COUC 691 Quiz 5,6,7,8

COUC 691 Quiz 5

1. This is the first step in the assessment process: Selected answer:
2. According to the chapter, “affect” on a mental status exam may be described as:
3. In a typical MSE, observations are made of five basic areas: sensory and cognitive function, thinking, perception, feeling and behavior, and physical appearance.
4. Which one of the following is NOT an objective of an addictions assessor?
5. Validity primarily relates to ?
6. A screening instrument is a type of comprehensive assessment instrument.
7. According to the text, continuity of care refers to the relationship between providers and the client through continued contact and coordinating care.
8. The protocol called “PPC-2R” is used to assess a client’s level of care
9. The history, theory, and research based that informs addictions counseling is similar to that of other fields, such as developmental psychology or school counseling.
10. The process of screening may lead to: Selected answer:

COUC 691 Quiz 6

1. Which of the following instruments is specially designed to screen alcohol misuse in pregnant women?
2. If an assessment’s items are face valid, then clients can easily understand the exact trait or behavior the items are attempting to measure.
3. Gambling disorder is an established diagnosable medical condition.
4. Which of the following instruments has a version designed especially for adolescent substance abuse screening?
5. Counselors use their gut feelings when interpreting the results of standardized screening instruments.
6. Which is the most frequently used gambling disorders screens?
7. Which of the following instruments is the most used substance use screening instruments?
8. As long as an instrument is reliable, it does not have to be valid.
9. The SASSI has been used to screen for risky drinking in pregnant women.
10. Although the DSM does not provide diagnostic criteria for these conditions, for which of the following sets of behaviors can counselors find screening instruments?

COUC 691 Quiz 7

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the five early motivational methods?
2. Counselors are encouraged to view resistance as a welcome signal that the therapeutic relationship is at a turning point.
3. Which is NOT one of the six stages of change?
4. Self-efficacy is a person’s belief about his or her ability to be efficient.
5. Contemplation is the earliest stage of the change process.
6. Transitional summaries are statements used to:
7. Which of the following is NOT a form of resistance?
8. Which of the following is NOT one of the four pillars that guide MI?
9. Sometimes a stage of change may be skipped altogether.
10. When a client determines that his behavior is causing enough problems to warrant a change, that client is in the Preparation stage.

COUC 691 Quiz 8

1. Behavior contracting itself can be implemented with minimal or no cost to the counselor or agency.
2. Consistent with its origins as a brief or short-term therapy, Solution Focused Counseling (SFC) is known for its pragmatism.
3. Contingency management makes use of internal incentives that are contingent on the client meeting predetermined personal goals.
4. Which of the following is an alternative to abstinence?
5. Which of the following is NOT one of the three key points made by this chapter about William and Hester’s “informed electicism?”
6. In this type of relationship, a client believes there is not a problem and the counselor agrees, validates, or “goes along with” this perception, while also offering to help the client in ways the client can determine:
7. Perhaps the best known example for constructing future exceptions in Solution Focused Counseling (SFC) is the use of the “miracle question.”
8. Harm reduction promotes high-threshold access to services.
9. According to the W.R. Miller, Wilbourne, and Hettema (2003), which of the following is NOT one of the 18 modalities determined to be efficacious: