GROUP COUNSELING NCE UPDATED MOCK
EXAM WITH ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ What are the dysfunctional roles in groups.
Answer: Aggressor, Dominator, Recognition Seeker, Blocker, Help
Seeker, Playboy/ girl
◉ Psychoeducational groups are:
A. Remedial
B. Preventive
C. Growth Oriented
D. All of the above.
Answer: All of the above
◉ ________ groups focus heavily on skill-building..
Answer: Psychoeducational
◉ Counseling groups are more ________ than pscyhoeducational
groups.
Answer: Pedagogic
,◉ ________ groups are for members who have severe psychiatric
problems.
Answer: Psychotherapy
◉ Which of the following is a FALSE statement about task groups?
A. The primary goal is completing a task
B. Leaders work to change and improve member behavior
C. Task groups are run using principles of group dynamics
D. Collaboration is used to facilitate goal achievement.
Answer: B. Leaders work to change and improve member behavior
◉ In the beginning stage of a group, a leader is generally more
________ than in later stages.
Answer: Directive
◉ __________ is NOT an executive function of a group leader.
A. Establishing boundaries
B. Beginning and ending group sessions
C. Establishing norms
D. Planning group sessions.
Answer: Establishing norms
, ◉ Each of the following are examples of ways to bring members into
the here and now EXCEPT...
A. processing members' current situations
B. discussing immediate interactions between group members
C. helping members make future plans
D. encouraging members to provide feedback to other members.
Answer: Helping members make future plans
◉ A group in which the members take almost full responsibility for
the group sessions and process most likely have a(n) ______ leader.
Answer: laissez-faire
◉ These group leaders tend to give orders to the group.
Answer: autocratic or authoritarian
◉ A common weakness in many groups is?.
Answer: a lack of goal setting
◉ The _______is a group member who asks never ending questions?.
Answer: the interrogator
◉ The ________group member goes along with the rest of the group.
EXAM WITH ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ What are the dysfunctional roles in groups.
Answer: Aggressor, Dominator, Recognition Seeker, Blocker, Help
Seeker, Playboy/ girl
◉ Psychoeducational groups are:
A. Remedial
B. Preventive
C. Growth Oriented
D. All of the above.
Answer: All of the above
◉ ________ groups focus heavily on skill-building..
Answer: Psychoeducational
◉ Counseling groups are more ________ than pscyhoeducational
groups.
Answer: Pedagogic
,◉ ________ groups are for members who have severe psychiatric
problems.
Answer: Psychotherapy
◉ Which of the following is a FALSE statement about task groups?
A. The primary goal is completing a task
B. Leaders work to change and improve member behavior
C. Task groups are run using principles of group dynamics
D. Collaboration is used to facilitate goal achievement.
Answer: B. Leaders work to change and improve member behavior
◉ In the beginning stage of a group, a leader is generally more
________ than in later stages.
Answer: Directive
◉ __________ is NOT an executive function of a group leader.
A. Establishing boundaries
B. Beginning and ending group sessions
C. Establishing norms
D. Planning group sessions.
Answer: Establishing norms
, ◉ Each of the following are examples of ways to bring members into
the here and now EXCEPT...
A. processing members' current situations
B. discussing immediate interactions between group members
C. helping members make future plans
D. encouraging members to provide feedback to other members.
Answer: Helping members make future plans
◉ A group in which the members take almost full responsibility for
the group sessions and process most likely have a(n) ______ leader.
Answer: laissez-faire
◉ These group leaders tend to give orders to the group.
Answer: autocratic or authoritarian
◉ A common weakness in many groups is?.
Answer: a lack of goal setting
◉ The _______is a group member who asks never ending questions?.
Answer: the interrogator
◉ The ________group member goes along with the rest of the group.
