NCE Practice Exam Questions And Answers
Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent?
A. Having members sign a contract before joining a group.
B. Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
C. Having members decide upon all the activities of the group.
D. Making sure that groups will always be composed of voluntary members. Correct Answers: b.
Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
Several principles may underline an ethical decision made by a counselor. Which of the following is
NOT one of those principles?
A. Autonomy
B. Non-maleficence
C. Pro bono
D. Fidelity Correct Answers: Pro bono
Maria, a 25-year-old Latina woman, is in career counseling. In reviewing her background, the
counselor determines that she has followed the 'rules' and expectations of her close-knit family. She
now finds herself in a position needing to support her family on her own and can't decide between
three different occupational possibilities which she has heard about. Maria may be characterized as
A. Career inefficacious
B. Career undecided
C. Needing more schooling
D. Career indecisive Correct Answers: Career undecided
Client: "I wrote some more in my journal yesterday. I wrote about the strong urge to eat after I visited
my mother. I almost went to the store for junk food but I didn't"
Counselor: "The urge to eat was connected with your mother"
A long silence follows. The probable cause for the client's silence was
A. Boredom
B. Hostility toward the counselor
C. Emotional or cognitive integration
D. Waiting for the counselor to lead Correct Answers: Emotional or cognitive integration
European Americans often enjoy benefits, without their awareness, that people of color do not. This
phenomenon is referred to as
A. Ethnocentrism
B. Double standard
C. Acculturation
D. White privilege Correct Answers: White privilege
On a college campus, a group of students of color has been protesting their treatment alluding to
harassing comments by whites and what they believe to be discrimination in the grading system by
their professors. Eleven of these students have come to the campus counseling center and want to
begin a group experience to arrive at some answers and find solutions. The most appropriate
theoretical orientation of the counselor assigned to lead the group is
A. Behavioral
,B. Psychoanalytic
C. Gestalt
D. Person-centered Correct Answers: behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV-TR?
A. Age of syndrome appearance
B. Medical condition
C. Clinical disorder
D. Psychosocial and environmental problem Correct Answers: Age of syndrome apperance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which measures nine aptitudes
important for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the counselor is concerned
how his clients' scores stack up against others and how they would perceive their aptitudes, he
interprets the scores to each of his clients
A. Ipsatively
B. Using national norms
C. Using local norms
D. In relationship to other tests Correct Answers: Ipsatively
In the last few years, several national surveys have been conducted inquiring about career related
issues. These surveys, typically conducted with adults, rely on self-report data to draw conclusions in
a variety of areas. In general, an accurate statement that can be drawn from these recent surveys is
A. The vast majority of workers hold jobs for which they carefully planned.
B. Over fifity percent of the workers indicated that they planned to change jobs during the next three
years
C. The majority of workers would try to gather more information about their options if they were to
start their career over again.
D. There is a small need for career counselors Correct Answers: the majority of workers would try to
gather more information about their options if they were to start their career over again.
A licensed professional counselor in private practice is also trained in career counseling and
occasionally sees a client for career work. Generally, the counselor receives insurance
reimbursement for services she provides for her career clients who are often experiencing anxiety
and work-related stress. The counselor assigns a DSM code to these clients even though the
insurance companies policies indicate that payment for career services is not reimbursable. Which of
the following statements is most accurate?
A. The counselor is okay because she is concerned about the general health and welfare of the client
as the ethical code expects
B. The counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not reimbursable and this is
insurance fraud.
C. The counselor is okay because the experts in the literature agree that career counseling is
personal counseling.
D. The counselor knows other counselors who have received reimbursement for similar client
problems. Correct Answers: The counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not
reimbursable and this is insurance fraud.
Practicing positive or reinforcing self-statements has been called 'stress inoculation.' Who is the
behaviorally-oriented theorist who proposed this concept?
A. Bandura
B. Wolpe
, C. Allport
D. Meichenbaum Correct Answers: Meichenbaum
A school counselor is interested in determining whether seniors who have jobs receive lower grades
and national test scores than those who do not work. Let's assume that in May of the school year he
finds that approximately 250 seniors worked this past school year and 250 did not. He compares their
GPA, class rank information and ACT scores. If all these indicators were lower for the seniors who
worked, the counselor would be tempted to say that having a job causes the lower indicators. He may
be wrong to say that because this study is
A. A post hoc investigation
B. An experiment
C. A survey
D. A descriptive study Correct Answers: a post hoc investigation
Historically, there were many influences on the development of the testing movement. Which one of
the following was NOT an early influence?
A. Civil rights movement
B. Compulsory school attendance
C. World War 1
D. Advances in statistical methodology Correct Answers: Civil rights movement
Gender role socialization occurs in most cultures and includes the development of role stereotypes
which may be rigid and fixed. Imitation and identification with a same-sex model facilitates the
learning of gender roles. Gender role socialization
A. Is primarily based on heredity
B seldom occurs within the family
C. Becomes a basic component of our self-concept
D. Is usually complete by six years of age Correct Answers: becomes a basic component of our self-
concept
Jason, the sole source of income in the family, suffers unemployment unexpectedly. As the
unemployment continues, a variety of consequences are likely to ensure for him, his wife, and their
children. Research suggests that
A. The next job Jason finds will probably be better than the last one
B. The children should not be told to their father's unemployment in order to reduce their anxiety
C. It is unlikely that Jason will experience the grief cycle
D. As unemployment continues, his wife slowly pull away from her circle of friends. Correct Answers:
as unemployment continues, his wife will slowly pull away from her circle of friends.
In a behavioral group context, which of the following are key terms?
A. Self-monitoring and contracts
B. 'Here and now' and blocks to energy
C. Value judgment and positive addiction
D. Catharsis and ego integrity Correct Answers: Self-monitoring and contracts
Individuals come to counseling for a variety of reasons. An immediate goal for many clients might be
A. Self-understanding
B. Skill development
C. Self-disclosure
D. Employment Correct Answers: self-disclosure
Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent?
A. Having members sign a contract before joining a group.
B. Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
C. Having members decide upon all the activities of the group.
D. Making sure that groups will always be composed of voluntary members. Correct Answers: b.
Telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group.
Several principles may underline an ethical decision made by a counselor. Which of the following is
NOT one of those principles?
A. Autonomy
B. Non-maleficence
C. Pro bono
D. Fidelity Correct Answers: Pro bono
Maria, a 25-year-old Latina woman, is in career counseling. In reviewing her background, the
counselor determines that she has followed the 'rules' and expectations of her close-knit family. She
now finds herself in a position needing to support her family on her own and can't decide between
three different occupational possibilities which she has heard about. Maria may be characterized as
A. Career inefficacious
B. Career undecided
C. Needing more schooling
D. Career indecisive Correct Answers: Career undecided
Client: "I wrote some more in my journal yesterday. I wrote about the strong urge to eat after I visited
my mother. I almost went to the store for junk food but I didn't"
Counselor: "The urge to eat was connected with your mother"
A long silence follows. The probable cause for the client's silence was
A. Boredom
B. Hostility toward the counselor
C. Emotional or cognitive integration
D. Waiting for the counselor to lead Correct Answers: Emotional or cognitive integration
European Americans often enjoy benefits, without their awareness, that people of color do not. This
phenomenon is referred to as
A. Ethnocentrism
B. Double standard
C. Acculturation
D. White privilege Correct Answers: White privilege
On a college campus, a group of students of color has been protesting their treatment alluding to
harassing comments by whites and what they believe to be discrimination in the grading system by
their professors. Eleven of these students have come to the campus counseling center and want to
begin a group experience to arrive at some answers and find solutions. The most appropriate
theoretical orientation of the counselor assigned to lead the group is
A. Behavioral
,B. Psychoanalytic
C. Gestalt
D. Person-centered Correct Answers: behavioral
Which of the following is NOT an axis dimension of the DSM-IV-TR?
A. Age of syndrome appearance
B. Medical condition
C. Clinical disorder
D. Psychosocial and environmental problem Correct Answers: Age of syndrome apperance
An employment counselor uses the General Aptitude Test Battery which measures nine aptitudes
important for different jobs. His clients are typically uneducated. Because the counselor is concerned
how his clients' scores stack up against others and how they would perceive their aptitudes, he
interprets the scores to each of his clients
A. Ipsatively
B. Using national norms
C. Using local norms
D. In relationship to other tests Correct Answers: Ipsatively
In the last few years, several national surveys have been conducted inquiring about career related
issues. These surveys, typically conducted with adults, rely on self-report data to draw conclusions in
a variety of areas. In general, an accurate statement that can be drawn from these recent surveys is
A. The vast majority of workers hold jobs for which they carefully planned.
B. Over fifity percent of the workers indicated that they planned to change jobs during the next three
years
C. The majority of workers would try to gather more information about their options if they were to
start their career over again.
D. There is a small need for career counselors Correct Answers: the majority of workers would try to
gather more information about their options if they were to start their career over again.
A licensed professional counselor in private practice is also trained in career counseling and
occasionally sees a client for career work. Generally, the counselor receives insurance
reimbursement for services she provides for her career clients who are often experiencing anxiety
and work-related stress. The counselor assigns a DSM code to these clients even though the
insurance companies policies indicate that payment for career services is not reimbursable. Which of
the following statements is most accurate?
A. The counselor is okay because she is concerned about the general health and welfare of the client
as the ethical code expects
B. The counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not reimbursable and this is
insurance fraud.
C. The counselor is okay because the experts in the literature agree that career counseling is
personal counseling.
D. The counselor knows other counselors who have received reimbursement for similar client
problems. Correct Answers: The counselor is not okay because career counseling problems are not
reimbursable and this is insurance fraud.
Practicing positive or reinforcing self-statements has been called 'stress inoculation.' Who is the
behaviorally-oriented theorist who proposed this concept?
A. Bandura
B. Wolpe
, C. Allport
D. Meichenbaum Correct Answers: Meichenbaum
A school counselor is interested in determining whether seniors who have jobs receive lower grades
and national test scores than those who do not work. Let's assume that in May of the school year he
finds that approximately 250 seniors worked this past school year and 250 did not. He compares their
GPA, class rank information and ACT scores. If all these indicators were lower for the seniors who
worked, the counselor would be tempted to say that having a job causes the lower indicators. He may
be wrong to say that because this study is
A. A post hoc investigation
B. An experiment
C. A survey
D. A descriptive study Correct Answers: a post hoc investigation
Historically, there were many influences on the development of the testing movement. Which one of
the following was NOT an early influence?
A. Civil rights movement
B. Compulsory school attendance
C. World War 1
D. Advances in statistical methodology Correct Answers: Civil rights movement
Gender role socialization occurs in most cultures and includes the development of role stereotypes
which may be rigid and fixed. Imitation and identification with a same-sex model facilitates the
learning of gender roles. Gender role socialization
A. Is primarily based on heredity
B seldom occurs within the family
C. Becomes a basic component of our self-concept
D. Is usually complete by six years of age Correct Answers: becomes a basic component of our self-
concept
Jason, the sole source of income in the family, suffers unemployment unexpectedly. As the
unemployment continues, a variety of consequences are likely to ensure for him, his wife, and their
children. Research suggests that
A. The next job Jason finds will probably be better than the last one
B. The children should not be told to their father's unemployment in order to reduce their anxiety
C. It is unlikely that Jason will experience the grief cycle
D. As unemployment continues, his wife slowly pull away from her circle of friends. Correct Answers:
as unemployment continues, his wife will slowly pull away from her circle of friends.
In a behavioral group context, which of the following are key terms?
A. Self-monitoring and contracts
B. 'Here and now' and blocks to energy
C. Value judgment and positive addiction
D. Catharsis and ego integrity Correct Answers: Self-monitoring and contracts
Individuals come to counseling for a variety of reasons. An immediate goal for many clients might be
A. Self-understanding
B. Skill development
C. Self-disclosure
D. Employment Correct Answers: self-disclosure
