LPCC EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100%
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Question ID 37801: A counselor's client calls on Friday at 5 p.m., just as
he is about to leave the office. The counselor is planning to go out of
town for the weekend. The client asks for help because he is distraught -
his wife has left him for another man. He said, "I don't think I can live
without her." The counselor _______________.
Select one:
a.must contact a law enforcement agency
b.should assess his level of risk
c.should have him promise to call you on Monday
d.should call 911 - Precise Answer ✔✔The correct answer is B.
You have an ethical and legal obligation to help your client when they
may be a danger to themselves. Even if it is the end of the workday and
you are eager to get away, your client's safety should be a top priority.
His level of risk is unclear, so you should initially assess him.
Answer A: This would not be the first course of action as the level of
risk is unclear until a risk assessment is completed with the client.
Answer C: Promising to call on Monday bypasses the necessary steps
required for assessing the client's level of risk.
Answer D: The outcome of the risk assessment would determine the
next steps, making this answer incorrect.
,A client asks for a summary of their treatment record (rather than a copy
of the entire record), a psychotherapist must provide the summary within
______working days after receipt of the client's written request unless
the record is of "extraordinary length" or treatment of the client was
terminated within the last ten days.
Select one:
a. 6
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20 - Precise Answer ✔✔his issue is addressed in Section 123130 of
the California Health and Safety Code. It states that a "health care
provider may prepare a summary of the record ... for inspection and
copying by a patient. If the health care provider chooses to prepare a
summary of the record rather than allowing access to the entire record,
he or she shall make the summary of the record available to the patient
within 10 working days from the date of the patient's request. However,
if more time is needed because the record is of extraordinary length or
because the patient was discharged from a licensed health facility within
the last 10 days, the health care provider shall notify the patient of this
fact and the date that the summary will be completed, but in no case,
shall more than 30 days elapse between the request by the patient and
the delivery of the summary." (Note that, while California law allows
health care providers to provide summaries to clients rather than
complete records, HIPAA allows this only when the client agrees to this
alternative.).
Answer A: Although the summary may be submitted to the patient in
fewer than 10 days, this option is incorrect as the provider has up to 10
days.
,Answer C: A summary of the client's record must be submitted within
10 days. An extension is offered if the record is "of extraordinary
length" or if the client was "discharged from a licensed health facility
within the last 10 days"
Answer D: This answer is incorrect.
f a minor client tells you his girlfriend, also a minor was hit by her father
last night, a counselor _______________.
a.must report by telephone, fax, or electronic transmission to law
enforcement or the department of children and family services every
known instance of child abuse
b.shall immediately or as soon as practically possible report by
telephone, fax, or electronic transmission to the department of children
and family services or law enforcement every known or suspected
instance of child abuse
c.is not required by law to report suspected or known child abuse cases
if the information was obtained by a 3rd party and received in a
professional capacity
d.is not required to report to the department of children and family
services or law enforcement if a school counselor received the
information, and they are covered under separate mandates enforced by
the school district police department - Precise Answer ✔✔The correct
answer is B.
Counselors must report all suspected or known child abuse cases to the
appropriate authorities as soon as practically possible. Information on
when and how to make a report is provided in PC Section 11166(a).
Reports must be made as soon as possible by telephone and by a written
follow-up report within 36 hours.
, Answer A: This answer is incorrect as it is less specific, but also because
it stipulates only "known" cases of abuse rather than "known or
suspected" cases of abuse.
Answer C: When mandated reporters learn about child abuse from a
third party, they must make a report if the information is revealed to
them in their professional capacity.
Answer D: PC Section 11165.9 states that reports of abuse and neglect
should be made 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."
A therapist who learns of an incident of child abuse within their
professional capacity must make the initial report by telephone_______
and submit a written report within____.
Select one:
a.immediately or as soon as is practicably possible; 36 hours
b.immediately or as soon as is practicably possible; two working days
c.within 24 hours; 36 hours
d.within 24 hours; two working days - Precise Answer ✔✔As stated in
Penal Code 11166(a), whenever a "mandated reporter, in his or her
professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment has
knowledge of or observes a child whom the mandated reporter knows or
reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. The
mandated reporter shall make an initial report by telephone to the agency
immediately or as soon as is practicably possible and shall prepare and
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
Question ID 37801: A counselor's client calls on Friday at 5 p.m., just as
he is about to leave the office. The counselor is planning to go out of
town for the weekend. The client asks for help because he is distraught -
his wife has left him for another man. He said, "I don't think I can live
without her." The counselor _______________.
Select one:
a.must contact a law enforcement agency
b.should assess his level of risk
c.should have him promise to call you on Monday
d.should call 911 - Precise Answer ✔✔The correct answer is B.
You have an ethical and legal obligation to help your client when they
may be a danger to themselves. Even if it is the end of the workday and
you are eager to get away, your client's safety should be a top priority.
His level of risk is unclear, so you should initially assess him.
Answer A: This would not be the first course of action as the level of
risk is unclear until a risk assessment is completed with the client.
Answer C: Promising to call on Monday bypasses the necessary steps
required for assessing the client's level of risk.
Answer D: The outcome of the risk assessment would determine the
next steps, making this answer incorrect.
,A client asks for a summary of their treatment record (rather than a copy
of the entire record), a psychotherapist must provide the summary within
______working days after receipt of the client's written request unless
the record is of "extraordinary length" or treatment of the client was
terminated within the last ten days.
Select one:
a. 6
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20 - Precise Answer ✔✔his issue is addressed in Section 123130 of
the California Health and Safety Code. It states that a "health care
provider may prepare a summary of the record ... for inspection and
copying by a patient. If the health care provider chooses to prepare a
summary of the record rather than allowing access to the entire record,
he or she shall make the summary of the record available to the patient
within 10 working days from the date of the patient's request. However,
if more time is needed because the record is of extraordinary length or
because the patient was discharged from a licensed health facility within
the last 10 days, the health care provider shall notify the patient of this
fact and the date that the summary will be completed, but in no case,
shall more than 30 days elapse between the request by the patient and
the delivery of the summary." (Note that, while California law allows
health care providers to provide summaries to clients rather than
complete records, HIPAA allows this only when the client agrees to this
alternative.).
Answer A: Although the summary may be submitted to the patient in
fewer than 10 days, this option is incorrect as the provider has up to 10
days.
,Answer C: A summary of the client's record must be submitted within
10 days. An extension is offered if the record is "of extraordinary
length" or if the client was "discharged from a licensed health facility
within the last 10 days"
Answer D: This answer is incorrect.
f a minor client tells you his girlfriend, also a minor was hit by her father
last night, a counselor _______________.
a.must report by telephone, fax, or electronic transmission to law
enforcement or the department of children and family services every
known instance of child abuse
b.shall immediately or as soon as practically possible report by
telephone, fax, or electronic transmission to the department of children
and family services or law enforcement every known or suspected
instance of child abuse
c.is not required by law to report suspected or known child abuse cases
if the information was obtained by a 3rd party and received in a
professional capacity
d.is not required to report to the department of children and family
services or law enforcement if a school counselor received the
information, and they are covered under separate mandates enforced by
the school district police department - Precise Answer ✔✔The correct
answer is B.
Counselors must report all suspected or known child abuse cases to the
appropriate authorities as soon as practically possible. Information on
when and how to make a report is provided in PC Section 11166(a).
Reports must be made as soon as possible by telephone and by a written
follow-up report within 36 hours.
, Answer A: This answer is incorrect as it is less specific, but also because
it stipulates only "known" cases of abuse rather than "known or
suspected" cases of abuse.
Answer C: When mandated reporters learn about child abuse from a
third party, they must make a report if the information is revealed to
them in their professional capacity.
Answer D: PC Section 11165.9 states that reports of abuse and neglect
should be made 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."
A therapist who learns of an incident of child abuse within their
professional capacity must make the initial report by telephone_______
and submit a written report within____.
Select one:
a.immediately or as soon as is practicably possible; 36 hours
b.immediately or as soon as is practicably possible; two working days
c.within 24 hours; 36 hours
d.within 24 hours; two working days - Precise Answer ✔✔As stated in
Penal Code 11166(a), whenever a "mandated reporter, in his or her
professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment has
knowledge of or observes a child whom the mandated reporter knows or
reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. The
mandated reporter shall make an initial report by telephone to the agency
immediately or as soon as is practicably possible and shall prepare and
