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CPCE Practice Test Bank Questions And Correct Answers
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The NBCC Code of Ethics and Ethical Standards of the American Counseling
Association (ACA) do not include a statement reflecting the principle that
A) counselors have a right to protect clients from themselves if the clients give
evidence of being self- injurious.
B) revelation of a counselor's notes on a client should not be made to other
professional unless the client has provided written permission to do so or the
information has been
subpoenaed by a court of law.
C) counselors should receive appropriate fees for services rendered
regardless of the situations or settings in which the services were rendered.
D) improvement of the profession through a variety of professional
involvements is a responsibility of all counselors.
CORRECT ANSWER: C) counselors should receive appropriate fees for services
rendered regardless of the situations or settings in which the services were
rendered.
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The state in which you reside does not yet have counselor licensure, so a local
civic club has asked you to address their members by presenting an overview of
counselor
licensure and its benefits to the public. In your presentation to the group you
note that
A) licensure automatically entitles counselors to receive third- party
payments from insurance companies.
B) some professional groups (e.g., psychologists) have opposed counselor
licensure although the need for mental health services for the public has
increased steadily.
C) state-level counselor licensure laws have existed for over 40 years although
it is only recently that a majority of the states have counselor licensure laws.
D) one of the ways that counselor licensure laws protect the public's general
welfare is through restriction of the use of the term "counselor" to those
persons who have
graduated from counselor education programs.
CORRECT ANSWER:
B) some professional groups (e.g., psychologists) have opposed counselor
licensure although the need for mental health services for the public has
increased steadily.
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A client has concluded a series of counseling sessions with another counselor
and has now come to you for counseling. According to the NBCC ethical
standards, you should
A) proceed as you would with any other new client.
B) contact the other counselor and find out if it is appropriate for you to
counsel the client.
C) contact the other counselor to ensure that you do not cover the same
topic areas with the client.
D) advise the client to continue with the other counselor.
CORRECT ANSWER:
A) proceed as you would with any other new client.
Your employer has a policy which necessitates that you report all instances
of child abuse to state authorities. A client alludes (in your judgment) to the
possibility of (the client) being a child abuser. As a counselor you should
A) contact your lawyer; the policy is a violation of the "fair trade" laws.
B) refer the person elsewhere; receipt of a salary constitutes voluntary
agreement with the employer's policies.
C) inform the client of the policy and let the client decide how to proceed.
D) contact a consultant; then do as the consultant suggests.
CORRECT ANSWER:
C) inform the client of the policy and let the client decide how to proceed.
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The best descriptor of the emotion that results when a feeling or fear is not
understood by the person experiencing it is
a. anxiety.
b. affect.
c. anger.
d. arousal.
a. anxiety.
Stage theories of human development arc used by many counselors in their
work with older persons because they facilitate understanding older
persons' general life
situations. In this context. Erikson described the development stage that occurs
late in life as
a. intimacy vs. autonomy.
b. integrity vs. despair.
c. trust vs. isolation.
d. intimacy vs. mistrust.
b. integrity vs. despair.
In some settings. counselors must use diagnostic classification systems as
part of the overall program management plan of the service facility. The term
"paranoia" is used in such systems to include a group of psychotic disorders
characterized mainly by a(n)
slowing of emotional responses to
a. a state of absolute calm.
b. onset of increasingly complex delusions.
c. frenzy of intense social interactions.
d. irrational response to a specific stimulus.
b. onset of increasingly complex delusions.
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CPCE Practice Test Bank Questions And Correct Answers
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The NBCC Code of Ethics and Ethical Standards of the American Counseling
Association (ACA) do not include a statement reflecting the principle that
A) counselors have a right to protect clients from themselves if the clients give
evidence of being self- injurious.
B) revelation of a counselor's notes on a client should not be made to other
professional unless the client has provided written permission to do so or the
information has been
subpoenaed by a court of law.
C) counselors should receive appropriate fees for services rendered
regardless of the situations or settings in which the services were rendered.
D) improvement of the profession through a variety of professional
involvements is a responsibility of all counselors.
CORRECT ANSWER: C) counselors should receive appropriate fees for services
rendered regardless of the situations or settings in which the services were
rendered.
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,2/27/26, 9:55 PM CPCE Practice Test
The state in which you reside does not yet have counselor licensure, so a local
civic club has asked you to address their members by presenting an overview of
counselor
licensure and its benefits to the public. In your presentation to the group you
note that
A) licensure automatically entitles counselors to receive third- party
payments from insurance companies.
B) some professional groups (e.g., psychologists) have opposed counselor
licensure although the need for mental health services for the public has
increased steadily.
C) state-level counselor licensure laws have existed for over 40 years although
it is only recently that a majority of the states have counselor licensure laws.
D) one of the ways that counselor licensure laws protect the public's general
welfare is through restriction of the use of the term "counselor" to those
persons who have
graduated from counselor education programs.
CORRECT ANSWER:
B) some professional groups (e.g., psychologists) have opposed counselor
licensure although the need for mental health services for the public has
increased steadily.
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A client has concluded a series of counseling sessions with another counselor
and has now come to you for counseling. According to the NBCC ethical
standards, you should
A) proceed as you would with any other new client.
B) contact the other counselor and find out if it is appropriate for you to
counsel the client.
C) contact the other counselor to ensure that you do not cover the same
topic areas with the client.
D) advise the client to continue with the other counselor.
CORRECT ANSWER:
A) proceed as you would with any other new client.
Your employer has a policy which necessitates that you report all instances
of child abuse to state authorities. A client alludes (in your judgment) to the
possibility of (the client) being a child abuser. As a counselor you should
A) contact your lawyer; the policy is a violation of the "fair trade" laws.
B) refer the person elsewhere; receipt of a salary constitutes voluntary
agreement with the employer's policies.
C) inform the client of the policy and let the client decide how to proceed.
D) contact a consultant; then do as the consultant suggests.
CORRECT ANSWER:
C) inform the client of the policy and let the client decide how to proceed.
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The best descriptor of the emotion that results when a feeling or fear is not
understood by the person experiencing it is
a. anxiety.
b. affect.
c. anger.
d. arousal.
a. anxiety.
Stage theories of human development arc used by many counselors in their
work with older persons because they facilitate understanding older
persons' general life
situations. In this context. Erikson described the development stage that occurs
late in life as
a. intimacy vs. autonomy.
b. integrity vs. despair.
c. trust vs. isolation.
d. intimacy vs. mistrust.
b. integrity vs. despair.
In some settings. counselors must use diagnostic classification systems as
part of the overall program management plan of the service facility. The term
"paranoia" is used in such systems to include a group of psychotic disorders
characterized mainly by a(n)
slowing of emotional responses to
a. a state of absolute calm.
b. onset of increasingly complex delusions.
c. frenzy of intense social interactions.
d. irrational response to a specific stimulus.
b. onset of increasingly complex delusions.
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