CPLEE EXAM 2026/2027 |
COMPREHENSIVE NOTES, KEY TERMS &
REVISION GUIDE
Clinical Supervisors - correct answer-(1) Supervisors are required to complete six
hours of supervision coursework every two years
(2) Must be licensed psychologists only
(3) Must provide a minimum of one hour of individual, face-to-face supervision to
each intern each week.
5150 Hold - correct answer-Individual can be hospitalized up to 72 hours without
notifying him/her about the right to a certification review hearing.
Child Sexual Abuse Reporting - correct answer-A 17-year-old who is a victim of
rape.
Specifically, you must report sexual intercourse (statutory rape) with a child under
age 16 when the perpetrator is age 21 years or older, even if the sexual activity is
consensual, nonabusive, and noncoercive.
,You would have to report this if the other party was 10 or more years older than
the 15 year old. Whether consensual or not, lewd or lascivious acts with a child 14
or 15 years of age when the perpetrator is 10 or more years older than the child is
reportable as child abuse.
Child Physical Abuse Reporting - correct answer-(1) Reports of suspected child
abuse or neglect shall be made by mandated reporters to any police department
or sheriff's department, not including a school district police or security
department, county probation department, if designated by the county to receive
mandated reports, or the county welfare department.
(2) The mandated reporter shall make a report to the agency immediately or as
soon as is practicably possible by telephone, and the mandated reporter shall
prepare and send a written report thereof within 36 hours of receiving the
information concerning the incident.
Information Included in Child Abuse Reports - correct answer-(1) Reports of
suspected child abuse or neglect ... shall include, IF KNOWN: the name, business
address, and telephone number of the mandated reporter, and the capacity that
makes the person a mandated reporter; the child's name and address, present
location, and, where applicable, school, grade, and class; the names, addresses,
and telephone numbers of the child's parents or guardians; the information that
gave rise to the reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect and the source or
sources of that information; and the name, address, telephone number, and
other relevant personal information about the person or persons who might have
abused or neglected the child.
(2) The mandated reporter shall make a report even if some of this information is
not known or is uncertain to him or her.
,Discussing Fees - correct answer-Discuss the fee with the client as soon as
possible.
Consent in Custody Evaluations - correct answer-Whenever one parent does not
give consent (or withdraws consent) for an evaluation in a custody case, the
psychologist should seek guidance from the court on how to proceed.
Holder of Privledge - correct answer-The patient when he has no guardian or
conservator, (b) the patient's guardian or conservator, or (c) the personal
representative of a patient who is deceased.
Sharing Published Data - correct answer-After research results are published,
psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from
other competent professionals who seek to verify the substantive claims through
reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for that purpose, provided that
the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights
concerning proprietary data preclude their release.
After publishing the results, however, you would be required to comply with a
request for the data by a "competent professional" as long as the request is for
the purpose of re-analyzing the data and the confidentiality of the participants
can be protected.
72-Hour Hold - correct answer-(1) Any person who, as the result of a mental
disorder, is a danger to self or others or is gravely disabled can be held in an
approved facility for treatment and assessment.
(2) After a 72-hour hold, an individual may be held for an additional 14 days if it is
determined that he/she is still a danger to self or others or is gravely disabled.
However, Section 5254 also requires that the individual be notified that he/she is
, entitled to a certification review hearing, to be held within 4 days of the date on
which the person is certified for a period of intensive treatment.
(3) Client be must be informed that he/she is entitled to a certification review
hearing within the first 4 of the 14-day hold.
Release of Test Data - correct answer-Refrain from releasing test data to protect a
client/patient or others from substantial harm or misuse or misrepresentation of
the data or the test.
Psychologists are required to release test data except in certain legally defined
situations that permit them to deny a client or the parents of a minor client
access to the client's record.
Minor Clients - psychologists may refuse to provide parents or legal guardians
access to a minor's records (including test scores) when they determine "that
access to the patient records requested by the representative [parent or legal
guardian] would have a detrimental effect on the provider's professional
relationship with the minor patient or the minor's physical safety or psychological
well-being.
Posting Notices - correct answer-Business and Professions Code requires
psychologists to post the following notice in a conspicuous location in their place
of business: "NOTICE TO CONSUMERS: The Department of Consumer Affair's
Board of Psychology receives and responds to questions and complaints regarding
the practice of psychology.
Translator Services - correct answer-(1) avoid delegating such work to persons
who have a multiple relationship with those being served that would likely lead to
exploitation or loss of objectivity;
COMPREHENSIVE NOTES, KEY TERMS &
REVISION GUIDE
Clinical Supervisors - correct answer-(1) Supervisors are required to complete six
hours of supervision coursework every two years
(2) Must be licensed psychologists only
(3) Must provide a minimum of one hour of individual, face-to-face supervision to
each intern each week.
5150 Hold - correct answer-Individual can be hospitalized up to 72 hours without
notifying him/her about the right to a certification review hearing.
Child Sexual Abuse Reporting - correct answer-A 17-year-old who is a victim of
rape.
Specifically, you must report sexual intercourse (statutory rape) with a child under
age 16 when the perpetrator is age 21 years or older, even if the sexual activity is
consensual, nonabusive, and noncoercive.
,You would have to report this if the other party was 10 or more years older than
the 15 year old. Whether consensual or not, lewd or lascivious acts with a child 14
or 15 years of age when the perpetrator is 10 or more years older than the child is
reportable as child abuse.
Child Physical Abuse Reporting - correct answer-(1) Reports of suspected child
abuse or neglect shall be made by mandated reporters to any police department
or sheriff's department, not including a school district police or security
department, county probation department, if designated by the county to receive
mandated reports, or the county welfare department.
(2) The mandated reporter shall make a report to the agency immediately or as
soon as is practicably possible by telephone, and the mandated reporter shall
prepare and send a written report thereof within 36 hours of receiving the
information concerning the incident.
Information Included in Child Abuse Reports - correct answer-(1) Reports of
suspected child abuse or neglect ... shall include, IF KNOWN: the name, business
address, and telephone number of the mandated reporter, and the capacity that
makes the person a mandated reporter; the child's name and address, present
location, and, where applicable, school, grade, and class; the names, addresses,
and telephone numbers of the child's parents or guardians; the information that
gave rise to the reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect and the source or
sources of that information; and the name, address, telephone number, and
other relevant personal information about the person or persons who might have
abused or neglected the child.
(2) The mandated reporter shall make a report even if some of this information is
not known or is uncertain to him or her.
,Discussing Fees - correct answer-Discuss the fee with the client as soon as
possible.
Consent in Custody Evaluations - correct answer-Whenever one parent does not
give consent (or withdraws consent) for an evaluation in a custody case, the
psychologist should seek guidance from the court on how to proceed.
Holder of Privledge - correct answer-The patient when he has no guardian or
conservator, (b) the patient's guardian or conservator, or (c) the personal
representative of a patient who is deceased.
Sharing Published Data - correct answer-After research results are published,
psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from
other competent professionals who seek to verify the substantive claims through
reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for that purpose, provided that
the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights
concerning proprietary data preclude their release.
After publishing the results, however, you would be required to comply with a
request for the data by a "competent professional" as long as the request is for
the purpose of re-analyzing the data and the confidentiality of the participants
can be protected.
72-Hour Hold - correct answer-(1) Any person who, as the result of a mental
disorder, is a danger to self or others or is gravely disabled can be held in an
approved facility for treatment and assessment.
(2) After a 72-hour hold, an individual may be held for an additional 14 days if it is
determined that he/she is still a danger to self or others or is gravely disabled.
However, Section 5254 also requires that the individual be notified that he/she is
, entitled to a certification review hearing, to be held within 4 days of the date on
which the person is certified for a period of intensive treatment.
(3) Client be must be informed that he/she is entitled to a certification review
hearing within the first 4 of the 14-day hold.
Release of Test Data - correct answer-Refrain from releasing test data to protect a
client/patient or others from substantial harm or misuse or misrepresentation of
the data or the test.
Psychologists are required to release test data except in certain legally defined
situations that permit them to deny a client or the parents of a minor client
access to the client's record.
Minor Clients - psychologists may refuse to provide parents or legal guardians
access to a minor's records (including test scores) when they determine "that
access to the patient records requested by the representative [parent or legal
guardian] would have a detrimental effect on the provider's professional
relationship with the minor patient or the minor's physical safety or psychological
well-being.
Posting Notices - correct answer-Business and Professions Code requires
psychologists to post the following notice in a conspicuous location in their place
of business: "NOTICE TO CONSUMERS: The Department of Consumer Affair's
Board of Psychology receives and responds to questions and complaints regarding
the practice of psychology.
Translator Services - correct answer-(1) avoid delegating such work to persons
who have a multiple relationship with those being served that would likely lead to
exploitation or loss of objectivity;
