CADC Sample Exam Questions and Answers Graded A

CADC Sample Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A
d. A confrontation technique used in conjunction with Gestalt therapy ✔✔b -
CORRECT ANSWER-

Which of the following is the BEST definition of insight? - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔b. A sudden understanding of self, or realization of how a problem
can be solved

MAT refers to: - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔c. The use of medications such as
suboxone in the treatment of addiction

Aisha has completed her treatment at an in-patient facility and is ready to be
discharged. She has asked her counselor to recommend a therapist to work with
her and her husband on an out-patient basis. This process is BEST viewed as an
example of: - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔a. a referral

Which type of therapy is most directive, offering the greatest potential for abuse
of power by the counselor? - CORRECT ANSWER-

a. Adlerian - CORRECT ANSWER-

b. Rational-emotive - CORRECT ANSWER-

c. Gestalt - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. Person-centered ✔✔c - CORRECT ANSWER-

The primary purpose of professional credentialing for counselors is to: -
CORRECT ANSWER-

a. advance the field by ensuring that counselors are recognized as dignified
professionals - CORRECT ANSWER-

,b. ensure that counselors share and understand the accepted philosophies of
practice - CORRECT ANSWER-

c. protect public safety by ensuring that counselors meet minimum standards of
competency - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. ensure that counselors receiving third-party payments have professional
credentials ✔✔c - CORRECT ANSWER-

Which of the following is NOT a CNS depressant? - CORRECT ANSWER-

a. Alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER-

b. Xanax - CORRECT ANSWER-

c. Nembutal - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. Benzedrine ✔✔d - CORRECT ANSWER-

The concept of informed consent requires that before agreeing to accept
treatment, clients should - CORRECT ANSWER-

know their rights and obligations, therapeutic goals, fees for services and -
CORRECT ANSWER-

a. availability of referral services - CORRECT ANSWER-

b. community resources to be used - CORRECT ANSWER-

c. with whom they will be participating in group activities - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. the limits of their confidentiality ✔✔d - CORRECT ANSWER-

Attitudes, policies, and practices that are destructive to other cultures and their
members are - CORRECT ANSWER-

examples of lack of cultural - CORRECT ANSWER-

,a. blindness - CORRECT ANSWER-

b. competence - CORRECT ANSWER-

c. destructiveness - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. incapacity ✔✔b - CORRECT ANSWER-

Restlessness, nervousness, flushed face, muscle twitching, tachycardia, or
cardiac arrhythmia are - CORRECT ANSWER-

all signs or symptoms of: - CORRECT ANSWER-

a. caffeine intoxication - CORRECT ANSWER-

b. cocaine intoxication - CORRECT ANSWER-

c. alcohol intoxication - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. opioid intoxication ✔✔a - CORRECT ANSWER-

Of all of the possible substance use disorders, which one is typically not seen in
older children or - CORRECT ANSWER-

adults? - CORRECT ANSWER-

a. cannabis use disorder - CORRECT ANSWER-

b. inhalant use disorder - CORRECT ANSWER-

c. tobacco use disorder - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. caffeine use disorder ✔✔b - CORRECT ANSWER-

Needle exchange programs can BEST be described as: - CORRECT ANSWER-

, a. a nonabstinence technique - CORRECT ANSWER-

b. harm reduction - CORRECT ANSWER-

c a maintenance method - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. a community organization intervention ✔✔b - CORRECT ANSWER-

Autonomic hyperactivity, hand tremor, nausea or vomiting, psychomotor agitation,
grand mal - CORRECT ANSWER-

seizures are all signs or symptoms of: - CORRECT ANSWER-

a. cannabis withdrawal - CORRECT ANSWER-

b. cocaine withdrawal - CORRECT ANSWER-

c. sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic withdrawal - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. opioid withdrawal ✔✔c - CORRECT ANSWER-

Among other things, _____ involves making a client aware of resources in the
community, as well - CORRECT ANSWER-

as providing information related to substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and other STDs -
CORRECT ANSWER-

a. case management - CORRECT ANSWER-

b. referral - CORRECT ANSWER-

c. client education - CORRECT ANSWER-

d. consultation ✔✔c - CORRECT ANSWER-

In the United States the population that experiences the lowest prevalence of
alcohol use disorder - CORRECT ANSWER-