When Might Closed-Ended, Multiple-Choice Questions Be Useful

question 25

Multiple Choice

When might closed-ended, multiple-choice questions be useful?

• A) When clients who are not used to expressing or reporting on their feelings require a larger vocabulary to describe what they are experiencing.
• B) When practitioners want to inhibit the client's exploration.
• C) When clients have a large emotional vocabulary and require an even larger vocabulary to describe what they are experiencing.
• D) When the practitioner wants to develop a rapid-fire questioning style.

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Definitions:

R/Min

Revolutions per minute, a unit of rotational speed indicating the number of full rotations completed in one minute by a mechanical component.

Gear Ratio

The ratio of the number of teeth on two meshing gears, denoting the speed and torque relationship between them.

Circular Thickness

The width measured along the circumference of an object, often relevant in gears or circular parts.

Pitch Diameter

The effective diameter of a screw thread, halfway between the major and minor diameters, crucial for thread engagement and measurement.