EDMS 11 GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Mission: PRMSU shall primarily provide advance and higher professionals, technical and special instructions in various fields,
undertake research and extension, as well as income generation programs for the sustainable development of Zambales, the
region and the country. (Sec2, R.A. 11015)
Vision: The President Ramon Magsaysay State University shall be a progressive learner-centered research university recognized
in the ASEAN Region in 2020.

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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each item carefully. Choose the best answer for each question and encircle the
corresponding letter of your choice. (1 point each)

1. Define Guidance.
a. It is continuous and systematic process of helping the individual to understand himself and his world so that he can utilize
his potentialities in a way most beneficial to himself and his society.
b. It is the interaction which occurs between the counselor and the counselee/ client. It takes place in a face to face situation
and in a professional setting. It is initiated and maintained as means of facilitating changes in behavior of the client.

2. What is the main difference between guidance and counseling?

a. Guidance is mostly on personal and social issues, whereas Counseling is generally education and career related.
b. Counseling is mostly on personal and social issues, whereas Guidance is generally education and career related.

3. Which among the following is not a goal of guidance?

a. Self-direction
b. It is dynamic

4. Carl Rogers defined counseling or “helping relationship” as?

a. one in which at least one of the parties has intent of promoting the growth, development, maturity, improve functioning
and improved coping with life of the other
b. the promotion of the development of more effective and adaptive behavior in client

5. Counseling services is considered as the _______ of the guidance program.

a. soul
b. heart

6. Which among the following statements is true about the basic principles and assumptions of guidance?
a. The individual has an innate ability to learn and can be helped to make choices that will lead to self-direction consistent
with social improvement.
b. The primary concern of guidance is the individual in his work setting.

7. Which among the following is not a core condition of guidance and counseling?
a. empathic understanding
b. subjective interpretation

8. Who is the father of the vocational guidance movement?

a. Carl Rogers
b. Frank Parsons

9. By 1918, the United States has more than 900 high schools had some type of vocational guidance system. True or False?
a. True
b. False

10. He started a psychological clinic in Manila in 1932.

a. Sinforoso Padilla
b. Carl Rogers

11. Which among the following is not an element of a balanced school counseling?
a. attend to the affective and cognitive development of all students
b. be an advocate for the school administrative profession

12. They are in-person interactions between school counselors and students that include instruction, appraisal and
advisement, and counseling.
a. Direct Services
b. Holistic Approach

13. Counselors maintain a high standard of professional competence and ethical behavior thereby recognizing the need for
continuing education in order to meet this responsibility. True or False.
a. True
b. False

14. Counselors respect the rights of a client and uphold the integrity of the counseling profession. True or False.
a. True
b. False

15. Counselors do not need to engage in research activities for the advancement of the counseling profession. True or False.
a. True
b. False

16. The counselor must preserve and safeguard the confidentiality of the clients even when there is a threat to safety. True or
False.
a. True
b. False

17. Counselors avoid personal, familial, social and/or business relationships except those already existing prior to the
establishment of the counseling relationships. True or False.
a. True
b. False

18. One of the basic guideline in crisis intervention is to talk immediately to the student and the parent/guardian. True
or False.
a. True
b. False

19. How do you differentiate prevention from intervention?

a. Prevention is when the corrective action comes before the behavior while Intervention is when the corrective action comes
during a behavior.
b. Intervention is when the corrective action comes before the behavior while Prevention is when the corrective action
comes during a behavior.

20. Which among the following is not a guideline to follow in a crisis?

a. immediately follow-up with the student, parent and/or guardian
b. allow the student to be alone with his or her thoughts for a couple of days

21. Conducting independent research is not necessarily a needed step in selecting a program or activity to use in prevention
and intervention efforts. True or False.
a. True
b. False

22. Prevention programming about sexual assault may begin as early as high school by teaching all students to understand
consent within the context of being on the playground. True or False.
a. True
b. False

23. What is the best thing to consider when it comes to mental health interventions?
a. It is general and almost similar for everybody
b. It is individualized and a case by case basis

24. In phase 1 of the counseling intervention and process, what are the things that you need to consider in order to be
successful?
a. creating a safe environment where students will feel comfortable
b. start things off by letting the students identify and/or enumerate their mistakes and weaknesses

25. Phase 2 of the counseling intervention and process gave emphasis on “informed assessment.” What do you think this
means?
a. Informed assessment means doing the intervention as early as possible despite having miniscule information about the
situation and/or issues of the client or student
b. Informed assessment means trying to figure out if change is necessary. The counselor and the counselee works together to
get to an answer.

26. Cheska is a 2nd year college student and is currently working with her guidance counselor on establishing goals for
herself in regards to her studies and her future. At what phase of the counseling process is Cheska in?
a. Phase 2
b. Phase 3

27. Which among the following is not an important point to remember when making an informed assessment?
a. Youth involvement is not necessary.
b. Make sure to point out a young person’s strengths even when addressing problematic behavior.

28. Why is it important to have “mutually agreed” upon goals and objectives?
a. having mutually upon agreed goals by both the counselor and the counselee are more likely to be followed than those that
are not
b. having mutually upon agreed goals by both the counselor and the counselee will make sure that that counselee’s problems
will be solved before the end of the semester

29. How would you describe phase 4 of the counseling process?

a. It is designed to prevent, intervene, or address unhealthy behaviors and practices.
b. It is an opportunity for a young person to see how his/her behavior or attitude might be contributing to an undesirable or
unhealthy situation.

30. In trying to manage negative behaviors of students inside a classroom, what do you think is the best practice?
a. Tell the student to stop their negative behavior
b. Use alternative words and phrases that encourages positive behavior

31. According to Zenger and Folkman what is the best positive-negative ratio to follow when providing feedback to
students?
a. 7:2
b. 6:1

32. Which among the following is not a strategy for responding to challenging behavior?
a. redirection
b. assessment

33. When you notice frequent challenging behavior in your classroom, try to recognize your own ro le in that behavior. True
or False.
a. True
b. False

34. Concerns about assessing teacher quality based on measures of student learning have clustered around what
Schalock terms the collective and conditional nature of accountability, as well as the strategies for measuring student
learning. True or False.
a. True
b. False

35. It is a scientific method school counselors use to determine and understand the nature and cause of student needs.
a. Needs Assessment
b. Functional Assessment

36. Needs assessments provide many advantages to school counselors, teachers, and administrators. They can address and
identify any deficiencies in current school services and programs, and address those areas where school counselors can
respond with direct action. True or False.
a. True
b. False

37. How would you differentiate step one from step two of developing a needs assessment?
a. Step one involves identification of research questions while step two involves identification of the demographic for the
research questions.
b. Step one involves identification of the demographic for the research questions while step two involves identification of
research questions.

38. How would you differentiate step three from step four of developing a needs assessment?
a. Step three involves data analysis while step four involves data collection.
b. Step three involves data collection while step four involves data analysis.

39. Why do you think is identification of demographic for the needs assessment important?
a. To specifically identify who will benefit from it.
b. To specifically identify who will make the questions.

40. What data was used to evaluate the needs assessment?

a. The data gathered from the specific demographic the needs assessment is targeted to.
b. The data gathered by teachers during the PTA meeting.

41. It ensures that stakeholders understand the role of the school counselor and the importance to students of implementing a
comprehensive school counseling program.
a. Implementation
b. Advocacy

42. In order to promote the advocacy of the school, one must:

a. Maintain consistent communication and conversations with administrators and staff advisory committees.
b. Regularly give gifts to the different stakeholders of the school and community.

43. Reasons for advocating for students include:

a. Helping teachers develop alternate views of behavior.
b. Ensuring my students get the athletic support they need.

44. Although our primarily role is handling issues that impact a student at school, we all end u p helping parents
with home related issues as well because we are often the best people for the job. True or False.
a. True
b. False

45. There are some who believe that a school counselor should constantly be the light of the building, full of
positivity and kindness. There is a time and a place for this, but there is also a compelling need to (professionally,
respectfully, and using all of our training) make sure our students are getting what they need. True or False.
a. True
b. False

46. Which among the following statements is true about “Modeling how to speak with students and have positive
classroom management.”?
a. We have to show students the same respect that we expect them to give us.
b. We have to show subjective concern for our students based on our own life experiences.

47. What does it mean to be “visible” in advocating for your school?

a. Being present in every gathering that the community has to offer.
b. Introduce yourself with the use of school counselor terminology and signage everywhere.

48. The tricky thing about advocacy is that so much of the good work we do here is subtle and sly and difficult to
identify the specifics in order to write it down. True or False.
a. True
b. False

49. What is the main idea of a school advocacy?

a. Advocacy means communicating to stakeholders what the comprehensive school counseling program is how it makes a
difference, and how it affects the success of all students.
b. The framework outlines effective approaches that include professional learning and staff development; adopting whole-
school thinking; and developing robust policies to underpin a supportive environment.

50. In school advocacy, we don’t just advocate for our students, we also advocate for our fellow teachers and for ourselves.
True or False.
a. True
b. False