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Q:
Judge Brown has been a superior court judge for the past seven years. He was the first one in his family to graduate college. He is running for reelection without his political affiliation being identified. Even though he loves his job, he would love to have more time in the courtroom instead of organizing schedules and budgets. Instead of trying cases, he feels that he just works out agreements with the defense and the prosecution. The way he sees it, at least a guilty plea acknowledges he is putting defendants away.
Judge Brown is up for reelection. His political affiliation is not listed on the ballot; therefore, he is running in a(n) _________ election.
a. partisan
b. adversarial
c. nonpartisan
d. inquisitorial
Q:
Who has developed a cognitive theory of behavior change?
a. Donald Meichenbaum
b. Albert Bandura
c. B. F. Skinner
d. Joseph Wolpe
e. all of the above
Q:
Judge Brown has been a superior court judge for the past seven years. He was the first one in his family to graduate college. He is running for reelection without his political affiliation being identified. Even though he loves his job, he would love to have more time in the courtroom instead of organizing schedules and budgets. Instead of trying cases, he feels that he just works out agreements with the defense and the prosecution. The way he sees it, at least a guilty plea acknowledges he is putting defendants away.
Judge Brown spends significant time trying to work out plea agreements between prosecutors and defense attorneys. In this capacity, he works as a(n)
a. administrator.
b. negotiator.
c. adjudicator.
d. reconciler.
Q:
Existential therapy is rooted in the premise that humans cannot escape from freedom and responsibility.
Q:
Judge Brown has been a superior court judge for the past seven years. He was the first one in his family to graduate college. He is running for reelection without his political affiliation being identified. Even though he loves his job, he would love to have more time in the courtroom instead of organizing schedules and budgets. Instead of trying cases, he feels that he just works out agreements with the defense and the prosecution. The way he sees it, at least a guilty plea acknowledges he is putting defendants away.
Judge Brown states that he spends significant hours organizing schedules and budgets. When this occurs, he is assuming the duties of a(n)
a. administrator.
b. negotiator.
c. adjudicator.
d. reconciler.
Q:
Judge Brown has been a superior court judge for the past seven years. He was the first one in his family to graduate college. He is running for reelection without his political affiliation being identified. Even though he loves his job, he would love to have more time in the courtroom instead of organizing schedules and budgets. Instead of trying cases, he feels that he just works out agreements with the defense and the prosecution. The way he sees it, at least a guilty plea acknowledges he is putting defendants away.
Judge Brown is a judge in superior court. He hears only cases that deal with felonies; therefore, he works in a trial court of ________ jurisdiction.
a. limited
b. general
c. appellate
d. district
Q:
Which of the following is least associated with Satir's human validation process model?
a. family rules
b. functional versus dysfunctional communication patterns
c. family roles and triads
d. storied lives and narratives
e. defensive stances in coping with stress
Q:
The amount of ________ is based mainly on the judge's view of the seriousness of the crime and of the defendant's record.
a. bail
b. court dates
c. appearances
d. fines
Q:
Which method is often employed in REBT?
a. the "homework assignment" method
b. the contract method
c. the logical analysis method
d. behavioral and action methods
e. all of the above
Q:
Existential therapy grew out of a reaction to the limitations of both the psychoanalytic and deterministic stance.
Q:
Preliminary hearings provide an opportunity for defense attorneys to challenge the prosecution's evidence and make ________ to the court requesting that an order be issued to bring about a specified action.
a. objections
b. rulings
c. motions
d. sentences
Q:
Which of the following roles and functions would be least interesting to a structural family therapist?
a. joining the family in a position of leadership
b. giving voice to the therapist's own impulses and fantasies
c. mapping the underlying structure of a family
d. intervening in ways designed to transform an ineffective structure of a family
e. being a stage director
Q:
___________ is designed to remove politics from the selection of judges and to allow the voters to unseat judges.
a. Partisan election
b. Merit selection
c. Nonpartisan election
d. Community endorsement
Q:
As __________, all judges must deal with political actors such as county commissioners, legislators, and members of the state executive bureaucracy.
a. negotiators
b. adjudicators
c. administrators
d. enforcers
Q:
The role of the client in rational emotive behavior therapy is like that of a:
a. co-therapist.
b. passive observer.
c. student or learner.
d. partner.
Q:
The outcomes of existential therapy have been submitted to rigorous empirical testing.
Q:
A tool for collecting and organizing key relationships in a three-generational extended family is a:
a. lifestyle assessment.
b. family sketch.
c. genogram.
d. projective test.
e. none of the above.
Q:
__________ had fewer opportunities to enter the legal profession prior to the 1960s and thus were seldom considered for judgeships.
a. Women
b. Men
c. The elderly
d. College-educated men and women
Q:
Trial courts of _________ jurisdiction are criminal courts with jurisdiction over all offenses, including felonies.
a. general
b. limited
c. appellate
d. specific
Q:
Ellis contends that human beings are:
a. self-talking.
b. self-evaluating.
c. self-sustaining.
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Q:
Which is not a solution to create a united court system?
a. Eliminating overlapping and conflicting jurisdictional boundaries
b. Creating a hierarchical and centralized court structure with a chief justice
c. Having the courts funded by state government
d. Joining both civil and criminal courts together
Q:
What has been referred to as the "ultimate ghetto"?
a. American prisons
b. American jails
c. American courtrooms
d. American police departments
Q:
Existential therapy can best be considered as a system of highly developed techniques designed to foster authenticity.
Q:
In the case of United States v. Salerno and Cafero (1987), the Supreme Court decided that the use of preventive detention
a. is constitutional.
b. violates offenders' constitutional rights.
c. is detrimental to offenders at trial.
d. is racially biased.
Q:
Which of the following techniques is a strategic family therapist least likely to use?
a. asking about attempted solutions to a problem
b. directives
c. family sculpting
d. reframing
e. paradoxical interventions
Q:
REBT can best be considered as:
a. an educative process.
b. a didactic process.
c. a process challenging ideas and thinking.
d. a teaching/learning process.
e. all of the above
Q:
Which statement best reflects valid criticism of the use of preventive detention?
a. It always violates the offender's First Amendment rights.
b. It is always used unfairly, particularly for female offenders.
c. It is unfair to incarcerate someone when we assume all offenders are innocent until proven guilty.
d. The financial costs should not be considered.
Q:
Which of the following is not a factor in how the judge determines a amount of the bail?
a. Seriousness of the crime
b. Defendant's prior record
c. Defendant's family responsibilities
d. Admissibility of evidence gathered by the police
Q:
Rollo May has been instrumental in translating some concepts drawn from existential philosophy and applying them to psychotherapy.
Q:
Which is(are) a key role (or roles) of most family therapists?
a. teacher
b. model
c. coach
d. consultant
e. all of the above
Q:
Which of the following principles should be used to make bail decisions?
a. Accused offenders are entitled to release on their own recognizance.
b. Nonfinancial alternatives to bail should be avoided at all costs.
c. Reasons for bail decisions must not be made known to the parties involved.
d. Review of bail determinations can be made sporadically.
Q:
The practice by which judges grant releases if the defendant is employed and has roots in the community is called
a. citation release.
b. preventive detention.
c. release on recognizance.
d. preventive assumption.
Q:
The main function of the rational emotive behavior therapist is to:
a. become an "existential partner" with the client.
b. create a climate of safety and freedom from threat.
c. challenge clients to reevaluate their ideas and philosophy of life.
d. encourage the client to experience fully the here-and-now.
e. help the client relive past emotional traumas.
Q:
Time-limited existential treatments:
a. mirror the time-limited reality of human existence.
b. are by definition, lacking in depth and richness.
c. lack structure and clear goals.
d. are well studied and shown to be effective.
Q:
They systems perspective implies:
a. individuals are autonomous and independent of their families.
b. the external environment is the most powerful influence on an individual's development.
c. individuals are best understood through the context of their role in their family.
d. systematic intervention is required to deconstruct an unhealthy family interaction pattern.
Q:
In 1984, Congress passed the Bail Reform Act, which authorized the use of
a. citations.
b. 10% cash bail.
c. release on recognizance.
d. preventive detention.
Q:
Which is true about the bail system?
a. Bail is sometimes set before the defendant has an attorney.
b. Bail bondspersons cannot deny bail to defendants if they can pay at least 10% of the entire bail amount.
c. Police officers are never allowed to influence the bail decision.
d. Bail bondspersons are nonprofit employees of the state.
Q:
The main therapeutic goal of REBT is:
a. to teach clients how to recognize which ego state they are in.
b. to make the unconscious conscious.
c. to assist the client in becoming aware of his or her "being-in-the-world."
d. to challenge the client in making both a value judgment and moral decision about the quality of his or her behavior.
e. none of the above
Q:
Existential therapy groups are particularly helpful for clients working on:
a. self-actualization.
b. issues of responsibility.
c. reducing problematic behaviors.
d. exploring family dynamics.
e. both (a) and (b) are true
Q:
Which statements best describes the method of judicial "nonpartisan election"?
a. Judges are appointed by the governor.
b. Judges are selected by the legislator.
c. Judges are first appointed by a commission, then voters approve the appointment later.
d. Judges run for election and are not endorsed by political parties.
Q:
An application to a court requesting that an order be issued to bring about a specified action is called a
a. dismissal.
b. rejection at screening
c. guilty plea.
d. motion.
Q:
A major contribution of Bowen's theory is the notion of:
a. birth order as a determinant of personality.
b. differentiation of the self.
c. family rules and communication patterns.
d. spontaneity, creativity, and play as therapeutic factors in family therapy.
Q:
Most felony arrests are decided by a
a. dismissal.
b. rejection at screening.
c. guilty plea.
d. conviction at jury trial.
Q:
REBT employs what kind of method to help people resolve their emotional and behavioral problems?
a. the phenomenological method
b. the empirical method
c. the Gestalt method
d. the philosophical method
Q:
The court appearance of an accused person at which the charges are read is called a(n)
a. probable cause hearing.
b. arraignment.
c. grand jury hearing.
d. reasonable doubt appearance.
Q:
What is the exclusionary rule and in what situations does it apply?
Q:
The existential approach is particularly well-suited to clients who:
a. are dealing with grief and loss.
b. are victims of oppression.
c. have limited intellectual capacities.
d. suffer from severe mental illness.
e. all of the above
Q:
What is the technique in family therapy that casts a new light on a problem and provides a different interpretation for a problematic situation?
a. reorganization
b. family mapping
c. restructuring
d. reframing
e. joining
Q:
Compare and contrast the plain view doctrine and warrantless searchesthrough the use of examples.What is the key difference between them?
Q:
Explain the Miranda warnings and what the significance is behind the use of the warnings in interrogations.
Q:
Which of the following is not one Ellis's three basic musts?
a. "If others fail to treat me well, they must be miserable human beings."
b. "Others must like me and appreciate my talents or else I am a failure."
c. "I must be kind to others or else I won"t be a good person."
d. "I must get what I want when I want it or I won"t be able to stand it."
Q:
From a scientific perspective, existential psychotherapy:
a. is well researched.
b. lends itself easily to evaluation due to its clearly defined principles and techniques.
c. fits well into the framework of evidence-based practice.
d. none of the above
Q:
When an officer stops a car and it becomes necessary to search, how extensively can the officer search the vehicle? What are the parameters that the officer must abide by?
Q:
What type of boundaries results in disengagement?
a. clear boundaries
b. diffuse boundaries
c. rigid boundaries
d. flexible boundaries
e. shrinking boundaries
Q:
Explain the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule.
Q:
REBT contends that people:
a. have a need to be loved and accepted by everyone.
b. need to be accepted by most people.
c. will become emotionally sick if they are rejected.
d. do not need to be accepted and loved.
e. both (b) and (c)
Q:
Explain the inevitable discovery exception as it relates to Nix v. Williams (1984).
Q:
From a multicultural perspective, some clients may reject this approach because:
a. it is founded on abstract, westernized notions that are not widely applicable.
b. their life circumstances provide them with truly limited choices.
c. death anxiety is not a central issue in all cultures.
d. the use of techniques may be overwhelming for them.
Q:
Explain the process that a law enforcement officer would have to go through in order to secure a warrant to search a residence.
Q:
The concept of triangulation is most associated with:
a. Virginia Satir.
b. Murray Bowen.
c. Salvador Minuchin.
d. Carl Whitaker.
e. Rudolf Dreikurs.
Q:
Explain how the U.S. Supreme Court has changed the interpretation of the Fourth Amendment.
Q:
According to REBT, what is the core of most emotional disturbance?
a. blame
b. resentment
c. rage
d. unfinished business
e. depression
Q:
In group work, existential therapists help clients to:
a. come to terms with the paradoxical nature of living.
b. establish meaningful relationships with others.
c. establish group goals that are applicable to all members.
d. both (a) and (b) are true
e. both (a) and (c) are true
Q:
Elaborate through the use of examples, three instances in which officers would not need a warrant to search.
Q:
Who was the person who refined Adler's concepts into a typology of mistaken goals and an organized approach to family therapy?
a. Virginia Satir
b. Jay Haley
c. Cloe Madanes
d. Carl Whitaker
e. Rudolf Dreikurs
Q:
Do the constitutional rights of citizens "tie the hands" of police investigation to a significant degree? Defend your position.
Q:
Compare and contrast the plain view doctrine and the open fields doctrine. What is the key difference between them?
Q:
REBT views emotional disturbances as the result of:
a. inadequate mothering during infancy.
b. failure to fulfill our existential needs.
c. excessive feelings.
d. irrational thinking and behaving.
Q:
___________ permits an officer to search based on the officer's sense of touch.
Q:
When working with a client living a restricted existence, an existential therapist would likely:
a. explore the developmental origins of these feelings.
b. develop a specific behavioral plan to help the client get "un-stuck".
c. encourage the client to explore these feelings.
d. make the client aware of how their current ways of living are keeping them stuck.
e. all of the above
Q:
For a warrant to be issued the officer must be willing to swear by oath or affirmation, often accomplished through the use of an _______.
Q:
Postmodern thought has contributed to family therapy by:
a. minimizing the role of assessment.
b. stimulating the therapist's view of clients as the experts on their own lives.
c. developing an individual therapy application of the family systems approach.
d. both (a) and (b)
Q:
The correct components of the A-B-C theory of personality are:
a. antecedent, behavior, consequences.
b. activating events, behaviors, cognitions.
c. antecedent, belief, cognitions.
d. activating event, belief, consequence.
Q:
The Bill of Rights is found in the __________.
Q:
The goals of existential therapy include all but_________?
a. helping clients become more honest with themselves.
b. broadening clients' awareness of their choices.
c. helping clients to eliminate anxiety in their lives.
d. enabling clients to clarify their purpose and meaning in life.
e. none of the above
Q:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in _______________ that when officers act in good faith reliance on computerized records concerning outstanding warrants, evidence found in a search incident to arrest is admissible even if the arrest was based on an erroneous record that wrongly indicated the existence of a warrant.
Q:
Individuals' ____________ is a standard developed for determining whether a government intrusion of a person or property constitutes a search because it interferes with individual interests that are normally protected from government intrusion.
Q:
Alfred Adler was the first to notice that the development of children within family constellations was heavily influenced by:
a. the power structure within the family.
b. cultural context in which a family resides.
c. balance of leadership between parents.
d. jealousy and rivalry among the children.
e. birth order.
Q:
A(n) _________ is a written statement of fact, supported by oath or affirmation, submitted to the judicial officers to fulfill the requirements of probable cause for obtaining a warrant.
Q:
The cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy stresses:
a. support, understanding, warmth, and empathy.
b. awareness, unfinished business, impasse, and experiencing.
c. thinking, judging, analyzing, and doing.
d. subjectivity, existential anxiety, self-actualization, and being.
e. transference, dream analysis, uncovering unconscious, and early experience.