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TEST EXAM NC VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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BEST GRADED TO SCORE A+ FOR SUCCESS
43) The primary purpose of the screening process is to:
A. Develop a treatment plan.
B. Have the client sign appropriate documents.
C. Determine one's appropriateness and eligibility for admission.
D. Identify the client's strengths and weaknesses. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Determine
one's appropriateness and eligibility for admission.
44) In order to fill gaps in services to minority clients, communities should include all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. Education and training.
B. Diagnosis and intervention.
C. Segregated treatment programs.
D. Integrated treatment programs with cultural programming.. - CORRECT ANSWERS
C. Segregated treatment programs
45) The initial stage of crisis intervention involves:
A. Discussing the client's plans for the future.
B. Helping the client adapt.
C. Determining the problem.
D. Determining a solution. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Determining the problem.
.
41) A key factor for counselors to consider is that in a counseling relationship, the counselor
has differential power. One of the best safeguards is:
,CERTIFIED ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR CADC/CDAC PRE-
TEST EXAM NC VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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A. To be alert to and understand the power relationship.
B. To utilize the differential power to motivate the client.
C. To realize the importance of this power in client interventions.
D. To use differential power to get the client to try new behaviors. - CORRECT ANSWERS
A. To be alert to and understand the power relationship.
40) Assessment, according to the behavioral approach, involves:
A. Taking a client history and specifying problematic behavior.
B. Specification of the problematic behavior and collection of baseline data.
C. Identification of the problematic behavior and evaluation of the client's motivation to
change.
D. Specification of the problematic behavior and evaluation of the client's motivation to change.
- CORRECT ANSWERS B. Specification of the problematic behavior and collection of
baseline data.
42) If Seconal is taken in combination with one of the following drugs, it leads to a
"potentiation" of effect. Which drug will cause this effect?
A. Alcohol
B. Amphetamines
C. Opiates
D. Cocaine - CORRECT ANSWERS A. Alcohol
39) The PRIMARY example of the counselor's use of effective recording and record keeping in
this case was:
A. The counselor helping the client change his work schedule
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TEST EXAM NC VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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B. The counselor helping the client complete all required insurance and consent forms
C. The counselor admitting the client into the program
D. The counselor completed a progress note for the client's chart - CORRECT ANSWERS
D. The counselor completed a progress note for the client's chart
40) Assessment, according to the behavioral approach, involves:
A. Taking a client history and specifying problematic behavior.
B. Specification of the problematic behavior and collection of baseline data.
C. Identification of the problematic behavior and evaluation of the client's motivation to
change. - CORRECT ANSWERS B. Specification of the problematic behavior and
collection of baseline data.
38) Which of the following is the BEST indicator if an individual is physically dependent upon
alcohol or another drug?
A. The amount consumed daily
B. The length in years of heavy drinking or drug use
C. The presence of withdrawal symptoms
D. The frequency of memory blackouts - CORRECT ANSWERS C. The presence of
withdrawal symptoms
37) Despite vast personality differences, virtually all substance abusers experience:
A. Denial, surrender, and acceptance.
B. Self-hatred, anger, and guilt.
C. Remorse, self-hatred, and shame.
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D. Shame, euphoric recall, and relapse. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Remorse, self-hatred,
and shame
35) The interpersonal style in which a member of a minority group has made a conscious or
subconscious decision to reject the general attitudes, behaviors, customs, rituals, and
stereotypic behaviors associated with his/her own minority group to assimilate into the
mainstream white culture is known as:
A. The Acculturated Interpersonal Style.
B. The Bi-Cultural Interpersonal Style.
C. The Culturally-Immersed Interpersonal Style.
D. The Traditional Interpersonal Style. - CORRECT ANSWERS A. The Acculturated
Interpersonal Style.
36) The treatment plan is developed based on information collected during:
A. Screening.
B. Orientation.
C. The assessment.
D. Intake. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. The assessment.
33) There are several psychological and sociological differences between male and female
alcohol abusers. Which of the following BEST describes one of those differences?
A. Women more often than men will cite a traumatic event that precipitated their drinking.
B. Female alcoholics are more likely to be sociopathic and male alcoholics are more likely to
have affective problems.
C. Female alcoholics are less frequently characterized as feeling depressed and guilty than male
alcoholics.
TEST EXAM NC VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024/2025 UPDATED ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED
BEST GRADED TO SCORE A+ FOR SUCCESS
43) The primary purpose of the screening process is to:
A. Develop a treatment plan.
B. Have the client sign appropriate documents.
C. Determine one's appropriateness and eligibility for admission.
D. Identify the client's strengths and weaknesses. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Determine
one's appropriateness and eligibility for admission.
44) In order to fill gaps in services to minority clients, communities should include all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. Education and training.
B. Diagnosis and intervention.
C. Segregated treatment programs.
D. Integrated treatment programs with cultural programming.. - CORRECT ANSWERS
C. Segregated treatment programs
45) The initial stage of crisis intervention involves:
A. Discussing the client's plans for the future.
B. Helping the client adapt.
C. Determining the problem.
D. Determining a solution. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Determining the problem.
.
41) A key factor for counselors to consider is that in a counseling relationship, the counselor
has differential power. One of the best safeguards is:
,CERTIFIED ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR CADC/CDAC PRE-
TEST EXAM NC VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024/2025 UPDATED ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED
BEST GRADED TO SCORE A+ FOR SUCCESS
A. To be alert to and understand the power relationship.
B. To utilize the differential power to motivate the client.
C. To realize the importance of this power in client interventions.
D. To use differential power to get the client to try new behaviors. - CORRECT ANSWERS
A. To be alert to and understand the power relationship.
40) Assessment, according to the behavioral approach, involves:
A. Taking a client history and specifying problematic behavior.
B. Specification of the problematic behavior and collection of baseline data.
C. Identification of the problematic behavior and evaluation of the client's motivation to
change.
D. Specification of the problematic behavior and evaluation of the client's motivation to change.
- CORRECT ANSWERS B. Specification of the problematic behavior and collection of
baseline data.
42) If Seconal is taken in combination with one of the following drugs, it leads to a
"potentiation" of effect. Which drug will cause this effect?
A. Alcohol
B. Amphetamines
C. Opiates
D. Cocaine - CORRECT ANSWERS A. Alcohol
39) The PRIMARY example of the counselor's use of effective recording and record keeping in
this case was:
A. The counselor helping the client change his work schedule
,CERTIFIED ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR CADC/CDAC PRE-
TEST EXAM NC VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024/2025 UPDATED ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED
BEST GRADED TO SCORE A+ FOR SUCCESS
B. The counselor helping the client complete all required insurance and consent forms
C. The counselor admitting the client into the program
D. The counselor completed a progress note for the client's chart - CORRECT ANSWERS
D. The counselor completed a progress note for the client's chart
40) Assessment, according to the behavioral approach, involves:
A. Taking a client history and specifying problematic behavior.
B. Specification of the problematic behavior and collection of baseline data.
C. Identification of the problematic behavior and evaluation of the client's motivation to
change. - CORRECT ANSWERS B. Specification of the problematic behavior and
collection of baseline data.
38) Which of the following is the BEST indicator if an individual is physically dependent upon
alcohol or another drug?
A. The amount consumed daily
B. The length in years of heavy drinking or drug use
C. The presence of withdrawal symptoms
D. The frequency of memory blackouts - CORRECT ANSWERS C. The presence of
withdrawal symptoms
37) Despite vast personality differences, virtually all substance abusers experience:
A. Denial, surrender, and acceptance.
B. Self-hatred, anger, and guilt.
C. Remorse, self-hatred, and shame.
, CERTIFIED ALCOHOL AND DRUG COUNSELOR CADC/CDAC PRE-
TEST EXAM NC VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024/2025 UPDATED ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED
BEST GRADED TO SCORE A+ FOR SUCCESS
D. Shame, euphoric recall, and relapse. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. Remorse, self-hatred,
and shame
35) The interpersonal style in which a member of a minority group has made a conscious or
subconscious decision to reject the general attitudes, behaviors, customs, rituals, and
stereotypic behaviors associated with his/her own minority group to assimilate into the
mainstream white culture is known as:
A. The Acculturated Interpersonal Style.
B. The Bi-Cultural Interpersonal Style.
C. The Culturally-Immersed Interpersonal Style.
D. The Traditional Interpersonal Style. - CORRECT ANSWERS A. The Acculturated
Interpersonal Style.
36) The treatment plan is developed based on information collected during:
A. Screening.
B. Orientation.
C. The assessment.
D. Intake. - CORRECT ANSWERS C. The assessment.
33) There are several psychological and sociological differences between male and female
alcohol abusers. Which of the following BEST describes one of those differences?
A. Women more often than men will cite a traumatic event that precipitated their drinking.
B. Female alcoholics are more likely to be sociopathic and male alcoholics are more likely to
have affective problems.
C. Female alcoholics are less frequently characterized as feeling depressed and guilty than male
alcoholics.
