LCSW Law & Ethics Practice Exam [ACTUAL EXAM] LATEST
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GRADED A (BRAND NEW!!)
A 17-year-old girl, Janet, is referred to you by her school counselor. Janet's nose,
eyebrow, and tongue are pierced, and her hair is dyed green and yellow. Janet says
that recently her twin brother Michael comes into her room at night and tries to "play
sleep-over" with her. Janet tells you that a cute boy she met at a rave last week wants
her to move in with him. She asks you not to tell her parents that she's seeing you
because they're "extremely religious." How would you manage your ethical
responsibilities if you were working with the entire family?
Content Area: Ethics: Therapeutic Relationship/Services
This question test your knowledge of the ethical issues that arise when treating a family
unit.
A. Clarify for Janet that, as a victim of abuse, she can consent to her own treatment
without her parents' permission.
B. Clarify for the family how your therapeutic work differs from religious counseling.
C. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ B. Clarify for the family how your therapeutic work
differs from religious counseling.
This response addresses your client's expectations about therapy and promotes a
better understanding of the process.
4. Your client Melissa comes in at Christmas time, gives you an expensive watch, and
expresses how thankful she is for the help you have given her. How would you best
ethically proceed?
Content Area: Ethics: Business Practices and Policies
This question assesses your knowledge of the ethical management of gift-giving by
clients.
A. Review your informed consent document with Melissa specifically discussing
boundaries.
B. Accept the watch since Melissa very rarely gives you gifts, and you suspect there
may be an element of cultural diversity to heed.
, C. Do not accept the gift, explain to Melissa how the gift giving could negatively impact
the therapeutic relationship, and process Melissa's reaction.
D. Do not accept the gift since ethical standards prohibit accepting gifts from clients. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ C. Do not accept the gift, explain to Melissa how the
gift giving could negatively impact the therapeutic relationship, and process Melissa's
reaction.
Not accepting this expensive gift is the ethical course of action. Additionally, explaining
your reasoning to Melissa and processing her reaction demonstrates good ethical
management.
5. Psychological evaluation test scores should be released to:
Content Area: Ethics: Business Practices and Policies
This question deals with the ethics involved in the release of test scores.
A. Clients always.
B. Only the parents of children.
C. Only to those qualified to interpret them.
D. Only to other therapists who have the proper training to interpret them. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ C. Only to those qualified to interpret them.
Psychological evaluation test scores should only be released to people who are able to
interpret them appropriately. However, if a client insists on seeing his/her test scores,
the therapist must release them but must also provide interpretation of the scores in a
way that the client can understand.
6. Which of the following constitutes an optional reporting (rather than a mandated)
situation?
Content Area: Law: Limits to Confidentiality/Mandated Reporting. This question asks
you to identify the situation in which reporting would be an option rather than a
requirement.
A. Fetal abuse.
B. Neglect.
C. Undue influence of an elder.
D. Willful cruelty. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ A. Fetal abuse.
VERSION [QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS] DETAILED AND
VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS- LATEST UPDATE 2025
GRADED A (BRAND NEW!!)
A 17-year-old girl, Janet, is referred to you by her school counselor. Janet's nose,
eyebrow, and tongue are pierced, and her hair is dyed green and yellow. Janet says
that recently her twin brother Michael comes into her room at night and tries to "play
sleep-over" with her. Janet tells you that a cute boy she met at a rave last week wants
her to move in with him. She asks you not to tell her parents that she's seeing you
because they're "extremely religious." How would you manage your ethical
responsibilities if you were working with the entire family?
Content Area: Ethics: Therapeutic Relationship/Services
This question test your knowledge of the ethical issues that arise when treating a family
unit.
A. Clarify for Janet that, as a victim of abuse, she can consent to her own treatment
without her parents' permission.
B. Clarify for the family how your therapeutic work differs from religious counseling.
C. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ B. Clarify for the family how your therapeutic work
differs from religious counseling.
This response addresses your client's expectations about therapy and promotes a
better understanding of the process.
4. Your client Melissa comes in at Christmas time, gives you an expensive watch, and
expresses how thankful she is for the help you have given her. How would you best
ethically proceed?
Content Area: Ethics: Business Practices and Policies
This question assesses your knowledge of the ethical management of gift-giving by
clients.
A. Review your informed consent document with Melissa specifically discussing
boundaries.
B. Accept the watch since Melissa very rarely gives you gifts, and you suspect there
may be an element of cultural diversity to heed.
, C. Do not accept the gift, explain to Melissa how the gift giving could negatively impact
the therapeutic relationship, and process Melissa's reaction.
D. Do not accept the gift since ethical standards prohibit accepting gifts from clients. -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ C. Do not accept the gift, explain to Melissa how the
gift giving could negatively impact the therapeutic relationship, and process Melissa's
reaction.
Not accepting this expensive gift is the ethical course of action. Additionally, explaining
your reasoning to Melissa and processing her reaction demonstrates good ethical
management.
5. Psychological evaluation test scores should be released to:
Content Area: Ethics: Business Practices and Policies
This question deals with the ethics involved in the release of test scores.
A. Clients always.
B. Only the parents of children.
C. Only to those qualified to interpret them.
D. Only to other therapists who have the proper training to interpret them. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ C. Only to those qualified to interpret them.
Psychological evaluation test scores should only be released to people who are able to
interpret them appropriately. However, if a client insists on seeing his/her test scores,
the therapist must release them but must also provide interpretation of the scores in a
way that the client can understand.
6. Which of the following constitutes an optional reporting (rather than a mandated)
situation?
Content Area: Law: Limits to Confidentiality/Mandated Reporting. This question asks
you to identify the situation in which reporting would be an option rather than a
requirement.
A. Fetal abuse.
B. Neglect.
C. Undue influence of an elder.
D. Willful cruelty. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔✔✔✔ A. Fetal abuse.
