LCSW LAW AND ETHICS EXAM | NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!
Towards the end stages of therapy a client asks his social worker if they
can use text or email between sessions to communicate as the final
sessions get more spread apart. The social worker suggests that texts
and emails wont really get the client used to less contact, they will only
be substitutes, the social worker has:
A. Provided ethical informed consent
B. Legally maintained confidentiality
C. Legally avoided client abandonment
D. avoided a dual relationship - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
Joe and Marcie Green and their 3 children ages 12, 15, 17 have been in
family therapy with you for about 9 months on a regular basis. Joe says
that they are getting along much better. Marcie says that the children
seem better and are ready to end treatment. What is your ethical
obligation after deciding to terminate family therapy?
A. Recommend staying in therapy if there any regressive sxs in any
individual
,B. Document your agreement with them that they are ready to
terminate
C. Recommend individual therapy if there are any regressive sxs in any
individual
D. Terminate b/c ethically you cant extend tx - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
>C
You get a call from the ER regarding one of your clients who was
brought in by the PET team and is incoherent, delusional, and unstable.
While they were going through his belongings they found his driver's
license and your card. The psychiatrist on call wants to know if you can
give them any information about this person that might be helpful, You
would:
A. Assist them with information you deem pertinent to the situation at
hand
B. Inform them that you cannot confirm or deny if this person is your
client
C. Tell them that they will have to obtain a relase signed by the client
and fax it to you before you can disclose any information
D. Ask to speak with your client before disclosing any information -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
,At your 12 step meeting you mention that you are a social worker,
some other participants ask if being a social worker makes you a good
sponsor. If you tell them that sponsorship is not within your scope of
practice you have:
A. Failed to provide informed consent
B. Fulfilled your ethical obligation to restore boundaries
C. Legally fulfilled your responsibility to provide accurate info about
your qualifications
D. Legally failed to fulfill your responsibility to provide referrals - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > C
You have attended a yoga class every saturday morning for the last 5
years. Today when you arrive you notice your client signing in at the
counter for the class you attend. What are your ethical responsibilities?
A. Complete class as usual without acknowledging the client unless
he/she acknowledges you and explore his/her reactions in your next
session
, B. Leave immediately before the client sees you
C. Say to your client dont worry everything we talk about in therapy is
confidential
D. Say hello to your client, complete the class as usual, and incororate
yoga and body movement into tx pan - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
You contract with a family for 10 sessions, as that is all their insurance
would cover. After the ten sessions, they want to continue therapy but
can't afford your full fee, what would you do next?
A. refer them to a low fee clinic
b. accomodate your fee since youve a bond
C. terminate with the family since you met terms of contract
D. Assess their motivation for continuining therapy - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > B
Cherly and bobby are in joint private practice. Cherly is concerned that
bobby is becoming burned out but bobby won't reduce his caseload. It
would be appropriate for Cheryl to:
A. Avoid making any referrals to bobby
B. Offer to take some of his caseload
ACTUAL EXAM COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
GRADED A+ | 100% PASS | 2025 UPDATE!
Towards the end stages of therapy a client asks his social worker if they
can use text or email between sessions to communicate as the final
sessions get more spread apart. The social worker suggests that texts
and emails wont really get the client used to less contact, they will only
be substitutes, the social worker has:
A. Provided ethical informed consent
B. Legally maintained confidentiality
C. Legally avoided client abandonment
D. avoided a dual relationship - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
Joe and Marcie Green and their 3 children ages 12, 15, 17 have been in
family therapy with you for about 9 months on a regular basis. Joe says
that they are getting along much better. Marcie says that the children
seem better and are ready to end treatment. What is your ethical
obligation after deciding to terminate family therapy?
A. Recommend staying in therapy if there any regressive sxs in any
individual
,B. Document your agreement with them that they are ready to
terminate
C. Recommend individual therapy if there are any regressive sxs in any
individual
D. Terminate b/c ethically you cant extend tx - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
>C
You get a call from the ER regarding one of your clients who was
brought in by the PET team and is incoherent, delusional, and unstable.
While they were going through his belongings they found his driver's
license and your card. The psychiatrist on call wants to know if you can
give them any information about this person that might be helpful, You
would:
A. Assist them with information you deem pertinent to the situation at
hand
B. Inform them that you cannot confirm or deny if this person is your
client
C. Tell them that they will have to obtain a relase signed by the client
and fax it to you before you can disclose any information
D. Ask to speak with your client before disclosing any information -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
,At your 12 step meeting you mention that you are a social worker,
some other participants ask if being a social worker makes you a good
sponsor. If you tell them that sponsorship is not within your scope of
practice you have:
A. Failed to provide informed consent
B. Fulfilled your ethical obligation to restore boundaries
C. Legally fulfilled your responsibility to provide accurate info about
your qualifications
D. Legally failed to fulfill your responsibility to provide referrals - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > C
You have attended a yoga class every saturday morning for the last 5
years. Today when you arrive you notice your client signing in at the
counter for the class you attend. What are your ethical responsibilities?
A. Complete class as usual without acknowledging the client unless
he/she acknowledges you and explore his/her reactions in your next
session
, B. Leave immediately before the client sees you
C. Say to your client dont worry everything we talk about in therapy is
confidential
D. Say hello to your client, complete the class as usual, and incororate
yoga and body movement into tx pan - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A
You contract with a family for 10 sessions, as that is all their insurance
would cover. After the ten sessions, they want to continue therapy but
can't afford your full fee, what would you do next?
A. refer them to a low fee clinic
b. accomodate your fee since youve a bond
C. terminate with the family since you met terms of contract
D. Assess their motivation for continuining therapy - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > B
Cherly and bobby are in joint private practice. Cherly is concerned that
bobby is becoming burned out but bobby won't reduce his caseload. It
would be appropriate for Cheryl to:
A. Avoid making any referrals to bobby
B. Offer to take some of his caseload
