CPCE TESTS | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM 2026-2027
| GRADED A+
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to -ANSWER Inform
the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to -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? -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? -ANSWER Accept or decline
depending on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are
counseling. What do you do? -ANSWER Limit, as much as possible, any possibly
damaging personal information and obtain written permission from your client to share
confidential information
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file? -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... -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? -ANSWER
It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past client,
so you should decline
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding.
Would it be ethical to do so? -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 -ANSWER Yes, you are ultimately
responsible
When publishing research, it is important to -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? -ANSWER Ultimately the law
may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
, An ethics violation should NOT be reported when -ANSWER A counselor has been
retained to review another counselor who is in question; and when confidentiality rights
would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? -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 -ANSWER Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? -
ANSWER Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? -ANSWER Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages -ANSWER Formal Operations
Identity Crisis -ANSWER Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology -ANSWER processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not
focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud -ANSWER Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe -ANSWER no one theory of development
completely explains the process
John Bowlby -ANSWER Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality -ANSWER Pre-conventional, Conventional,
and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex -ANSWER Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys -ANSWER Harry Harlow
ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM 2026-2027
| GRADED A+
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to -ANSWER Inform
the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to -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? -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? -ANSWER Accept or decline
depending on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are
counseling. What do you do? -ANSWER Limit, as much as possible, any possibly
damaging personal information and obtain written permission from your client to share
confidential information
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file? -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... -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? -ANSWER
It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past client,
so you should decline
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding.
Would it be ethical to do so? -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 -ANSWER Yes, you are ultimately
responsible
When publishing research, it is important to -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? -ANSWER Ultimately the law
may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
, An ethics violation should NOT be reported when -ANSWER A counselor has been
retained to review another counselor who is in question; and when confidentiality rights
would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? -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 -ANSWER Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? -
ANSWER Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? -ANSWER Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages -ANSWER Formal Operations
Identity Crisis -ANSWER Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology -ANSWER processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not
focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud -ANSWER Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe -ANSWER no one theory of development
completely explains the process
John Bowlby -ANSWER Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality -ANSWER Pre-conventional, Conventional,
and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex -ANSWER Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys -ANSWER Harry Harlow
