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CPCE Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Exam practice test

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Question 1 Helping relationship: empathy

Question 1: Helping relationship: empathy

Carl Rogers identified which condition as essential to therapeutic change?

Question 2 Ethics: confidentiality

Question 2: Ethics: confidentiality

Under the Tarasoff duty to warn or protect, a counselor must take action when:

Question 3 Human growth: Erikson

Question 3: Human growth: Erikson

According to Erikson, the central psychosocial conflict of adolescence is:

Question 4 Career: Holland

Question 4: Career: Holland

In Holland's RIASEC model, a person high in Investigative and Artistic but low in Conventional would best match careers like:

Question 5 Group counseling: stages

Question 5: Group counseling: stages

In Tuckman's group development model, the stage characterized by conflict and resistance is:

Question 6 Assessment: standardization

Question 6: Assessment: standardization

A test that produces similar results when administered to the same examinee on different occasions has good:

Question 7 Theories: cognitive behavioral

Question 7: Theories: cognitive behavioral

In CBT, the technique of identifying and modifying inaccurate thought patterns is called:

Question 8 Multicultural counseling

Question 8: Multicultural counseling

Cultural encapsulation refers to:

Question 9 Ethics: ACA Code

Question 9: Ethics: ACA Code

The ACA Code of Ethics is enforceable for whom?

Question 10 Research: design

Question 10: Research: design

A study that follows the same cohort of participants over many years is called:

Question 11 Group counseling: leadership

Question 11: Group counseling: leadership

A leader who actively structures sessions, gives feedback, and provides direction would be described as having which leadership style?

Question 12 Career: Super

Question 12: Career: Super

Super's life-span, life-space approach proposes that career development:

Question 13 Assessment: statistics

Question 13: Assessment: statistics

A score that falls one standard deviation above the mean on a normal distribution is at approximately what percentile?

Question 14 Theory: Adler

Question 14: Theory: Adler

Adlerian therapy emphasizes:

Question 15 Ethics: dual relationships

Question 15: Ethics: dual relationships

A counselor who begins dating a current client commits which type of ethical violation?

Question 16 Crisis intervention

Question 16: Crisis intervention

In the first hour after a violent event, the most appropriate counseling response is to:

Question 17 DSM diagnosis

Question 17: DSM diagnosis

Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) requires depressive symptoms for at least:

Question 18 Assessment: validity

Question 18: Assessment: validity

A test designed to measure depression that correlates highly with another well-established depression scale demonstrates evidence of:

Question 19 Substance use

Question 19: Substance use

Motivational Interviewing is most strongly associated with:

Question 20 Family systems

Question 20: Family systems

In Bowen's family systems theory, differentiation of self refers to:

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Work through up to 60 CCE-style questions built around ethics, assessment, and the wording patterns students usually miss on the first read.
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  • Review 3 real-world analogies, topic article cards, and source checks after each question so documentation and client safety feel easier to recognize under pressure.
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