CPCE EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ TESTED
AND APPROVED!!!
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file?
--CORRECT ANSWER--Accept or decline depending upon
circumstances
You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same time you are
adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't sleeping or eating well, find
you are highly distractible, and generally are less in-touch with your
emotional state. You should... --CORRECT ANSWER--Be alert to
your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing with your
clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former
counselor, you are called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is
your responsibility in this case? --CORRECT ANSWER--It is not
considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or
past client, so you should decline
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,You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend
her wedding. Would it be ethical to do so? --CORRECT ANSWER--
Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of
ethics
While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your
students are using confidential material in an unethical manner. You
had no prior knowledge of this, and all of your safeguards for
professional practice were appropriate. Are you, as the principal
researcher, responsible for the student's behavior --CORRECT
ANSWER--Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to --CORRECT ANSWER-
-Give credit to other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and
submit material to only one journal at a time
When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association
(ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing authority, which takes
precedence? --CORRECT ANSWER--Ultimately the law may be
adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when --CORRECT
ANSWER--A counselor has been retained to review another
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,counselor who is in question; and when confidentiality rights would
be violated
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required
to --CORRECT ANSWER--Inform the patient of the limits of
confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to --
CORRECT ANSWER--jointly decide, between patient and counselor,
how the counseling process will proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of
relationship difficulties. She goes on to describe that she has had
multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a birth control
method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your
personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? --CORRECT
ANSWER--Your personal belief system should not have any bearing
on the therapeutic relationship
You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for
six months, when he presents you with a small gift. What should you
do? --CORRECT ANSWER--Accept or decline depending on the
circumstances
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, You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a
client you are counseling. What do you do? --CORRECT ANSWER--
Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal
information and obtain written permission from your client to share
confidential information
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? --CORRECT
ANSWER--Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches
beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all counselors
should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to --CORRECT ANSWER--
Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire
lifespan. Who is he? --CORRECT ANSWER--Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? --
CORRECT ANSWER--Sigmund Freud
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CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ TESTED
AND APPROVED!!!
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file?
--CORRECT ANSWER--Accept or decline depending upon
circumstances
You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same time you are
adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't sleeping or eating well, find
you are highly distractible, and generally are less in-touch with your
emotional state. You should... --CORRECT ANSWER--Be alert to
your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing with your
clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former
counselor, you are called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is
your responsibility in this case? --CORRECT ANSWER--It is not
considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or
past client, so you should decline
pg. 1
,You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend
her wedding. Would it be ethical to do so? --CORRECT ANSWER--
Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of
ethics
While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your
students are using confidential material in an unethical manner. You
had no prior knowledge of this, and all of your safeguards for
professional practice were appropriate. Are you, as the principal
researcher, responsible for the student's behavior --CORRECT
ANSWER--Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to --CORRECT ANSWER-
-Give credit to other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and
submit material to only one journal at a time
When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association
(ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing authority, which takes
precedence? --CORRECT ANSWER--Ultimately the law may be
adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when --CORRECT
ANSWER--A counselor has been retained to review another
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,counselor who is in question; and when confidentiality rights would
be violated
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required
to --CORRECT ANSWER--Inform the patient of the limits of
confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to --
CORRECT ANSWER--jointly decide, between patient and counselor,
how the counseling process will proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint of
relationship difficulties. She goes on to describe that she has had
multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a birth control
method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your
personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? --CORRECT
ANSWER--Your personal belief system should not have any bearing
on the therapeutic relationship
You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for
six months, when he presents you with a small gift. What should you
do? --CORRECT ANSWER--Accept or decline depending on the
circumstances
pg. 3
, You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a
client you are counseling. What do you do? --CORRECT ANSWER--
Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal
information and obtain written permission from your client to share
confidential information
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? --CORRECT
ANSWER--Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches
beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all counselors
should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to --CORRECT ANSWER--
Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire
lifespan. Who is he? --CORRECT ANSWER--Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? --
CORRECT ANSWER--Sigmund Freud
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