Deck 14: Odds N Ends

Question 1

When asked to give an educational presentation about alcohol use to high-school students, the best approach is to:

A) prepare very little so that your presentation is more spontaneous and interesting
B) tell personal stories so you establish a bond with your audience
C) consider your presentation as a job well-done if your audience goes home remembering a few major points
D) make the most of the opportunity by packing as many facts and figures as possible into your presentation

Answer 1

consider your presentation as a job well-done if your audience goes home remembering a few major points

Question 2

When asked to give a training presentation about alcohol use to other professionals, the best approach is to:

A) impress your audience with a couple of your best "war stories"
B) use clinical jargon to help establish common ground with your audience
C) give concrete examples of your therapeutic interactions with clients
D) fully explain why it is such a problem that other helping professions do not know how to work with alcoholics

Answer 2

give concrete examples of your therapeutic interactions with clients

Question 3

The first alcohol-related prevention efforts were based on which prevention model?

A) primary, secondary, and tertiary
B) primary, selective, and indicated
C) universal, selective, and indicated
D) demand reduction and supply reduction

Answer 3

primary, secondary, and tertiary

Question 4

Most alcohol-related prevention programs for adolescents focus on:

A) promoting abstinence
B) preventing drunk driving
C) preventing harm reduction
D) promoting responsible drinking

Question 5

A substance-abuse clinician can best help her clients by:

A) being available to them any time, any day
B) maintaining a balance and separation between work and personal life
C) avoiding time-wasting professional workshops and conferences
D) taking complete responsibility for a client and handling every aspect of treatment by herself

Question 6

A substance-abuse counselor obtains his certification or license from:

A) his college or university
B) his employer
C) his state's certifying or licensing body
D) the federal government's certifying or licensing body

Question 7

The ethical principle of beneficence states that:

A) clients have the right to make decisions that affect their lives
B) clinicians should not be discriminatory in their work
C) clients are to be treated respectfully and compassionately
D) clinicians may be the beneficiaries of gifts from clients as long as the gifts don't exceed a certain dollar amount

Question 8

There are few exclusions to the requirements for clinician/client confidentiality. However, at all times, a clinician does not need a written release from the client to discuss the client with:

A) the clinician's spouse
B) the client's family
C) the clinician's coworkers
D) the client's employer

Question 9

Because clients do not like to work with inexperienced trainees, it is best to disguise a trainee's status from clients.

Question 10

Raising taxes on alcohol is a demand-reduction strategy.

Question 11

The most effective prevention programs address the entire range of alcohol problems and all negative consequences of drinking.

Question 12

To date, substance-abuse prevention programs for adolescents have not been, on the whole, very effective.

Question 13

Research-based prevention programs are easy to implement in any setting because all the variables have been strictly and scientifically defined.

Question 14

An ongoing professional challenge for substance-abuse clinicians is to remain open to new ideas and methods of treatment.

Question 15

Ethical codes for clinicians are time-tested standards that keep clinicians and clients from harm.

Question 16

Once treatment is finished it is ethically acceptable for a clinician to have a personal friendship with a client.

Question 17

Generally, alcohol counselors who are recovering alcoholics are more empathetic to their client's problems than counselors without a history of alcohol problems.