MFT Exit Exam Practice Test 2 With Latest Questions And
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You have just begun therapy with a man. He says he wants to hurt someone. You
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about the limits of confidentiality. You should: Correct Answer: gather sufficient info about the victim
and the plan, evaluate his intent, and report as required.
Your new client requests to pay for treatment by working for you doing office work and cleaning. How
do you handle this? Correct Answer: bill the client in accordance with your regular fee schedule
Which of the following tests would be most useful for diagnosing brain damage? Correct Answer:
Halstead-Reitan
The marital relationship of Mr. & Mrs. Klein is characterized by periods of chronic & extreme hostility
alternating with periods of withdrawal and self-preoccupation, as well as frequent threats of divorce.
According the Lidz, et al. this martial situation can be described as being characterized by which of
the following? Correct Answer: marital schism
Which of the following questions would be LEAST useful to ask a client after determining that he/she
has an alcohol addiction? Correct Answer: How many drinks have you had in the past 12 hrs?
What is a cognitive-behavioral assumptions regarding couple's therapy? Correct Answer: A spouse
will change no matter what the thinking of the other is
The belief that one's own ethnic group, nation, or culture is superior to all others is referred to as:
Correct Answer: ethnocentrism
As a MFT, what is your responsibility after you have given a client a referral? Correct Answer: to
continue to see client and work cooperatively with his/her new referral
According to a systems perspective, when an alcoholic husband/father stops drinking: Correct
Answer: the family exerts covert pressure on the drinker in order to re-establish homeostasis
A DSM-5 diagnosis of Acute Stress Disorder requires a duration of symptoms of: Correct Answer:
three days to one month
Greg is a client of yours taking meds for a severe mental disorder. You find out that he has been
using a lot of alcohol. Where do you refer him? Correct Answer: to a dual diagnosis setting
A mother brings her 32-yr son to therapy. He says he feels little connection to anyone. A loner.
During the session, he seems uninvolved and is not very communicative. The best provisional
diagnosis is: Correct Answer: Schiziod Personality Disorder
According to the concept of "homeostasis," if a married woman's depressive symptoms improve, we
can expect that which of the following will most likely occur? Correct Answer: depressive symptoms in
her husband
A couple reports difficulties in their relationship since their youngest daughter has left home for
college. In order to foster second-order change in their system, the therapist should: Correct Answer:
help them refocus on spousal rather than parenting tasks
Eliana, age 32, tells you that she often has trouble concentrating on her work and falling asleep at
night because she is constantly worrying about having cancer...Eliana's symptoms are most
suggestive of which of the following DSM-5 disorders? Correct Answer: Illness Anxiety Disorder
Proponents of Alfred Adler would agree that the emphasis in family therapy should be on: Correct
Answer: educating the parents about the goals of their children's behaviors
Husband: I really don't think you should be so critical of Junior. You're bringing him down and I want
you to stop it right now.
Wife: well, ok but stop yelling at me. I'm frightened.
A TA therapist would describe the above dialogue as which of the following? Correct Answer:
complementary
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