Learn the reason behind the answer.
Start with a sample, then build connections across content areas and clinical reasoning.
Connect your courses.
64 original draft questions; a shared foundational bank organized for this track.
16 questions per set · Timed pace: 90 seconds per question.
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- Ethics and professional practice: 8 items
- Culture and social context: 6 items
- Human development: 5 items
- Career development: 5 items
- Counseling relationships: 17 items
- Group work: 6 items
- Assessment: 10 items
- Research and evaluation: 7 items
Counts show available practice, not official exam weighting. Narrow topics still need expanded coverage.
Apply what you know.
64 original draft questions; a shared foundational bank organized for this track.
11 questions per set · Timed pace: 90 seconds per question.
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- Professional practice: 15 items
- Intake and assessment: 9 items
- Clinical concerns: 11 items
- Planning: 9 items
- Interventions: 14 items
- Counselor attributes: 6 items
Counts show available practice, not official exam weighting. Narrow topics still need expanded coverage.
Follow the case.
18 original draft questions across two unfolding fictional cases.
18 questions per set · Timed pace: 2 minutes per question.
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- Professional practice: 3 items
- Intake and assessment: 3 items
- Planning: 4 items
- Interventions: 4 items
- Counselor attributes: 4 items
Counts show available practice, not official exam weighting. Narrow topics still need expanded coverage.
Current outlines checked September 10, 2026. NBCC has announced summer 2027 changes. These sets target current outlines; 2027 coverage is not yet claimed. Check the upcoming NCE outline and upcoming NCMHCE outline for your exam date. NCMHCE clinical concerns are represented through cases rather than a separately scored domain.