CFC Treatment Modalities & Interventions

Question 1

Under the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model, which offenders should receive the most intensive treatment services?

Accepted Answer

High-risk offenders

Answer

The risk principle matches treatment intensity to risk level, so high-risk offenders get the most intensive services while low-risk offenders can be harmed by over-treatment.

Question 2

A forensic counselor tailors interventions to a client's learning style, cognitive ability, and motivation. Which RNR principle is being applied?

Accepted Answer

Responsivity principle

Answer

The responsivity principle says interventions should fit the offender's abilities, learning style, motivation, and personal characteristics.

Question 3

Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) primarily aims to change which aspect of the offender?

Accepted Answer

Moral reasoning and decision-making

Answer

MRT is a cognitive-behavioral program that raises moral reasoning through structured steps.

Question 4

Which medication for opioid use disorder is a partial mu-opioid agonist?

Accepted Answer

Buprenorphine

Answer

Buprenorphine is a partial agonist with a ceiling effect, which lowers overdose risk compared with full agonists such as methadone.

Question 5

In a contingency management program, a probationer earns vouchers for each negative urine screen. This intervention relies mainly on which principle?

Accepted Answer

Positive reinforcement

Answer

Contingency management gives tangible rewards for target behaviors such as abstinence, which is positive reinforcement.

CFC - Certified Forensic Counselor Practice Test

CFC - Certified Forensic Counselor Practice Test

CFC Treatment Modalities & Interventions