COUN 500 Ch. 8 Quiz with complete
solutions 2025/2026
What are laws? - correct answer ✔✔agreed-upon rules of society designed to protect public
safety, health, and welfare; the minimum standard necessary to keep society functioning
smoothly
What are criminal laws? - correct answer ✔✔laws which address crime or those behaviors that
cause harm to others and set punishment for violations of those laws
What are civil laws? - correct answer ✔✔laws which address personal interest disputes of
individuals, groups, organizations, and the government
What are ethical standards for counselors? - correct answer ✔✔guidelines for how we should
behave as counseling professionals; designed to elevate the standard of competence of
professionals and to build values and ideals
What are the two important federal laws which have impacted the profession of counseling in
the past 50 years? - correct answer ✔✔-FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act)
-HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
What is FERPA? - correct answer ✔✔enacted in 1974, it is a set of regulations that applies to
those institutions that receive funding from the US Department of Education, such as school
districts, preK-12 schools, and postsecondary institutions
What is the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) of 1978? - correct answer ✔✔aka the
Hatch Amendment, gives parents additional rights, including requiring informed parental
consent before the student is subjected to any examination, testing, or program designed to
affect the personal values or behavior of the student
, What is the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act? - correct answer ✔✔enacted in 2004, continued
to increase parental rights
What is HIPAA? - correct answer ✔✔passed in 1996, it primarily protects health insurance
coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs
What are the administrative simplification (AS) provisions? - correct answer ✔✔title II of HIPAA,
the standards were created to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health
care system by encouraging the widespread use of electronic date interchange in the US health
care system
Why is public trust critical to the counseling profession? - correct answer ✔✔because we want
to assure that we deliver high-quality services that promote health and well-being to clients
across the lifespan
What is a code of ethics? - correct answer ✔✔provides the necessary framework for a process
of accountability; vital to the process of educating members of the profession, providing
counselors with a set of principles to follow when issues or dilemmas arise
What is one of the criteria in the definition of what a profession is? - correct answer ✔✔having
a specific ethical code
What five core values does counseling share with the professions of social work, psychology,
and marriage and family therapy? - correct answer ✔✔-general competence and professional
conduct
-promotion of welfare and avoidance of harm
-informed consent and self-determination
-privacy and confidentiality
-collaborative professional relationships
solutions 2025/2026
What are laws? - correct answer ✔✔agreed-upon rules of society designed to protect public
safety, health, and welfare; the minimum standard necessary to keep society functioning
smoothly
What are criminal laws? - correct answer ✔✔laws which address crime or those behaviors that
cause harm to others and set punishment for violations of those laws
What are civil laws? - correct answer ✔✔laws which address personal interest disputes of
individuals, groups, organizations, and the government
What are ethical standards for counselors? - correct answer ✔✔guidelines for how we should
behave as counseling professionals; designed to elevate the standard of competence of
professionals and to build values and ideals
What are the two important federal laws which have impacted the profession of counseling in
the past 50 years? - correct answer ✔✔-FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act)
-HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
What is FERPA? - correct answer ✔✔enacted in 1974, it is a set of regulations that applies to
those institutions that receive funding from the US Department of Education, such as school
districts, preK-12 schools, and postsecondary institutions
What is the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) of 1978? - correct answer ✔✔aka the
Hatch Amendment, gives parents additional rights, including requiring informed parental
consent before the student is subjected to any examination, testing, or program designed to
affect the personal values or behavior of the student
, What is the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act? - correct answer ✔✔enacted in 2004, continued
to increase parental rights
What is HIPAA? - correct answer ✔✔passed in 1996, it primarily protects health insurance
coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs
What are the administrative simplification (AS) provisions? - correct answer ✔✔title II of HIPAA,
the standards were created to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health
care system by encouraging the widespread use of electronic date interchange in the US health
care system
Why is public trust critical to the counseling profession? - correct answer ✔✔because we want
to assure that we deliver high-quality services that promote health and well-being to clients
across the lifespan
What is a code of ethics? - correct answer ✔✔provides the necessary framework for a process
of accountability; vital to the process of educating members of the profession, providing
counselors with a set of principles to follow when issues or dilemmas arise
What is one of the criteria in the definition of what a profession is? - correct answer ✔✔having
a specific ethical code
What five core values does counseling share with the professions of social work, psychology,
and marriage and family therapy? - correct answer ✔✔-general competence and professional
conduct
-promotion of welfare and avoidance of harm
-informed consent and self-determination
-privacy and confidentiality
-collaborative professional relationships
