Deck 5: Interviewing Skills: the Search for Meaning

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a leading question?

A)How do you feel?
B)What do you think you should do?
C)Don't you think you should tell her?
D)Why don't you tell me what your preference is?
E)Go on,tell me more.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

To manage a rambling interview,the best strategy for a counsellor is to

A)ask more closed questions
B)use open questions to give clients a chance to tell their stories
C)extend the interview time frame
D)be flexible to allow the client to stay in control
E)share their anger with the client

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Closed questions

A)usually begin with "Who" "What" "Where" When" or "Why"
B)encourage clients to give detailed answers
C)can be answered with a yes or no
D)manipulate clients to give the correct answer
E)should not be used in counselling

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The question,"What are you thinking?" is an example of an

A)open question targeting the behavioural domain
B)open question targeting the affective domain.
C)embedded question targeting the cognitive domain
D)open question targeting the cognitive domain
E)indirect question targeting the affective domain

Question 5

What are four major reasons for asking questions?

Question 6

What are the six key questions for every interview?

Question 7

Leading questions

A)manipulate clients
B)are used to promote the change process
C)communicate to clients that we are following their directions
D)promote client self-determination
E)are essential for focusing the interview

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a closed question?

A)Are you going to look for work today?
B)Perhaps it's time to end our session.
C)Why not?
D)What prompted you to act?
E)Where on earth did you get that idea?

Question 9

How can counsellors promote concreteness?

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of an open question?

A)Tell me more.
B)How do you think you should respond?
C)Were you the first one to notice the problem?
D)I'd be interested in hearing more about this?
E)It seems like you are felling quite distressed.

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of an indirect question?

A)My opinion is that you should tell him yourself.
B)Why don't you deal with him instead of his wife?
C)Do you think it might be possible?
D)I'm curious about your ideas?
E)How often do you think you might get a chance like that?

Question 12

Describe the different types of questions and their use.

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of a directive?

A)It sounds like you are feeling sad.
B)What do you mean?
C)Did you mean to say that you are finished with the relationship?
D)What are you going to do?
E)Tell me more.

Question 14

As a rule,open questions

A)should be avoided in the early phases of the interview
B)are difficult to answer with a simple yes or no
C)are problematic because they lead clients to the "expected answer."
D)are best utilized only after a trusting relationship is established
E)are best for obtaining specific information

Question 15

According to Shulman,the illusion of work happens when

A)counsellors do not fulfill their commitments
B)conversations are empty and meaningless
C)counsellors operate outside of their range of competence
D)clients lie about the progress they are making
E)all of the above

Question 16

With respect to interviewing youth

A)core conditions are less important
B)counsellors need to define the contract
C)closed questions are preferred
D)they may have intense reactions to seemingly innocuous issues
E)the relationship should resemble a personal friendship

Question 17

The cognitive domain is concerned with

A)thinking
B)behaviour
C)feelings
D)where clients live
E)thinking,feelings,and behaviour

Question 18

According to the text,which of the following is a type of interview transition?

A)unexpected
B)strategic
C)empathic
D)self-initiated
E)purposeful

Question 19

Indirect questions

A)are statements that have the same effect as questions
B)are used to provide essential focus to the interview
C)establish counsellor control of the interview
D)should be avoided because they are confusing to clients
E)can be answered yes or no

Question 20

What are some of the pitfalls of questioning?