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Alcohol and Drug Counselor Exam Prep - Question List

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121.

Your new patient is going through alcohol withdrawal.  Which symptoms would indicate to the counselor that the patient is having delirium tremors?

  1. Cold sweats
  2. Hypotension, ataxia, hunger
  3. Hypertension, change in level of consciousness, hallucinations
  4. Hypotension, coarse hand tremors, agitation
  5. All of the above
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122.

You are providing narrative therapy to a client who believes that his colleagues at work have it out for him because of his previous alcoholic behavior. He would rather not go to work anymore and telecommute. You might help him explore this by encouraging to him:

  1. Sincerity in approaching his coworkers
  2. Permission for things to be different
  3. Contentedness
  4. Discursive presence
  5. Tell a long narrative story about a fictional character
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123.

Until last month, Marisa had a job, owned her home, and served as one of the chaperones for her children’s school events.  She admits some of her problems are related to recreational cocaine usage. After her trial for forgery, she is participating in counseling as part of a court mandate so that she will be able to see her children again. She has not seen or heard from any friends in three months and is currently in foreclosure on her home. Which of the following would be an appropriate list of her environmental and psychosocial factors?

  1. Legal, social, support, financial
  2. Home life, social life, justice system
  3. Friends, money, children, crime
  4. None of the above
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124.

Your substance abuse client has Persistent Depressive Disorder and poor social support. What can be said about the client’s symptoms?

  1. Depressive symptoms have persisted for over two years with little relief
  2. The client is only mildly impacted by these symptoms
  3. The client has plenty of family to help them through the situation
  4. All of the above
  5. None of the above
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125. What is Conformity?
  1. Going along with the group
  2. Changing one’s behavior because of real or imagined group pressure
  3. Doing what is popular at the time
  4. All of the above
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