Practice school counselor exam test 5

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Practice School Counselor Exam Test

TEST 5

1 Four-year-old children are most likely to exhibit which of the following

cognitive abilities?

A adding three or four single-digit numbers

B interpreting simple graphs

C understanding the difference between fantasy and reality

D following two-step direction

2 During middle childhood, a child’s use of language is most likely to be

enhanced as a result of developed:

A attending skills

B auditory discrimination

C conceptual abilities

D auditory memory

3 According to Erikson, which of the following represents the major

social-emotional development crisis for young adults?

A industry vs inferiority

B integrity vs despair

C trust vs mistrust

D intimacy vs isolation

4 A seventh grade social studies teacher has observed that students in one

class are having difficulty learning the capitals of the fifty states According

to behavioral learning theory, the teacher could most effectively promote student mastery of the material by:

A requiring students who fail to attain mastery to attend after-school

sessions

B promising a special class field trip if all students in the class

demonstrate mastery

C assigning extra homework to students who fail to attain mastery

D awarding special privileges to students who demonstrate mastery

5 In developing a procedure to assess the word attack skills of third graders,

it would be most appropriate to have students:

A pronounce nonsense words

B answer comprehension questions on a passage written at grade level

C match words with objects

D identify word pairs as same or different

6 Results of a language assessment show that a student has difficulty repeating

three nonconsecutive numbers presented verbally These results indicate that the student most likely has problems in which of the following areas?

A auditory association

B verbal expression

C auditory sequential memory

D syntactic structure

7 Which of the following classroom interventions would be most appropriate

for a third grader who has been diagnosed as having an attention-deficit disorder with hyperactivity?

A Limit distractions in the environment and engage the student in a

highly structured curriculum

B Create a more visually and auditorily stimulating environment to

increase the student’s interest in learning

C Encourage the student to work together with one or more classmates

when he or she seems unmotivated to work independently

D Seat the student next to a classmate who can model more focused

behavior

8 Which of the following program modifications would be most appropriate

for a ninth grade student enrolled in a regular classroom who has been

diagnosed as having a writing disorder?

A Provide the student with concrete reinforcement for progressive

improvement in handwriting legibility

B Have the student substitute handwriting practice for some English

class instruction

C Allow the student to record on tape class notes and rough drafts

of reports

D Provide the student with extra physical education time to improve

motor coordination

9 A classroom teacher consults with the school psychologist concerning the

most appropriate approach to use for meeting the needs of a culturally

different student who is about to enter the class Which of the following would be most appropriate for the school counselor to recommend to the teacher?

A Reward students in the class who assist and support the new student

B Adhere to current instructional programs and standards to accelerate

the new student’s classroom assimilation

C Provide the student with instruction in the social and cultural values

of the United States

D Investigate the student’s culture to better understand cultural

differences that may affect classroom learning and interactions

10 In a standardized assessment administered to graduating seniors, the

inclusion of a question about which of the following topics would most likely result in test bias?

A effect of war on a nation’s economy

B relationship of drought to food prices

C correct use of stock market terminology

D calculation of the cost of grocery purchases

11 A school counselor who wishes to assess the intellectual abilities of a large

number of fifth graders efficiently and inexpensively would most likely use which of the following assessment instruments?

A Cognitive Abilities Test

B Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children

C Standford-Binet Intelligence Scale

D Slosson Intelligence Test for Children and Adults

12 In evaluating a distribution of student test scores, the mode is determined by

identifying the score that:

A is earned by the greatest number of students who took the test

B represents the average of all scores earned on the test

C is midway between the highest and lowest scores earned on the test

D represents the 50th percentile of all scores in the set of test scores

13 Use the evaluation results below to answer the question that follows:

Student’s Age: 8-7 Grade: 3.6

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised (WISC-III)

Verbal IQ 97

Performance IQ 121

Full Scale IQ 109

Subtest Scaled Score Subtest Scaled Score Information 10 Picture Completion 12

Similarities 9 Picture Arrangement 11

Arithmetic 9 Block Design 15

Vocabulary 10 Object Assembly 16

Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery Part II:Achievement

Subtest Standard Score

Mathematics 103

Written Language 93

Knowledge 98

According to these test results, this student exhibits a relative strength in the area of:

A Word recognition

B Spatial reasoning

C Verbal conceptual skills

D Quantitative skills

14 Social modeling and desensitization are techniques associated with which

of the following counseling approaches?

A Gestalt therapy

B behavioral counseling

C transactional analysis

D psychodynamic counseling

15 Which of the following responsibilities is most likely to assigned to a school

counselor

A Evaluate a teacher’s classroom management practices

B Arrange class schedules for students identified as having a behavior

disorder

C Evaluate a student’s learning style

D Design curricula for students identified as having a learning disability

16 With regard to student interactions, TCA guidelines indicate that school

counselors have an ethical obligation to:

A obtain student approval for release of information to a parent

B explain to students how assessment data will be used

C release the names of individuals who refer students for evaluation

D describe criteria used in the selection of assessment instruments

17 Which of the following would be considered unethical behavior by a school

counselor?

A sharing counseling results with the school principal

B arranging separate meetings with a student’s divorced parents to

discuss the student’s school or behavioral difficulties

C citing summary statistics in a professional journal article to describe

a class’s assessment results

D sending counseling summary results to a child’s physician before

obtaining parental permission

18 Which of the following federal laws prohibits discrimination against

individuals with disabilities in any program or agency receiving federal

financial assistance?

A Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1990

B Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

C Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1983

D Family Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

19 In special education, a major function of a multidisciplinary team is to:

A serve as community advocates for special education

B review comprehensive student assessment data

C conduct screenings of high-risk students

D evaluate a school’s special education services

20 A school counselor who wishes to evaluate the effectiveness of a behavior

management program used by some special education staff would most likely use which of the following techniques to collect data?

A work samples

B student interviews

C classroom observations

D case studies

21 In meeting social and emotional needs, children between the ages of seven

and eleven typically exhibit an increasing reliance on their interactions with:

A individuals in their peer group

B parents

C nonparent adult role models

D siblings

22 According to Piaget, which of the following types of thought is most likely

to begin developing during adolescence?

A preoperational

B concrete operational

C sensorimotor

D formal operational

23 Which of the following is most likely to characterize an elementary school

student who is physically abused at home?

A hostility toward parents

B academic overachievement

C emotional withdrawal

D excessive dependence on peers

24 In a school setting, a child with an avoidant disorder is most like to

experience difficulties in which of the following areas?

A social interactions

B language development

C academic achievement

D psychomotor development

25 A student’s cultural background is most likely to be an important factor in

determining the:

A academic areas in which the student is most likely to excel

B type of educational environment in which the student feels most

comfortable

C sequence of stages in cognitive development exhibited by the student

D ease of the student’s transition from childhood to adolescence

26 An elementary school teacher who learns that a young child has been left

unattended overnight should immediately contact which of the following Texas agencies?

A Texas Department of Public Aid

B Texas State Board of Education

C Texas Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities

D Texas Department of Child Protection and Regulatory Services

27 A school counselor who has been designated as a supervisor would most

likely provide leadership in:

A developing in-service training programs on effective school social

work practices.

B managing a school’s special education program

C creating standard assessment instruments to identify children’s

special needs

D raising funds for school counseling programs

28 Which of the following populations would most likely be given priority in

the school counselor’s delivery of services?

A teachers requesting a classroom presentation on the social effects

of alcohol abuse

B a community service organization seeking assistance in assessing the

need for summer youth activities

C students requesting assistance following the loss of their family’s

home as the result of fire

D a team of educational specialists planning a program to decrease the

school drop-out rate

29 A school district has identified a number of students who are experiencing

difficulties as a result of parental divorce As a first step in establishing a support group for them, the pupil personnel services administrator has asked the school counselor to conduct a needs assessment Which of the following questions should be addressed in a needs assessment developed for this purpose?

A How much funding is available to finance such a support group?

B Have such groups been successful in other school districts?

C How well do such support groups meet the needs of their members?

D Is there sufficient student motivation to participate in such a group?

30 A sixth grade student attains a grade equivalent score of 8.6 on a sixth grade

standardized reading achievement test administered in February A correct interpretation of this score is that the sixth grader:

A achieved a score that eighth graders would be expected to achieve on

a grade-appropriate standardized reading test administered in April

B can do eighth grade work as well as the average eighth grade student

in the sixth month

C performed as well as students at grade level 8.6 would perform if they

took the same test that the sixth grader took

D reads as well as 80 percent of eighth graders

31 An elementary student has been referred to the school counselor for behavior

indicative of a possible attention deficit disorder Which of the following best describes the first step the school counselor should take in meeting the needs of this student?

A Contact the student’s parents to set up an appointment to begin

a social-developmental study

B Ask the student’s teachers to describe the student’s behavior and

classroom strategies used to remediate the behavior

C Interview the student to determine his or her attitudes and

perspectives regarding the problem behavior

D Obtain parental permission to perform a complete evaluation

of the student’s behavior

32 According to legal and ethical guidelines, in which of the following

situations should the school counselor maintain the confidentiality of

information received from a student?

A A student discloses that a relative physically abuses the student’s

young brother

B A student repeatedly threatens to kill his stepfather for abusing

his mother

C A student describes a detailed suicide pact she has made with a friend

D A student admits an increasing frequency of sexual activity with her

boyfriend

33 Which of the following responses would be most appropriate for a school

counselor who has been told by a 14-year-old student that she is considering dropping out of school to care for her chronically ill mother?

A Help the family identify alternative family or community resources

to help with the mother’s care.

B Arrange for the student to be tutored at home while she cares for

her mother

C Provide the student with information about programs available for

students at risk of dropping out of school

D Discuss with the student state legal guidelines related to school

attendance for students under the age of 16

34 A sixth grade teacher refers a student to the school social worker, explaining

that the student has recently begun exhibiting periods of tearfulness each day when she enters her third period class The teacher notes that although the student is continuing to progress academically and gets along well in the classroom, she refuses to respond to any questions about her tearful

behavior Upon interviewing the student, the school counselor finds a similar lack of willingness to discuss her behavior Which of the following would

be the most appropriate step for the school social worker to take next in order to more fully assess the situation?

A Interview the student’s friends to determine their perspective on

the problem

B Refer the student for a full case study

C Make arrangements for a home visit to evaluate factors outside of

the school which may impact on the student’s behavior

D Observe the student in various school settings, including other

classrooms, the lunchroom, and playground

35 A third grade student has been referred for an evaluation because the student

has exhibited a marked increase in violent and aggressive behaviors in the classroom over time In this situation, the school counselor would most likely use a social-developmental study to determine which of the following?

A which community resources could best provide assistance for the

student and his or her family

B how school personnel can best help the student cope emotionally

and educationally with a specific problem

C whether it is necessary to develop a staff in-service program about

dealing with aggressive classroom behavior

D whether the student meets required criteria for being classified as

having a specific social-emotional disorder

36 A 17-year-old student discloses that her parents have a drinking problem At

her coach’s suggestion, the student agrees to meet with the school counselor She does not show up for her scheduled appointment, however In this case, the school counselor should respond by doing which of the following?

A calling the student to the counselor’s office to ask her why she did

not show up for her appointment

B arranging with the coach to send the student to the counselor’s office

the following day

C sending a note to the student indicating the counselor’s continued

availability if the student wishes to meet in the future

D sending the student literature about the benefits of school social

work programs

37 Which of the following would be the most appropriate source of information

to use for evaluating a school counseling program designed to decrease truancy among previously truant youngsters?

A student report card grades

B structured questionnaires

C school attendance records

D open-ended interviews with students

38 Placement in a community-based sheltered workshop would most likely be

appropriate for an adolescent student who:

A has a learning disability that causes problems in reading

B has a severe cognitive disability

C is confined to a wheelchair because of a spinal injury