CPCE Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (238
Questions with 100% Correct Answers)
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to Correct Answer: Inform
the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct 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... Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct 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 Correct Answer: Yes, you are ultimately responsible
,When publishing research, it is important to Correct 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? Correct Answer: Ultimately the law may be
adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when Correct 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? Correct 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 Correct Answer: Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? Correct
Answer: Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? Correct Answer: Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages Correct Answer: Formal Operations
Identity Crisis Correct Answer: Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology Correct Answer: processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not
focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud Correct Answer: Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe Correct Answer: no one theory of development
completely explains the process
John Bowlby Correct Answer: Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality Correct Answer: Pre-conventional, Conventional,
and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex Correct Answer: Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys Correct Answer: Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Correct Answer: Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
, Down Syndrome Correct Answer: Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson Correct Answer: Little Albert experiment
Albert Bandura's best-known research Correct Answer: Bobo Doll study
What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? Correct Answer: Cultural Context and
language
Freudian Defense Mechanism Correct Answer: Repression
Imprinting Correct Answer: Konrad Lorenz
Incorporating several therapeutic theories in your work Correct 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 Correct 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. Correct Answer: Neurocognitive Disorder
Disorder of thought; disorder of mood Correct 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. Correct Answer: Rogerian, client-
centered therapy
Binge eating coupled with inappropriate methods of controlling one's weight may be a symptom
of Correct 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 Correct Answer: Agoraphobia
loss of appetite; nervousness, and recurrent nightmares of a past hospital experience from years
prior, where she says she almost died Correct Answer: PTSD
Actively defiant of instructions, argues regularly, spiteful, and resentful. School performance is
marginal. Correct Answer: Oppositional defiant disorder
40-year old client not feeling comfortable socially after gaining weight. Unwilling to try new
activities and avoiding activities he once found enjoyable Correct Answer: Avoidant Personality
Disorder
Questions with 100% Correct Answers)
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to Correct Answer: Inform
the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct 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... Correct 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? Correct 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? Correct 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 Correct Answer: Yes, you are ultimately responsible
,When publishing research, it is important to Correct 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? Correct Answer: Ultimately the law may be
adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when Correct 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? Correct 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 Correct Answer: Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? Correct
Answer: Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? Correct Answer: Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages Correct Answer: Formal Operations
Identity Crisis Correct Answer: Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology Correct Answer: processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not
focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud Correct Answer: Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe Correct Answer: no one theory of development
completely explains the process
John Bowlby Correct Answer: Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality Correct Answer: Pre-conventional, Conventional,
and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex Correct Answer: Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys Correct Answer: Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Correct Answer: Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
, Down Syndrome Correct Answer: Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson Correct Answer: Little Albert experiment
Albert Bandura's best-known research Correct Answer: Bobo Doll study
What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? Correct Answer: Cultural Context and
language
Freudian Defense Mechanism Correct Answer: Repression
Imprinting Correct Answer: Konrad Lorenz
Incorporating several therapeutic theories in your work Correct 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 Correct 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. Correct Answer: Neurocognitive Disorder
Disorder of thought; disorder of mood Correct 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. Correct Answer: Rogerian, client-
centered therapy
Binge eating coupled with inappropriate methods of controlling one's weight may be a symptom
of Correct 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 Correct Answer: Agoraphobia
loss of appetite; nervousness, and recurrent nightmares of a past hospital experience from years
prior, where she says she almost died Correct Answer: PTSD
Actively defiant of instructions, argues regularly, spiteful, and resentful. School performance is
marginal. Correct Answer: Oppositional defiant disorder
40-year old client not feeling comfortable socially after gaining weight. Unwilling to try new
activities and avoiding activities he once found enjoyable Correct Answer: Avoidant Personality
Disorder
