CPCE Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
/. 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
/.Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer-Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
/.Down Syndrome - Answer-Chromosomal abnormality
/.John Watson - Answer-Little Albert experiment
/.Albert Bandura's best-known research - Answer-Bobo Doll study
/.What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? - Answer-Cultural Context
and language
/.Freudian Defense Mechanism - Answer-Repression
/.Imprinting - Answer-Konrad Lorenz
/.Incorporating several therapeutic theories in your work - Answer-eclectic
/.Complaining of feeling restless, mood swings, times of hopelessness, periods of high
energy and creativity in which she can go days without sleep - Answer-Bipolar
/.Client presents with his wife both complaining the patient has had a change in
cognitive function including language and memory. Client denies loss of pleasure in
normal activities and denies feeling sad, but client is able to manage his medications
but requires someone to set up his medication box and set a timer for him. - Answer-
Neurocognitive Disorder
/.Disorder of thought; disorder of mood - Answer-Schizophrenia; bipolar disorder
/.Mirroring back client's verbalizations, and not passing judgment. Facilitating in
assisting his client in reaching resolution of the presenting problems. - Answer-
Rogerian, client-centered therapy
/.Binge eating coupled with inappropriate methods of controlling one's weight may be a
symptom of - Answer-Bulimia
/.Concerns of his health; reports chronic intestinal difficulties, but has not sought
medical treatment for his concerns. For the last five years he rarely feels at ease while
at his job. Feels uneasy when outside the home - Answer-Agoraphobia
/.loss of appetite; nervousness, and recurrent nightmares of a past hospital experience
from years prior, where she says she almost died - Answer-PTSD
Answers
/. 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
/.Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answer-Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
/.Down Syndrome - Answer-Chromosomal abnormality
/.John Watson - Answer-Little Albert experiment
/.Albert Bandura's best-known research - Answer-Bobo Doll study
/.What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? - Answer-Cultural Context
and language
/.Freudian Defense Mechanism - Answer-Repression
/.Imprinting - Answer-Konrad Lorenz
/.Incorporating several therapeutic theories in your work - Answer-eclectic
/.Complaining of feeling restless, mood swings, times of hopelessness, periods of high
energy and creativity in which she can go days without sleep - Answer-Bipolar
/.Client presents with his wife both complaining the patient has had a change in
cognitive function including language and memory. Client denies loss of pleasure in
normal activities and denies feeling sad, but client is able to manage his medications
but requires someone to set up his medication box and set a timer for him. - Answer-
Neurocognitive Disorder
/.Disorder of thought; disorder of mood - Answer-Schizophrenia; bipolar disorder
/.Mirroring back client's verbalizations, and not passing judgment. Facilitating in
assisting his client in reaching resolution of the presenting problems. - Answer-
Rogerian, client-centered therapy
/.Binge eating coupled with inappropriate methods of controlling one's weight may be a
symptom of - Answer-Bulimia
/.Concerns of his health; reports chronic intestinal difficulties, but has not sought
medical treatment for his concerns. For the last five years he rarely feels at ease while
at his job. Feels uneasy when outside the home - Answer-Agoraphobia
/.loss of appetite; nervousness, and recurrent nightmares of a past hospital experience
from years prior, where she says she almost died - Answer-PTSD
