PSY 627 PRACTICE EXAMINATION
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ Sex with a client.
Answer: illegal, immoral, unethical, unprofessional
◍ Aspirational ethics.
Answer: Highest standards of thinking and conduct professional counselors
seek and it requires that counselors do more than simply meet the letter of
the ethics code. Understand the spirit behind the code and the principal on
which the code rests.
◍ What are microtubules?.
Answer: Long strands of bundles of protein filaments that transport
substances down the axon.
◍ What is axoplasmic transport?.
Answer: The process that propels messages along the length of the axon.
◍ Mandatory ethics.
Answer: A level of ethical functioning wherein counselors act in compliance
with the minimal standards, acknowledging the basic "musts" and "must
nots."
◍ What is anterograde transport?.
Answer: Transport of substances toward the terminal button.
◍ What is retrograde transport?.
Answer: Transport of substances toward the soma.
◍ What role do microglia play in the nervous system?.
Answer: They act as phagocytes and protect the brain, functioning as
, immune cells in the CNS.
◍ Unprofessional.
Answer: Robert runs into the office, unprepared and frustrated because he is
late for his appointments and his behavior is:
◍ What is the function of oligodendrocytes?.
Answer: They support axons and myelinate the CNS.
◍ What are Schwann cells responsible for?.
Answer: They provide one segment of myelin and myelinate the PNS.
◍ What is the sanction for expulsion/suspension from a professional
association?.
Answer: This is a major sanction, and expelled members may face loss of
licensure and may include law enforcement and criminal charges. Many
cases result in civil court proceedings and may be published in local press.
◍ What is the role of astrocytes?.
Answer: They provide nutrients, perform phagocytosis, form scar tissue, and
maintain chemical concentration.
◍ Identify the problem.
Answer: First step in ethical decision making
◍ How do astrocytes assist in energy metabolism?.
Answer: They receive glucose, break it down to lactate using ATP, and
release lactate for neurons to use as energy.
◍ There professional judgement.
Answer: When practitioners weigh multiple and often competing demands
and goals they must use:
◍ Transference.
Answer: _______ is the process whereby clients place past feelings or
attitudes they had toward significant people in their lives onto their
therapists.
◍ What happens during regeneration after peripheral nerve injury?.
, Answer: Normal neuron degeneration occurs, with Schwann cells cleaning
debris and aiding in axonal sprouting and reconnection.
◍ Counter-transference.
Answer: Joanne finds herself wanting to solve her clients problems which is
similar to the issues her daughter is going through. Joanne gives advice and
feels frustrated when her client won't follow through on her suggestions. Her
emotional reactions to her client, which involve her own projections is based
on:
◍ Why can damage to an axon in the CNS not be repaired?.
Answer: Astrocytes produce scar tissue and send chemical signals to stop
sprouting.
◍ Morality.
Answer: _____ is concerned with perspectives of right or proper conduct
and involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural
context or religious standard
◍ may be considered ethical, yet the practitioner could be in violation of a
legal standard..
Answer: James and Mary were in counseling for marital problems. The
counselor decided to meet each partner in an individual session before
meeting them as a couple. James confided that he was HIV-positive and was
not going to tell his spouse because she would know that he had been
unfaithful. The counselor decided to break confidentially after attempts to
encourage James to inform his wife of his condition were unsuccessful. The
counselor's action
◍ What is saltatory conduction?.
Answer: The conduction of action potentials by myelinated axons, jumping
from node to node.
◍ Mandatory ethics.
Answer: Elizabeth, a beginning practitioner, counsels in a manner in which
she merely acts in compliance with the law and follows minimal ethical
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ Sex with a client.
Answer: illegal, immoral, unethical, unprofessional
◍ Aspirational ethics.
Answer: Highest standards of thinking and conduct professional counselors
seek and it requires that counselors do more than simply meet the letter of
the ethics code. Understand the spirit behind the code and the principal on
which the code rests.
◍ What are microtubules?.
Answer: Long strands of bundles of protein filaments that transport
substances down the axon.
◍ What is axoplasmic transport?.
Answer: The process that propels messages along the length of the axon.
◍ Mandatory ethics.
Answer: A level of ethical functioning wherein counselors act in compliance
with the minimal standards, acknowledging the basic "musts" and "must
nots."
◍ What is anterograde transport?.
Answer: Transport of substances toward the terminal button.
◍ What is retrograde transport?.
Answer: Transport of substances toward the soma.
◍ What role do microglia play in the nervous system?.
Answer: They act as phagocytes and protect the brain, functioning as
, immune cells in the CNS.
◍ Unprofessional.
Answer: Robert runs into the office, unprepared and frustrated because he is
late for his appointments and his behavior is:
◍ What is the function of oligodendrocytes?.
Answer: They support axons and myelinate the CNS.
◍ What are Schwann cells responsible for?.
Answer: They provide one segment of myelin and myelinate the PNS.
◍ What is the sanction for expulsion/suspension from a professional
association?.
Answer: This is a major sanction, and expelled members may face loss of
licensure and may include law enforcement and criminal charges. Many
cases result in civil court proceedings and may be published in local press.
◍ What is the role of astrocytes?.
Answer: They provide nutrients, perform phagocytosis, form scar tissue, and
maintain chemical concentration.
◍ Identify the problem.
Answer: First step in ethical decision making
◍ How do astrocytes assist in energy metabolism?.
Answer: They receive glucose, break it down to lactate using ATP, and
release lactate for neurons to use as energy.
◍ There professional judgement.
Answer: When practitioners weigh multiple and often competing demands
and goals they must use:
◍ Transference.
Answer: _______ is the process whereby clients place past feelings or
attitudes they had toward significant people in their lives onto their
therapists.
◍ What happens during regeneration after peripheral nerve injury?.
, Answer: Normal neuron degeneration occurs, with Schwann cells cleaning
debris and aiding in axonal sprouting and reconnection.
◍ Counter-transference.
Answer: Joanne finds herself wanting to solve her clients problems which is
similar to the issues her daughter is going through. Joanne gives advice and
feels frustrated when her client won't follow through on her suggestions. Her
emotional reactions to her client, which involve her own projections is based
on:
◍ Why can damage to an axon in the CNS not be repaired?.
Answer: Astrocytes produce scar tissue and send chemical signals to stop
sprouting.
◍ Morality.
Answer: _____ is concerned with perspectives of right or proper conduct
and involves an evaluation of actions on the basis of some broader cultural
context or religious standard
◍ may be considered ethical, yet the practitioner could be in violation of a
legal standard..
Answer: James and Mary were in counseling for marital problems. The
counselor decided to meet each partner in an individual session before
meeting them as a couple. James confided that he was HIV-positive and was
not going to tell his spouse because she would know that he had been
unfaithful. The counselor decided to break confidentially after attempts to
encourage James to inform his wife of his condition were unsuccessful. The
counselor's action
◍ What is saltatory conduction?.
Answer: The conduction of action potentials by myelinated axons, jumping
from node to node.
◍ Mandatory ethics.
Answer: Elizabeth, a beginning practitioner, counsels in a manner in which
she merely acts in compliance with the law and follows minimal ethical
