Free MFT practice questions — a new set every day.
This page serves three free, clinically reviewed MFT licensure exam practice questions every day, with a written rationale for every answer choice — why the best answer wins and why each tempting alternative loses. It is the no-account, no-credit-card way to practice the judgment the AMFTRB exam actually scores. Today's set is below; tomorrow brings a new one.
A client states a credible intent to seriously harm a named coworker. Under Tarasoff-derived duty-to-protect principles, the therapist should:
Maintain confidentiality at all costs, because breaching it would destroy the therapeutic relationship entirely.
Wait to see whether the client acts on the stated threat before taking any protective steps.
Take reasonable steps to protect, which may include warning the victim and notifying authorities, per law.
Document the statement thoroughly in the treatment record and monitor the situation over time.
Show the best answer and rationale
Best answer: C. When a client poses a serious, foreseeable danger to an identifiable victim, the therapist has a duty to protect — steps may include warning the victim, notifying police, or initiating hospitalization, consistent with state law.
Question 2 · Evaluating Ongoing Process and Terminating Treatment
A client emails that they are stopping therapy abruptly and will not return. The therapist's MOST appropriate response is to:
Take no further action, since the client has made their own decision about their care.
Continue billing the client's account until a formal termination session has occurred.
Reach out to offer a closing conversation, discuss options, and provide referrals.
Insist the client return to treatment in order to avoid foreseeable harm.
Show the best answer and rationale
Best answer: C. Even with unilateral termination, clinicians should attempt appropriate follow-up — offering closure, addressing safety/continuity, and providing referrals — to avoid abandonment while respecting client autonomy.
Question 3 · Designing and Conducting Treatment
A wife complains that her husband is emotionally distant. To fix this, she repeatedly asks him to share his feelings, follows him around the house when he goes to another room, and questions his motives. The husband responds by retreating into complete silence. Using the Mental Research Institute (MRI) model, how should the therapist intervene?
Encourage the wife to intensify her efforts until the husband responds.
Prescribe a "180-degree turn" intervention targeting the wife's attempted solution.
Interpret the husband's retreat as an unresolved childhood Oedipal complex.
Restructure the boundary between the couple and their extended families.
Show the best answer and rationale
Best answer: B. In the MRI model, the attempted solution (the wife's pursuing) maintains and exacerbates the problem (husband's withdrawal). A "180-degree turn" directs the client to do the exact opposite of the failed attempted solution.
The set rotates daily at midnight UTC through the full reviewed question bank — bookmark this page and come back tomorrow.
Free practice questions FAQ
Are these real MFT exam-style questions?
Yes — they are original, clinically reviewed vignettes written for the AMFTRB MFT licensure exam's six practice domains, in the exam's applied-judgment style. They are preparation material, not recalled exam content.
How often do the free questions change?
Every day at midnight UTC. The page serves three questions at a time, rotating through the full reviewed question bank so returning visitors always see a fresh set.
Do I need an account or credit card?
No. The daily set and the interactive preview are free with no account and no credit card. A seven-day daily-text trial is also free.
Are three free questions enough to prepare for the exam?
No — honestly, they are a sample. They show you the per-choice rationale style and the judgment the exam rewards. Full preparation adds adaptive practice, branching case simulations, timed mock exams, and readiness tracking on a fixed-term plan.
Want more than a sample?
The full program adds adaptive practice, branching clinical cases, timed mock exams, and readiness tracking — on fixed terms that never auto-renew.
