Harvard University

School of education

Level 300

First semester

Course Title: Guidance and Counselling (set A)

Duration: 2hours.

SECTION A

Instructions: Answer all questions. For each question, select the best alternative answer. All

questions carry equal marks

1. Which of the following activities will be most professionally appropriate for a school

psychologist to perform?

a) Supervising study halls when teacher is absent or otherwise unavailable

b) Reviewing and signing excuses for students

c) collaborating with teachers to present lessons on study skills

d) Administering achievement tests to students

2. It is a psychotherapeutic relationship in which an individual receives the direct help from

an adviser or finds an opportunity to release negative feelings and thus clear the way for

positive growth in personality

a) guidance

b) helping relationship
 c) counseling

d) personality counseling

3. Empathic feeling of a counselor towards a client necessitates that;

a) The counselor sees the incomplete picture that the clients paints with their words

b) the counselor feels with the client as opposed to feeling for the clients

c) the counselor demonstrate genuine concern for the clients

d) the counselor deal with the here and now factors that operate within a helping

relationship

4. One of the major aims of counseling is to

a) advice

b) judge

c) teach

d) empower

a)

5. Manka has above average mental ability but she is poorly motivated in class that is why

she has low grades in her academic performance. She is …

a) a slow learner

b) gifted

c) under achiever

d) under talented

6. Which concerns the regular checkup of the effectiveness of a guidanance programme?

a) research and evaluation

b) follow up
 c) counseling

d) placement

7. Dr Sam attends to emotionally disturbed students. Which guidance service is being

provided by Dr Sam?

a) placement services

b) inventory services

c) information services

d) counseling services

8. It is central developing a trust and productive –therapist relationship where the

counselor have an ethical responsibility to discuss the nature and purpose of the

counseling process

a) informed consent

b) confidentiality

c) competence

d) privilege communication

9. A teacher at an elementary school dies suddenly during the school year and the school

counselor is notified. The counselor's initial action in this situation should be to

a) offer to help plan a memorial service for the teacher

b) assemble the school's crisis response team

c) schedule individual and group counseling for students

d) announce the school's cancellation for the rest of the week

10. Dianne has above average mental ability but she is poorly motivated in class that is why

she has low grades in her academic performance. Is she?

b) superior

c) under achiever

d) Over achiever

11. When should group counseling be discouraged?

a) When there so many counselees

b) If a client has no fear of public speaking

c) When confidentiality is essential in protecting the client

d) None of the above

12. Guidance can be called a process because

a) One defines problems, identifies choices, sets goals and makes plans to reach that

goal

b) It helps every individual

c) It is a continuous process

d) It is a voluntary process

13. The one who provides help in a counselling is called the

a) Counsellor

b) Counselee

c) Consultant

d) Therapist

14. After collecting referral data from teachers, a school counselor concludes that it will be

necessary to implement several small counseling groups focused on social skills. When
 selecting the members for each group, the counselor could best promote group

effectiveness by:

a) Assembling groups of students whose members share similar backgrounds

and values.

b) Creating groups whose members are already friends.

c) Establishing groups in which at least one member is a positive role model for

other students.

d) Forming groups that have fewer than five members.

15. A school counselor is planning a career development lesson focused on helping preteens

expand their self-understanding. Which of the following types of assessments would

likely be most effective to use in conjunction with this lesson?

a) interest inventories

b) achievement tests

c) behavioral observations

d) intelligence tests

SECTION B

Instructions: Answer two questions. All questions call equal marks

1) “Complexities of modern life warrant organized guidance in our schools.”

Discuss this statement highlighting the need for guidance in Cameroonian

secondary schools. (20mks)

advance the process of counseling (12mks)

b) State and explain any 4 principles of Guidance (8mks)

3) a) Give comparative explanation of directive and non- directive approaches of

counseling. (10mks)

b) In your opinion which of the two counseling method should be encouraged?

(5mks)

c) Interview is an important technique of counseling‟. Discuss. What major purposes

can be served by an interview?

Marking guide (set A)

1. C

2. C

3. B

4. D

5. C

6. B

7. D

8. B

9. B

10. C

11. B
 12. A

13. A

14. C

15. A

SECTION B

Instructions: Answer two questions. All questions call equal marks

1. Explain the complexity of modern life (4mks)

Justify the need for the guidance & counseling programme in Cameroonian

schools(16mks)

Identifying any need= 1mk

Explaining each need and giving examples=3mks

Educational needs

Vocational needs

Personal/psychological needs

Social needs

2. Using examples illustrate four basic counseling skills and explain how they can

advance the process of counseling (12mks)

Stating any four skills= 4mks

reflection, restating and paraphrasing, summarizing etc

Correct explanation of each skill =2mks

3. Definition of each typed and identifying the steps (10mks)

Explaining the advantages and disadvantages of each type and therefore indicating

that the eclectic approach is the best