COUC 601 CERTIFICATION EXAM PREP
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)
Answer: Established in 1947, today ABPP offers certifications in 14
specialty areas for psychologists.
●● board certifications
Answer: Qualification that demonstrates an individual has had additional
experience in a specialty area. Board certification exists for the purpose
of protecting of the consumer.
●● American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA)
Answer: Formed out of four associations during the 1950s and a
forerunner of ACA.
●● Licensure Committee
Answer: The original committee, established in 1974 by the American
Counseling Association, to assist in state licensure of counselors.
●● first licensing law for counselors
Answer: In 1976, Virginia passed the first law that granted licensure for
counselors, and other states soon followed suit.
,●● Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards
[AMFTRB]
Answer: Regulatory body that helps states regulate the licensing process
for marriage, couple, and family counselors.
●● National Credentialing Academy (NCA)
Answer: The organization that offers credentialing as a certified family
therapist, sponsored by the International Association of Family
Counselors.
●● benefits of credentialing
Answer: Credentialing offers many benefits including increased
professional identity, increased sense of professionalism, demonstrating
expertise within a profession, gaining parity, protecting the public, and
more.
●● Registration
Answer: The least vigorous type of credentialing. See also certification
and licensure.
●● protection of a title
Answer: The protection of professional credentials that attest to a
person's attainment of a certain level of competence, but does not speak
to the scope of practice.
, ●● scope and practice
Answer: Designates what a credentialed, usually licensed professional
can do and where he or she can do it
●● State boards of education
Answer: These are professional bodies in education, in each state, that
set the standards for the credentialing of teachers, school counselors, and
other school personnel.
●● state-approved school counseling program
Answer: Programs, approved by State Boards of Education, for the
training of school counselors.
●● Endorsement
Answer: One of the most basic ways a professional can be
acknowledged is through an endorsement by a professional association
or other professional body. Does little more than acknowledging that the
professional has met basic standards.
●● credentialed school counselors
Answer: Set by State Boards of Education who determine what State-
approved School Counseling Programs need to offer for individuals to
become certified, licensed, or endorsed in each state, with each state
determining what word to use.
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)
Answer: Established in 1947, today ABPP offers certifications in 14
specialty areas for psychologists.
●● board certifications
Answer: Qualification that demonstrates an individual has had additional
experience in a specialty area. Board certification exists for the purpose
of protecting of the consumer.
●● American Personnel and Guidance Association (APGA)
Answer: Formed out of four associations during the 1950s and a
forerunner of ACA.
●● Licensure Committee
Answer: The original committee, established in 1974 by the American
Counseling Association, to assist in state licensure of counselors.
●● first licensing law for counselors
Answer: In 1976, Virginia passed the first law that granted licensure for
counselors, and other states soon followed suit.
,●● Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards
[AMFTRB]
Answer: Regulatory body that helps states regulate the licensing process
for marriage, couple, and family counselors.
●● National Credentialing Academy (NCA)
Answer: The organization that offers credentialing as a certified family
therapist, sponsored by the International Association of Family
Counselors.
●● benefits of credentialing
Answer: Credentialing offers many benefits including increased
professional identity, increased sense of professionalism, demonstrating
expertise within a profession, gaining parity, protecting the public, and
more.
●● Registration
Answer: The least vigorous type of credentialing. See also certification
and licensure.
●● protection of a title
Answer: The protection of professional credentials that attest to a
person's attainment of a certain level of competence, but does not speak
to the scope of practice.
, ●● scope and practice
Answer: Designates what a credentialed, usually licensed professional
can do and where he or she can do it
●● State boards of education
Answer: These are professional bodies in education, in each state, that
set the standards for the credentialing of teachers, school counselors, and
other school personnel.
●● state-approved school counseling program
Answer: Programs, approved by State Boards of Education, for the
training of school counselors.
●● Endorsement
Answer: One of the most basic ways a professional can be
acknowledged is through an endorsement by a professional association
or other professional body. Does little more than acknowledging that the
professional has met basic standards.
●● credentialed school counselors
Answer: Set by State Boards of Education who determine what State-
approved School Counseling Programs need to offer for individuals to
become certified, licensed, or endorsed in each state, with each state
determining what word to use.
