CPCE Exam! UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
ethically required to
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to jointly decide, between patient and counselor, how the counseling process will
proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting Your personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic
complaint of relationship difficulties. She goes on to relationship
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?
You have been involved in a counseling relationship with Accept or decline depending on the circumstances
a client for six months, when he presents you with a small
gift. What should you do?
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal information and
information about a client you are counseling. What do obtain written permission from your client to share confidential information
you do?
What should you do if your client requests to see his Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
confidential file?
, You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same Be alert to your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing with your
time you are adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process
sleeping or eating well, find you are highly distractible,
and generally are less in-touch with your emotional state.
You should...
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past
his former counselor, you are called to perform a forensic client, so you should decline
evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case?
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of ethics
asked to attend her wedding. Would it be ethical to do
so?
While involved with a research study, you learn that Yes, you are ultimately responsible
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
When publishing research, it is important to 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 Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing
authority, which takes precedence?
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when 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? 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 Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers Erik Erikson
the entire lifespan. Who is he?
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which Sigmund Freud
psychoanalyst?
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages Formal Operations
Identity Crisis Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
CORRECT ANSWERS
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
ethically required to
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to jointly decide, between patient and counselor, how the counseling process will
proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting Your personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic
complaint of relationship difficulties. She goes on to relationship
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?
You have been involved in a counseling relationship with Accept or decline depending on the circumstances
a client for six months, when he presents you with a small
gift. What should you do?
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal information and
information about a client you are counseling. What do obtain written permission from your client to share confidential information
you do?
What should you do if your client requests to see his Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
confidential file?
, You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same Be alert to your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing with your
time you are adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process
sleeping or eating well, find you are highly distractible,
and generally are less in-touch with your emotional state.
You should...
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past
his former counselor, you are called to perform a forensic client, so you should decline
evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case?
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of ethics
asked to attend her wedding. Would it be ethical to do
so?
While involved with a research study, you learn that Yes, you are ultimately responsible
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
When publishing research, it is important to 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 Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing
authority, which takes precedence?
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when 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? 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 Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers Erik Erikson
the entire lifespan. Who is he?
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which Sigmund Freud
psychoanalyst?
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages Formal Operations
Identity Crisis Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
