Addictions Counselor Practice Exam

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• Which principle emphasizes respect for client rights and decisions in the client's own best interest?
• Which of the following topics is listed as a continuing education subject?
• What are the three most common drugs used by people who are in the homeless population?
• Buprenorphine is not used in the treatment of which substance problem?
• Which principle requires safeguarding the consensual rights of clients and fulfilling the duties that are required of you?
• How do Hispanic and Latino populations in general tend to respond to alcohol problems in the family?
• Which statement best describes the purpose of the CHEAP progress note components?
• Which factor is most meaningful for client treatment retention?
• What is not the key goal of assessment?
• In motivational interviewing, the role of the counselor is?
• How much of counseling process communication is conveyed through nonverbal body language?
• Before suggesting a client participate in a research project, which condition must be observed?
• Can an addiction counselor diagnose or treat other mental health disorders?
• The Board includes which groups?
• Who determines the passing score for the licensure exam?
• Do you inform a client of their confidentiality rights verbally or in writing
• Which principle would require a counselor to comply with applicable laws and regulations in their practice?
• Which statement best describes the difference between transference and countertransference?
• Are addictions counselors required to cooperate with professional ethics committees and licensing boards?
• Genogram BEST defined as?
• What kind of effect does a nootropic have?
• What is the four-question screening instrument for alcohol and drug problems commonly used?
• What is the proper course of action if you suspect a colleague is using drugs?
• Which principle speaks to affirming diversity among colleagues and clients regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or religious beliefs?
• Depressant drugs listed in the material include which category?
• Which symptom is part of the SIGECAPS mnemonic?
• Which item is not typically included in CART/CHART progress notes?
• How are screening and assessment properly defined?
• Which stage is not a stage in the development of cocaine addiction?
• Which principle is associated with Non Discrimination?
• Among youths aged 12-17, how do alcohol use rates in rural areas compare to those in metropolitan areas?
• Which statement best reflects how often assessment should occur for clients with co-occurring disorders?
• What does client resistance to treatment most likely indicate?
• Genetic factors contribute approximately what portion of addiction risk?
• Are you allowed to practice therapy techniques you've read about?
• Which trait is identified as the key differentiator for counselors who effect lasting client change?
• Which ethical principle requires acting in the client's best interests?
• Transference refers to:
• Which is the only case management model that addresses making contact with clients in their homes and other natural settings?
• Stimulant abuse often occurs to compensate for deficiencies in all of the following neurotransmitters except which?
• SIGECAPS evaluates which psychological state?
• The most effective way to maintain a client’s motivation for treatment is to:
• Which screening instrument has 24 yes/no questions about alcohol use?
• Under which condition is the educational requirement waived for Addiction Counselor 2?
• Who must course work be approved by?
• It is the applicant’s responsibility to verify that CEU classes taken are approved by which entity?
• How many ethics CEU credits are required for foreign applicants?
• The euphoria experienced under the influence of cocaine is caused by which mechanism?
• NAADAC stands for what organization?
• What theory is community reinforcement and contingency management based upon?
• What is the basis of the Principle of trustworthiness?
• What are the two most significant drawbacks to the Matrix Model?
• The TSR assessment instrument measures:
• What is the minimum weekly supervised hours required to qualify for waiving educational requirements?
• Which credential is explicitly named as a current Addiction Counselor credential?
• Which statement best describes a key feature of motivational enhancement therapy?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a depressant drug used to cope with stress?
• How many times is the jurisprudence exam given per year?
• Which is not a key goal and purposes of assessment?
• Which term refers to tailoring resources and services to fit an individual client's needs?
• Regarding Hispanic and Latino families, which statement reflects their typical response to alcohol problems?
• Adolescent tendency toward impulsivity and risk taking is due to which factor?
• The influence of a famous client in a group is most likely to be?
• A treatment frame helps establish and maintain which of the following?
• What is the Case management approach that focuses on helping clients assert direct and personal control in the search for resources?
• Which professional bodies’ courses are accepted by the Board?
• When helping families understand addiction, how does the Bowen family systems theory view the Family?
• Three compulsive behaviors that are acceptable for continuing education credits are which of the following?
• What is the most important consideration you must take before suggesting a client to participate in a research project?
• As a counselor, what are the two primary concerns regarding a client's welfare?
• Are you allowed to supervise a close relative or friend?
• The Chemical Use, Abuse, and Dependence Scale is best known for:
• The MINI design includes which of the following uses?
• Is an addictions counselor permitted to use controlled substances when they have a day off?
• Who appoints the members of the DC Board of Professional Counseling?
• What percent of Native Americans living on reservations report alcohol use?
• Which principle explicitly warns against dual relationships with clients or their families?
• Which therapeutic approach uses the miracle question technique?
• The Diagnostic Information Schedule (DIS) is true to state that:
• Which principle focuses on preventing harm in counseling practice?
• When confidentiality must be maintained between an agency and an outside provider, the required agreement is called a Qualified Service Organization Agreement. What is this statement asking?
• What have efficacy studies of the Matrix Model found?
• Which screening instrument for alcohol and drug problems consists of four questions?
• The BIRP progress note acronym stands for:
• Which principle emphasizes maintaining a working and therapeutic environment that clients, colleagues, and employees can be safe from physical or emotional or intellectual harm?
• Under which condition is the educational requirement waived for Addiction Counselor 1?
• Which principle is associated with Client Relationship?
• Which organization specifies nine hours of weekly contact for IOT participants in the initial treatment phase?
• Are you required to disclose your standards of conduct to your client?
• If a client indicates they are already in therapy elsewhere, what is the appropriate action?
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is best described as:
• Under what circumstance might a counselor be exempt from cooperating with ethics committees and licensing boards?
• What is the compensation policy for graduates in a training program?
• What is the purpose of the NREPP registry?
• Which principle states that the effectiveness in the profession is based on being worthy of trust and never misrepresenting credentials?
• Benzodiazepine treatment of anxiety is not effective after about how many weeks?
• Which principle emphasizes respecting the fundamental rights of the client and making decisions that they consider in their own best interest?
• Which principle instructs not to engage in conflicting relationships with clients or their families?
• What is the exam based on?
• The term client matching refers to:
• Which principle states I shall safeguard the consensual rights of the clients and fulfill the duties required of me?
• What does the term Treatment Sequencing refer to?
• How many yes or no questions are in the MAST?
• Ambivalence about treatment is best described as which symptom?
• Which instrument is designed to identify alcohol use disorders and consists of ten questions?
• What is the fastest growing minority group in the nation?
• When a family adjust and maintain in home sobriety, what is the intervention that draw upon extended support linkages to produce motivation and reinforcement?
• Which option lists a professional body not listed as accepted by the Board?
• What is the brief, comprehensively integrated public health approach to early substance abuse intervention and treatment known as?
• Which organization maintains a national registry of evidence-based programs and practices?
• Who bears responsibility for informing clients about financial obligations for treatment?
• Countertransference refers to:
• Which principle is associated with Compliance with the law?
• ASAM recommends patients with co-occurring disorders be placed in specialty addiction mental health programs at what level of mental illness severity?
• Which principle states the practitioner's primary responsibility and loyalty is to the welfare of the clients?
• The SCQ is designed to do?
• Are you permitted to use counseling material in your writing or teachings?
• In decisions about referrals, treatment procedures, or termination, which principle should guide the counselor?
• In motivational approaches to change, which method is emphasized to increase readiness to change?
• At low doses, alcohol physiologically acts as which type of substance?
• Which of the following is listed as a professional who may supervise?
• Which of the following is true about Certification of Endorsement prerequisites?
• Withdrawal symptoms from anabolic steroids most closely resemble withdrawal from which drug?
• The AEQ assesses what aspect of drinking?
• PRISM evaluates which personality disorders?
• How many questions are in the AUDIT?
• The Substance Abuse Problem Checklist contains three hundred questions across eight categories. Which option correctly states this?
• Which case management approach focuses on helping clients gain personal control in locating resources?
• How many treatment weeks are in the current Matrix Model Program?
• Principle 9 in the material is best described as the obligation to...
• Which statement best defines reasonable accommodation in counseling?
• In heroin addiction, which stage is described as a period of crime, arrest, imprisonment and serial treatment?
• Which group is NOT part of the Board composition?
• Which topic is listed as a continuing education subject?
• The ASRPT is used to help clients by?
• If your supervisor holds a PhD in Psychology, are you allowed to imply that you hold the same credentials?
• Ambivalence about substance abuse treatment is symptomatic of?
• Which groups comprise the membership of the DC Board of Professional Counselors?
• A BA or MA graduate awaiting Certification must
• Which medication is not used in treatment for alcohol abuse?
• During the initial treatment phase, how many contact hours per week does ASAM require for IOT participants?
• When experiencing mental health concerns, from whom are racial and ethnic minorities least likely to seek help?
• The Mnemonic SIGECAPS evaluates which psychological state?
• AUDIT stands for what?
• In case management, which approach emphasizes leveraging clients' strengths and resources to enable change?
• Which medication is not used in treatment for opiate abuse?
• It is imperative that the counseling environment be
• Are you permitted to counsel someone with whom you had sex in the past?
• Secondary trauma refers to:
• The SCQ measures which of the following?
• Which statement best describes cultural brokering in healthcare?
• To protect the principle of dual relationships what do you need to avoid?
• Which intervention is designed to improve sobriety outcomes by leveraging extended support networks?
• Nonverbal cues account for roughly what portion of communication in counseling?
• What should you do when a client informs you that they are already in therapy with someone else?
• Who is responsible for informing clients of their financial responsibility regarding treatment?
• What is the primary purpose of professional ethical guidelines in counseling?
• The AASE scale measures what construct?
• Which statement about using counseling material in teaching is correct?
• Which principle focuses on how counselors should establish and maintain appropriate relationships with clients?
• In ethical practice, when it is clear the client is not benefiting from counseling, what is appropriate?
• Substance abuse can arrest personal progress and growth; how will emotional and other normal developmental stages most likely be affected?
• The ASRPT instrument is used for?
• The term double trouble refers to what in mutual help groups?
• In ASAM group assignments, which pairing is the exception and may be grouped together?
• Which pairing is incorrect based on common case management models?
• When must CEU hours be completed to meet renewal requirements?
• Is it ever acceptable to engage in sexual relations with a current or former client?
• Which statement about co-occurring disorders is true according to ASAM guidelines?
• The PRISM interview evaluates for which disorders?
• Is it ever permissible to receive gifts from clients?
• Which acronym stands for Behavior, Intervention, Response, Plan?
• Are you allowed to record a counseling session without the clients consent?
• How many hours are needed to become certified Addictions counselor 2?
• The COPES scale is used for:
• If you discover that a fellow addictions counselor is using drugs, what are you supposed to do?
• Which credential is listed as a current addiction counselor credential?
• What is the case management model that integrates therapeutic work with resource acquisition commonly known as?
• In screening, the term for the value that indicates a thorough assessment is needed is called the:
• Which screening tool is a four-question instrument used for alcohol and drug problems?
• Treatment Sequencing primarily concerns:
• Which is the correct expansion of the CHEAP acronym used in progress notes?
• CRAFT program BEST described as?
• Which of the following is a permitted reason to break confidentiality?
• What differentiates a substance abuse counselor who successfully changes clients' lives from one who merely practices?
• Which principle asserts that understanding the law or regulations exists for the good ordering of society and the restraint of harm?
• How many levels are in the addictions counselor certification pathway?
• Which topic is listed as a continuing education subject?
• Which principle is associated with Trustworthiness?
• Which of the following is not acceptable for continuing education credits?
• DAST stands for Drug Abuse Screening Test. How many items does it contain?
• Which option is one of the eight categories in the Substance Abuse Problem Checklist?
• What test must you pass to obtain an addictions counselor level 1 or 2?
• Which statement best describes the policy on gifts related to client and service-provider interactions?
• How much higher is suicide risk among people with alcoholism compared to the general population?
• The Alcohol Effects Questionnaire (AEQ) is used to assess?
• When does assessment of a client with co-occurring disorders occur?
• Which organization is NOT listed as a supervisor certification option?
• Which option best describes the required submission for Certification of Endorsement?
• What is the CIDI instrument used to measure?
• What is the primary purpose of contingency management in substance use treatment?
• Which item is NOT part of a CHEAP progress note?
• What are you required to do if a client has a disability?
• Which principle is associated with Dual Relationships?
• What does CHEAP progress note acronym stand for?
• Which of the following topics is listed as a continuing education subject?
• Which principle is associated with Rights and Duties?
• Nonmaleficence as an ethical principle is most accurately described by which statement?
• What happens if you fail the test 3 times?
• Which principle requires affirming diversity among colleagues or clients regardless of gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or racial background, religious beliefs, etc?
• Which of the following is not a group in the Matrix Model of treatment?
• In screening, what does a cutoff score refer to?
• Which one is not a key informational outcome of screening and assessment?
• What is suicide risk for people suffering from alcoholism?
• SAPC stands for what?
• Which principle requires maintaining safety in the therapeutic environment to protect against physical, emotional, or intellectual harm?
• Which instrument is used to screen people who frequently distort or misrepresent the truth?
• What is the purpose of the AEQ instrument?
• Concerning referrals, treatment procedures or termination, what is most important consideration?
• When pregnant, what is the most harmful drug according to the material?
• Which of the following is not measured by the DIS (Diagnostic Information Schedule)?
• Addictions Counselor Level 2 requires how many total hours?
• Which principle emphasizes treating all clients fairly and without prejudice?
• The Matrix Model's drawbacks include challenges for cognitively impaired clients and what else?
• Which principle requires understanding that decisions and actions have ethical implications that can benefit or harm, and one should be aware of potential harm before implementing them?
• Is it permissible to take a referral agency's employee out to lunch to thank them for sending a client to you?
• Which description best captures the required nature of the counseling environment?
• The optimal group size in treatment involves how many members?
• There are many reasons for not involving family in treatment. Who are the family members most likely to participate in treatment?
• What does the term Cultural brokering refer to?
• Which statement describes the jurisdiction, besides federal law governing practice?
• How many hours are needed to become certified Addictions Counselor 1?
• Which scenario is NOT a permissible reason to break confidentiality?
• What does the Biopsychosocial Model suggest that problems have?
• In a BIRP progress note, which component captures the client's response to the intervention?
• The developmental factor underlying adolescent risk taking is which of the following?
• Which screening instrument identifies alcohol use disorders and consists of ten questions?
• Are you permitted to accept gifts from service providers?
• A graduate is allowed to practice for one year; this period can be extended by the Board for good cause shown. As a Graduate you can only
• What should you do when you discover that a counselor is acting unethically or unprofessionally?
• In a BIRP note, which component records the planned next steps?
• In the United States, what percentage of the population identifies themselves as Black?
• The MINI is a brief structured diagnostic interview used in which contexts?
• How many instances are there where confidentiality may be broken?
• Which two subjects must be covered for certification renewal?
• If you become impaired and unable to perform your job as an addiction counselor, what is the proper course of action?
• What does CART and CHART both refer to?
• Which instrument provides an in-depth assessment of both physiological health and psychological health?
• Which makes the best for better outcomes with treatment episodes?
• Which term best describes the main function of cultural brokers in healthcare?
• The AASE scale is used to determine or evaluate?
• During intake, why is it important for clients to sign an informed consent form?
• Genetic factors contribute to addiction risk in the material by approximately which statement is true?
• What distinguishes MET from standard motivational interviewing?
• Which screening instrument is the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test?
• Which topic is listed as a continuing education subject?
• Which statement is true regarding cognitive behavioral therapy?
• When helping families adjust and maintain in home sobriety, what is the therapeutic intervention that draws upon extended support linkages to produce motivation and reinforcement called?
• The board will issue a certification by endorsement to a counselor who has an Out of State Certification if their certification is:
• Which of the following is one of the eight categories in the Substance Abuse Problem Checklist?
• What CE requirements apply to a foreign country applicant seeking certification?
• Cocaine's euphoric effect is achieved by which phenomenon?
• Genetic factor play a significant role in susceptibility to substance abuse and addiction. It is estimated that genetic factors for what percent.
• A counselor in inactive status that wants to qualify for renewal must show proof of what?
• What is the case management model that intergrates therapeutic and resource Acquisition activities know as?
• The ethical principle of nonmaleficence in addiction treatment is best defined as:
• Which assessment instrument is specifically used for screening substance abuse, with a focus on drug use rather than alcohol?
• Which statement best describes the ARISE Method?
• What are your primary guides in determining your conduct as an addictions counselor?
• For foreign applicants, how are CEU credits allocated by category?
• When showing empathy, which approach best aligns with professional practice?
• Which principle would guide a counselor to act with honesty and be trustworthy in all interactions?
• SBIRT, a public health approach for early substance use intervention, stands for what?
• Which statement best describes Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model's home visits?
• Which statement best exemplifies respecting client autonomy in treatment planning?
• What percentage of homeless individuals receive detoxification services compared to non-homeless individuals?
• Among principles essential to effective case management, how is advocacy best described?
• Which laws govern the practice of alcohol and drug abuse counseling that you are obligated to follow?
• What are the CEU renewal requirements?
• For Certification of Endorsement, which documents must be submitted to the Board?
• The SCL-90-R is used for:
• According to some theorists, deviance results from which two factors?
• How many principles are addressed in the NAADAC code of ethics?
• Depressant drugs such as alcohol, opiates, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines are used to cope with which state?
• Which principle is associated with Client Welfare?
• Which of the following lists five areas not to discriminate against?
• What is the purpose of open ended heterogeneous groups?
• What time limits are for CEU classes?
• When an outside agency provides services for another agency, confidentiality is maintained through signing what agreement?
• Motivating an addict to enter treatment is difficult. Which treatment entry method uses the intervention network as part of its motivational process?
• SAMHSA maintains a national registry known as NREPP. What does this acronym refer to?
• Why should data and findings from the assessment be presented to the client and significant others?
• Which therapy uses the miracle question technique as part of its practice?
• Which of the following is one of the eight categories included in the Substance Abuse Problem Checklist?
• Which is not considered a stage in the typical development of alcoholism?
• It is important to determine the client's readiness for change at the onset of treatment. What is the best indicator of readiness?
• Which is not a part of the Matrix Model of treatment?
• Which principle is about ensuring clients have rights and the counselor's duties?
• When is it appropriate for you to end a counseling relationship?
• What is the greatest cultural barrier to receiving mental health treatment?