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The National Counselor Examination for Licensure and Certification (NCE\u00ae) is administered and maintained by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). It is used as part of the counselor licensure process in many states and is also one of the examination options for earning the National Certified Counselor (NCC) credential.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>NCE Question of the Day<\/h2>\n
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<\/span>What to Expect on the NCE<\/h2>\n
\"AThe NCE is changing on July 1, 2027. The updated exam will contain 170 questions instead of 200, with three answer choices per question rather than four. Of those questions, 140 will be scored and 30 will be unscored. The exam will also feature updated content domains and a new 100\u2013500 scoring scale, with 360 as the passing score.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The National Counselor exam is a 200-question, multiple-choice test. On the test, you will be presented with a series of questions created from the original eight Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP) content areas and six work behaviors from NBCC\u2019s national job analysis.<\/p>\n

All of these questions have undergone review and field-testing prior to being included on the examination and a new version of the National Counselor exam is administered for each new test date.<\/p>\n

Of the 200 questions you will be asked, 160 are counted for scoring in order to determine whether you achieve a passing grade, with the remaining 40 being unscored field-test items used for statistics to gauge whether they should be used on future versions of the NCE exam.<\/p>\n

Questions will be based on the following six domains:<\/p>\n

<\/span>Test Domains<\/h3>\n
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  1. Professional Practice and Ethics (12%)<\/li>\n
  2. Intake, Assessment, and Diagnosis (12%)<\/li>\n
  3. Areas of Clinical Focus (29%)<\/li>\n
  4. Treatment Planning (9%)<\/li>\n
  5. Counseling Skills and Interventions (30%)<\/li>\n
  6. Core Counseling Attributes (8%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A more in-depth discussion of these content domains is available through Mometrix\u2019s National Counselor exam preparation tools, which includes NCE study guides and NCE practice tests.<\/p>\n

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    <\/span>Top 5 Most Challenging NCE Questions<\/h2>\n

    Now that you know more about the exam, try your hand at some targeted practice!<\/p>\n

    Over the last year, we've compiled the data from about 7,000 test-takers who tried their hand at the practice test at the top of this page. According to the data, around 65% of people answered these five questions incorrectly.<\/p>\n

    Answer each question and read through the answer explanation, whether you got the answer right or wrong. This will help you ensure you've got the topic mastered.<\/p>\n

    Whether you struggled with these questions or aced them on your first try, be sure to take the full practice test<\/a> to get a better idea of how prepared you really are!<\/p>\n

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    Hardest Question<\/div>\r\n
    Only 29% answered correctly<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n

    1. Would Freud\u2019s psychodynamic approach and Albert Ellis\u2019 REBT favor the emic or the etic approach?<\/p>\r\n\r\n