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NCTRC FINAL EXAM
EXAM WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
Which one of the four categories of child development does the skill "takes turns" belong to?
- Personal / Social
- Adaptive / Fine motor behavior
- Motor Behavior
- Language - correct answer- A. Personal / Social
Which of the following is NOT an example of a therapeutic recreation department's risk management plan?
- Requiring TR student interns to complete their own client
- Requiring employees to park on hospital premises
- Conducting peer reviews by trained professionals
- Incorporating family into the assessment procedure - correct
assessments
answer- A. Requiring TR student interns to complete their own client assessments
Which of the following activities is MOST LIKELY to teach social skills to a group of at-risk youth?
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- Volleyball, involves cooperation and competition
- Role plays of asking for assistance
- Discussion of appropriate leisure skills in a variety of
situations - correct answer- C. Role plays of asking for assistance
All of the following may be found in the therapeutic recreation department's policy and procedure manual, EXCEPT
- Instruction for checking out and driving agency vehicles
- Treatment protocols for disability groups served by the
- Guidelines for prescribing medications
- Information about staff recruiting, hiring, supervision, and
department
firing - correct answer- C. Guidelines for prescribing medications
The CTRS wants clients with severe intellectual disability to be able to freely choose their preferred leisure experience. When the CTRS uses a variety of tactile, auditory, and gustatory objects from which the client chooses, it is called
- Reality orientation
- Remotivation
- Assertiveness training
- Sensory stimulation - correct answer- D. Sensory stimulation
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The CTRS uses the Transtheroretical Model of Behavior change in organizing her documentation on client behavior change. What are the "stages" of behavior change that she observes and document on?
- Thought, affect, behavior, evaluation
- Rapid behavior change, slowed behavior change, and
- Procontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action,
- Preparation, action, evaluation, and new action - correct
maintained behavior change
maintenance, and termination.
answer- C. Procontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination
Visualization can be helpful to clients because they can
- Use imaginary practice sessions for upcoming stressful
- Express their feelings without retribution from the group
- Relax at their own pass
- Only reveal to the group what they want to reveal - correct
situations
answer- A. Use imaginary practice sessions for upcoming stressful situations
When using behavior modification with a female child who is emotionally disturbed, the CTRS teaches her separate hygiene behaviors and then combines them altogether in a morning 3 / 4
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wake up routine. What behavior modification technique is the CTRS using?
- Shaping
- Modeling
- Extinction
- Chaining - correct answer- D. Chaining
The CTRS requires that all of her employees actively participate in diversity training on a regular basis. She is trying to ensure their
- prejudices
- cultural competence
- attitudinal awareness
- recertification through NCTRC - correct answer- B. cultural
competence
People with chronic pain may benefit from time management sessions because
- they tend to be the busiest people
- they tend to be complainers and procrastinators
- it would help them identify goals for spending their least
- it would help them develop a beneficial exercise routine at a
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painful time constructively
local community center - correct answer- C. it would help them identify goals for spending their least painful time constructively