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EXAM COMPLETE 550 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW VERSION!!
The highest standards of thinking and a professional's willingness to reflect on the
effects their interventions may have on the welfare of their clients describe what
kind of ethics?
a. mandatory ethics
b. principle ethics
c. aspirational ethics
d. positive ethics - Correct Answer-c. aspirational ethics
Which of the following focuses NOT ONLY on how professionals can harm clients
but also on how therapists can do better at helping clients?
a. mandatory ethics
b. principle ethics
c. aspirational ethics
d. positive ethics - Correct Answer-d. positive ethics
The first essential step toward ethical decision-making is:
a. identifying the problem or dilemma
b. knowing the applicable laws
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c. choosing a solution
d. reviewing the process - Correct Answer-a. identifying the problem or dilemma
____________ to ethics is limited in providing meaningful assistance to clinicians
who are concerned with practicing at the highest level of ethical functioning.
a. a community standard
b. professionalism
c. a consultation approach
d. a rule-based approach - Correct Answer-d. a rule-based approach
Which of the following statements is true with regard to ethical codes?
a. Issues can be handled solely by relying on ethics codes.
b. Conflicts sometimes emerge within ethics codes and among various
organizations' codes.
c. Ethics codes tend to be proactive rather than reactive.
d. Codes do not conflict with institutional policies and practices. - Correct Answer-
b. conflicts sometimes emerge within ethics codes and among various
organizations' codes.
When practitioners weigh multiple and often competing demands and goals, they
must use:
a. their attorneys to help them work through ethical issues
b. their former advisors as sounding boards
c. their professional judgment
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d. common sense - Correct Answer-c. their professional judgment
The major duties of regulating boards include which of the following?
a. completing investigations into the ethical practice of new members for a short
period to determine the possibility of unethical practice in the future
b. screening applications to determine appropriate candidates for the professional
organization who will practice ethically and increase the positive image of the
professional organization
c. determining standards for admission into the profession, screening applicants
applying for certification or licensure, conducting disciplinary proceedings
involving violations of standards of professional conduct as defined by law, and
regulating the practice of psychotherapy for the public good
d. conducting evaluations of members' financial stability - Correct Answer-c.
determining standards for admission into the profession, screening applicants
applying for certification or licensure, conducting disciplinary proceedings
involving violations of standards of professional conduct as defined by law, and
regulating the practice of psychotherapy for the public good
When a complaint is lodged against a member of a professional organization, the
ethics committee:
a. launches an investigation and deliberates on the case, eventually reaching a
disposition.
b. always dismiss specific charges within the complaint
c. imposes sanctions nine times out of ten
d. transfers the case to law enforcement. - Correct Answer-a. launches an
investigation and deliberates on the case, eventually reaching a disposition.
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When practitioners devote a portion of their professional time and skills to
services for which there is no expectation of significant financial return, they are:
a. using a sliding scale
b. being financially irresponsible
c. providing pro bono services
d. suffering from a martyr complex - Correct Answer-c. providing a pro bono
services
Autonomy refers to:
a. the promotion of self-determination and the freedom of clients to be self-
governing within their social and cultural framework.
b. avoiding doing harm to clients.
c. the act of increasing client dependency
d. the process used to lead a client to a specific decision. - Correct Answer-a. the
promotion of self-determination and the freedom of clients to be self-governing
within their social and cultural framework.
Although the ethics codes of the various professional organizations have specific
differences, some of the common themes include:
a. being interested in the welfare of clients, avoiding harm and exploitations, and
protecting client's confidentiality and privacy.
b. practicing outside the scope of one's competence and utilizing mandatory
ethics.
c. avoiding discrimination of client ethnicity while providing minimal services
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CPCE EXAM PREP TEST BANK NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 550 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW VERSION!!
The highest standards of thinking and a professional's willingness to reflect on the
effects their interventions may have on the welfare of their clients describe what
kind of ethics?
a. mandatory ethics
b. principle ethics
c. aspirational ethics
d. positive ethics - Correct Answer-c. aspirational ethics
Which of the following focuses NOT ONLY on how professionals can harm clients
but also on how therapists can do better at helping clients?
a. mandatory ethics
b. principle ethics
c. aspirational ethics
d. positive ethics - Correct Answer-d. positive ethics
The first essential step toward ethical decision-making is:
a. identifying the problem or dilemma
b. knowing the applicable laws
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c. choosing a solution
d. reviewing the process - Correct Answer-a. identifying the problem or dilemma
____________ to ethics is limited in providing meaningful assistance to clinicians
who are concerned with practicing at the highest level of ethical functioning.
a. a community standard
b. professionalism
c. a consultation approach
d. a rule-based approach - Correct Answer-d. a rule-based approach
Which of the following statements is true with regard to ethical codes?
a. Issues can be handled solely by relying on ethics codes.
b. Conflicts sometimes emerge within ethics codes and among various
organizations' codes.
c. Ethics codes tend to be proactive rather than reactive.
d. Codes do not conflict with institutional policies and practices. - Correct Answer-
b. conflicts sometimes emerge within ethics codes and among various
organizations' codes.
When practitioners weigh multiple and often competing demands and goals, they
must use:
a. their attorneys to help them work through ethical issues
b. their former advisors as sounding boards
c. their professional judgment
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d. common sense - Correct Answer-c. their professional judgment
The major duties of regulating boards include which of the following?
a. completing investigations into the ethical practice of new members for a short
period to determine the possibility of unethical practice in the future
b. screening applications to determine appropriate candidates for the professional
organization who will practice ethically and increase the positive image of the
professional organization
c. determining standards for admission into the profession, screening applicants
applying for certification or licensure, conducting disciplinary proceedings
involving violations of standards of professional conduct as defined by law, and
regulating the practice of psychotherapy for the public good
d. conducting evaluations of members' financial stability - Correct Answer-c.
determining standards for admission into the profession, screening applicants
applying for certification or licensure, conducting disciplinary proceedings
involving violations of standards of professional conduct as defined by law, and
regulating the practice of psychotherapy for the public good
When a complaint is lodged against a member of a professional organization, the
ethics committee:
a. launches an investigation and deliberates on the case, eventually reaching a
disposition.
b. always dismiss specific charges within the complaint
c. imposes sanctions nine times out of ten
d. transfers the case to law enforcement. - Correct Answer-a. launches an
investigation and deliberates on the case, eventually reaching a disposition.
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When practitioners devote a portion of their professional time and skills to
services for which there is no expectation of significant financial return, they are:
a. using a sliding scale
b. being financially irresponsible
c. providing pro bono services
d. suffering from a martyr complex - Correct Answer-c. providing a pro bono
services
Autonomy refers to:
a. the promotion of self-determination and the freedom of clients to be self-
governing within their social and cultural framework.
b. avoiding doing harm to clients.
c. the act of increasing client dependency
d. the process used to lead a client to a specific decision. - Correct Answer-a. the
promotion of self-determination and the freedom of clients to be self-governing
within their social and cultural framework.
Although the ethics codes of the various professional organizations have specific
differences, some of the common themes include:
a. being interested in the welfare of clients, avoiding harm and exploitations, and
protecting client's confidentiality and privacy.
b. practicing outside the scope of one's competence and utilizing mandatory
ethics.
c. avoiding discrimination of client ethnicity while providing minimal services
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