➢ MN 551 UNIT 1,2,3,4,6,7,8, EXAMS WITH UNIT 5
MIDTERM EXAM & UNIT 10 FINAL EXAM-LATEST
1. In the 1960s Gilbert Wrenn's book, The Counselor in a Changing World, urged
counselors to
a. use biofeedback.
b. relies more heavily on projective testing.
c. emphasizes developmental concerns rather than merely focusing on crises
and curing emotional illness.
d. stick to proven nondirective techniques. >>100CorreCtanswers>> C
2. One of the primary problems of counseling in the early 1960s was that it
wrongly emphasized
a. social issues.
b. intrapsychic processes.
c. referrals to secure antidepressant medicine.
d. career counseling. >>100CorreCtanswers>> B
3. The significance of the 1958 National Defense Education Act was that it
a. provided financial aid for graduate education in counseling.
b. expanded school guidance services.
c. improved guidance for gifted children.
d. all of the above. >>100CorreCtanswers>> D
,4. A man has a rare, highly contagious disease that is fatal. He is keeping it a
secret and insists that he will never tell his wife. You should
a. break confidentiality and tell his wife.
b. honor the man's decision not to tell his wife for therapeutic reasons.
c. honor the man's decision not to tell his wife in order to maintain ethical
confidentiality’s. handle it based on your clinical intuition since ethical
guidelines fail to address this emotionally charged issue.
>>100CorreCtanswers>> A
5. Which group has been most instrumental in opposing counselor licensure?
a. social workers.
b. Psychiatrists.
c. Psychologists.
d. AAMFT members. >>100CorreCtanswers>> C
6. In the late 1970s, AACD (known as ACA since 1992) began to focus very
heavily on professional credentialing. This led to the formation of the
a. CCMHC.
b. NBCC.
c. CACREP, formed in 1981.
d. APGA, formed in 1952. >>100CorreCtanswers>> B
7. By passing the NCE, a counselor can attain _______, given via NBCC.
,a. NCC, a generic certification for counselors.
b. NCC, a specialty mental health certification for counselors.
c. NCC, national certification for school counselors.
d. MAC, master addictions counselor. >>100CorreCtanswers>> A
8. Which choice would most likely violate the counseling ethic or law termed
"scope of practice"?
a. A counselor who is using good accurate empathy with a client, but fails to
confront her about her excessive drinking.
b. A licensed counselor who gives the client a DSM diagnostic code for
insurance.
c. A counselor who is too active-directive with a client.
d. A counselor who is conducting a strict Freudian psychoanalysis with the
client. >>100CorreCtanswers>> D
9. Ethical guidelines were first created for the helping professions in 1953 when
the American Psychological Association (APA) published their first code of ethics.
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) created their code in 1960,
and in 1961, the organization that is now ACA adopted ethics for counselors.
Ethics always describe
a. laws.
b. universal principles which apply to all helpers.
c. standards of conduct imposed by ACA and NBCC.
d. all of the above. >>100CorreCtanswers>> C
, 10. Most ethical dilemmas are related to
a. confidentiality.
b. testing.
c. diagnosis.
d. research. >>100CorreCtanswers>> A
11. The landmark 1969 case, Tarasoff versus the Board of Regents of the
University of California illuminated
a. difficulties involved in client/counselor sexual behavior.
b. ethical issues in relation to research.
c. the duty to warn a client in imminent danger.
d. the impact of an impaired professional. >>100CorreCtanswers>> C
12. A counselor reveals information that is extremely damaging to a client's
reputation. This counselor could be accused of
a. beneficence.
b. justice.
c. nonmaleficence
d. defamation >>100CorreCtanswers>> D
13. State laws can govern title usage and practice; however, they do not govern
a. accreditation.
b. counselor licensure.
c. psychologist licensure.
MIDTERM EXAM & UNIT 10 FINAL EXAM-LATEST
1. In the 1960s Gilbert Wrenn's book, The Counselor in a Changing World, urged
counselors to
a. use biofeedback.
b. relies more heavily on projective testing.
c. emphasizes developmental concerns rather than merely focusing on crises
and curing emotional illness.
d. stick to proven nondirective techniques. >>100CorreCtanswers>> C
2. One of the primary problems of counseling in the early 1960s was that it
wrongly emphasized
a. social issues.
b. intrapsychic processes.
c. referrals to secure antidepressant medicine.
d. career counseling. >>100CorreCtanswers>> B
3. The significance of the 1958 National Defense Education Act was that it
a. provided financial aid for graduate education in counseling.
b. expanded school guidance services.
c. improved guidance for gifted children.
d. all of the above. >>100CorreCtanswers>> D
,4. A man has a rare, highly contagious disease that is fatal. He is keeping it a
secret and insists that he will never tell his wife. You should
a. break confidentiality and tell his wife.
b. honor the man's decision not to tell his wife for therapeutic reasons.
c. honor the man's decision not to tell his wife in order to maintain ethical
confidentiality’s. handle it based on your clinical intuition since ethical
guidelines fail to address this emotionally charged issue.
>>100CorreCtanswers>> A
5. Which group has been most instrumental in opposing counselor licensure?
a. social workers.
b. Psychiatrists.
c. Psychologists.
d. AAMFT members. >>100CorreCtanswers>> C
6. In the late 1970s, AACD (known as ACA since 1992) began to focus very
heavily on professional credentialing. This led to the formation of the
a. CCMHC.
b. NBCC.
c. CACREP, formed in 1981.
d. APGA, formed in 1952. >>100CorreCtanswers>> B
7. By passing the NCE, a counselor can attain _______, given via NBCC.
,a. NCC, a generic certification for counselors.
b. NCC, a specialty mental health certification for counselors.
c. NCC, national certification for school counselors.
d. MAC, master addictions counselor. >>100CorreCtanswers>> A
8. Which choice would most likely violate the counseling ethic or law termed
"scope of practice"?
a. A counselor who is using good accurate empathy with a client, but fails to
confront her about her excessive drinking.
b. A licensed counselor who gives the client a DSM diagnostic code for
insurance.
c. A counselor who is too active-directive with a client.
d. A counselor who is conducting a strict Freudian psychoanalysis with the
client. >>100CorreCtanswers>> D
9. Ethical guidelines were first created for the helping professions in 1953 when
the American Psychological Association (APA) published their first code of ethics.
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) created their code in 1960,
and in 1961, the organization that is now ACA adopted ethics for counselors.
Ethics always describe
a. laws.
b. universal principles which apply to all helpers.
c. standards of conduct imposed by ACA and NBCC.
d. all of the above. >>100CorreCtanswers>> C
, 10. Most ethical dilemmas are related to
a. confidentiality.
b. testing.
c. diagnosis.
d. research. >>100CorreCtanswers>> A
11. The landmark 1969 case, Tarasoff versus the Board of Regents of the
University of California illuminated
a. difficulties involved in client/counselor sexual behavior.
b. ethical issues in relation to research.
c. the duty to warn a client in imminent danger.
d. the impact of an impaired professional. >>100CorreCtanswers>> C
12. A counselor reveals information that is extremely damaging to a client's
reputation. This counselor could be accused of
a. beneficence.
b. justice.
c. nonmaleficence
d. defamation >>100CorreCtanswers>> D
13. State laws can govern title usage and practice; however, they do not govern
a. accreditation.
b. counselor licensure.
c. psychologist licensure.
