Quiz: Cross-Cultural Counseling
Question 1 2 / 2 pts
Cultural competency in substance use disorder treatment involves the need to focus attention on
the client’s ethnic, racial, and cultural history as part of a good assessment.
True
Question 2 2 / 2 pts
Today most Native Americans live in traditional native communities known as reservations, with
difficult living conditions.
False
Question 3 2 / 2 pts
What industry has typically targeted African Americans urban communities via targeted
advertising?
Both a and b.
Question 4 2 / 2 pts
The use of culturally specific substance use disorder treatment:
Has been implemented but lacks a strong empirical foundation.
Question 5 2 / 2 pts
Health disparities research focuses on:
Understanding differences in use, and treatment across racial and ethnic groups.
Question 6 2 / 2 pts
Counselors need to understand their own cultural heritage in order to:
Identify cultural groups from which they derived attitudes, beliefs, and values.
Question 7 2 / 2 pts
The history and experience of various cultural, racial, and ethnic groups suggests that substance
use and abuse patterns tend to be similar.
False
Question 8 2 / 2 pts
Alcohol consumption patterns among Asian/Pacific Islanders may be impacted by physiological
factors related to metabolic difficulties.
True
Question 9 2 / 2 pts
Latino youth who abuse substances are often negatively impacted by:
Economic and educational stressors.
Question 10 2 / 2 pts
Twelve step approaches to substance use have historically embraced notions of cultural
competency.
False
