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CADC Study Guide 2026

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📋 CADC Exam Format at a Glance

150
Questions
180 min
Time Limit
70.00%
Passing Score
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📚 CADC Topics to Study (61)

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✍️ Sample CADC Questions & Answers

1. Which assessment domain is addressed when a counselor asks a client about their employment history, current job status, and financial stability?
✓ Vocational/employment domain

Employment history and financial stability are core components of the vocational or employment domain in a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment.

2. Which of the following is a PRIMARY goal of relapse prevention therapy developed by Marlatt and Gordon?
✓ Identifying triggers and developing coping strategies to prevent full relapse

Marlatt and Gordon's model focuses on identifying high-risk situations and building cognitive-behavioral coping skills to interrupt the relapse chain.

3. A client in early recovery reports experiencing intense cravings triggered by passing a bar they used to frequent. Which intervention best addresses this trigger?
✓ Use cue exposure therapy combined with coping skills practice

Cue exposure therapy paired with coping skills helps clients learn to manage cravings triggered by environmental stimuli.

4. A case manager is developing a continuing care plan for a client completing residential treatment. Which factor is MOST predictive of long-term recovery success?
✓ Engagement in ongoing recovery support services post-discharge

Research consistently shows that continued engagement in recovery support services after discharge is among the strongest predictors of sustained recovery.

5. When reviewing a client's treatment plan 30 days after admission, the counselor finds that no progress has been made on any objective. The MOST appropriate next step is to:
✓ Reassess the objectives and identify barriers with the client before modifying the plan

Lack of progress signals a need to identify barriers collaboratively and revise the plan rather than blame the client.

6. Which of the following routes of administration delivers a psychoactive substance to the brain most rapidly, thereby increasing its reinforcement potential and risk for addiction?
✓ Intravenous (IV) injection

Intravenous (IV) injection and inhalation (smoking) are the fastest routes of administration because they deliver the drug directly and quickly into the bloodstream, bypassing the digestive system and reaching the brain in seconds. This rapid onset of intense effects is highly reinforcing and contributes to a greater potential for addiction.

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