FRHD 3400- TEST BANK CHAPTERS 7-
11 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
A key task of counselling is to help the client restory past experience and develop
new memories and connections
T/F - Answer-T
The main focus of individual counselling is conflict, incongruity, and discrepancies
between the individual and family and friends.
T/F - Answer-F
Debriefing the community genogram is your chance to learn about the
developmental history and cultural background of your client
T/F - Answer-T
4. Counseling is teaching clients how to live or what to believe.
T/F - Answer-F
1. "Mobility" is to "immobility" as cultural intentionality is to ____.
a. stuckness
b. impasse
c. blocked
d. all of the above - Answer-d. all of the above
According to the authors, an important goal of interviewing is to move clients from
a. ideas to feelings.
b. problem focus to person focus.
c. closed questions to open questions.
d. stuckness to intentionality. - Answer-d. stuckness to intentionality.
Uncontrollable conflict and discrepancy bring stress to the client resulting in ____.
a. active inhibition of neurons and damaging glucocorticoids and cortisol are
released
,b. gradual strengthening of an individual through development of protective neural
structures
c. an ultimate challenge to the counselor
d. the need to refer the client to the emergency room for medication - Answer-a.
active inhibition of neurons and damaging glucocorticoids and cortisol are released
Empathic confrontation is:
a. a direct, harsh challenge guiding clients to face hard issues.
b. a complex of skills requiring observation and listening.
c. seeking clarification by "going against" client idea.
d. the primary skill used by interviewers to cause clients to see their errors. - Answer-
b. a complex of skills requiring observation and listening.
Careful listening is one of the most powerful influencing skills. Which one of the
following statements about influencing is NOT true?
a. Paraphrasing is particularly useful when decisions need to be made.
b. Reflection of feeling is useful to feedback of mixed emotions.
c. Direct and firm confrontation helps clients identify their errors.
d. A good summary brings together many thoughts, feelings and behaviors. -
Answer-c. Direct and firm confrontation helps clients identify their errors.
Empathic confrontation is:
a. a direct, harsh challenge guiding clients to face hard issues.
b. a gentle skill that includes listening.
c. seeking clarification by "going against" client ideas.
d. the primary skill used by interviewers - Answer-b. a gentle skill that includes
listening.
Empathic confrontation is best described as _____________.
a. direct eye contact and a clear voice
b. identifying mixed messages
c. a gentle, but firm, challenge
,d. all of the above - Answer-c. a gentle, but firm, challenge
Which one of the following examples is NOT an example of a counselor acting for
social justice or as an advocate?
a. A career counselor helps a 40-year-old business manager face a career change.
b. A high-school counselor initiates school policies and awareness programs against
oppression in the classroom.
c. An elementary school counselor works with a child who is being bullied on the
playground.
d. A social worker helps an abused wife and her children obtain shelter. - Answer-a.
A career counselor helps a 40-year-old business manager face a career change.
The focusing skill is closely related to ____.
a. hippocampus
b. energizing amygdala
c. selective attention
d. non-verbal behavior - Answer-c. selective attention
____ "Several people I talked to had the course last semester and felt so good
during an exam that they actually began to sing."
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus - Answer-c. Others focus
____ "I agree with you. I only wish I had another test this semester."
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
, c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus - Answer-e. Mutual issues or group
focus
____ "Steps need to be taken to improve the humor or eliminate it completely."
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus - Answer-b. Problem / main theme
focus
____ "Let us lead the class in song!"
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus - Answer-
____ "Tell me a bit more about your family's reactions?"
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
11 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025
A key task of counselling is to help the client restory past experience and develop
new memories and connections
T/F - Answer-T
The main focus of individual counselling is conflict, incongruity, and discrepancies
between the individual and family and friends.
T/F - Answer-F
Debriefing the community genogram is your chance to learn about the
developmental history and cultural background of your client
T/F - Answer-T
4. Counseling is teaching clients how to live or what to believe.
T/F - Answer-F
1. "Mobility" is to "immobility" as cultural intentionality is to ____.
a. stuckness
b. impasse
c. blocked
d. all of the above - Answer-d. all of the above
According to the authors, an important goal of interviewing is to move clients from
a. ideas to feelings.
b. problem focus to person focus.
c. closed questions to open questions.
d. stuckness to intentionality. - Answer-d. stuckness to intentionality.
Uncontrollable conflict and discrepancy bring stress to the client resulting in ____.
a. active inhibition of neurons and damaging glucocorticoids and cortisol are
released
,b. gradual strengthening of an individual through development of protective neural
structures
c. an ultimate challenge to the counselor
d. the need to refer the client to the emergency room for medication - Answer-a.
active inhibition of neurons and damaging glucocorticoids and cortisol are released
Empathic confrontation is:
a. a direct, harsh challenge guiding clients to face hard issues.
b. a complex of skills requiring observation and listening.
c. seeking clarification by "going against" client idea.
d. the primary skill used by interviewers to cause clients to see their errors. - Answer-
b. a complex of skills requiring observation and listening.
Careful listening is one of the most powerful influencing skills. Which one of the
following statements about influencing is NOT true?
a. Paraphrasing is particularly useful when decisions need to be made.
b. Reflection of feeling is useful to feedback of mixed emotions.
c. Direct and firm confrontation helps clients identify their errors.
d. A good summary brings together many thoughts, feelings and behaviors. -
Answer-c. Direct and firm confrontation helps clients identify their errors.
Empathic confrontation is:
a. a direct, harsh challenge guiding clients to face hard issues.
b. a gentle skill that includes listening.
c. seeking clarification by "going against" client ideas.
d. the primary skill used by interviewers - Answer-b. a gentle skill that includes
listening.
Empathic confrontation is best described as _____________.
a. direct eye contact and a clear voice
b. identifying mixed messages
c. a gentle, but firm, challenge
,d. all of the above - Answer-c. a gentle, but firm, challenge
Which one of the following examples is NOT an example of a counselor acting for
social justice or as an advocate?
a. A career counselor helps a 40-year-old business manager face a career change.
b. A high-school counselor initiates school policies and awareness programs against
oppression in the classroom.
c. An elementary school counselor works with a child who is being bullied on the
playground.
d. A social worker helps an abused wife and her children obtain shelter. - Answer-a.
A career counselor helps a 40-year-old business manager face a career change.
The focusing skill is closely related to ____.
a. hippocampus
b. energizing amygdala
c. selective attention
d. non-verbal behavior - Answer-c. selective attention
____ "Several people I talked to had the course last semester and felt so good
during an exam that they actually began to sing."
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus - Answer-c. Others focus
____ "I agree with you. I only wish I had another test this semester."
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
, c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus - Answer-e. Mutual issues or group
focus
____ "Steps need to be taken to improve the humor or eliminate it completely."
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus - Answer-b. Problem / main theme
focus
____ "Let us lead the class in song!"
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus - Answer-
____ "Tell me a bit more about your family's reactions?"
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
