NCE Practice Exam Questions and
Answers.
A counselor completing a report for an insurance company was required to indicate
whether a client had a phobia or an anxiety reaction. The counselor knew that the
primary distinction between the two conditions is the
A) age of onset of severe psychological distress
B) ease with which symptoms are eliminated
C) frequency of symptom occurrence
D) specificity of the fear causing source -
D) specificity of the fear causing source
Erickson presented an eight-stage theory of human development, the last stage of
which he entitled "integrity vs. despair." A person's challenge in this stage is to achieve
acceptance of the finality of life. Erickson postulated that such acceptance could be
achieved only if the person had
A) Reached a parallel level of moral development
B) Established an economic environment such that the person need not have concerns
about having a good living condition
C) Successfully met the challenges of the previous stages
D) Developed the ability to distinguish among various roles the individual had fulfilled in
life (I know its not this) -
In attempting to understand the life perspectives and characteristics of their clients,
some counselors use Kohlberg's theory of moral development as a theoretical
framework. These counselors know that Kohlberg's theory includes three progressive
levels culminating in
A) Self-actualization, wherein the individual is fully humanistic
B) Principled thought, wherein the individual adopts a self-accepted set of standards of
behavior
C) Androgyny, wherein the individual exhibits both male and female stereotypic
behaviors
D) Personhood, wherein the individual is free from moral dilemmas -
B) Principled thought, wherein the individual adopts a self-accepted set of standards of
behavior
, Counseling is a profession based in large part on the assumption that healthy human
growth will occur naturally. Within this perspective, the role of the counselor is to help
the client to
A) Remove barriers to naturally occurring developmental processes
B) Remove sources of negative influence in clients' lives
C) Establish boundaries of influence in clients' lives
D) Learn what are appropriate value and behavior actions -
A) Remove barriers to naturally occurring developmental processes
Counselors who work with older persons know that among the inappropriate
stereotypes held about older persons in America is that
A) They are the fastest growing segment of society
B) Most reside in nursing homes of full-care facilities
C) Many experience problems associated with polypharmacy
D) Most do not have sufficient resources for independent living -
B) Most reside in nursing homes of full-care facilities
Within the context of Maslow's needs hierarchy, ___________ needs supersede all
others
A) Safety
B) Esteem
C) Belongingness
D) Physiological -
D) Physiological
Famed psychologist Piaget was primarily concerned with ___________ development.
A) Social
B) Moral
C) Physical
D) Cognitive -
D) Cognitive
A counselor working with a college student client who was determined to be in the
Multiplicity Stage of Perry's Theory of Cognitive Development would know that the client
views
A) The world in polar, absolute terms
B) Values and knowledge as relativistic and contextual (I know its not this one)
C) Diversity and uncertainty as possible but temporary
D) Identity as affirmed and reflected in behavior -
Answers.
A counselor completing a report for an insurance company was required to indicate
whether a client had a phobia or an anxiety reaction. The counselor knew that the
primary distinction between the two conditions is the
A) age of onset of severe psychological distress
B) ease with which symptoms are eliminated
C) frequency of symptom occurrence
D) specificity of the fear causing source -
D) specificity of the fear causing source
Erickson presented an eight-stage theory of human development, the last stage of
which he entitled "integrity vs. despair." A person's challenge in this stage is to achieve
acceptance of the finality of life. Erickson postulated that such acceptance could be
achieved only if the person had
A) Reached a parallel level of moral development
B) Established an economic environment such that the person need not have concerns
about having a good living condition
C) Successfully met the challenges of the previous stages
D) Developed the ability to distinguish among various roles the individual had fulfilled in
life (I know its not this) -
In attempting to understand the life perspectives and characteristics of their clients,
some counselors use Kohlberg's theory of moral development as a theoretical
framework. These counselors know that Kohlberg's theory includes three progressive
levels culminating in
A) Self-actualization, wherein the individual is fully humanistic
B) Principled thought, wherein the individual adopts a self-accepted set of standards of
behavior
C) Androgyny, wherein the individual exhibits both male and female stereotypic
behaviors
D) Personhood, wherein the individual is free from moral dilemmas -
B) Principled thought, wherein the individual adopts a self-accepted set of standards of
behavior
, Counseling is a profession based in large part on the assumption that healthy human
growth will occur naturally. Within this perspective, the role of the counselor is to help
the client to
A) Remove barriers to naturally occurring developmental processes
B) Remove sources of negative influence in clients' lives
C) Establish boundaries of influence in clients' lives
D) Learn what are appropriate value and behavior actions -
A) Remove barriers to naturally occurring developmental processes
Counselors who work with older persons know that among the inappropriate
stereotypes held about older persons in America is that
A) They are the fastest growing segment of society
B) Most reside in nursing homes of full-care facilities
C) Many experience problems associated with polypharmacy
D) Most do not have sufficient resources for independent living -
B) Most reside in nursing homes of full-care facilities
Within the context of Maslow's needs hierarchy, ___________ needs supersede all
others
A) Safety
B) Esteem
C) Belongingness
D) Physiological -
D) Physiological
Famed psychologist Piaget was primarily concerned with ___________ development.
A) Social
B) Moral
C) Physical
D) Cognitive -
D) Cognitive
A counselor working with a college student client who was determined to be in the
Multiplicity Stage of Perry's Theory of Cognitive Development would know that the client
views
A) The world in polar, absolute terms
B) Values and knowledge as relativistic and contextual (I know its not this one)
C) Diversity and uncertainty as possible but temporary
D) Identity as affirmed and reflected in behavior -
