LCSW Law & Ethics Practice Test
Questions With Correct Answers
1. Two social workers are dating. They are at dinner and they are talking about
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their clients. They discover that each of them is seeing a different member of the
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same couple for individual therapy. What should these social workers do?
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Content Area: Law: Confidentiality, Privilege, and Consent
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This question is about the legal responsibility of social workers outside of the
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therapeutic setting discussing a client. | | | |
A. No action is necessary since licensed health professionals may consult for
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purposes of diagnosis and treatment without a release.
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B. Stop the discussion and obtain releases so that such discussions in the future
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do not breach confidentiality.
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C. Stop the discussion and do not talk about these clients again.
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D. There are no legal or ethical guidelines requiring social workers in such
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situations to do anything. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Stop the discussion and do
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not talk about these clients again.
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,The rules of confidentiality would require the social workers to stop the
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discussion and not talk about these clients.
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2. Revocation of a LCSW's license after having been found to have engaged in
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sexual misconduct with a client would occur after:
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Content Area: Ethics: Professional Competence and Preventing Harm
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This question tests your knowledge of the penalties for social workers having sex
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with a client.
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A. A social worker filed a complaint with the BBS on behalf of a client.
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B. The BBS found that the therapist terminated therapy in order to pursue a
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sexual relationship.
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C. The social worker gives the client the pamphlet "Professional Therapy Never
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Includes Sex" and discusses it with the client.
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D. The BBS cites the offending social worker within 10 years of the statute of
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limitations. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. The BBS found that the therapist
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terminated therapy in order to pursue a sexual relationship.
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Terminating therapy in order to pursue a sexual relationship with a client is
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prohibited.
,3. Your client, George, tells you that his mother just got remarried. He tells you
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that he is worried that the new husband's children are going to go after his
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inheritance. He tells you that he has very little contact with the new family and
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wants to keep it that way. What is your legal obligation?
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Content Area: Law: Limits to Confidentiality/Mandated Reporting
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This question tests your knowledge of how to proceed when you may need to
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assess for or report elder abuse.
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A. You must asses for elder abuse, considering "undue influence" regarding the
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mother's estate. |
B. You should refer the client to an attorney to determine if he has a case.
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C. Maintain confidentiality because you do not know the age of the mother.
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D. Report elder abuse, considering "abandonment" because he has "very little
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contact" with his mother. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Maintain confidentiality
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because you do not know the age of the mother.
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You would maintain confidentiality because you do not know his mother's age
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and you do not have "reasonable suspicion" of elder abuse.
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4. Ki is a 26-year-old Korean who immigrated to the U.S. with his father 10 years
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ago. Ki wants to be an artist but his father has saved his money and demands that
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Ki goes to medical school like his grandfather. Ki says he's depressed and he
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would rather die than become a doctor. He says he's too stupid to pass the
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, classes in medical school anyway. He doesn't know how to tell his father. The
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social worker determines that Ki is not suicidal. The most appropriate ethical
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intervention is to: | |
Content Area: Ethics: Therapeutic Relationship/Services
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This question tests your knowledge of the ethical obligations that pertain to
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cultural competence. |
A. Recognize the importance of cultural considerations and acknowledge that Ki
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may have to follow his father's wishes.
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B. Ask Ki to bring his father in for a family session because of cultural values that
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encourage respect for elders. | | |
C. Inform Ki that the risks and benefits o - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Inform Ki
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that the risks and benefits of therapy may be that he "finds himself" but may
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change some of his family values.
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Informing a client about the risks and benefits of therapy which includes altering
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their sense of self and their family, is an ethical obligation.
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5. June discloses that she had been molested by a step-brother when she was 15.
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She is now 28 and was divorced from her husband three years ago. Before seeing
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you, she saw another therapist and she has just told you that she had sex with
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him. She wants therapy to focus on the stormy relationship issues that led to her
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divorce, not on past sexual molestation or exploitation. You would:
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Questions With Correct Answers
1. Two social workers are dating. They are at dinner and they are talking about
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
their clients. They discover that each of them is seeing a different member of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
same couple for individual therapy. What should these social workers do?
| | | | | | | | | |
Content Area: Law: Confidentiality, Privilege, and Consent
| | | | | |
This question is about the legal responsibility of social workers outside of the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
therapeutic setting discussing a client. | | | |
A. No action is necessary since licensed health professionals may consult for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
purposes of diagnosis and treatment without a release.
| | | | | | |
B. Stop the discussion and obtain releases so that such discussions in the future
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
do not breach confidentiality.
| | |
C. Stop the discussion and do not talk about these clients again.
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D. There are no legal or ethical guidelines requiring social workers in such
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situations to do anything. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Stop the discussion and do
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not talk about these clients again.
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,The rules of confidentiality would require the social workers to stop the
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discussion and not talk about these clients.
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2. Revocation of a LCSW's license after having been found to have engaged in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
sexual misconduct with a client would occur after:
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Content Area: Ethics: Professional Competence and Preventing Harm
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This question tests your knowledge of the penalties for social workers having sex
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
with a client.
| |
A. A social worker filed a complaint with the BBS on behalf of a client.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
B. The BBS found that the therapist terminated therapy in order to pursue a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
sexual relationship.
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C. The social worker gives the client the pamphlet "Professional Therapy Never
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Includes Sex" and discusses it with the client.
| | | | | | |
D. The BBS cites the offending social worker within 10 years of the statute of
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limitations. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. The BBS found that the therapist
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terminated therapy in order to pursue a sexual relationship.
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Terminating therapy in order to pursue a sexual relationship with a client is
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prohibited.
,3. Your client, George, tells you that his mother just got remarried. He tells you
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that he is worried that the new husband's children are going to go after his
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
inheritance. He tells you that he has very little contact with the new family and
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
wants to keep it that way. What is your legal obligation?
| | | | | | | | | |
Content Area: Law: Limits to Confidentiality/Mandated Reporting
| | | | | |
This question tests your knowledge of how to proceed when you may need to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
assess for or report elder abuse.
| | | | |
A. You must asses for elder abuse, considering "undue influence" regarding the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
mother's estate. |
B. You should refer the client to an attorney to determine if he has a case.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
C. Maintain confidentiality because you do not know the age of the mother.
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D. Report elder abuse, considering "abandonment" because he has "very little
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contact" with his mother. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Maintain confidentiality
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because you do not know the age of the mother.
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You would maintain confidentiality because you do not know his mother's age
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and you do not have "reasonable suspicion" of elder abuse.
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4. Ki is a 26-year-old Korean who immigrated to the U.S. with his father 10 years
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ago. Ki wants to be an artist but his father has saved his money and demands that
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ki goes to medical school like his grandfather. Ki says he's depressed and he
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
would rather die than become a doctor. He says he's too stupid to pass the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
, classes in medical school anyway. He doesn't know how to tell his father. The
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
social worker determines that Ki is not suicidal. The most appropriate ethical
| | | | | | | | | | | |
intervention is to: | |
Content Area: Ethics: Therapeutic Relationship/Services
| | | |
This question tests your knowledge of the ethical obligations that pertain to
| | | | | | | | | | | |
cultural competence. |
A. Recognize the importance of cultural considerations and acknowledge that Ki
| | | | | | | | | | |
may have to follow his father's wishes.
| | | | | |
B. Ask Ki to bring his father in for a family session because of cultural values that
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
encourage respect for elders. | | |
C. Inform Ki that the risks and benefits o - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Inform Ki
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that the risks and benefits of therapy may be that he "finds himself" but may
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
change some of his family values.
| | | | |
Informing a client about the risks and benefits of therapy which includes altering
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
their sense of self and their family, is an ethical obligation.
| | | | | | | | | |
5. June discloses that she had been molested by a step-brother when she was 15.
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She is now 28 and was divorced from her husband three years ago. Before seeing
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
you, she saw another therapist and she has just told you that she had sex with
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
him. She wants therapy to focus on the stormy relationship issues that led to her
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
divorce, not on past sexual molestation or exploitation. You would:
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