CPCE Test A Questions and Answers
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In the early 1920s, the counseling profession consisted primarily of
a. mental health counseling.
b. vocational guidance counseling:
c. school counseling.
d. All of the above. ✔✔b. vocational guidance counseling
Culture is understood to be
a. the same as race.
b. the background of patterns, languages, psychological factors, and biological factors of a
person.
c. an irrelevant factor in diagnosis.
d. factors that pertain to the here and now; historical contexts are not as salient. ✔✔b. the
background of patterns, languages, psychological factors, and biological factors of a person.
Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory is an example of
a. a continuous, active theory.
,b. a continuous, reactive theory.
c. a discontinuous, active theory.
d. a discontinuous, reactive theory. ✔✔c. a discontinuous, active theory.
________________is considered the father of career guidance and the counseling profession.
a. George Merrill
b. Edmund Williamson
c. Frank Parsons
d. John Crites ✔✔c. Frank Parsons
Which of the following models of resistance is behavioral?
a. Noncompliance
b. Negative social influence
c. Power struggle
d. Anxiety control ✔✔a. Noncompliance
Wilhelm Wundt is known for
a. developing the form board, which is considered a predecessor to performance IQ testing.
,b. being the first to apply statistical concepts to psychological assessment.
c. founding one of the first psychological laboratories to conduct experimental research.
d. his work on the forgetting curve. ✔✔c. founding one of the first psychological laboratories to
conduct experimental research.
A construct, such as a treatment group, that can be manipulated in a study is most often referred
to as a(n) _____________ variable.
a. outcome
b. categorical
c. criterion
d. independent ✔✔d. independent
Institutional barriers to group work may include all the following EXCEPT:
a. resistant group members.
b. the need to obtain parental consent.
c. belief by staff members that group work in not as effective as other activities.
d. the Jack of appropriate facilities. ✔✔a. resistant group members.
, Ethical principles that counselors are required to follow are called
a. aspirational ethics.
b. obligatory ethics.
c. mandatory ethics.
d. compulsory ethics ✔✔c. mandatory ethics.
The tripartite model of multicultural counseling competencies includes each of the following
components EXCEPT:
a. an etic perspective.
b. awareness.
c. knowledge.
d. skills ✔✔a. an etic perspective.
For a researcher who has limited time and a low budget, the ___________________ research
design might be most appropriate.
a. cross-sectional
b. longitudinal
c. time-lag
Already Passed
In the early 1920s, the counseling profession consisted primarily of
a. mental health counseling.
b. vocational guidance counseling:
c. school counseling.
d. All of the above. ✔✔b. vocational guidance counseling
Culture is understood to be
a. the same as race.
b. the background of patterns, languages, psychological factors, and biological factors of a
person.
c. an irrelevant factor in diagnosis.
d. factors that pertain to the here and now; historical contexts are not as salient. ✔✔b. the
background of patterns, languages, psychological factors, and biological factors of a person.
Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory is an example of
a. a continuous, active theory.
,b. a continuous, reactive theory.
c. a discontinuous, active theory.
d. a discontinuous, reactive theory. ✔✔c. a discontinuous, active theory.
________________is considered the father of career guidance and the counseling profession.
a. George Merrill
b. Edmund Williamson
c. Frank Parsons
d. John Crites ✔✔c. Frank Parsons
Which of the following models of resistance is behavioral?
a. Noncompliance
b. Negative social influence
c. Power struggle
d. Anxiety control ✔✔a. Noncompliance
Wilhelm Wundt is known for
a. developing the form board, which is considered a predecessor to performance IQ testing.
,b. being the first to apply statistical concepts to psychological assessment.
c. founding one of the first psychological laboratories to conduct experimental research.
d. his work on the forgetting curve. ✔✔c. founding one of the first psychological laboratories to
conduct experimental research.
A construct, such as a treatment group, that can be manipulated in a study is most often referred
to as a(n) _____________ variable.
a. outcome
b. categorical
c. criterion
d. independent ✔✔d. independent
Institutional barriers to group work may include all the following EXCEPT:
a. resistant group members.
b. the need to obtain parental consent.
c. belief by staff members that group work in not as effective as other activities.
d. the Jack of appropriate facilities. ✔✔a. resistant group members.
, Ethical principles that counselors are required to follow are called
a. aspirational ethics.
b. obligatory ethics.
c. mandatory ethics.
d. compulsory ethics ✔✔c. mandatory ethics.
The tripartite model of multicultural counseling competencies includes each of the following
components EXCEPT:
a. an etic perspective.
b. awareness.
c. knowledge.
d. skills ✔✔a. an etic perspective.
For a researcher who has limited time and a low budget, the ___________________ research
design might be most appropriate.
a. cross-sectional
b. longitudinal
c. time-lag
