Theory and Practice of Counseling
PREPARATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Person centered therapy is a form of: a)psychoanalysis, b) humanistic
therapy, c) behavioral therapy, d) cognitive-oriented therapy, e)
behavioral and cognitive-oriented. Answer: b) humanistic
● Congruence refers to the therapists: a)genuiness, b) empathy for
clients, c)positive regard, d) respect for clients, e) judgemental attitude.
Answer: a) genuineness
● In person centered therapy, tranference is: a)necessary but not
sufficient condition of therapy, b) a core part of therapeutic process, c) a
neurotic distortion, d) a result of ineptness on the therpists part, e) not an
essential or significant factor. Answer: e) not a significant factor
● The role of techniques in a person centered counseling group is to: a)
use them in a way to help members resolve conflicts within the group, b)
use techniques to encourage interaction among the participants use
structured excercises as a way to build trust, c) introduce techniques to
help members re-enanct situations from their past, d) avoid using
techniques or excercises to get group moving. Answer: c) introduce
techniques to help members re-enact situations from their past
, ● Accurate empathetic understanding refers to the therapist's ability to:
a) accurately diagnose the clients central problem, b) objectively
understand the dynamics of a client, c) like and care for the client, d)
sense of the inner world of the client's subjective experience. Answer: d)
sense of the inner world of the client's subjective experience
● Which technique(s) is (are) most often used in the person-centered
approach: a)questioning and probing, b) analysis of resitance,c) free
association, d) active listening and reflections, e)interpretations. Answer:
d) active listening and reflections
● Which statement is MOST true of person centered therapy: a)
therapists should be judgemental at times, b) therapists should direct the
sessions when clients are silent, c)the skill a therapist posesses is more
important than his or her attitude toward a client, d) the techniques a
therapist uses are less imporatnt than are his attitudes,e) both a and b.
Answer: d) the techniques a therapist uses are less important than are his
attitudes
● Which of the following is a contribution of the person-centered
viewpoint: a) it calls attention to the need to account for a person's inner
experience, b) it relies on research to validate the concepts and practices
of the approach,c) it provides the therapist with a variety of therpeutic
techniques, d) focuses on an objective view of behavior, e) both a and b.
Answer: e) both a and b
PREPARATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Person centered therapy is a form of: a)psychoanalysis, b) humanistic
therapy, c) behavioral therapy, d) cognitive-oriented therapy, e)
behavioral and cognitive-oriented. Answer: b) humanistic
● Congruence refers to the therapists: a)genuiness, b) empathy for
clients, c)positive regard, d) respect for clients, e) judgemental attitude.
Answer: a) genuineness
● In person centered therapy, tranference is: a)necessary but not
sufficient condition of therapy, b) a core part of therapeutic process, c) a
neurotic distortion, d) a result of ineptness on the therpists part, e) not an
essential or significant factor. Answer: e) not a significant factor
● The role of techniques in a person centered counseling group is to: a)
use them in a way to help members resolve conflicts within the group, b)
use techniques to encourage interaction among the participants use
structured excercises as a way to build trust, c) introduce techniques to
help members re-enanct situations from their past, d) avoid using
techniques or excercises to get group moving. Answer: c) introduce
techniques to help members re-enact situations from their past
, ● Accurate empathetic understanding refers to the therapist's ability to:
a) accurately diagnose the clients central problem, b) objectively
understand the dynamics of a client, c) like and care for the client, d)
sense of the inner world of the client's subjective experience. Answer: d)
sense of the inner world of the client's subjective experience
● Which technique(s) is (are) most often used in the person-centered
approach: a)questioning and probing, b) analysis of resitance,c) free
association, d) active listening and reflections, e)interpretations. Answer:
d) active listening and reflections
● Which statement is MOST true of person centered therapy: a)
therapists should be judgemental at times, b) therapists should direct the
sessions when clients are silent, c)the skill a therapist posesses is more
important than his or her attitude toward a client, d) the techniques a
therapist uses are less imporatnt than are his attitudes,e) both a and b.
Answer: d) the techniques a therapist uses are less important than are his
attitudes
● Which of the following is a contribution of the person-centered
viewpoint: a) it calls attention to the need to account for a person's inner
experience, b) it relies on research to validate the concepts and practices
of the approach,c) it provides the therapist with a variety of therpeutic
techniques, d) focuses on an objective view of behavior, e) both a and b.
Answer: e) both a and b
