CNS 740: Professional Orientation to Counseling – Foundations
and Ethics
A. National Vocational Guidance Association - correct answer ✔✔The organization that was the
forerunner of the American Counseling Association (ACA) was
A. National Vocational Guidance Association
B. Counseling and Guidance Division of APA
C. National Defense Education Association
D. Association for Humanistic Education and Development
C. choice; change - correct answer ✔✔The term "guidance" has traditionally dealt with the
process of___________, while the term "counseling" is more associated with ___________.
A. change; choice
B. reconstruction; adjustment
C. choice; change
D. adjustment; reconstruction
C. clinical psychology - correct answer ✔✔Which is not a specialty area in the counseling field?
A. addiction
B. rehabilitation
C. clinical psychology
D. career
C. Empathy and understanding - correct answer ✔✔Marcus would like to become a professional
counselor. He is inquisitive, listens well, and has a positive sense of humor. However, he
struggles to see or feel from within. Based on this description, in which of the following
personal qualities of a counselor is Marcus lacking?
,A. Tolerance of intimacy
B. Capacity for self-denial
C. Empathy and understanding
D. Introspection
B. morality - correct answer ✔✔The employment of such words as "good," "bad," "right," and
"wrong" are associated with _________________.
A. ethics
B. morality
C. law
D. criminal liability
A. first protect the right of the client - correct answer ✔✔When there is a potential conflict
between a counselor's employer and a counselor's client, the counselor should __________.
A. first protect the right of the client
B. first serve the interest of the employer
C. ask a colleague to settle the conflict
D. immediately quit his or her job
C. acting wrongly toward another or failing to act; working with a client in a way that the law
does not allow - correct answer ✔✔Civil liability means _____________; whereas, criminal
liability means ________.
A. working with a client in a way that the law does not allow; being an accessory to a crime
B. acting wrongly toward another; failing to stop a crime
C. acting wrongly toward another or failing to act; working with a client in a way that the law
does not allow
D. being uncivil; engaging in unlawful practices
, A. school - correct answer ✔✔The passage of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
provided funds for the training/education of ___________ counselors.
A. school
B. mental health
C. rehabilitation
D. military
A. client's social media posts or tweets - correct answer ✔✔The following types of information
should not go into a client's record EXCEPT ___________
A. client's social media posts or tweets
B. consent for treatment and assessment
C. case notes and copies of correspondence
D. identifying information
C. Virginia - correct answer ✔✔The first state to pass licensure for counselors in the 1970's was
___________.
A. Alabama
B. North Carolina
C. Virginia
D. Florida
A. a wounded healer - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following, according to Rollo May, refers
to a professional helper who is able to work from a perspective of resolved emotional
experience that has sensitized him or her to self and others in a helpful way?
A. a wounded healer
B. a wounded helper
and Ethics
A. National Vocational Guidance Association - correct answer ✔✔The organization that was the
forerunner of the American Counseling Association (ACA) was
A. National Vocational Guidance Association
B. Counseling and Guidance Division of APA
C. National Defense Education Association
D. Association for Humanistic Education and Development
C. choice; change - correct answer ✔✔The term "guidance" has traditionally dealt with the
process of___________, while the term "counseling" is more associated with ___________.
A. change; choice
B. reconstruction; adjustment
C. choice; change
D. adjustment; reconstruction
C. clinical psychology - correct answer ✔✔Which is not a specialty area in the counseling field?
A. addiction
B. rehabilitation
C. clinical psychology
D. career
C. Empathy and understanding - correct answer ✔✔Marcus would like to become a professional
counselor. He is inquisitive, listens well, and has a positive sense of humor. However, he
struggles to see or feel from within. Based on this description, in which of the following
personal qualities of a counselor is Marcus lacking?
,A. Tolerance of intimacy
B. Capacity for self-denial
C. Empathy and understanding
D. Introspection
B. morality - correct answer ✔✔The employment of such words as "good," "bad," "right," and
"wrong" are associated with _________________.
A. ethics
B. morality
C. law
D. criminal liability
A. first protect the right of the client - correct answer ✔✔When there is a potential conflict
between a counselor's employer and a counselor's client, the counselor should __________.
A. first protect the right of the client
B. first serve the interest of the employer
C. ask a colleague to settle the conflict
D. immediately quit his or her job
C. acting wrongly toward another or failing to act; working with a client in a way that the law
does not allow - correct answer ✔✔Civil liability means _____________; whereas, criminal
liability means ________.
A. working with a client in a way that the law does not allow; being an accessory to a crime
B. acting wrongly toward another; failing to stop a crime
C. acting wrongly toward another or failing to act; working with a client in a way that the law
does not allow
D. being uncivil; engaging in unlawful practices
, A. school - correct answer ✔✔The passage of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
provided funds for the training/education of ___________ counselors.
A. school
B. mental health
C. rehabilitation
D. military
A. client's social media posts or tweets - correct answer ✔✔The following types of information
should not go into a client's record EXCEPT ___________
A. client's social media posts or tweets
B. consent for treatment and assessment
C. case notes and copies of correspondence
D. identifying information
C. Virginia - correct answer ✔✔The first state to pass licensure for counselors in the 1970's was
___________.
A. Alabama
B. North Carolina
C. Virginia
D. Florida
A. a wounded healer - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following, according to Rollo May, refers
to a professional helper who is able to work from a perspective of resolved emotional
experience that has sensitized him or her to self and others in a helpful way?
A. a wounded healer
B. a wounded helper
