Question 1

Which of the following is not an example of the kind of question a helper might try to have clients ask themselves in order to choose best-fit strategies?

Accepted Answer

A) Which strategies will be most useful in helping me get what I need and want? 
B) Which strategies reflect my wildest dreams,the things I most want in life? 
C) Which strategies will be most economic in the use of resources? 
D) Which strategies best fit my resources? 
A) Which strategies will be most useful in helping me get what I need and want? 
B) Which strategies reflect my wildest dreams,the things I most want in life? 
C) Which strategies will be most economic in the use of resources? 
D) Which strategies best fit my resources? B

Question 2

Read the following and answer the question: Surprised by the number of program possibilities available to achieve the goal of getting liquor out of her life,Karen decided to try some of them.She went to an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous,attended a meeting of a women's lifestyle-issues group,visited a hospital that had a residential treatment program,and signed up for a two-week trial physical-fitness program at a YMCA.She tried these out and then discussed the options with her counsellor.
What technique for strategy selection was she using?

Accepted Answer

A) Experiential learning 
B) Strategy sampling 
C) Prompt and fade 
D) The balance-sheet method 
A) Experiential learning 
B) Strategy sampling 
C) Prompt and fade 
D) The balance-sheet method B

Question 3

Brainstorming can help to stimulate the client's thinking.What other benefits does brainstorming have?

Accepted Answer

A) Identifying what has worked well in the past 
B) Developing strategies to accomplish goals 
C) Separating short,medium and long term goals 
D) Identifying problem-managing outcomes 
A) Identifying what has worked well in the past 
B) Developing strategies to accomplish goals 
C) Separating short,medium and long term goals 
D) Identifying problem-managing outcomes B

Question 4

After clients develop strategies to accomplish their goals,they ____.

Accepted Answer

A) will be able to implement the strategies without further assistance 
B) may need assistance finding best-fit strategies to meet their goals 
C) will likely terminate therapy 
D) will be cured 
A) will be able to implement the strategies without further assistance 
B) may need assistance finding best-fit strategies to meet their goals 
C) will likely terminate therapy 
D) will be cured

Question 5

How do good plans add value to a client's search for a better life?

Accepted Answer

A) All of these 
B) They make clients review their values if the values are unethical 
C) They provide an opportunity to evaluate the realism and adequacy of goals 
D) They introduce idealism to keep clients pursuing their dreams 
A) All of these 
B) They make clients review their values if the values are unethical 
C) They provide an opportunity to evaluate the realism and adequacy of goals 
D) They introduce idealism to keep clients pursuing their dreams

Question 6

What are the three common pitfalls in the process of selecting strategies?

Accepted Answer

A) Wishful thinking,playing it safe,and avoiding the worst outcome 
B) Wishful thinking,excessive risk-taking,and rationalising 
C) Wishful thinking,playing it safe,and making too many goals 
D) Excessive risk-taking,making too many goals,and rationalising 
A) Wishful thinking,playing it safe,and avoiding the worst outcome 
B) Wishful thinking,excessive risk-taking,and rationalising 
C) Wishful thinking,playing it safe,and making too many goals 
D) Excessive risk-taking,making too many goals,and rationalising

Question 7

When the client's future seems particularly uncertain,it is helpful to develop ____.

Accepted Answer

A) ready-made plans 
B) stress-reducing plans 
C) contingency plans 
D) an exercise plan 
A) ready-made plans 
B) stress-reducing plans 
C) contingency plans 
D) an exercise plan

Question 8

After brainstorming strategies for accomplishing goals,the helping process should include choosing a strategy that ____.

Accepted Answer

A) will be the easiest to achieve 
B) best fits the client's situation,resources,personality,and preferences 
C) best fits the client's hopes and dreams 
D) offers the greatest challenge 
A) will be the easiest to achieve 
B) best fits the client's situation,resources,personality,and preferences 
C) best fits the client's hopes and dreams 
D) offers the greatest challenge

Question 9

Stage III primarily is about ____.

Accepted Answer

A) termination 
B) implementation 
C) brainstorming goals 
D) defining goals 
A) termination 
B) implementation 
C) brainstorming goals 
D) defining goals

Question 10

Read the following and answer the question: Client: I am so depressed that I can't lose weight.I'll lose a few pounds but they never stay off.So here I go again on another diet that I am sure won't work.
Helper: How might you help yourself this time?
Client: I have no idea.I feel so alone in this.
Helper: Have you ever thought of joining a group of people who are all struggling with this problem?
In this interaction,the helper is helping the client to ____.

Accepted Answer

A) find useful social support 
B) see that the problem is with social interaction rather than with weight 
C) challenge the client's fear of others 
D) find deep inner resources 
A) find useful social support 
B) see that the problem is with social interaction rather than with weight 
C) challenge the client's fear of others 
D) find deep inner resources

Question 11

Which of the following is not a guideline for helping clients choose best-fit strategies for achieving goals that is recommended in the text?

Accepted Answer

A) Choose strategies that are realistic in that they can be carried out with the resources the clients have 
B) Make sure strategies are ambiguous so that the client can fill in the details along the way 
C) Make sure strategies are specific enough to drive behaviour 
D) Make sure strategies selected are consistent with the client's values 
A) Choose strategies that are realistic in that they can be carried out with the resources the clients have 
B) Make sure strategies are ambiguous so that the client can fill in the details along the way 
C) Make sure strategies are specific enough to drive behaviour 
D) Make sure strategies selected are consistent with the client's values

Question 12

When selecting strategies with a client,it is important to ____.

Accepted Answer

A) understand what resources are available to the client 
B) be realistic 
C) select strategies consistent with the values of the client 
D) all of the above 
A) understand what resources are available to the client 
B) be realistic 
C) select strategies consistent with the values of the client 
D) all of the above

Question 13

In Stage III,it is important to link ____.

Accepted Answer

A) final planning to possible choices 
B) possible strategies to action 
C) final planning to possible outcomes 
D) possible strategies to final planning 
A) final planning to possible choices 
B) possible strategies to action 
C) final planning to possible outcomes 
D) possible strategies to final planning

Question 14

One way to help clients develop a range of strategies is to help them investigate resources in their lives by using ____.

Accepted Answer

A) analytics 
B) differential therapeutics 
C) a reverse path 
D) a framework 
A) analytics 
B) differential therapeutics 
C) a reverse path 
D) a framework

Question 15

Which of the following best described ESTs?

Accepted Answer

A) They are controversial because of the lack of research support. 
B) They are not applicable to the treatment of phobias. 
C) They incorporate step-by-step manuals. 
D) They are complex and require extensive training. 
A) They are controversial because of the lack of research support. 
B) They are not applicable to the treatment of phobias. 
C) They incorporate step-by-step manuals. 
D) They are complex and require extensive training.

Question 16

Which of the following is not a task of Stage III of the helping process?

Accepted Answer

A) Helping clients choose strategies that are effective,efficient,and tailored to their preferences and resources 
B) Helping clients turn strategies into a realistic plan 
C) Helping clients to identify tactics and strategies for accomplishing all the goals that the helper identified during Stage II 
D) Helping clients to develop possible strategies for accomplishing their goals 
A) Helping clients choose strategies that are effective,efficient,and tailored to their preferences and resources 
B) Helping clients turn strategies into a realistic plan 
C) Helping clients to identify tactics and strategies for accomplishing all the goals that the helper identified during Stage II 
D) Helping clients to develop possible strategies for accomplishing their goals

Which of the following is not an example of the kind of question a helper might try to have clients ask themselves in order to choose best-fit strategies?

Brainstorming can help to stimulate the client's thinking.What other benefits does brainstorming have?

After clients develop strategies to accomplish their goals,they ____.

How do good plans add value to a client's search for a better life?

What are the three common pitfalls in the process of selecting strategies?

When the client's future seems particularly uncertain,it is helpful to develop ____.

After brainstorming strategies for accomplishing goals,the helping process should include choosing a strategy that ____.

Stage III primarily is about ____.

Which of the following is not a guideline for helping clients choose best-fit strategies for achieving goals that is recommended in the text?

When selecting strategies with a client,it is important to ____.

In Stage III,it is important to link ____.

One way to help clients develop a range of strategies is to help them investigate resources in their lives by using ____.

Which of the following best described ESTs?

Which of the following is not a task of Stage III of the helping process?

Successful Helping an Introduction

The Helping Relationship

Empathic Presence and Responding Building a Mutual Understanding

The Art of Probing and Summarising

Facilitating Client Self-Challenge: From New Perspectives to New Behaviour

Helper Self-Challenge and Overcoming Client Resistance

An Introduction to the Problem-Solving and Problem-Management Process

Stage I: Helping Clients Explore Their Concerns and Tell Their Stories

Stage II: Helping Clients Design Problem-Managing Outcomes and Set Goals

How to Implement and Make It All Happen

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Exam 10: Stage III: Planning the Way Forward

Which of the following is not an example of the kind of question a helper might try to have clients ask themselves in order to choose best-fit strategies?

Brainstorming can help to stimulate the client's thinking.What other benefits does brainstorming have?

After clients develop strategies to accomplish their goals,they ____.

How do good plans add value to a client's search for a better life?

What are the three common pitfalls in the process of selecting strategies?

When the client's future seems particularly uncertain,it is helpful to develop ____.

After brainstorming strategies for accomplishing goals,the helping process should include choosing a strategy that ____.

Stage III primarily is about ____.

Which of the following is not a guideline for helping clients choose best-fit strategies for achieving goals that is recommended in the text?

When selecting strategies with a client,it is important to ____.

In Stage III,it is important to link ____.

One way to help clients develop a range of strategies is to help them investigate resources in their lives by using ____.

Which of the following best described ESTs?

Which of the following is not a task of Stage III of the helping process?

Successful Helping an Introduction

The Helping Relationship

Empathic Presence and Responding Building a Mutual Understanding

The Art of Probing and Summarising

Facilitating Client Self-Challenge: From New Perspectives to New Behaviour

Helper Self-Challenge and Overcoming Client Resistance

An Introduction to the Problem-Solving and Problem-Management Process

Stage I: Helping Clients Explore Their Concerns and Tell Their Stories

Stage II: Helping Clients Design Problem-Managing Outcomes and Set Goals

How to Implement and Make It All Happen

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