CPCA PRACTICE EXAM 3 questions with verified
answers
A child who separates easily from her parent and quickly engages with
the parent when the parent returns is said to have the __________
attachment pattern.
a. Securely attached
b. Insecureavoidant
c. Insecure ambivalent
d. Insecure disorganized-disoriented Ans✓✓✓ A
A client reports fantasizing about how his family would be happier if he
were to kill himself. He says that he often thinks death would bring
relief. He has not thought about how he would kill himself and he says
that he would never be able to do it because his children would never
forgive him. This client displays:
a. ideation and plan but no intent
b. intent and ideation but no plan
c. ideation but no plan or intent
d. intent but no plan or ideation Ans✓✓✓ C
A client unconsciously believes that if he expresses feelings of anger
during his therapy, the helper will withdraw and reject him. The client
tests the helper by disagreeing with her on small misinterpretations. The
disagreements escalate in intensity over a few sessions until the client
angrily confronts the helper. In working with this client's "tests" how
should the helper respond?
, a. Withdraw, thereby confirming the client's belief.
b. Identify the client's inappropriate anger, thereby confirming the
client's belief.
c. Show acceptance, thereby not confirming the client's belief.
d. Benon-intrusive,there by not confirming the client's belief. Ans✓✓✓
C
A counsellor engages in a sexual relationship with a client. According to
the Standards of Practice this is an example of
a. Acceptable behaviour
b. Unethical behaviour
Boundary crossing
d. Non-discrimination Ans✓✓✓ B
A counsellor should ______ set goals with their clients.
a. directively
b. collaboratively
c. contractually
d. not Ans✓✓✓ B
A counsellor's client is planning a violent act against another person.
From the perspective of principle ethics, by intervening to notify a
family member the counsellor is ______
a. Sacrificing client autonomy in order to prevent harm and to do good
b. Sacrificing fidelity in order to be truthful
answers
A child who separates easily from her parent and quickly engages with
the parent when the parent returns is said to have the __________
attachment pattern.
a. Securely attached
b. Insecureavoidant
c. Insecure ambivalent
d. Insecure disorganized-disoriented Ans✓✓✓ A
A client reports fantasizing about how his family would be happier if he
were to kill himself. He says that he often thinks death would bring
relief. He has not thought about how he would kill himself and he says
that he would never be able to do it because his children would never
forgive him. This client displays:
a. ideation and plan but no intent
b. intent and ideation but no plan
c. ideation but no plan or intent
d. intent but no plan or ideation Ans✓✓✓ C
A client unconsciously believes that if he expresses feelings of anger
during his therapy, the helper will withdraw and reject him. The client
tests the helper by disagreeing with her on small misinterpretations. The
disagreements escalate in intensity over a few sessions until the client
angrily confronts the helper. In working with this client's "tests" how
should the helper respond?
, a. Withdraw, thereby confirming the client's belief.
b. Identify the client's inappropriate anger, thereby confirming the
client's belief.
c. Show acceptance, thereby not confirming the client's belief.
d. Benon-intrusive,there by not confirming the client's belief. Ans✓✓✓
C
A counsellor engages in a sexual relationship with a client. According to
the Standards of Practice this is an example of
a. Acceptable behaviour
b. Unethical behaviour
Boundary crossing
d. Non-discrimination Ans✓✓✓ B
A counsellor should ______ set goals with their clients.
a. directively
b. collaboratively
c. contractually
d. not Ans✓✓✓ B
A counsellor's client is planning a violent act against another person.
From the perspective of principle ethics, by intervening to notify a
family member the counsellor is ______
a. Sacrificing client autonomy in order to prevent harm and to do good
b. Sacrificing fidelity in order to be truthful
