MC Assessment and Diagnosis

Question 1

Which diagnostic manual is the primary reference used by licensed counselors in the United States for classifying mental health disorders?

Accepted Answer

DSM-5-TR

Answer

ICD-11

Answer

PDM-2

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RDoC

Question 2

A counselor administering the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) is using which type of assessment?

Accepted Answer

Self-report inventory

Answer

Projective test

Answer

Neuropsychological battery

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Structured clinical interview

Question 3

Which term describes the degree to which an assessment tool consistently measures what it is intended to measure across repeated administrations?

Accepted Answer

Reliability

Answer

Validity

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Standardization

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Norming

Question 4

During a mental status examination, a counselor notes that a client's speech is rapid, difficult to interrupt, and jumps between loosely connected topics. This finding is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Pressured speech with flight of ideas

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Tangential thinking

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Poverty of speech

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Echolalia

Question 5

A counselor wants to compare a client's test score to how others in the general population performed. This requires the use of:

Accepted Answer

Normative data

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Criterion-referenced norms

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Ipsative scoring

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Qualitative coding

Question 6

Which ethical obligation requires a counselor to keep assessment results confidential and share them only with authorized parties?

Accepted Answer

Confidentiality

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Informed consent

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Duty to warn

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Beneficence