MCBAP CAADC TEST NEWEST 2025 EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
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As an addictions counselor your are legally and ethically, bound to take reasonable steps to
prevent a client's threatened suicide. These steps depend on the degree of risk and your client's
willingness and ability to follow your recommendations. When the risk is not immediate, these
recommendations could be to:
Develop a no-suicide contract
Consider hospitalization
All answers are correct
Involve the client's support systems and relieve isolation. - ANSWER-All answers are correct
Procedures or instruments such as inventories, questionnaires, checklists, structured interviews,
etc. which are the basis developing and forming a judgment regarding the specific nature extent
of the client's problems.
Testing tools
Assessment tools
Diagnostic tools
Screening tools - ANSWER-Assessment tool
Assessment tools are the procedures or instruments such as inventories, questionnaires,
checklists, structured interviews, etc. which are the basis developing and forming judgment
regarding the specific nature extent of the client's problems.
Achievement tests are different from ability tests because:
Achievement tests are less related to school subjects than are ability tests
Achievement tests are more related to school subjects than are ability tests
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Ability tests access what a client already knows
Ability tests access past performance - ANSWER-Achievement tests are more related to school
subjects than are ability tests
When formulating a diagnosis in counseling, the counselor must bear in mind that
Diagnosis is a function of the value judgments of the particular counselor
it is important to obtain a consensus of not less than three of your colleagues before submitting
an official diagnosis
Diagnoses are useful primarily for insurance and billing purposes but of little or no use when it
comes to treatment
culture affects the manner in which clients' problems are defined. - ANSWER-culture affects the
manner in which clients' problems are defined.
This is a psychological assessment tool which presents a set of ambiguous stimuli to an
individual:
Projective test
Intelligence test
Achievement test
Personality inventory - ANSWER-Projective test
A woman presents to your office dressed very provocatively. Her emotions seem superficial, she
cries easily and she notes that, recently, her husband has not been paying attention to her. The
most likely tentative diagnosis is:
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder - ANSWER-Histrionic Personality Disorder
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A standard criteria for admission to an inpatient program or a residential program is:
A court order
A polysubstance dependence
3 DUI convictions within 5 years
A need for 24 hour supervision - ANSWER-A need for 24 hour supervision
The first session or first initial interview is mainly intended to:
Work with the patient to determine what his or her treatment expectations might be
Determine if the patient is appropriate and ready for treatment
Work with the patient by showing him or her that significant change can happen with the first
session
Get the patient started by the creation of a formal contract - ANSWER-Work with the patient to
determine what his or her treatment expectations might be
A Korean client comes to your practice; you are unfamiliar with Korean customs and beliefs. The
first thing you should do is to:
Postpone therapy with the client until you have read up on Wicca culture
Indicate to the client that you are unfamiliar with her cultural background
Say nothing, but continue therapy
Refer the client to someone with a similar background - ANSWER-Indicate to the client that you
are unfamiliar with her cultural background
An ethical practitioner does not intentionally practice outside his/her major areas of
competence, and makes it his/her business to attempt to objectively assess where his/her
deficits lie. Since all clinical problems exist in particular contexts, however, the practitioner must
attempt to distinguish general clinical principles that transcend particular contexts and "micro-
competencies" that are needed to work effectively with particular client populations. In
addition, competence must be evaluated against a constantly changing context of existing
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knowledge in a particular field. The practitioner is advised to be honest with his/her client
regarding his/her lack of knowledge in a particular area.
When dealing with crisis intervention, a addictions professional should FIRST:
Do a "reality check" with the patient
Present a rational explanation to the patient
Go with the patient's feelings regarding the traumatic experience
Talk with the patient about future goals and objectives to keep him focused - ANSWER-Go with
the patient's feelings regarding the traumatic experience
Which is not a repercussion of compliance with HIPAA standards?
Eliminate redundant paperwork
Allow remote access to records
Streamline operations
Increased exposure to lawsuits - ANSWER-Increased exposure to lawsuits
A 28-year-old woman comes to your agency, indicating that she is ready to cash in her chips. She
is depressed, but also recognizes that she needs help. She really seems upset, but doesn't seem
to have a plan to commit suicide at this time. She has a support network consisting of her
husband and his parents. To protect the safety of this patient you might first:
Establish rapport and have your secretary call her husband
Try some self-disclosure with the patient, indicating that everyone feels down in the dumps
from time to time
Don't mess around. Call 911 and get her into a hospital ASAP
Since she does not have a specific plan, work with the patient on writing a no-suicide
agreement - ANSWER-Since she does not have a specific plan, work with the patient on writing
a no-suicide agreement
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