Question 1

An underlying theme of the National School Counselor Training Initiative is that school counselors need to be integral participants in closing the gap between poor students and students of color and their more advantaged peers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The ASCA National Model is percieved as a flexible template that individual school districts can use to create programs that reflect their own needs and accountability expectations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

In 1908, __________________ established a Vocation Bureau in Boston, the purpose of which was to provide vocational guidance for out-of-school youths.

Accepted Answer

A)   Frank Parsons
B)   Jesse B. Davis
C)   Anna Y. Reed
D)   Eli W. Weaver A

Question 4

A counselor helping a teacher design and implement a plan for helping a child interact more successfully with classmates is an example of a(n) __________________ responsive counseling intervention.

Accepted Answer

A)   direct
B)   indirect
C)   cooperative
D)   successful

Question 5

His strengths-based approach, which emphasizes the counseling relationship and climate, impacted the field unlike the work of any person before him.

Accepted Answer

A)   E. G. Williamson
B)   Carl Rogers
C)   Frank Parsons
D)   Clifford Beers

Question 6

The most recent available data indicates the current school counselor to student ratio is approximately________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   300 to 1
B)   375 to 1
C)   470 to 1
D)   600 to 1

Question 7

Achieving __________________ is a systematic process that incorporates evaluation of one's programmatic efforts.

Accepted Answer

A)   advocacy
B)   consistency
C)   evaluation
D)   accountability

Question 8

The concept that every student receives the necessary interventions and support services needed to be academically successful most closely aligns with which goal of a balanced approach to school counseling?

Accepted Answer

A)   attend to the affective and cognitive development of all students
B)   provide both prevention programming and responsive services
C)   be an advocate for all students
D)   achieve accountability

Question 9

The early evolution of school counseling occurred in what order?

Accepted Answer

A)   Psychometric Movement, Mental Health Movement, Vocational Guidance Movement, School Guidance Profession
B)   Mental Health Movement, Psychometric Movement, School Guidance Profession, Vocational Guidance Movement
C)   Vocational Guidance Movement, School Guidance Profession, Mental Health Movement, Psychometric Movement
D)   Vocational Guidance Movement, Psychometric Movement, Mental Health Movement, School Guidance Profession

Question 10

School counselors are expected to collect and analyze __________________ to determine program effectiveness.

Accepted Answer

A)   data
B)   report cards
C)   attendance records
D)   pre and post-tests

Question 11

In what year did the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) first present the National Model for School Counseling Programs?

Accepted Answer

A)   2000
B)   2002
C)   2005
D)   2012

Question 12

An example of a direct responsive counseling intervention is:

Accepted Answer

A)   meeting directly with students to help them make decisions
B)   resolving problems
C)   changing environmental circumstances
D)   all of the above

Question 13

Students of color develop in the exact same manner as non-minority students.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The passage of this legislation provided federal funds to the states for the enhancement of school counseling programs and to colleges and universities to update working school counselors and train new ones.

Accepted Answer

A)   The George-Barden Act of 1946
B)   The National Defense Education Act of 1958
C)   The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1975
D)   The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Question 15

A balanced school counseling program is designed to provide both __________________ prevention programming and __________________ counseling interventions.

Accepted Answer

A)   comprehensive, specific
B)   specific, comprehensive
C)   proactive, responsive
D)   responsive, proactive

Exam 2: Toward a Comprehensive Model for Professional School Counseling