Chapter 9: Steps

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Alcoholics Anonymous has over ______ active members.

A. 100,000

B. 500,000

C. 1,000,000

D. 1,500,000

Learning Objective: 9-1: Recognize the steps of a core treatment program.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Steps

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. It is important to know whether clients are ______ the treatment material.

A. grasping

B. memorizing

C. internalizing

D. understanding

Learning Objective: 9-1: Recognize the steps of a core treatment program.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Steps

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Addicts often encounter conflicts within their own thinking. The author breaks these conflicts down to three primary voices called ______, ______, and ______.

A. id; ego; superego

B. I; II; III

C. primary; secondary; tertiary

D. disease; higher power; client

Learning Objective: 9-2: Identify the voices of the committee inside the client’s head.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Committee

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. According to the author, the most important step is ______.

A. one

B. two

C. three

D. four

Learning Objective: 9-3: Describe Step one and discuss how to help clients accept a higher power in Step two.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Step One

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Two key concepts in Step one are ______ and ______.

A. addicted; unmanageable

B. alcoholic; powerless

C. powerless; unmanageable

D. morality; religion

Learning Objective: 9-3: Describe Step one and discuss how to help clients accept a higher power in Step two.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Step One

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The word “sanity” in Alcoholics Anonymous means ______.

A. sane

B. not crazy

C. sober

D. sound mind

Learning Objective: 9-3: Describe Step one and discuss how to help clients accept a higher power in Step two.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Step Two

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. The essential building block of Step two is ______.

A. faith

B. insanity

C. trust

D. willingness

Learning Objective: 9-3: Describe Step one and discuss how to help clients accept a Higher Power in Step two.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Step Two

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Religion, according to the author, ______.

A. is inseparable with God

B. is the same as spirituality

C. should be kept out of treatment programs as much as possible

D. is the foundation of treatment

Learning Objective: 9-4: Help clients embrace Step three and explain the housecleaning that happens in Step four.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Step Three

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. A client makes a moral inventory in ______

A. aftercare

B. Step three

C. Step four

D. church

Learning Objective: 9-4: Help clients embrace Step three and explain the housecleaning that happens in Step four.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Step Four

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. In the fifth step, clients must come to realize ______.

A. they have done some good things

B. they are bad people

C. they have made mistakes

D. they cannot forgive themselves

Learning Objective: 9-5: Understand the importance of the fifth step and discuss Step six as a turning point.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Step Five

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. The purpose of the fifth step is to ______.

A. learn to forgive others

B. make amends

C. make things right with themselves

D. learn to forgive themselves

Learning Objective: 9-5: Understand the importance of the fifth step and discuss Step six as a turning point.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Step Five

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Sharing their personal inventory with another person is an example of _____.

A. Step two

B. Step three

C. Step four

D. Step five

Learning Objective: 9-5: Understand the importance of the fifth step and discuss Step six as a turning point.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Step Five

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Two key principles in Step three are ______ and ______.

A. powerless; unmanageable

B. faith; hope

C. wills; lives

D. higher power; God

Learning Objective: 9-4: Help clients embrace Step three and explain the housecleaning that happens in Step four.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Step Three

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Completing a searching and fearless moral inventory is an example of what step?

A. one

B. two

C. three

D. four

Learning Objective: 9-4: Help clients embrace Step three and explain the housecleaning that happens in Step four.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Step Four

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. The concept of a higher power is introduced in what step?

A. one

B. two

C. three

D. four

Learning Objective: 9-3: Describe Step one and discuss how to help clients accept a higher power in Step two.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: How to Help Clients Accept a Higher Power

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. As per the book, more clients have recovered from addiction using the 12-step principles than any other modality.

Learning Objective: 9-1: Recognize the steps of a core treatment program.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Steps

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The best way to convince clients to surrender is to show them repeatedly that they get into trouble when they use.

Learning Objective: 9-3: Describe Step one and discuss how to help clients accept a higher power in Step two.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Step One

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Step five should be completed with a counselor in treatment.

Learning Objective: 9-5: Understand the importance of the fifth step and discuss Step six as a turning point.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Step Five

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Alcoholics Anonymous is the first of many 12-step programs.

Learning Objective: 9-1: Recognize the steps of a core treatment program.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Steps

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Generally, all 12 steps are covered in most treatment programs.

Learning Objective: 9-1: Recognize the steps of a core treatment program.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Steps

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. Treatment programs may differ in how many steps they address in treatment. The author urges the number of steps to be completed to be individualized. Why is this?

Learning Objective: 9-1: Recognize the steps of a core treatment program.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Steps

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The author indicates Step one is the most important? Why is this? Explain.

Learning Objective: 9-3: Describe Step one and discuss how to help clients accept a higher power in Step two.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Step One

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The book refers to the concept of “turning things over.” Why is this important? What step best teaches one how to do this? Explain.

Learning Objective: 9-4: Help clients embrace Step three and explain the housecleaning that happens in Step four.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Step Three

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Why should no clients simply keep the fourth step to themselves? What is the purpose in sharing this with someone else?

Learning Objective: 9-4: Help clients embrace Step three and explain the housecleaning that happens in Step four.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Step Four

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Who does the book suggest the fifth step is completed with? What is the rationale?

Learning Objective: 9-5: Understand the importance of the fifth step and discuss Step six as a turning point.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Step Five

Difficulty Level: Medium