Free CRC Practice Questions

Question 1

A client with schizophrenia wants a paid job in a bookstore. He attends treatment, occasionally hears noncommand voices, and reports intermittent cannabis use. There is no acute safety concern. His team proposes postponing employer contact until he is symptom-free and abstinent. An employment specialist using Individual Placement and Support should instead recommend:

Accepted Answer

Begin a preference-based job search coordinated with his treatment team.

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Start with a sheltered placement to establish reliable attendance before seeking a community job.

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Complete a readiness battery before deciding whether he qualifies for employment services.

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Require a sustained period without hallucinations or cannabis use before beginning employer outreach.

Question 2

"I miss having a paycheck, but I'm afraid that working will upset the benefits that keep me housed," a client tells her counselor. "Part of me wants to try, and part of me wants to leave things alone." Which reply best explores this ambivalence using motivational interviewing?

Accepted Answer

Earning again matters to you, and so does protecting your housing. What would you need to know to explore working without feeling pressured?

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Your benefits concerns need an expert answer; let's arrange that appointment before discussing how you feel about working.

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What type of job will you pursue, and how many applications can you commit to completing before we meet again?

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You say independence matters, yet you are choosing financial dependence; what will it take for you to change that choice?

Question 3

A client's signed authorization permits her CRC to send human resources a summary of work restrictions and recommended accommodations, but not counseling session notes. The employer pays for the rehabilitation services and requests the notes to support a leave decision. There is no emergency, court order, or other authority for broader disclosure. How should the CRC handle the request?

Accepted Answer

Provide the authorized functional summary and decline to release the session notes.

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Send the relevant session notes, treating employer payment as authorization for work-related disclosures.

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Ask the clinical supervisor to approve releasing the notes under the existing authorization.

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Obtain unrestricted consent before sending even the authorized summary.

Question 4

At vocational intake, a client scores 17 on the PHQ-9 and reports substantial difficulty completing daily tasks. Item 9 is scored 0, and a direct assessment identifies no current suicidal thoughts, intent, or plan. A diagnostic interview has not yet been completed. What interpretation belongs in the assessment summary?

Accepted Answer

Moderately severe symptoms call for diagnostic evaluation and treatment planning.

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The total alone establishes a need for hospitalization.

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This is moderate depression; follow-up symptom monitoring is sufficient.

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The score establishes major depressive disorder and provides a sufficient basis for diagnosis.

Question 5

During a home visit, a client with a longstanding T4 spinal cord injury develops a pounding headache, facial flushing, and sweating above the injury. His home monitor reads 134/82 mmHg; his usual pressure is about 96/60 mmHg. He is alert and seated in his wheelchair. What response takes priority?

Accepted Answer

Keep him upright, loosen restrictive clothing, and activate urgent medical assistance for suspected autonomic dysreflexia.

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Recline his wheelchair and elevate his legs to treat suspected postural hypotension.

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Use paced breathing and reassess his blood pressure after he has relaxed.

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Monitor for now and seek urgent help if his systolic pressure reaches 140.

Question 6

A single, nonblind adult receives the full 2026 federal SSI payment of $994 per month. She will earn $1,285 monthly, pay $200 in SSA-approved impairment-related work expenses, and spend $80 on ordinary workday lunches. She has no unearned income, state supplement, or other income exclusions, and remains eligible under the resource and living-arrangement rules. For a steady-month budget after SSA applies these earnings, which projection correctly shows her federal SSI and the money remaining from wages plus SSI after both listed expenses, before taxes?

Accepted Answer

$494 in federal SSI; $1,499 remains after the listed expenses.

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$394 in federal SSI; $1,399 remains after the listed expenses.

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$594 in federal SSI; $1,599 remains after the listed expenses.

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$534 in federal SSI; $1,539 remains after the listed expenses.

Question 7

A distribution center asks a CRC to address repeated absences among otherwise productive new hires. Interviews show that several workers must book accessible transportation a day ahead, but supervisors often change start times the night before. The manager confirms that shipping volume is predictable enough to post shifts earlier. Which proposal best serves both the workers and the business?

Accepted Answer

Pilot advance-posted shifts and compare attendance and retention with the current scheduling process.

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Expand the reserve applicant pool to cover shifts that employees miss.

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Refer only applicants whose transportation arrangements allow them to respond to last-minute changes in shifts.

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Assign a job coach to each affected shift to reinforce punctuality and help employees meet attendance expectations.

Question 8

A state vocational rehabilitation client has held the job identified in her Individualized Plan for Employment for 104 days. She and the counselor are satisfied with her performance. However, the agreed accommodation is still being configured, and continuing VR services are needed to prevent recurring breakdowns that threaten the placement. The counselor's supervisor proposes successful closure because she has passed 90 days. Which disposition meets the federal closure requirements?

Accepted Answer

Continue services until the outcome is stable and further VR services are no longer needed.

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Close the case and finish the accommodation through post-employment services.

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Restart the 90-day period whenever any accommodation changes, even if the client's work performance remains stable.

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Close successfully now because the client and counselor agree that current job performance is satisfactory.

Question 9

During family counseling, a client and her spouse each recruit the counselor to persuade the other about home-care decisions. Rather than carry messages, the counselor helps them discuss the disagreement directly. In Bowen family systems terms, this interrupts:

Accepted Answer

Triangulation.

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Differentiation of self.

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Emotional cutoff.

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Rigid subsystem boundaries.

Question 10

Following a lower-limb amputation, a client receiving treatment for depression spends most afternoons in bed and declines activities he previously valued. His medical team has cleared community activity. He says, "I'll call my friends when I feel motivated again." The counselor selects behavioral activation. Which initial assignment fits that intervention?

Accepted Answer

Schedule two brief, valued activities and track mood before and after each.

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Examine automatic thoughts about dependence using a written thought record.

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Explore early attachment experiences and how they continue to influence the current therapeutic relationship.

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Rehearse assertive requests for help in simulated conversations.

Free CRC Practice Questions

Domain 1: Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice 10.7% of exam

Question 1

Domain 2: Counseling Theories, Techniques, and Evidence-Based Practices 11.3% of exam

Question 2

Question 3

Domain 3: Group and Family Counseling 4.7% of exam

Question 4

Domain 5: Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability 9.3% of exam

Question 5

Domain 6: Assessment/Evaluation, Occupational Analysis, and Service Implementation 10.7% of exam

Question 6

Domain 7: Career Development and Job Placement 9.3% of exam

Question 7

Domain 8: Business Engagement 7.6% of exam

Question 8

Domain 9: Community Resources and Partnerships 8.0% of exam

Question 9

Domain 10: Case Management 10.0% of exam

Question 10

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