CPCE EXAM: Professional Orientation and
Ethics | Questions and Verified Answers |
100% Correct| Graded A (NEW 2023/ 2024
Update)
QUESTION
Virginia was the first state to license counselors in 1976. The APGA (later AACD and now
ACA) division that was initially the most instrumental in pushing for licensing was the
a. American College Personnel Association.
b. American School Counselor Association.
c. Association for Specialists in Group Work.
d. American Counselor Education and Supervision.
Answer:
d. American Counselor Education and Supervision.
QUESTION
The problem with income sensitive or sliding fee scales (based on the client's ability to pay) is
that
a. scales of this kind are unethical.
b. scales of this nature are illegal.
c. it is difficult to administer them in a fair manner.
d. scales like this are used frequently; however, they are
unethical and illegal.
Answer:
c. it is difficult to administer them in a fair manner.
QUESTION
One possible negative aspect of counselor licensure is that
a. counselors would receive more third-party payments.
b. counselors might be accepted as providers by insurance
companies.
c. counselors may not be as creative during their graduate
,work and simply take courses aimed at fulfilling the requirements to take the licensure exam.
d. it will take business away from psychologists.
Answer:
c. counselors may not be as creative during their graduate
work and simply take courses aimed at fulfilling the requirements to take the licensure exam.
QUESTION
A client wants his records sent to a psychiatrist he is seeing. You should
a. advise against it based on current research.
b. refuse to do so based on ethical guidelines.
c. first have the client sign a dated release of information
form that stipulates whether the information can be re- leased once (or for what period of time it
can be released) and then you can send the information.
d. call the psychiatrist to discuss the case but explain that state law prohibits a counselor from
sending anything in writing about the client.
Answer:
c. first have the client sign a dated release of information
form that stipulates whether the information can be re- leased once (or for what period of time it
can be released) and then you can send the information.
QUESTION
You are a licensed professional counselor in one state but will soon relocate to another state. The
new state informs you that they will grant you reciprocity or so-called endorsement. You will
thus
a. simply need to take the licensing test in the new state.
b. be permitted to practice in the new state based on your
current credentials without taking another exam.
c. need to take numerous graduate courses.
d. not be allowed to practice until you serve an internship.
Answer:
b. be permitted to practice in the new state based on your
current credentials without taking another exam.
,QUESTION
According to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA) of 1974 (also known as the Buckley Amendment)
a. a parent can see his or her daughter's middle school re- cord.
b. an 18-year-old college student can view his or her own educational record.
c. a and b.
d. a and b are both illegal.
Answer:
c. a and b.
QUESTION
You are a school counselor who wishes to refer an orthopedically disabled student to a private
therapist. In general, the best referral would be to
a. a CRC.
b. a MAC.
c. a licensed clinical psychologist.
d. a licensed social worker.
Answer:
a. a CRC.
QUESTION
A registry would be
a. a list of licensed psychologists in the state of Illinois.
b. a list of CRCs in the United States.
c. a and b.
d. the registration process for counselor licensure in the
state of Missouri.
Answer:
c. a and b.
QUESTION
A counselor wins the lottery and closes her practice without tell- ing her clients. This counselor's
course of action is best described as
, a. a multiple relationship.
b. defamation.
c. abandonment.
d. nonmaleficence.
Answer:
c. abandonment.
QUESTION
You are counseling your first cousin for depression. This is
a. ethical.
b. not actually an ethical issue.
c. ethical if you continue to counsel her and refer her to a
psychiatrist for an antidepressant.
d. generally unethical as it would constitute a dual or so-called multiple relationship.
Answer:
d. generally unethical as it would constitute a dual or so-called multiple relationship.
QUESTION
A counselor who sports NCC after her name
a. will need not concern herself with continuing education.
b. will need three graduate courses every 10 years.
c. will never receive credit for workshops but should attend
for her own personal growth nevertheless.
d. will need a specified amount of continuing education con- tact hours before she can be
recertified, or she will need
to take the NCE again.
Answer:
d. will need a specified amount of continuing education con- tact hours before she can be
recertified, or she will need
to take the NCE again.
QUESTION
You find yourself sexually attracted to a client. This is known as
Ethics | Questions and Verified Answers |
100% Correct| Graded A (NEW 2023/ 2024
Update)
QUESTION
Virginia was the first state to license counselors in 1976. The APGA (later AACD and now
ACA) division that was initially the most instrumental in pushing for licensing was the
a. American College Personnel Association.
b. American School Counselor Association.
c. Association for Specialists in Group Work.
d. American Counselor Education and Supervision.
Answer:
d. American Counselor Education and Supervision.
QUESTION
The problem with income sensitive or sliding fee scales (based on the client's ability to pay) is
that
a. scales of this kind are unethical.
b. scales of this nature are illegal.
c. it is difficult to administer them in a fair manner.
d. scales like this are used frequently; however, they are
unethical and illegal.
Answer:
c. it is difficult to administer them in a fair manner.
QUESTION
One possible negative aspect of counselor licensure is that
a. counselors would receive more third-party payments.
b. counselors might be accepted as providers by insurance
companies.
c. counselors may not be as creative during their graduate
,work and simply take courses aimed at fulfilling the requirements to take the licensure exam.
d. it will take business away from psychologists.
Answer:
c. counselors may not be as creative during their graduate
work and simply take courses aimed at fulfilling the requirements to take the licensure exam.
QUESTION
A client wants his records sent to a psychiatrist he is seeing. You should
a. advise against it based on current research.
b. refuse to do so based on ethical guidelines.
c. first have the client sign a dated release of information
form that stipulates whether the information can be re- leased once (or for what period of time it
can be released) and then you can send the information.
d. call the psychiatrist to discuss the case but explain that state law prohibits a counselor from
sending anything in writing about the client.
Answer:
c. first have the client sign a dated release of information
form that stipulates whether the information can be re- leased once (or for what period of time it
can be released) and then you can send the information.
QUESTION
You are a licensed professional counselor in one state but will soon relocate to another state. The
new state informs you that they will grant you reciprocity or so-called endorsement. You will
thus
a. simply need to take the licensing test in the new state.
b. be permitted to practice in the new state based on your
current credentials without taking another exam.
c. need to take numerous graduate courses.
d. not be allowed to practice until you serve an internship.
Answer:
b. be permitted to practice in the new state based on your
current credentials without taking another exam.
,QUESTION
According to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA) of 1974 (also known as the Buckley Amendment)
a. a parent can see his or her daughter's middle school re- cord.
b. an 18-year-old college student can view his or her own educational record.
c. a and b.
d. a and b are both illegal.
Answer:
c. a and b.
QUESTION
You are a school counselor who wishes to refer an orthopedically disabled student to a private
therapist. In general, the best referral would be to
a. a CRC.
b. a MAC.
c. a licensed clinical psychologist.
d. a licensed social worker.
Answer:
a. a CRC.
QUESTION
A registry would be
a. a list of licensed psychologists in the state of Illinois.
b. a list of CRCs in the United States.
c. a and b.
d. the registration process for counselor licensure in the
state of Missouri.
Answer:
c. a and b.
QUESTION
A counselor wins the lottery and closes her practice without tell- ing her clients. This counselor's
course of action is best described as
, a. a multiple relationship.
b. defamation.
c. abandonment.
d. nonmaleficence.
Answer:
c. abandonment.
QUESTION
You are counseling your first cousin for depression. This is
a. ethical.
b. not actually an ethical issue.
c. ethical if you continue to counsel her and refer her to a
psychiatrist for an antidepressant.
d. generally unethical as it would constitute a dual or so-called multiple relationship.
Answer:
d. generally unethical as it would constitute a dual or so-called multiple relationship.
QUESTION
A counselor who sports NCC after her name
a. will need not concern herself with continuing education.
b. will need three graduate courses every 10 years.
c. will never receive credit for workshops but should attend
for her own personal growth nevertheless.
d. will need a specified amount of continuing education con- tact hours before she can be
recertified, or she will need
to take the NCE again.
Answer:
d. will need a specified amount of continuing education con- tact hours before she can be
recertified, or she will need
to take the NCE again.
QUESTION
You find yourself sexually attracted to a client. This is known as
