NEWLY UPDATED CPCE ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? -
answer-Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - answer-
Formal Operations
Identity Crisis - answer-Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - answer-processes that contribute to
optimal functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - answer-Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - answer-no one
theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - answer-Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - answer-Pre-
conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? -
answer-Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - answer-
Formal Operations
Identity Crisis - answer-Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - answer-processes that contribute to
optimal functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - answer-Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - answer-no one
theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - answer-Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - answer-Pre-
conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
