Question 1

People will often practice or do a "dry run" before they act on killing themselves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

It is good practice to assess for lethality during most psychological related assessments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Which of the following categories are NOT generally found in a report?

Accepted Answer

A)  Significant medical/counseling history 
B)  Substance use and abuse 
C)  Vocational and educational history 
D)  "Other" pertinent background information 
E)  All of these are often found in a report. 
A)  Significant medical/counseling history 
B)  Substance use and abuse 
C)  Vocational and educational history 
D)  "Other" pertinent background information 
E)  All of these are often found in a report. E

Question 4

An advantage of the semi-structured interview is that it draws from both the structured and unstructured interview styles, thus allowing the interviewer the freedom to flow back and forth between the two styles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Terms like constricted, full, appropriate, inappropriate, content, labile, flat, blunted, or exaggerated refer to the client's:

Accepted Answer

A)  affect. 
B)  mood. 
C)  thought components. 
D)  cognitive functioning. 
E)  All of these are true. 
A)  affect. 
B)  mood. 
C)  thought components. 
D)  cognitive functioning. 
E)  All of these are true.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the structured interview?

Accepted Answer

A)  It offers broad enough areas of content to cover topics a practitioner may otherwise have missed. 
B)  It increases the reliability of results due to the fact that all prescribed items will be covered. 
C)  It allows the client the freedom of response to discuss other items, if need be. 
D)  It helps the examiner to focus on specific items that may otherwise be missed or difficult to cover during an unstructured interview. 
A)  It offers broad enough areas of content to cover topics a practitioner may otherwise have missed. 
B)  It increases the reliability of results due to the fact that all prescribed items will be covered. 
C)  It allows the client the freedom of response to discuss other items, if need be. 
D)  It helps the examiner to focus on specific items that may otherwise be missed or difficult to cover during an unstructured interview.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT suggested in the text as guidelines to be cognizant of in order to adequately interview a client?

Accepted Answer

A)  Establish trust and rapport. 
B)  Provide an environment that is comfortable and assures confidentiality. 
C)  Focus on verbal and nonverbal cues in an effort to gather all of what the person is communicating to you. 
D)  Be confrontational if necessary regarding substance use and abuse. 
A)  Establish trust and rapport. 
B)  Provide an environment that is comfortable and assures confidentiality. 
C)  Focus on verbal and nonverbal cues in an effort to gather all of what the person is communicating to you. 
D)  Be confrontational if necessary regarding substance use and abuse.

Question 8

Which of the following is suggested when writing reports?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use shorter rather than longer words. 
B)  Maximize the number of difficult words. 
C)  Use the jargon of your professional associations. 
D)  Use acronyms to save space. 
E)  Use passive verbs. 
A)  Use shorter rather than longer words. 
B)  Maximize the number of difficult words. 
C)  Use the jargon of your professional associations. 
D)  Use acronyms to save space. 
E)  Use passive verbs.

Question 9

Whether a client is oriented to time, place, and person; an assessment of the client's short- and long-term memory; an evaluation of the client's knowledge base and intellectual functioning; and a statement about the client's level of insight and ability to make judgments all refer to the client's:

Accepted Answer

A)  affect. 
B)  mood. 
C)  thought components. 
D)  cognitive functioning. 
E)  All of these are true. 
A)  affect. 
B)  mood. 
C)  thought components. 
D)  cognitive functioning. 
E)  All of these are true.

Question 10

Which of the following is suggested when writing reports?

Accepted Answer

A)  Describe your feelings (not behaviors) about the client and his or her issues. 
B)  State your opinion throughout the report. 
C)  Use labels regarding your client as a valuable tool for your reader. 
D)  Take a stand if you feel strongly that the information warrants it. 
E)  Points out only the weaknesses of your client; his or her strengths are unimportant for the report. 
A)  Describe your feelings (not behaviors) about the client and his or her issues. 
B)  State your opinion throughout the report. 
C)  Use labels regarding your client as a valuable tool for your reader. 
D)  Take a stand if you feel strongly that the information warrants it. 
E)  Points out only the weaknesses of your client; his or her strengths are unimportant for the report.

Question 11

When it is assessing for lethality, which of the following is NOT important to consider?

Accepted Answer

A)  The continuum of their ideation to rehearsal 
B)  Protective factors 
C)  Risk factors 
D)  Ability to contract for safety 
E)  None of these; they are all important. 
A)  The continuum of their ideation to rehearsal 
B)  Protective factors 
C)  Risk factors 
D)  Ability to contract for safety 
E)  None of these; they are all important.

Question 12

Generally, the diagnosis section of the assessment report includes clinical diagnosis, psychosocial and environmental factors, and medical conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The summary and conclusion section of the report gives you the opportunity to add new information or facts that may have been excluded elsewhere.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The recommendations section of the report should flow naturally from the rest of the report.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the client's cognitive functioning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Client orientation to time, place, and person 
B)  Short- and long-term memory of client 
C)  Obsessional thinking of client 
D)  Knowledge base and intellectual functioning of client 
E)  Client insight and judgment 
A)  Client orientation to time, place, and person 
B)  Short- and long-term memory of client 
C)  Obsessional thinking of client 
D)  Knowledge base and intellectual functioning of client 
E)  Client insight and judgment

Question 16

The depth of the assessment has to do with casting a wide enough net to assure that the examiner has done all that is necessary to adequately assess what he or she is looking for.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT found in a mental status report?

Accepted Answer

A)  The client's appearance and behavior 
B)  The client's stability at work/school/home life 
C)  The client's emotional state 
D)  The client's thought components 
E)  The client's cognitive functioning 
A)  The client's appearance and behavior 
B)  The client's stability at work/school/home life 
C)  The client's emotional state 
D)  The client's thought components 
E)  The client's cognitive functioning

Question 18

The breadth of the assessment has to do with assuring that one is using techniques that reflect the intensity of the issue(s) being examined.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of the structured interview?

Accepted Answer

A)  It can cause the examiner to miss important pieces of information because items are pre-determined. 
B)  It creates an atmosphere that might be experienced as dehumanizing by the client. 
C)  It can result in misinterpretation of items by clients, or of client responses by examiners, when working with minority clients or others who may be less familiar with items. 
D)  It may focus too much on one area at the exclusion of others. 
A)  It can cause the examiner to miss important pieces of information because items are pre-determined. 
B)  It creates an atmosphere that might be experienced as dehumanizing by the client. 
C)  It can result in misinterpretation of items by clients, or of client responses by examiners, when working with minority clients or others who may be less familiar with items. 
D)  It may focus too much on one area at the exclusion of others.

Question 20

Generally, when incorporating a mental status into a report, all four areas are given their own separate paragraph.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

People will often practice or do a "dry run" before they act on killing themselves.

It is good practice to assess for lethality during most psychological related assessments.

Which of the following categories are NOT generally found in a report?

An advantage of the semi-structured interview is that it draws from both the structured and unstructured interview styles, thus allowing the interviewer the freedom to flow back and forth between the two styles.

Terms like constricted, full, appropriate, inappropriate, content, labile, flat, blunted, or exaggerated refer to the client's:

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the structured interview?

Which of the following is NOT suggested in the text as guidelines to be cognizant of in order to adequately interview a client?

Which of the following is suggested when writing reports?

Whether a client is oriented to time, place, and person; an assessment of the client's short- and long-term memory; an evaluation of the client's knowledge base and intellectual functioning; and a statement about the client's level of insight and ability to make judgments all refer to the client's:

Which of the following is suggested when writing reports?

When it is assessing for lethality, which of the following is NOT important to consider?

Generally, the diagnosis section of the assessment report includes clinical diagnosis, psychosocial and environmental factors, and medical conditions.

The summary and conclusion section of the report gives you the opportunity to add new information or facts that may have been excluded elsewhere.

The recommendations section of the report should flow naturally from the rest of the report.

Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the client's cognitive functioning?

The depth of the assessment has to do with casting a wide enough net to assure that the examiner has done all that is necessary to adequately assess what he or she is looking for.

Which of the following is NOT found in a mental status report?

The breadth of the assessment has to do with assuring that one is using techniques that reflect the intensity of the issue(s) being examined.

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of the structured interview?

Generally, when incorporating a mental status into a report, all four areas are given their own separate paragraph.

History of Testing and Assessment

Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment

Diagnosis in the Assessment Process

Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Crosscultural Fairness, and Practicality

Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores

Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data

Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests

Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment

Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests

Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests

Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment

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Exam 4: The Assessment Report Process: Interviewing the Client and Writing the Report

People will often practice or do a "dry run" before they act on killing themselves.

It is good practice to assess for lethality during most psychological related assessments.

Which of the following categories are NOT generally found in a report?

An advantage of the semi-structured interview is that it draws from both the structured and unstructured interview styles, thus allowing the interviewer the freedom to flow back and forth between the two styles.

Terms like constricted, full, appropriate, inappropriate, content, labile, flat, blunted, or exaggerated refer to the client's:

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the structured interview?

Which of the following is NOT suggested in the text as guidelines to be cognizant of in order to adequately interview a client?

Which of the following is suggested when writing reports?

Whether a client is oriented to time, place, and person; an assessment of the client's short- and long-term memory; an evaluation of the client's knowledge base and intellectual functioning; and a statement about the client's level of insight and ability to make judgments all refer to the client's:

Which of the following is suggested when writing reports?

When it is assessing for lethality, which of the following is NOT important to consider?

Generally, the diagnosis section of the assessment report includes clinical diagnosis, psychosocial and environmental factors, and medical conditions.

The summary and conclusion section of the report gives you the opportunity to add new information or facts that may have been excluded elsewhere.

The recommendations section of the report should flow naturally from the rest of the report.

Which of the following is NOT considered a part of the client's cognitive functioning?

The depth of the assessment has to do with casting a wide enough net to assure that the examiner has done all that is necessary to adequately assess what he or she is looking for.

Which of the following is NOT found in a mental status report?

The breadth of the assessment has to do with assuring that one is using techniques that reflect the intensity of the issue(s) being examined.

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of the structured interview?

Generally, when incorporating a mental status into a report, all four areas are given their own separate paragraph.

History of Testing and Assessment

Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues in Assessment

Diagnosis in the Assessment Process

Test Worthiness: Validity, Reliability, Crosscultural Fairness, and Practicality

Statistical Concepts: Making Meaning Out of Raw Scores

Statistical Concepts: Creating New Scores to Interpret Test Data

Assessment of Educational Ability: Survey Battery, Diagnostic, Readiness, and Cognitive Ability Tests

Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: Intelligence Testing and Neuropsychological Assessment

Career and Occupational Assessment: Interest Inventories, Multiple Aptitude, and Special Aptitude Tests

Clinical Assessment: Objective and Projective Personality Tests

Informal Assessment: Observation, Rating Scales, Classification Methods, Environmental Assessments, Records and Personal Documents, and Performance-Based Assessment

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