CFT Exam #1 Quiz Questions – USMC Combat Fitness Test Practice Test
The basic tenets of systems theory include:
A. Patterns in a system are circular rather than linear
B. Evolution and change are inherent in open systems
C. Systems are composed of subsystems
D. All of the above - ✔✔D.
The concept that the family as a system is greater than the sum of its individual parts is best
described by the following statement:
A. The parts are related to one another such that any change in one of the parts will have some
effects on the others
B. Each individual part contributes equally to the sum of the individual systems with no
interactions among the parts
C. Each part is only related to one other part in a reasonably stable way during any particular
period of time
D. None of the above - ✔✔A.
Cybernetics is:
A. the science of acquiring knowledge
B. associated with Gregory Bateson who applied cybernetics to communication patterns in living
organisms
C. the science of communication and control in human machines
D. Both B. and C. - ✔✔D.
Couple and family therapy interventions are less effective than the individual and medical
treatments.
A. True
, B. False - ✔✔B.
Family therapy started with the idea that the individual caused the problems with the family>
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B.
Covert rules help to maintain stability in the family.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A.
Systems theory helps us to understand the balancing family members participate in to:
A. Be close but separate
B. Open yet closed
C. Same but different
D. All of the above - ✔✔D.
According to the lecture on Bowen's Family Systems Theory, what the the two drives that
underlie all relationships:
A. Individuality and differentiation
B. anxiety and differentiation
C. individuality and togetherness
D. genograms and multigenerational family system - ✔✔C.
Bowen's family systems theory suggests that your family of origin experiences do not affect your
current relationships
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B.
The basic tenets of systems theory include:
A. Patterns in a system are circular rather than linear
B. Evolution and change are inherent in open systems
C. Systems are composed of subsystems
D. All of the above - ✔✔D.
The concept that the family as a system is greater than the sum of its individual parts is best
described by the following statement:
A. The parts are related to one another such that any change in one of the parts will have some
effects on the others
B. Each individual part contributes equally to the sum of the individual systems with no
interactions among the parts
C. Each part is only related to one other part in a reasonably stable way during any particular
period of time
D. None of the above - ✔✔A.
Cybernetics is:
A. the science of acquiring knowledge
B. associated with Gregory Bateson who applied cybernetics to communication patterns in living
organisms
C. the science of communication and control in human machines
D. Both B. and C. - ✔✔D.
Couple and family therapy interventions are less effective than the individual and medical
treatments.
A. True
, B. False - ✔✔B.
Family therapy started with the idea that the individual caused the problems with the family>
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B.
Covert rules help to maintain stability in the family.
A. True
B. False - ✔✔A.
Systems theory helps us to understand the balancing family members participate in to:
A. Be close but separate
B. Open yet closed
C. Same but different
D. All of the above - ✔✔D.
According to the lecture on Bowen's Family Systems Theory, what the the two drives that
underlie all relationships:
A. Individuality and differentiation
B. anxiety and differentiation
C. individuality and togetherness
D. genograms and multigenerational family system - ✔✔C.
Bowen's family systems theory suggests that your family of origin experiences do not affect your
current relationships
A. True
B. False - ✔✔B.
