Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the structured interview?

a. It offers broad enough areas of content to cover topics a practitioner may otherwise have missed.
b. It increases the reliability of results due to the fact that all prescribed items will be covered.
c. It allows the client the freedom of response to discuss other items, if need be.
d. It helps the examiner to focus on specific items that may otherwise be missed or difficult to cover during an unstructured interview.


ANSWER: c

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