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EXAM COMPLETE 750 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW VERSION!!
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:
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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
d. acting ethically responsible and focused on limiting professional sanctions. -
Correct Answer-a. being interested in the welfare of clients, avoiding harm and
exploitations, and protecting client's confidentiality and privacy.
Each major mental health professional organization has its own code of ethics;
however, most of these codes are:
a. specific and informative, giving answers to all ethical dilemmas
b. broad and general and do not provide specific answers to ethical dilemmas
c. not necessary to obtain or read
d. old and outdated, not pertaining to current ethical dilemmas - Correct Answer-
b. broad and general and do not provide specific answers to ethical dilemmas
__________ is concerned with perspectives of right and proper conduct and
involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural context or
religious standard.
a. Ethical Conduct
b. community standards
c. morality
d. professionalism - Correct Answer-c morality
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Robert runs into the office, unprepared and frustrated because he is late for his
weekly appointment with his first client of the day. He is consistently late for his
appointments. His behavior is:
a. immoral
b. illegal
c. unethical
d. unprofessional - Correct Answer-d unprofessional
James and Mary were in counseling for marital problems. The counselor decided
to meet each partner in an individual session before meeting them as a couple.
James confided that he was HIV positive and was not going to tell his spouse
because she would know that he had been unfaithful. The counselor decided to
break confidentially after attempts to encourage James to inform his wife of his
condition were unsuccessful. The counselor's action:
a. was legal and ethical
b. may be considered ethical, but the practitioner could be in violation of a legal
standard.
c. was unethical but legal.
d. was ethical and meets the American Counseling Association standard regarding
contagious diseases, which states that practitioners must report when a client is
HIV positive. - Correct Answer-b may be considered ethical, but the practitioner
could be in violation of a legal standard.
Elizabeth, a beginning practitioner, counsels in a manner in which she merely acts
in compliance with the law and follows minimal ethical standards. She is at the
first level of ethical functioning, which is:
a. personal ethics
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b. aspiration ethics
c. mandatory ethics
d. basic ethics - Correct Answer-c. mandatory ethics
The basic purpose of professional codes of ethics is to:
a. educate professionals about sound ethical conduct, provide a mechanism for
professional accountability, and serve as a catalyst for improving practice.
b. protect professionals from lawsuits.
c. set standards that must be followed no matter the situation.
d. enhance the image of the helping professions. - Correct Answer-a. educate
professionals about sound ethical conduct, provide a mechanism for professional
accountability, and serve as a catalyst for improving practice.
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
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CPCE EXAM PREP TEST BANK NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE 750 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW VERSION!!
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:
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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
d. acting ethically responsible and focused on limiting professional sanctions. -
Correct Answer-a. being interested in the welfare of clients, avoiding harm and
exploitations, and protecting client's confidentiality and privacy.
Each major mental health professional organization has its own code of ethics;
however, most of these codes are:
a. specific and informative, giving answers to all ethical dilemmas
b. broad and general and do not provide specific answers to ethical dilemmas
c. not necessary to obtain or read
d. old and outdated, not pertaining to current ethical dilemmas - Correct Answer-
b. broad and general and do not provide specific answers to ethical dilemmas
__________ is concerned with perspectives of right and proper conduct and
involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural context or
religious standard.
a. Ethical Conduct
b. community standards
c. morality
d. professionalism - Correct Answer-c morality
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Robert runs into the office, unprepared and frustrated because he is late for his
weekly appointment with his first client of the day. He is consistently late for his
appointments. His behavior is:
a. immoral
b. illegal
c. unethical
d. unprofessional - Correct Answer-d unprofessional
James and Mary were in counseling for marital problems. The counselor decided
to meet each partner in an individual session before meeting them as a couple.
James confided that he was HIV positive and was not going to tell his spouse
because she would know that he had been unfaithful. The counselor decided to
break confidentially after attempts to encourage James to inform his wife of his
condition were unsuccessful. The counselor's action:
a. was legal and ethical
b. may be considered ethical, but the practitioner could be in violation of a legal
standard.
c. was unethical but legal.
d. was ethical and meets the American Counseling Association standard regarding
contagious diseases, which states that practitioners must report when a client is
HIV positive. - Correct Answer-b may be considered ethical, but the practitioner
could be in violation of a legal standard.
Elizabeth, a beginning practitioner, counsels in a manner in which she merely acts
in compliance with the law and follows minimal ethical standards. She is at the
first level of ethical functioning, which is:
a. personal ethics
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b. aspiration ethics
c. mandatory ethics
d. basic ethics - Correct Answer-c. mandatory ethics
The basic purpose of professional codes of ethics is to:
a. educate professionals about sound ethical conduct, provide a mechanism for
professional accountability, and serve as a catalyst for improving practice.
b. protect professionals from lawsuits.
c. set standards that must be followed no matter the situation.
d. enhance the image of the helping professions. - Correct Answer-a. educate
professionals about sound ethical conduct, provide a mechanism for professional
accountability, and serve as a catalyst for improving practice.
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
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