a client
states that she believes there are universal ethical
principles, but she wouldn't be afraid to go against these
principles in the name of human rights such as justice of
liberty? What stage of Kohlberg's moral development is this
client in? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... postconvential
What is precoventional morality? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
individuals judge the morality of an action based on its
immediate consequences and rewards
What is post conventional morality? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... Individual principles and conscience
What is the conventional morality? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
Social rules and laws are upheld to gain social acceptance.
NATIONAL COUNSELOR PRACTICE 2026
EXAM (NCE) COMPLETE (194) CURRENT
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS|GUARANTEED PASS.
NCE
Prepare for the National Counselor practice Exam (NCE)
with this concise study resource covering counseling
theories, ethics, assessment, and intervention
strategies. It reinforces key concepts aligned with
certification standards from the National Board for
Certified Counselors. Suitable for counseling
professionals seeking licensure or certification.
What is caring as it relates to group therapy? ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... technique that originated from Yalom and
includes warmth, acceptance, genuineness, and concern.
What are the leadership functions developed Yalom for
group therapy? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Emotion
stimulation, caring, meaning attribution, and executive
leadership
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What is emotion stimulation as apart of Yalom leadership
functions? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... counselors
encourage healthy expression of emotions
What is executive leadership as apart of Yalom's leadership
functions? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... counselor provides a
cognitive perspective to group members experiences
What is meaning attribution as apart of Yalom's leadership
functions? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... structuring the group
and ensures the group is moving in a particular direction
Who is Jacob moreno? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... known
for psychodrame to group psychotherapy and the study of
sociometry.
What is sociometry and who was it devleoped by ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... the study of measurement and social
relationships developed by Jacob moreno.
What is an example of nominal data? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... an indviduals's race
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What does nominal data refer to? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
race, gender, and age
"Positive Uncertainty" is a model of career decision-making
associated most closely with whom? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... the balance between reason and intuition when
making career decisions is termed "positive uncertainty"
coined by HB Gelatt.
Individual, Interpersonal, Organization, and community
populations refers to who and how it associated with group?
✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... R.K. Coynes four levels of
intervention and refers to the group work grid.
What is the individual of the group work grid? ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... to prevent or correct individual task
functions
Which of the following did Jacob Moreno contribute to the
field of group psychotherapy? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
the psychodrama technique
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Typically, instruments that have reliability coefficients of
what value or higher are said to be reliable? ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... .70 (if it has this or higher, it is considered
to be reliable0
When sharing her moral beliefs with her counselor, a client
states that she believes there are universal ethical
principles, but she wouldn't be afraid to go against these
principles in the name of human rights such as justice of
liberty? What stage of Kohlberg's moral development is this
client in? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... postconvential
What is precoventional morality? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
individuals judge the morality of an action based on its
immediate consequences and rewards
What is post conventional morality? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... Individual principles and conscience
What is the conventional morality? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
Social rules and laws are upheld to gain social acceptance.
