CADC CERTIFICATION EXAM LATEST
ACTUAL EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY
GRADED A+
Bethany acknowledged in a group session that she was
unfaithful to her husband for several months. Although she
has ended the affair, she is now convinced that her
husband is cheating on her. The counselor would rightly
conclude that the ego defense mechanism of __________
is at work here.
a. reaction formation
b. denial
c. projection
d. rationalization Correct Answer c
During a counseling session, a client recalls having been
abused as a child. Prior to treatment, the client has no
recollection of the abuse. The inability to recall the abuse
earlier is an example of the defense mechanism called:
a. reaction formation
b. repression
c. projection
d. rationalization Correct Answer b
Your client expresses growing feelings of rage. He has
recurring nightmares in which he attacks random women
,on the street. If you followed through with what you
believed was a duty to warn, under what circumstances
would you be least likely to be disciplined?
a. if the nightmares had escalate in intensity
b. if the client was already a convicted criminal
c. if the client refuses to answer questions about violent
behavior
d. if the client discloses the name of a person he plans to
harm Correct Answer d
Determining a client's eligibility and appropriateness for
treatment occurs during the _______ process
a. intake
b. assessment
c. admission
d. screening Correct Answer d
Highly structured daily routines, a system of rewards and
punishments, and frequent group confrontation are
characteristics of:
a. intensive out-patient treatment
b. therapeutic communities
c. any primary care setting
d. gestalt Correct Answer b
Collateral interviews:
a. involve asking significant others about their opinions as
to whether or not a person has a substance abuse
dependency problem.
b. do not require release of information documents if the
information is voluntarily given.
,c. involve gathering information from other persons who
are or have been, associated with the person being
assessed.
d. should only be done with immediate family members
and no one else. Correct Answer c
A major criticism of the ______ is that the questions are so
obvious that this test cannot possible detect alcoholics
who deny having a problem.
a. MAST
b. ASI
c. SASSI
d. POSIT Correct Answer a
The goal of complete abstinence is most consistent with
the _____ model of addiction.
a. moral
b. disease
c. sociocultural
d. psychological Correct Answer b
_______ can develop between natural and synthetic
opiates, but not between opiates and CNS depressants.
a. Nonsynergistic interaction
b. Gestalt
c. Cross Tolerance
d. Negative Symptoms Correct Answer c
Appropriate treatment goals must be:
a. observable and measurable, in order to facilitate
monitoring progress.
, b. typed and signed in order to ensure compliance by an
unwilling client.
c. written in the order that they will be addressed in
treatment
d. finalized by the time the client is admitted for services
Correct Answer a
When is confrontation probably least appropriate?
a. prior to establishing rapport with the client
b. when directed at the client's strengths
c. when addressed to specific aspects of a client's
behavior
d. when used to point out a discrepancy between a client's
verbal statements and his or her behavior Correct Answer
a
The goal of screening is to:
a. provide clients with an opportunity to discuss their past
problems
b. determine whether a client is appropriate and eligible for
a particular treatment service
c. gathering some general information about the future
goals of the potential client
d. assign a counselor who fits the client's personality the
best Correct Answer b
_______ drugs are used to treat mental disorders
a. psychoactive
b. psychotropic
c. psychosomatic
d. psychointeractive Correct Answer b
ACTUAL EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) | ALREADY
GRADED A+
Bethany acknowledged in a group session that she was
unfaithful to her husband for several months. Although she
has ended the affair, she is now convinced that her
husband is cheating on her. The counselor would rightly
conclude that the ego defense mechanism of __________
is at work here.
a. reaction formation
b. denial
c. projection
d. rationalization Correct Answer c
During a counseling session, a client recalls having been
abused as a child. Prior to treatment, the client has no
recollection of the abuse. The inability to recall the abuse
earlier is an example of the defense mechanism called:
a. reaction formation
b. repression
c. projection
d. rationalization Correct Answer b
Your client expresses growing feelings of rage. He has
recurring nightmares in which he attacks random women
,on the street. If you followed through with what you
believed was a duty to warn, under what circumstances
would you be least likely to be disciplined?
a. if the nightmares had escalate in intensity
b. if the client was already a convicted criminal
c. if the client refuses to answer questions about violent
behavior
d. if the client discloses the name of a person he plans to
harm Correct Answer d
Determining a client's eligibility and appropriateness for
treatment occurs during the _______ process
a. intake
b. assessment
c. admission
d. screening Correct Answer d
Highly structured daily routines, a system of rewards and
punishments, and frequent group confrontation are
characteristics of:
a. intensive out-patient treatment
b. therapeutic communities
c. any primary care setting
d. gestalt Correct Answer b
Collateral interviews:
a. involve asking significant others about their opinions as
to whether or not a person has a substance abuse
dependency problem.
b. do not require release of information documents if the
information is voluntarily given.
,c. involve gathering information from other persons who
are or have been, associated with the person being
assessed.
d. should only be done with immediate family members
and no one else. Correct Answer c
A major criticism of the ______ is that the questions are so
obvious that this test cannot possible detect alcoholics
who deny having a problem.
a. MAST
b. ASI
c. SASSI
d. POSIT Correct Answer a
The goal of complete abstinence is most consistent with
the _____ model of addiction.
a. moral
b. disease
c. sociocultural
d. psychological Correct Answer b
_______ can develop between natural and synthetic
opiates, but not between opiates and CNS depressants.
a. Nonsynergistic interaction
b. Gestalt
c. Cross Tolerance
d. Negative Symptoms Correct Answer c
Appropriate treatment goals must be:
a. observable and measurable, in order to facilitate
monitoring progress.
, b. typed and signed in order to ensure compliance by an
unwilling client.
c. written in the order that they will be addressed in
treatment
d. finalized by the time the client is admitted for services
Correct Answer a
When is confrontation probably least appropriate?
a. prior to establishing rapport with the client
b. when directed at the client's strengths
c. when addressed to specific aspects of a client's
behavior
d. when used to point out a discrepancy between a client's
verbal statements and his or her behavior Correct Answer
a
The goal of screening is to:
a. provide clients with an opportunity to discuss their past
problems
b. determine whether a client is appropriate and eligible for
a particular treatment service
c. gathering some general information about the future
goals of the potential client
d. assign a counselor who fits the client's personality the
best Correct Answer b
_______ drugs are used to treat mental disorders
a. psychoactive
b. psychotropic
c. psychosomatic
d. psychointeractive Correct Answer b
