CAP Addictions Professional Core Knowledge and Competencies 5

Question 1

A client with opioid use disorder who is pregnant should PREFERABLY be offered which treatment approach?

Accepted Answer

Medication-assisted treatment with methadone or buprenorphine

Answer

Medically supervised withdrawal (detox) in the first trimester

Answer

Abstinence-based residential treatment without medication

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Outpatient counseling only with regular drug testing

Question 2

In the context of cultural competence, which approach involves the counselor actively learning about a client's cultural background to inform treatment?

Accepted Answer

Cultural humility

Answer

Cultural imposition

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Cultural blindness

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Cultural encapsulation

Question 3

Which relapse prevention model identifies 'apparently irrelevant decisions' (AIDs) as early warning signs in the relapse process?

Accepted Answer

Gorski's CENAPS Model

Answer

Marlatt and Gordon's Cognitive-Behavioral Model

Answer

Daley's Warning Signs Model

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Prochaska's Transtheoretical Model

Question 4

A counselor discovers that a client has been selling their prescribed buprenorphine. The MOST appropriate initial action is:

Accepted Answer

Address the behavior directly with the client and reassess treatment needs

Answer

Immediately discharge the client from treatment

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Report the client to law enforcement

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Increase drug testing frequency without informing the client

Question 5

Which neuroadaptive process explains why a client needs increasing amounts of a substance to achieve the same effect?

Accepted Answer

Tolerance

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Sensitization

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Withdrawal

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Craving

Question 6

The SBIRT model in addiction screening stands for:

Accepted Answer

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

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Substance Behavior Identification and Rapid Treatment

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Screening, Behavioral Inventory, and Residential Treatment

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Substance-Based Integrated Referral Technique

Question 7

Which concept describes the phenomenon where environmental cues previously associated with substance use trigger intense cravings?

Accepted Answer

Conditioned cue reactivity

Answer

Operant conditioning

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Negative reinforcement

Answer

Extinction burst