CPCE EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS
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When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to -
CORRECT ANSWERS - Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - CORRECT
ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code
of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - CORRECT ANSWERS -
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? - CORRECT
ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who
is he? - CORRECT ANSWERS - Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - CORRECT
ANSWERS - Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Formal Operations
Identity Crisis - CORRECT ANSWERS - Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS - processes that contribute to
optimal functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWERS - Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - CORRECT ANSWERS - no one
theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - CORRECT ANSWERS - Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - CORRECT ANSWERS - Pre-
conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
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When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to -
CORRECT ANSWERS - Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - CORRECT
ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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? -
CORRECT ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - 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? - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to - CORRECT ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code
of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - CORRECT ANSWERS -
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? - CORRECT
ANSWERS - 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 ANSWERS - Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who
is he? - CORRECT ANSWERS - Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - CORRECT
ANSWERS - Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - CORRECT ANSWERS -
Formal Operations
Identity Crisis - CORRECT ANSWERS - Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS - processes that contribute to
optimal functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - CORRECT ANSWERS - Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - CORRECT ANSWERS - no one
theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - CORRECT ANSWERS - Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - CORRECT ANSWERS - Pre-
conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
