National Counseling Exam 2025/2026
With 100% Correct Answers
When was the original Code of Ethics for counselors
introduced?
a. 1964
b. 1977
c. 1990
d. 2014 CORRECT ANSWERS c. 1990
All of the following are provisions of the ACA Code of Ethics
(2014) regarding informed consent EXCEPT:
a. Clients should be informed of the nature of all services, both
in writing and verbally, and should be apprised of fees.
b. Clients should be included in discussions even if they are
themselves unable to give informed consent.
c. Clients must be informed about risks of breach of security
when utilizing distance counseling.
d. Clients must give informed consent before any personal
information of PHI can be shared with others. CORRECT
ANSWERS d. Clients must give informed consent before any
personal information of PHI can be shared with others.
,Who is most commonly associated with the deontological view
of ethics and was responsible for developing the foundational
philosophy or categorical impertative?
a. Arnold Lazarus
b. Immanuel Kant
c. John Stuart Mill
d. M.C. Gottlieb CORRECT ANSWERS b. Immanuel Kant
Which of the following is a considerable part of value ethics and
can be broken down into intellectual and emotional categories
(as proposed by Pope and Brown in 1996)?
a. Competence
b. Self-knowledge
c. Accountability
d. Principles CORRECT ANSWERS a. Competence
Which of the following is NOT true of virtue ethics?
a. Virtue ethics is based on beneficence and nonmaleficence.
b. Ethical codes can be trusted on their own to maintain a virtue
ethics perspective.
c. The virtue ethics philosophy is also known as value ethics or
principle ethics.
,d. Virtue ethics hold that people with high ethical standards can
make good ethical judgments. CORRECT ANSWERS b. Ethical
codes can be trusted on their own to maintain a virtue ethics
perspective.
Which two certifying organizations came together in the latter
part of the 1990s, with the joint entity offering the national
Certified School Counselor (NCSC) and the Master Addictions
Counselor (MAC) certificates?
a. The National Academy of Certified Clinical Mental Health
Counselors and the National Board for Certified Counselors
(NBCC)
b. The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification
(CRCC) and the National Counsel for the Credentialing of
Career Counselors (NCCC)
c. The National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and the
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)
d. The National Counsel for the Credentialing of Career
Counselors (NCCC) and the National Academy of Certified
Clinical Mental Health Counselors CORRECT ANSWERS a.
The National Academy of Certified Clinical Mental Health
Counselors and the National Board for Certified Counselors
(NBCC)
, In 2016, the Standards of the CACREP were organized into six
sections. Which of the following is NOT one of those six
sections.
a. Professional counseling identity
b. Entry-level specialty areas
c. The learning environment
d. Ethical practice standards CORRECT ANSWERS d. Ethical
practice standards
What state passed the first counseling licensure laws?
a. Alabama
b. Arkansas
c. California
d. Virginia CORRECT ANSWERS d. Virginia
What is the last step of approval needed when passing a bill into
a law?
a. House of Representatives
b. The executive branch
c. Legislative body
d. The senate CORRECT ANSWERS b. The executive branch
With 100% Correct Answers
When was the original Code of Ethics for counselors
introduced?
a. 1964
b. 1977
c. 1990
d. 2014 CORRECT ANSWERS c. 1990
All of the following are provisions of the ACA Code of Ethics
(2014) regarding informed consent EXCEPT:
a. Clients should be informed of the nature of all services, both
in writing and verbally, and should be apprised of fees.
b. Clients should be included in discussions even if they are
themselves unable to give informed consent.
c. Clients must be informed about risks of breach of security
when utilizing distance counseling.
d. Clients must give informed consent before any personal
information of PHI can be shared with others. CORRECT
ANSWERS d. Clients must give informed consent before any
personal information of PHI can be shared with others.
,Who is most commonly associated with the deontological view
of ethics and was responsible for developing the foundational
philosophy or categorical impertative?
a. Arnold Lazarus
b. Immanuel Kant
c. John Stuart Mill
d. M.C. Gottlieb CORRECT ANSWERS b. Immanuel Kant
Which of the following is a considerable part of value ethics and
can be broken down into intellectual and emotional categories
(as proposed by Pope and Brown in 1996)?
a. Competence
b. Self-knowledge
c. Accountability
d. Principles CORRECT ANSWERS a. Competence
Which of the following is NOT true of virtue ethics?
a. Virtue ethics is based on beneficence and nonmaleficence.
b. Ethical codes can be trusted on their own to maintain a virtue
ethics perspective.
c. The virtue ethics philosophy is also known as value ethics or
principle ethics.
,d. Virtue ethics hold that people with high ethical standards can
make good ethical judgments. CORRECT ANSWERS b. Ethical
codes can be trusted on their own to maintain a virtue ethics
perspective.
Which two certifying organizations came together in the latter
part of the 1990s, with the joint entity offering the national
Certified School Counselor (NCSC) and the Master Addictions
Counselor (MAC) certificates?
a. The National Academy of Certified Clinical Mental Health
Counselors and the National Board for Certified Counselors
(NBCC)
b. The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification
(CRCC) and the National Counsel for the Credentialing of
Career Counselors (NCCC)
c. The National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and the
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)
d. The National Counsel for the Credentialing of Career
Counselors (NCCC) and the National Academy of Certified
Clinical Mental Health Counselors CORRECT ANSWERS a.
The National Academy of Certified Clinical Mental Health
Counselors and the National Board for Certified Counselors
(NBCC)
, In 2016, the Standards of the CACREP were organized into six
sections. Which of the following is NOT one of those six
sections.
a. Professional counseling identity
b. Entry-level specialty areas
c. The learning environment
d. Ethical practice standards CORRECT ANSWERS d. Ethical
practice standards
What state passed the first counseling licensure laws?
a. Alabama
b. Arkansas
c. California
d. Virginia CORRECT ANSWERS d. Virginia
What is the last step of approval needed when passing a bill into
a law?
a. House of Representatives
b. The executive branch
c. Legislative body
d. The senate CORRECT ANSWERS b. The executive branch
