MCQ Bank
Which of the following refers to the client’s unwillingness to change?
- A) Resistance
- B) Referrals
- C) Acceptance
- D) Initiative
Who among the following gave five characteristics of a counselor i.e. self-awareness, honesty, congruence, ability to communicate and knowledge?
- A) Hackney
- B) Benjamin
- C) Okun
- D) Manthei
Invitation to examine internal or external behavior that seems to be self-defeating or harmful to others and requires a change is called:
- A) Confrontation
- B) Concentration
- C) Contemplation
- D) Challenge
Which of the following is an invitation to client to look more closely at behavior that is not working or interfering healthy functioning?
- A) Confrontation
- B) Self-disclosure
- C) Immediacy
- D) Resistance
The questions which begin with who, what, where, how, or when are called:
- A) Shotgunning questions
- B) Probing questions
- C) Open questions
- D) Closed questions
Who among the following identified three characteristics of an influential counselor i.e. Expert, Attractive and Trustworthy?
- A) Benjamin
- B) Cormier
- C) Okun
- D) Strong
“I also grew up in a family where there were frequent rows”. This statement refers to which of the following dimension of microskill focus analysis?
- A) Family focus
- B) Interviewer focus
- C) We focus
- D) Client focus
Sometimes a skillful counselor can change the way a client perceives events by using which of the following mean?
- A) Reframing
- B) Altering
- C) Reflecting
- D) Changing
During counseling, counselor may develop strong emotional feelings toward client. It is referred to:
- A) Anti-catharsis
- B) Resistance
- C) Transference
- D) Counter transference
Which of the following behavior is observed in clients who are referred by a third party and are unmotivated?
- A) Reluctance
- B) Abusive behavior
- C) Keenness
- D) Excitement
Watkins (1985) identifies four forms of counter transference, which of the following is not included in them?
- A) Hostile
- B) Benign
- C) Rejecting
- D) Harmful
Which of the following reframe helps clients to focus on their self-value?
- A) Cognitive-behavioral
- B) Gestalt-existential
- C) Existential-humanistic
- D) Psychodynamic
In which of the following interview types, counselor is unsure of client’s purpose?
- A) Crisis-initiated
- B) Counselor-initiated
- C) Client-initiated
- D) Problem-initiated
Which of the following dimension of microskill focus analysis, focuses on the importance of family history and family interaction?
- A) Family focus
- B) Client focus
- C) Problem focus
- D) Environmental focus
In Johari window blind area is ______________.
- A) Not known to self and known to others
- B) Not known to others and known to self
- C) Not known to others and not known to self
- D) Known to self and Known to others
All of the followings are features of a counseling room, EXCEPT:
- A) Very dim light
- B) Comfortable furniture
- C) Quiet colors
- D) Absence of clutter
According to Shulman, one-sixth of the time spent in a counseling relationship should be devoted to focusing on which of the following?
- A) Discussing reluctance and fears
- B) Termination
- C) Resistance
- D) Empathy
When counselors see clients’ world from their point of views and are able to communicate this understanding back, known as what?
- A) Emotions
- B) Empathy
- C) Sympathy
- D) Passion
Which of the following dimension of microskill focus analysis is based on mutual sharing between counselor and client?
- A) Interviewer focus
- B) Family focus
- C) Client focus
- D) We focus
The motivation that the client brings into the session is known as:
- A) Resistance
- B) Reluctant
- C) Structure
- D) Initiative