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CPCU 552, CP&L FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 140 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW VERSION!!
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are
ethically required to - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Inform the
patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to
- .....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? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Your personal belief system should
not have any bearing on the therapeutic relationship
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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? - .....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? - .....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? - .....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... - .....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
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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? - .....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? - .....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 - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Give credit to other contributors or
sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to only one
journal at a time
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When a conflict arises between the American Counseling
Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing
authority, which takes precedence? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the
Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when -
.....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? -
.....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 - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers
the entire lifespan. Who is he? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Erik Erikson
CPCU 552, CP&L FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025
ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 140 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW VERSION!!
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are
ethically required to - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Inform the
patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to
- .....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? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Your personal belief system should
not have any bearing on the therapeutic relationship
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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? - .....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? - .....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? - .....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... - .....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
,3|Page
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? - .....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? - .....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 - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Give credit to other contributors or
sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to only one
journal at a time
, 4|Page
When a conflict arises between the American Counseling
Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing
authority, which takes precedence? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the
Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when -
.....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? -
.....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 - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers
the entire lifespan. Who is he? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Erik Erikson
