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National Counselor Examination (NCE) Practice Test 2
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The National Counselor Examination (NCE) is a 200-item multiple-choice examination designed to assess knowledge, skills and abilities determined to be important for providing effective counseling services. The NCE is a requirement for counselor licensure in many U.S. states. It is also one of two examination options for the National Certified Counselor (NCC) certification. Education Requirements: You must hold a counseling degree with at least 48 semester hours or 72 quarter hours of graduate-level coursework from a CACREP-accredited program or a counseling program administered by a... Show more
National Counselor Examination (NCE) Practice Test 2
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1. The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression is intended for which of the following?
2. Four broad stages of development in the first three years of life are identified in object relations theory. Which of these represents the correct chronological order of these four stages?
3. Which of these is correct about insurance laws related to counseling?
4. Which of these is NOT generally identified as a circumstance in which testing may be useful?
5. Which two psychologists most emphasize freedom of choice and responsibility in their theories?
6. If a group has co-leaders, which of the following is true?
7. An outpatient client with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has as an emotional support animal (a cat) and wants to take the cat to work with her when she returns to her job. According to Title II and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which of the following is true about an emotional comfort animal?
8. Robert Carkhuff categorized counselors’ responses as all EXCEPT which of the following?
9. A counselor is focusing on social skills training with a client with schizophrenia in order to improve the client’s ability to function socially. The counselor is utilizing shaping to reinforce teaching. Which of the following is the best description of shaping?
10. There are many confounding variables that can threaten an experiment’s validity, but which of the following is a threat to both internal validity and external validity?
11. A counselor who has a current caseload of 124 clients decides to close his practice and move to Florida. Unethical handling of this change includes:
12. Jim decides to go for counseling and makes an appointment. When he gets there, the counselor gives him a statement of disclosure. Which is true regarding this document?
13. What is John Bowlby best known for?
14. Would Freud’s psychodynamic approach and Albert Ellis’ REBT favor the emic or the etic approach?
15. The evidence-based Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) tool indicates that a client has modifiable risk factors for suicide and strong protective factors, resulting in an overall low risk factor although the client admits to thoughts of death but denies a plan or intent. Which of the following is the intervention that is most indicated?
16. According to the 'bystander effect,' an individual is ____ likely to help someone in need if that individual is the only other person present.
17. Which of the following is NOT a reason to use nonparametric statistics?
18. Terry’s average score per basketball game is 27 points. This places him sixth among all the forwards in the Midwest basketball league. The level of measurement described in this example is:
19. One family structure that is on the rise in the United States is the:
20. A client with catatonic schizophrenia has sat in the same chair with the right arm extended for an hour after the phlebotomist extended the arm for a blood draw. This is an example of which of the following?
21. A 42-year-old woman returns to her career as an HR manager after her children start to attend school all day. This is an example of:
22. Paradoxical intention, implosive therapy, and thought stopping are all techniques used by _____________ counselors.
23. When one member of a group begins to exhibit negative non-verbal communication (such as eye-rolling or looking bored), the counselor, who is serving as the group leader, routinely directs the group’s attention toward another member of the group by asking the other group member a question or making a comment. Which of the following does this best exemplify?
24. Albert Bandura’s best-known research was his:
25. In a group therapy setting, what is a 'gate keeper'?

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