CPCE ACTUAL EXAM 2026 FINAL PAPER FULL
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ You pass your exam and now have NCC status. During a staff
meeting a clinical director explains to you that, from an ethical
standpoint, your primary duty is to the agency. Most experts in the
field of counselor education would
a. agree with this position with very few reservations.
b. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize that your
primary responsibility is to your clients.
c. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize that your
primary responsibility is to the ACA.
d. say that, according to "aspirational ethics," your agency comes
first. Answer: b. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize
that your primary responsibility is to your clients.
◉ A woman who is in private practice mentions in her phone book
advertisement that she is a licensed counseling psychologist. This
generally means that
a. she has a doctorate from a counselor education program.
b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department.
c. she has a degree from a CACREP program.
d. she has a degree in counseling but is trained in projective testing..
Answer: b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department.
,◉ APA is to psychologist as ACA is to
a. APGA.
b. certified clinical mental health counselor.
c. counselor.
d. NCC.. Answer: c. counselor.
◉ Counselors adhering to the personality theory espoused by C.G.
Jung often have to help people with problems related to what Jung
called "individuation." Jung defined this term as the process
a. which occurs when adolescents leave home to establish their own
residences.
b. occurring throughout life in which a person is an individual.
c. through which parents come to have unique patterns of
interaction with each of their children.
d. which is an outgrowth of the psychoanalytic principle of
determinism.. Answer: b. occurring throughout life in which a
person is becoming an individual.
◉ A counselor completing a report for an insurance company was
required to indicate whether a client had a phobia or an anxiety
reaction. The counselor was able to indicate the correct
classification because the counselor knew that the primary
distinction between the two conditions is the
,a. age of onset of severe psychological distress.
b. ease with which the symptoms are eliminated.
c. frequency of symptom occurrence.
d. specificity of the fear-causing source.. Answer: d. specificity of the
fear-causing source.
◉ Erikson presented an eight-stage theory of human development,
the last stage of which he entitled "integrity vs. despair." A person's
challenge in this stage is to achieve acceptance of the finality of life.
Erikson postulated that such acceptance could be achieved only if
the person had
a. reached a parallel level of moral development.
b. established an economic environment such that the person need
not be concerned about having good living conditions.
c. successfully met the challenges of the previous stages.
d. developed the ability to distinguish among the various roles the
individual had filled in life.. Answer: c. successfully met the
challenges of the previous stages.
◉ A counselor was hired to develop educational activities that
would promote development of gender-fair (i.e., non sex-role
stereotypic) attitudes among older elementary-school-age children.
The counselor decided to develop the activities within the context of
social learning theory. Which of the following activities would be
most appropriate for use by the counselor?
, a. having the children view movies that depict males in so-called
traditionally feminine occupations (e.g., nursing) or activities (e.g.,
ironing) and vice versa
b. providing some reward (e.g., a small candy) to children who make
gender-fair statements during a discussion of "what people do when
they grow up"
c. instructing the children how to ask their parents what their
parents' beliefs are about appropriate roles for women and men
d. having the children share what they believe are each of their
parent's feelings about activities they do (e.g.,. Answer: a. having the
children view movies that depict males in so-called traditionally
feminine occupations (e.g., nursing) or activities (e.g., ironing) and
vice versa
◉ In attempting to understand the life perspectives and
characteristics of their clients, some counselors use Kohlberg's
theory of moral development as a theoretical framework. These
counselors know that Kohlberg's theory includes three progressive
levels culminating in
a. self-actualization, wherein the individual is fully humanistic.
b. principled thought, wherein the individual adopts a self-accepted
set of standards of behavior.
c. androgyny, wherein the individual exhibits both male and female
stereotypic behaviors.
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ You pass your exam and now have NCC status. During a staff
meeting a clinical director explains to you that, from an ethical
standpoint, your primary duty is to the agency. Most experts in the
field of counselor education would
a. agree with this position with very few reservations.
b. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize that your
primary responsibility is to your clients.
c. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize that your
primary responsibility is to the ACA.
d. say that, according to "aspirational ethics," your agency comes
first. Answer: b. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize
that your primary responsibility is to your clients.
◉ A woman who is in private practice mentions in her phone book
advertisement that she is a licensed counseling psychologist. This
generally means that
a. she has a doctorate from a counselor education program.
b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department.
c. she has a degree from a CACREP program.
d. she has a degree in counseling but is trained in projective testing..
Answer: b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department.
,◉ APA is to psychologist as ACA is to
a. APGA.
b. certified clinical mental health counselor.
c. counselor.
d. NCC.. Answer: c. counselor.
◉ Counselors adhering to the personality theory espoused by C.G.
Jung often have to help people with problems related to what Jung
called "individuation." Jung defined this term as the process
a. which occurs when adolescents leave home to establish their own
residences.
b. occurring throughout life in which a person is an individual.
c. through which parents come to have unique patterns of
interaction with each of their children.
d. which is an outgrowth of the psychoanalytic principle of
determinism.. Answer: b. occurring throughout life in which a
person is becoming an individual.
◉ A counselor completing a report for an insurance company was
required to indicate whether a client had a phobia or an anxiety
reaction. The counselor was able to indicate the correct
classification because the counselor knew that the primary
distinction between the two conditions is the
,a. age of onset of severe psychological distress.
b. ease with which the symptoms are eliminated.
c. frequency of symptom occurrence.
d. specificity of the fear-causing source.. Answer: d. specificity of the
fear-causing source.
◉ Erikson presented an eight-stage theory of human development,
the last stage of which he entitled "integrity vs. despair." A person's
challenge in this stage is to achieve acceptance of the finality of life.
Erikson postulated that such acceptance could be achieved only if
the person had
a. reached a parallel level of moral development.
b. established an economic environment such that the person need
not be concerned about having good living conditions.
c. successfully met the challenges of the previous stages.
d. developed the ability to distinguish among the various roles the
individual had filled in life.. Answer: c. successfully met the
challenges of the previous stages.
◉ A counselor was hired to develop educational activities that
would promote development of gender-fair (i.e., non sex-role
stereotypic) attitudes among older elementary-school-age children.
The counselor decided to develop the activities within the context of
social learning theory. Which of the following activities would be
most appropriate for use by the counselor?
, a. having the children view movies that depict males in so-called
traditionally feminine occupations (e.g., nursing) or activities (e.g.,
ironing) and vice versa
b. providing some reward (e.g., a small candy) to children who make
gender-fair statements during a discussion of "what people do when
they grow up"
c. instructing the children how to ask their parents what their
parents' beliefs are about appropriate roles for women and men
d. having the children share what they believe are each of their
parent's feelings about activities they do (e.g.,. Answer: a. having the
children view movies that depict males in so-called traditionally
feminine occupations (e.g., nursing) or activities (e.g., ironing) and
vice versa
◉ In attempting to understand the life perspectives and
characteristics of their clients, some counselors use Kohlberg's
theory of moral development as a theoretical framework. These
counselors know that Kohlberg's theory includes three progressive
levels culminating in
a. self-actualization, wherein the individual is fully humanistic.
b. principled thought, wherein the individual adopts a self-accepted
set of standards of behavior.
c. androgyny, wherein the individual exhibits both male and female
stereotypic behaviors.
