CECE test prep 2025
Questions and Answers
Core ethical principles of counseling - ANSWER✔✔-autonomy, beneficence, non-
maleficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity
autonomy - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should respect clients' right to make their own
decisions and choices, empowering them to take control of their lives. This includes
providing information and allowing clients to make informed decisions about their
therapy
Beneficence - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should act in ways that benefit their clients,
promoting their well-being and positive growth. This involves being proactive in
addressing client needs and preventing harm
Non-maleficence - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors have a responsibility to avoid causing
harm to their clients, both intentionally and unintentionally. This means carefully
considering the potential consequences of their actions and inactions
, justice - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should treat all clients fairly and equitably, ensuring
that everyone has access to quality counseling services. This includes avoiding
discrimination and bias
fidelity - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should honor their commitments and
responsibilities to their clients, maintaining confidentiality and upholding professional
standards. This includes being reliable and trustworthy
veracity - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should be honest and truthful with their clients,
providing accurate information and avoiding deception. This includes being
transparent about their qualifications and limitations
standard assessment - ANSWER✔✔-Test and evaluation approaches with specific
norms, standards, and protocol.
Non-standardized assessment - ANSWER✔✔-no formal or routine instructions for
administration or scoring
norm-referenced tests - ANSWER✔✔-Standardized assessments intended to compare a
student's performance with the performance of others
criterion-referenced test - ANSWER✔✔-Individual's performance is measured against
mastery of curriculum criteria rather than other students
Validity - ANSWER✔✔-the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is
supposed to
Questions and Answers
Core ethical principles of counseling - ANSWER✔✔-autonomy, beneficence, non-
maleficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity
autonomy - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should respect clients' right to make their own
decisions and choices, empowering them to take control of their lives. This includes
providing information and allowing clients to make informed decisions about their
therapy
Beneficence - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should act in ways that benefit their clients,
promoting their well-being and positive growth. This involves being proactive in
addressing client needs and preventing harm
Non-maleficence - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors have a responsibility to avoid causing
harm to their clients, both intentionally and unintentionally. This means carefully
considering the potential consequences of their actions and inactions
, justice - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should treat all clients fairly and equitably, ensuring
that everyone has access to quality counseling services. This includes avoiding
discrimination and bias
fidelity - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should honor their commitments and
responsibilities to their clients, maintaining confidentiality and upholding professional
standards. This includes being reliable and trustworthy
veracity - ANSWER✔✔-Counselors should be honest and truthful with their clients,
providing accurate information and avoiding deception. This includes being
transparent about their qualifications and limitations
standard assessment - ANSWER✔✔-Test and evaluation approaches with specific
norms, standards, and protocol.
Non-standardized assessment - ANSWER✔✔-no formal or routine instructions for
administration or scoring
norm-referenced tests - ANSWER✔✔-Standardized assessments intended to compare a
student's performance with the performance of others
criterion-referenced test - ANSWER✔✔-Individual's performance is measured against
mastery of curriculum criteria rather than other students
Validity - ANSWER✔✔-the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is
supposed to
