MFT NATIONAL EXAM: IN-CLASS ACTIVITY
SAMPLE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS NEW MODIFIED GRADED
A+ 2025/2026 LATEST UPDATE
Anita (23) has had a conflictual relationship with her mother, Sarah (43)
throughout her teens. She was rebellious and angry with her mother
much of the time. Sarah is a single mother and very anxious about her
daughter, so much so that she frequently screamed and used
inappropriate punishments in an attempt to get her daughter to "behave".
After Anita left home for college, she rarely wrote or called home and
only visited on holidays. Now that she has graduated, she took a job
several states away from her hometown and continues her pattern of not
phoning or calling. A Bowenian therapist would say that Anita is
engaged in – answer- emotional cutof
In object relations theory, the latent meaning behind attitudes, behaviors,
or feelings that is detected by therapists through analyzing personal
reactions to session materials is knows as – answer- derivatives
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,Sandy's parents divorced when she was 10 years old, and her mother
went through a depression. Consequently, Sandy often was responsible
for the care of her 7 year old brother as well as seeing to family meals
and other household chores. Her mother often confided in her about her
feelings and interacted with her more like an older sister than her
mother. When Sandy became a young adult, her mother, who had
recovered somewhat, was surprised to find how irresponsibly Sandy
conducted her life and how angry she seemed. According to
Bozormenyi-Nagy, Sandy's behavior is an example of – answer-
destructive entitlement
The role of the therapist is Bowenian therapy is that of – answer- coach
Mary's mother often calls her during the week to complain about the
behavior of her father. Usually, Mary is highly sympathetic and
supportive of her mother's complaints and becomes and remains angry at
her father for sometime following the call. After attending therapy with
a Bowenian therapist, however, Mary responded to her mother's next
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, complaining phone call with the following statement, That sounds like
something really important that dad needs to know. Have you talked
about this with him? Mary is attempting to do what in Bowenian terms?
– answer- detriangle
A contextual therapist will frequently attempt to help a client see the
positive intent and intergenerational loyalty issues behind even the most
destructive behaviors of previous generations. this concept is known as –
answer- exoneration
Object relations theorists believe that, as a process of normal
development parts of caretakers are split of and internalized into a
child's developing personality. Expectations of self and other are based
on these internal representations. They are known as – answer- ledgers
This major model developer believed that, in order for a therapist to
remain detached, neutral, and nonanxious with clients, he or she must
lower their level of reactivity to their own family of origin. Who was the
model developer? – answer- Murray Bowen
This theoretical concept states that normal development should entail a
degree of emotional separation from family of origin while remaining in
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SAMPLE PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS NEW MODIFIED GRADED
A+ 2025/2026 LATEST UPDATE
Anita (23) has had a conflictual relationship with her mother, Sarah (43)
throughout her teens. She was rebellious and angry with her mother
much of the time. Sarah is a single mother and very anxious about her
daughter, so much so that she frequently screamed and used
inappropriate punishments in an attempt to get her daughter to "behave".
After Anita left home for college, she rarely wrote or called home and
only visited on holidays. Now that she has graduated, she took a job
several states away from her hometown and continues her pattern of not
phoning or calling. A Bowenian therapist would say that Anita is
engaged in – answer- emotional cutof
In object relations theory, the latent meaning behind attitudes, behaviors,
or feelings that is detected by therapists through analyzing personal
reactions to session materials is knows as – answer- derivatives
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,Sandy's parents divorced when she was 10 years old, and her mother
went through a depression. Consequently, Sandy often was responsible
for the care of her 7 year old brother as well as seeing to family meals
and other household chores. Her mother often confided in her about her
feelings and interacted with her more like an older sister than her
mother. When Sandy became a young adult, her mother, who had
recovered somewhat, was surprised to find how irresponsibly Sandy
conducted her life and how angry she seemed. According to
Bozormenyi-Nagy, Sandy's behavior is an example of – answer-
destructive entitlement
The role of the therapist is Bowenian therapy is that of – answer- coach
Mary's mother often calls her during the week to complain about the
behavior of her father. Usually, Mary is highly sympathetic and
supportive of her mother's complaints and becomes and remains angry at
her father for sometime following the call. After attending therapy with
a Bowenian therapist, however, Mary responded to her mother's next
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, complaining phone call with the following statement, That sounds like
something really important that dad needs to know. Have you talked
about this with him? Mary is attempting to do what in Bowenian terms?
– answer- detriangle
A contextual therapist will frequently attempt to help a client see the
positive intent and intergenerational loyalty issues behind even the most
destructive behaviors of previous generations. this concept is known as –
answer- exoneration
Object relations theorists believe that, as a process of normal
development parts of caretakers are split of and internalized into a
child's developing personality. Expectations of self and other are based
on these internal representations. They are known as – answer- ledgers
This major model developer believed that, in order for a therapist to
remain detached, neutral, and nonanxious with clients, he or she must
lower their level of reactivity to their own family of origin. Who was the
model developer? – answer- Murray Bowen
This theoretical concept states that normal development should entail a
degree of emotional separation from family of origin while remaining in
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