NCMHCE EXAM 2025/2026 WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
To diagnose Adjustment Disorder, the client's symptoms must
begin within _______ months of an identifiable stressor. Once
the stressor or the consequences of the stressor are gone,
symptoms cannot persist beyond _______ months. CORRECT
ANSWERS three, six
Solution Focused Brief Therapy CORRECT ANSWERS
Focuses on solutions and not problems. Uses the miracle
question, client is responsible for change, scaling, identifying
exceptions, problem free talking, flagging the minefield. Used
with other approaches and use for depression and anxiety, also
acute symptoms as an adjustment disorder.
Examples of SFBT coping questions CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the least that you would like to achieve? What would be
different in your life when you have reached your goal? How
would that change make a difference for you? How will you
know that your goal has been reached? This question is intended
to help clients recognize their own resiliency and identify some
of the ways in which they already cope with their problems
effectively.
,Substance abuse is a common comorbidity with what disorder?
CORRECT ANSWERS Adjustment
Stress Inoculation Training involves CORRECT ANSWERS
teaching coping skills to manage stress and anxiety. This may
include training in deep muscle relaxation, cognitive
restructuring, breathing exercises, assertiveness skills, thought
stopping, role playing, and guided self-dialogue.
Reaction formation (defense mechanism) CORRECT
ANSWERS when people express the opposite of their true
feelings, sometimes to an exaggerated extent.
Stonewalling CORRECT ANSWERS when someone
completely shuts down in a conversation or is refusing to
communicate with another person.
Regression (defense mechanism) CORRECT ANSWERS A
person goes back to an earlier or less mature state or behavior
Strongest linear correlation occurs when the slope is between
CORRECT ANSWERS 0.85 and 1
, When asked to evaluate a client's level of mental functioning,
you are assessing how the client functions in specific domains.
You can use the acronym "ROSE" which stands for what
CORRECT ANSWERS relational, occupational, social, and
educational.
When using motivational interviewing, the therapist determines
which stage of change the client is currently in. What are the 5
stages of change? CORRECT ANSWERS Pre-contemplation:
no intention of changing behavior
Contemplation: aware problem exists but no commitment to
action
Preparation: intent on taking action to address the problem
Action: active modification of behavior
Maintenance: sustained change
Partial remission for adhd : full criteria for the disorder has not
been met for _______ months but functional impairment still
exists CORRECT ANSWERS six
What is paresthesia? CORRECT ANSWERS abnormal skin
sensation characterized by tingling, burning, pricking, itching, or
numbness.
CORRECT ANSWERS
To diagnose Adjustment Disorder, the client's symptoms must
begin within _______ months of an identifiable stressor. Once
the stressor or the consequences of the stressor are gone,
symptoms cannot persist beyond _______ months. CORRECT
ANSWERS three, six
Solution Focused Brief Therapy CORRECT ANSWERS
Focuses on solutions and not problems. Uses the miracle
question, client is responsible for change, scaling, identifying
exceptions, problem free talking, flagging the minefield. Used
with other approaches and use for depression and anxiety, also
acute symptoms as an adjustment disorder.
Examples of SFBT coping questions CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the least that you would like to achieve? What would be
different in your life when you have reached your goal? How
would that change make a difference for you? How will you
know that your goal has been reached? This question is intended
to help clients recognize their own resiliency and identify some
of the ways in which they already cope with their problems
effectively.
,Substance abuse is a common comorbidity with what disorder?
CORRECT ANSWERS Adjustment
Stress Inoculation Training involves CORRECT ANSWERS
teaching coping skills to manage stress and anxiety. This may
include training in deep muscle relaxation, cognitive
restructuring, breathing exercises, assertiveness skills, thought
stopping, role playing, and guided self-dialogue.
Reaction formation (defense mechanism) CORRECT
ANSWERS when people express the opposite of their true
feelings, sometimes to an exaggerated extent.
Stonewalling CORRECT ANSWERS when someone
completely shuts down in a conversation or is refusing to
communicate with another person.
Regression (defense mechanism) CORRECT ANSWERS A
person goes back to an earlier or less mature state or behavior
Strongest linear correlation occurs when the slope is between
CORRECT ANSWERS 0.85 and 1
, When asked to evaluate a client's level of mental functioning,
you are assessing how the client functions in specific domains.
You can use the acronym "ROSE" which stands for what
CORRECT ANSWERS relational, occupational, social, and
educational.
When using motivational interviewing, the therapist determines
which stage of change the client is currently in. What are the 5
stages of change? CORRECT ANSWERS Pre-contemplation:
no intention of changing behavior
Contemplation: aware problem exists but no commitment to
action
Preparation: intent on taking action to address the problem
Action: active modification of behavior
Maintenance: sustained change
Partial remission for adhd : full criteria for the disorder has not
been met for _______ months but functional impairment still
exists CORRECT ANSWERS six
What is paresthesia? CORRECT ANSWERS abnormal skin
sensation characterized by tingling, burning, pricking, itching, or
numbness.
