Ponot National High School

Diagnostic Examination
Grade 12
Name: __________________________________________________________ Section: ________
Date: __________________________________________________________ Score : ________
Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of the following disciplines of social sciences that study of human population and dynamics?
A. Sociology
B. Economics
C. Psychology
D. Demography
2. Which of the following disciplines of social sciences that study of languages and focuses on the three aspect of
language?
A. Psychology
B. Linguistics
C. Demography
D. Political science
3. Which of the following human concerns that involve the problems related to clients’ emotions include dealing with
anxiety, nervousness and heartache, coping with loneliness due to homesickness and rejection?
A. Social concerns
B. Family problems
C. Emotional difficulties
D. Career-related concerns
4. Which of the following disciplines that deals with analyzing social problems and explain trends and various phenomena
present in society.
A. Sociology
B. Linguistics
C. Psychology
D. Economics
5. What is the primary role of a counselor?
A. To dispense an easy solution to fix problems.
B. To give support so that the client will be able to attain autonomy.
C. To move the client toward improper and empowered self-management.
D. To give advice so that the client will be able to identify and address the factors in his or her problem.
6. What is the aim of counseling program?
A. To provide preventive measures to you as a client.
B. To manifest the concept of giving oneself in the counseling process.
C. To examine well the interplaying factors that affect your view of yourself.
D. To look at your problems and concerns and examine how they affect the various aspects of your life.
7. Which of the following disciplines that concerns itself with the study of politics, the state and the government?
A. Laws
B. Sociology
C. Economics
D. Political science
8. Which of the following principles of counseling that accept the patient with his physical, psychological, social,
economical and cultural conditions?
A. Principle of empathy
B. Principle of non-judge
C. Principle of acceptance
D. Principle of communication
9. How would you describe counseling as a science?
A. As it practices objectivity and proper methodological process.
B. As it practices resiliency and learn to aim for emotional growth.
C. As it will be helpful to gain an understanding of how to look at problems and concerns.
D. As it focused on helping clients determine what they value most and from there choose the path that they
want to pursue.
10. Which of the following is a science as it practices objectivity and proper methodological process?
A. Clientele
B. Counselee
C. Counselor
D. Counseling
11. This is provided to determine if treatment goals are realized.
A. Diagnosis
B. Evaluation
C. Intervention
D. Counseling tools
12. This type of evaluation is constantly conducted throughout the counseling process to monitor effectiveness of the
intervention implemented in facilitating change.
A. Diagnosis
B. Formative
C. Summative
D. Psychological tests
13. Why counselors do not only provide counseling to few and selected groups?
A. Because they deserve to be treated unfairly
B. Because clients deserve to be treated unequal.
C. Because it is very important to have more clients.
D. Because they are fair to all clients by providing equal opportunity to all who availed the counseling services.
14. The primary goal of this approach is to recognize and understand the objective reasons for one’s experiences.
A. Gestalt approach
B. Behavioral approach
C. Brief counseling approach
D. Psychodynamic approaches
15. It includes data-gathering methods such as interviews, behavioral observations, psychological tests, mental health status
and other empirically validated instruments.
A. Research
B. Diagnosis
C. Evaluation
D. Assessment
16. Counseling process is influenced by therapeutic factors, also known as ____.
A. Relationships
B. Rapport
C. Approaches
D. Core elements
17. It is explained metaphorically as walking in the client’s shoes and requires and intellectual understanding the client’s
world.
A. Empathy
B. Integrity
C. Therapeutic relationships
D. Unconditional positive regard
18. Which of the following approach that contends learning happens when a particular behavior is reinforced by the
presence of a reward or discouraged by either giving a punishment or removing a potential reward?
A. Cognitive approach
B. Behavioral approach
C. Social learning approach
D. Psychodynamic approaches
19. Which of the following that is used by counselors to facilitate the clients’ understanding of, or change within,
themselves.
A. Role-play
B. Guided Imagery
C. Miracle Questions
D. Mutual storytelling
20. Which of the following group that includes individuals who have experienced calamities or disasters that may have
caused them to manifest symptoms of post-traumatic and stress disorder?
A. Peer pressure
B. Victims of Disasters
C. Students with career uncertainties
D. Individuals with socio-emotional concerns