CPCE EXAM 2025 REAL EXAM 234 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |A
GRADE 2025/2026
When beginning a coun-
Inform the patient of the
seling relationship, you are
limits of confidentiality
ethically required to
jointly decide, between pa-
As you begin a counseling
tient and counselor, how
relationship, it is important
the counseling process will
to
proceed
A client arrives for coun-
seling with the present-
ing complaint of relation-
ship difficulties. She goes
on to describe that she
Your personal belief sys-
has had multiple abor-
tem should not have any
tions, and seems to use
bearing on the therapeutic
abortion as a birth control
relationship
method. You are person-
ally opposed to abortion.
How should your person-
al beliefs impact the thera-
peutic relationship?
You have been involved in
a counseling relationship Accept or decline depend-
with a client for six months, ing on the circumstances
when he presents you with
,a small gift. What should
you do?
Limit, as much as pos-
You are court-ordered to sible, any possibly dam-
disclose confidential infor- aging personal information
mation about a client you and obtain written permis-
are counseling. What do sion from your client to
you do? share confidential informa-
tion
What should you do if your
Accept or decline depend-
client requests to see his
ing upon circumstances
confidential file?
You are a counselor with
several clients, and at the
same time you are adjust- Be alert to your mental sta-
ing to a difficult divorce. tus, and be able to de-
You aren't sleeping or eat- termine if continuing with
ing well, find you are high- your clients poses any
ly distractible, and gener- threat of being detrimental
ally are less in-touch with to the counseling process
your emotional state. You
should...
A former client of yours
has been arrested for a
,crime. As his former coun- It is not considered ethical
selor, you are called to per- to perform a forensic eval-
form a forensic evaluation. uation on a current or past
What is your responsibility client, so you should de-
in this case? cline
You are the supervisor for
a new counselor, and are Yes, you should be able
asked to attend her wed- to attend her wedding with-
ding. Would it be ethical to out a breach of ethics
do so?
While involved with a re-
search study, you learn
that several of your stu-
dents are using confiden-
tial material in an unethi-
cal manner. You had no pri-
Yes, you are ultimately re-
or knowledge of this, and
sponsible
all of your safeguards for
professional practice were
appropriate. Are you, as
the principal researcher,
responsible for the stu-
dent's behavior
Give credit to other contrib-
utors or sources, not pla-
, giarize, and submit mater-
When publishing re-
ial to only one journal at a
search, it is important to
time
When a conflict arises be-
tween the American Coun-
Ultimately the law may be
seling Association (ACA)
adhered to over the Code
Code of Ethics and a
of Ethics
governing authority, which
takes precedence?
A counselor has been re-
tained to review another
An ethics violation should counselor who is in ques-
NOT be reported when tion; and when confiden-
tiality rights would be vio-
lated
Counseling that recog-
nizes diversity and ap-
What does multicultural/di- proaches beneficial to spe-
versity counseling refer cific groups and an ap-
to? proach that all counselors
should ethically be aware
of
Most ethical issues are re-
Confidentiality
lated to
GRADE 2025/2026
When beginning a coun-
Inform the patient of the
seling relationship, you are
limits of confidentiality
ethically required to
jointly decide, between pa-
As you begin a counseling
tient and counselor, how
relationship, it is important
the counseling process will
to
proceed
A client arrives for coun-
seling with the present-
ing complaint of relation-
ship difficulties. She goes
on to describe that she
Your personal belief sys-
has had multiple abor-
tem should not have any
tions, and seems to use
bearing on the therapeutic
abortion as a birth control
relationship
method. You are person-
ally opposed to abortion.
How should your person-
al beliefs impact the thera-
peutic relationship?
You have been involved in
a counseling relationship Accept or decline depend-
with a client for six months, ing on the circumstances
when he presents you with
,a small gift. What should
you do?
Limit, as much as pos-
You are court-ordered to sible, any possibly dam-
disclose confidential infor- aging personal information
mation about a client you and obtain written permis-
are counseling. What do sion from your client to
you do? share confidential informa-
tion
What should you do if your
Accept or decline depend-
client requests to see his
ing upon circumstances
confidential file?
You are a counselor with
several clients, and at the
same time you are adjust- Be alert to your mental sta-
ing to a difficult divorce. tus, and be able to de-
You aren't sleeping or eat- termine if continuing with
ing well, find you are high- your clients poses any
ly distractible, and gener- threat of being detrimental
ally are less in-touch with to the counseling process
your emotional state. You
should...
A former client of yours
has been arrested for a
,crime. As his former coun- It is not considered ethical
selor, you are called to per- to perform a forensic eval-
form a forensic evaluation. uation on a current or past
What is your responsibility client, so you should de-
in this case? cline
You are the supervisor for
a new counselor, and are Yes, you should be able
asked to attend her wed- to attend her wedding with-
ding. Would it be ethical to out a breach of ethics
do so?
While involved with a re-
search study, you learn
that several of your stu-
dents are using confiden-
tial material in an unethi-
cal manner. You had no pri-
Yes, you are ultimately re-
or knowledge of this, and
sponsible
all of your safeguards for
professional practice were
appropriate. Are you, as
the principal researcher,
responsible for the stu-
dent's behavior
Give credit to other contrib-
utors or sources, not pla-
, giarize, and submit mater-
When publishing re-
ial to only one journal at a
search, it is important to
time
When a conflict arises be-
tween the American Coun-
Ultimately the law may be
seling Association (ACA)
adhered to over the Code
Code of Ethics and a
of Ethics
governing authority, which
takes precedence?
A counselor has been re-
tained to review another
An ethics violation should counselor who is in ques-
NOT be reported when tion; and when confiden-
tiality rights would be vio-
lated
Counseling that recog-
nizes diversity and ap-
What does multicultural/di- proaches beneficial to spe-
versity counseling refer cific groups and an ap-
to? proach that all counselors
should ethically be aware
of
Most ethical issues are re-
Confidentiality
lated to
