CAADC Practice Exam – Study Guide and Exam Review Material
ALL OF THE ABOVE - correct answer ✔✔What are the Diagnostic Criteria for Panic Disorder
without Agoraphobia?
All of the above
Recurrent and unexpected Panic Attacks.
Neither a substance nor a general medical condition accounts for the Panic Attacks.
No Agoraphobia present.
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY - correct answer ✔✔An individual who has lost control of their drinking
(alcohol) and is unable to stop or cut down despite serious negative health consequences and
the loss of valued activities or relationships, seems to be suffering from:
Alcohol dependency
Codependent personality disorder
Alcohol abuse
Fetal alcohol syndrome
MMPI - correct answer ✔✔A commonly used instrument in psychological assessment which
obtains a diagnosis by testing such indices as anxiety, paranoia, depression, and gender issues:
Thematic Apperception Test
Luria-Nebraska Test
MMPI
Korsakoff's Psychosis Test
AN EATING DISORDER - correct answer ✔✔A client has a history of depression, mood swings,
and problems with his body image. He is an exercise junkie and hits the gym at least twice a day
even when he is sick. One day he asks if you can refer him to a physician that can prescribe
some pills to help him control his weight. You should suspect:
,Performance anxiety
An eating disorder
Chemical dependency
A metabolic imbalance
Children are not capable of making internal, catastrophic interpretations of physical symptoms -
correct answer ✔✔The diagnosis of Panic Disorder in children is controversial, with some
arguing that they do not have panic attacks because:
Children are not capable of making internal, catastrophic interpretations of physical symptoms
Their nervous systems are not fully developed
Children don't have as many fears as adults
They have much less life experience
The correct answer: Information about the infant's development
Pure brain!
The psychosocial deals specifically with the psychological and social development of the
individual-therefore the best information from the parents of an infant would have to consist of
developmental information about the infant. While the other choices consist of information
that would be helpful in making the psychosocial assessment, the information provided by a
developmental history from the parents would be of the greatest value. - correct answer
✔✔When performing a psychosocial assessment on an infant by questioning her parents, what
data gathered during the session would have the greatest significance?
Information about the mother's pregnancy, including any drug use
Information about the infant's development
Information about the infant's caregivers
Information about the infant's siblings
,One or more non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least a month - correct answer
✔✔For a diagnosis of delusional disorder:
At least three non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least two weeks
One or more non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least a month
More than one bizarre delusion must have occurred for at least two months
One or more bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least six months
All answers are correct - correct answer ✔✔As an addictions counselor your are legally and
ethically, bound to take reasonable steps to prevent a client's threatened suicide. These steps
depend on the degree of risk and your client's willingness and ability to follow your
recommendations. When the risk is not immediate, these recommendations could be to:
Develop a no-suicide contract
Consider hospitalization
All answers are correct
Involve the client's support systems and relieve isolation.
Assessment tool
Assessment tools are the procedures or instruments such as inventories, questionnaires,
checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are the basis developing and forming judgment
regarding the specific nature extent of the client's problems. - correct answer ✔✔Procedures or
instruments such as inventories, questionnaires, checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are
the basis developing and forming a judgment regarding the specific nature extent of the client's
problems.
Testing tools
Assessment tools
Diagnostic tools
Screening tools
, Achievement tests are more related to school subjects than are ability tests - correct answer
✔✔Achievement tests are different from ability tests because:
Achievement tests are less related to school subjects than are ability tests
Achievement tests are more related to school subjects than are ability tests
Ability tests access what a client already knows
Ability tests access past performance
culture affects the manner in which clients' problems are defined. - correct answer ✔✔When
formulating a diagnosis in counseling, the counselor must bear in mind that
Diagnosis is a function of the value judgments of the particular counselor
it is important to obtain a consensus of not less than three of your colleagues before submitting
an official diagnosis
Diagnoses are useful primarily for insurance and billing purposes but of little or no use when it
comes to treatment
culture affects the manner in which clients' problems are defined.
Projective test - correct answer ✔✔This is a psychological assessment tool which presents a set
of ambiguous stimuli to an individual:
Projective test
Intelligence test
Achievement test
Personality inventory
Histrionic Personality Disorder - correct answer ✔✔A woman presents to your office dressed
very provocatively. Her emotions seem superficial, she cries easily and she notes that, recently,
her husband has not been paying attention to her. The most likely tentative diagnosis is:
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
ALL OF THE ABOVE - correct answer ✔✔What are the Diagnostic Criteria for Panic Disorder
without Agoraphobia?
All of the above
Recurrent and unexpected Panic Attacks.
Neither a substance nor a general medical condition accounts for the Panic Attacks.
No Agoraphobia present.
ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY - correct answer ✔✔An individual who has lost control of their drinking
(alcohol) and is unable to stop or cut down despite serious negative health consequences and
the loss of valued activities or relationships, seems to be suffering from:
Alcohol dependency
Codependent personality disorder
Alcohol abuse
Fetal alcohol syndrome
MMPI - correct answer ✔✔A commonly used instrument in psychological assessment which
obtains a diagnosis by testing such indices as anxiety, paranoia, depression, and gender issues:
Thematic Apperception Test
Luria-Nebraska Test
MMPI
Korsakoff's Psychosis Test
AN EATING DISORDER - correct answer ✔✔A client has a history of depression, mood swings,
and problems with his body image. He is an exercise junkie and hits the gym at least twice a day
even when he is sick. One day he asks if you can refer him to a physician that can prescribe
some pills to help him control his weight. You should suspect:
,Performance anxiety
An eating disorder
Chemical dependency
A metabolic imbalance
Children are not capable of making internal, catastrophic interpretations of physical symptoms -
correct answer ✔✔The diagnosis of Panic Disorder in children is controversial, with some
arguing that they do not have panic attacks because:
Children are not capable of making internal, catastrophic interpretations of physical symptoms
Their nervous systems are not fully developed
Children don't have as many fears as adults
They have much less life experience
The correct answer: Information about the infant's development
Pure brain!
The psychosocial deals specifically with the psychological and social development of the
individual-therefore the best information from the parents of an infant would have to consist of
developmental information about the infant. While the other choices consist of information
that would be helpful in making the psychosocial assessment, the information provided by a
developmental history from the parents would be of the greatest value. - correct answer
✔✔When performing a psychosocial assessment on an infant by questioning her parents, what
data gathered during the session would have the greatest significance?
Information about the mother's pregnancy, including any drug use
Information about the infant's development
Information about the infant's caregivers
Information about the infant's siblings
,One or more non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least a month - correct answer
✔✔For a diagnosis of delusional disorder:
At least three non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least two weeks
One or more non-bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least a month
More than one bizarre delusion must have occurred for at least two months
One or more bizarre delusions must have occurred for at least six months
All answers are correct - correct answer ✔✔As an addictions counselor your are legally and
ethically, bound to take reasonable steps to prevent a client's threatened suicide. These steps
depend on the degree of risk and your client's willingness and ability to follow your
recommendations. When the risk is not immediate, these recommendations could be to:
Develop a no-suicide contract
Consider hospitalization
All answers are correct
Involve the client's support systems and relieve isolation.
Assessment tool
Assessment tools are the procedures or instruments such as inventories, questionnaires,
checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are the basis developing and forming judgment
regarding the specific nature extent of the client's problems. - correct answer ✔✔Procedures or
instruments such as inventories, questionnaires, checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are
the basis developing and forming a judgment regarding the specific nature extent of the client's
problems.
Testing tools
Assessment tools
Diagnostic tools
Screening tools
, Achievement tests are more related to school subjects than are ability tests - correct answer
✔✔Achievement tests are different from ability tests because:
Achievement tests are less related to school subjects than are ability tests
Achievement tests are more related to school subjects than are ability tests
Ability tests access what a client already knows
Ability tests access past performance
culture affects the manner in which clients' problems are defined. - correct answer ✔✔When
formulating a diagnosis in counseling, the counselor must bear in mind that
Diagnosis is a function of the value judgments of the particular counselor
it is important to obtain a consensus of not less than three of your colleagues before submitting
an official diagnosis
Diagnoses are useful primarily for insurance and billing purposes but of little or no use when it
comes to treatment
culture affects the manner in which clients' problems are defined.
Projective test - correct answer ✔✔This is a psychological assessment tool which presents a set
of ambiguous stimuli to an individual:
Projective test
Intelligence test
Achievement test
Personality inventory
Histrionic Personality Disorder - correct answer ✔✔A woman presents to your office dressed
very provocatively. Her emotions seem superficial, she cries easily and she notes that, recently,
her husband has not been paying attention to her. The most likely tentative diagnosis is:
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
