Test Prep NCE Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Test Prep NCE Online Questions & Answers

• Question 81:

  What is one of the most important hallmarks of the Formal Operations stage of cognitive development?

  A. The ability to make rational judgments without concrete objects
  B. The ability to reason deductively
  C. The ability to plan for the future
  D. All of the above
  D. All of the above

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  The Formal Operational stage is the last of Piaget's stages, beginning in early adolescence and lasting until adulthood, and is characterized by abstract concepts.

• Question 82:

  Nosology, the process of formal diagnosis, is most closely related to:

  A. sampling
  B. individualized education plans (IEP)
  C. psychoanalysis
  D. the medical model
  D. the medical model

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  The most recent revision helped align the DSM with the ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases). The DSM-5 provides researchers, clinicians, and health officials with a standard language to use when communicating about mental disorders. The ICD-11 is used by medical professionals to diagnose medical conditions. Most IEPs do contain a formal diagnosis, but the diagnosis is used to help guide what accommodations and modifications go into the IEP to help the student.

• Question 83:

  You are a licensed professional counselor with a Master's degree in Counseling and a doctorate (PhD) in Technology and Operations Management. On your appointment cards for clients, the most appropriate way to list yourself is:

  A. Jane Doe, MA, LPC
  B. Dr. Jane Doe, LPC
  C. Jane Doe, PhD
  D. Dr. Jane Doe, PhD, LPC
  A. Jane Doe, MA, LPC

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  According to the ACA Code of Ethics, when acting in a counselor context, counselors may only use their highest degree earned in counseling, and should not imply doctorate-level competence unless their doctorate degree is in a clinical or related field.

• Question 84:

  Which of the following is not a factor in the sleep patterns of adolescents?

  A. Biorhythm changes
  B. Defiance
  C. Increased need for sleep
  D. Increased academic and social demands
  B. Defiance

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  Teens require more sleep than the average adult due to their rapid growth. A teen's decreased sleep patterns do not generally stem from defiant behavior. Teens have biorhythm changes, making them more likely to stay up late and sleep later. They are inundated with academic and social demands which may impair the amount or quality of their sleep.

• Question 85:

  What do dual career families often lack?

  A. Money
  B. Health insurance
  C. Leisure
  D. Pets
  C. Leisure

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  Dual career families are likely to have access to healthcare and money, however, because both adults in the household are working, they have less time for leisure. Instead of relaxing on evenings and weekends, they are often doing things to keep the household running, like chores or running errands.

• Question 86:

  All humans have a five-stage sleep cycle and all cycle through the stages in the same order. Choose the correct sequence.

  A. Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5
  B. Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 1, Stage 3, Stage 5, Stage 4
  C. Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 5
  D. Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 3, Stage 2, Stage 5
  D. Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 3, Stage 2, Stage 5

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  Sleep does not progress through all of these stages in sequence, however. Sleep begins in Stage One and progresses into stages Two, Three, and Four. Then, after Stage Four sleep, Stages Three, then Two are repeated before going into REM sleep. Once REM is over, we usually return to Stage Two sleep. Sleep cycles through these stages approximately 4 or 5 times throughout the night.

• Question 87:

  Personality tests or interest inventories measure:

  A. goals
  B. maximum performance
  C. typical performance
  D. academic potential
  C. typical performance

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  Typical performance shows how someone will perform on a regular basis. Maximum performance shows how someone will perform when exerting as much effort as possible (such as when a person is being observed).

• Question 88:

  Self-report tests like the BDI:

  A. Consistently and accurately measure its intended criterion regardless of internal or environment factors
  B. Depend much on the present state of the person taking it
  C. May not always be accurate
  D. Both b and c
  D. Both b and c

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  Self-report tests by their very nature make accuracy difficult. They can be useful tools to assess current symptoms, however, and can be administered multiple times to gauge changes (i.e. after several months in therapy or a certain amount of time on a new medication).

• Question 89:

  ________________ results when ideal standards are violated. According to Freud, this is a function of the __________________.

  A. Guilt, ego
  B. Anger, ego
  C. Guilt, superego
  D. Shame, id
  C. Guilt, superego

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  The superego sets ideal standards and guilt results when we violate them.

• Question 90:

  An operational definition:

  A. is deductive logic
  B. can be measured on a Likert Scale
  C. outlines a procedure
  D. describes the purpose of an experiment
  C. outlines a procedure

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  An operational definition is a detailed, clear, and concise definition of a measure used when data is being collected. If more than one researcher is setting out to measure the same conditions, they should be able to independently do so. In the case of measuring anxiety in college seniors, a researcher chooses to give the participants a 15 item questionnaire. The researcher's operational definition of anxiety for this study is the participant's score on the questionnaire.