LCSW LAW AND ETHICS MOCK EXAM 1 | 2025−2026 UPDATED PRACTICE TEST WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

LCSW LAW AND ETHICS MOCK EXAM 1 |
2025−2026 UPDATED PRACTICE TEST WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A 67-Year-Old Woman Meets With A Therapist For The First Time. She Informs The Therapist That Her
Husband Is Physically Abusive Toward Her And She Can't Take It Anymore. She Shares Her Plan To Finally
Stand Up To Him By Taking A Knife And Showing Him What It Feels Like To Be Hurt. She States She Has
Never Harmed Him Before. How Should The Therapist Manage The Legal Obligations In This Case?

A. Create A Safety Plan And Maintain Confidentiality.

B. Create A Safety Plan And Report Abuse To Police.

C. Call Police To Report Client's Plan And Process It With Client.

D. Call APS And Warn Her Husband Of Her Plan For Violence.

ACCURATE ANS>>> C. Call Police To Report Client's Plan And Process It With Client.



A Client Reports That She Recently Awoke In The Middle Of The Night To Sounds Of Crying Children In
The Apartment Next Door. She Went To See If Everyone Was Okay And Discovered That The Parents Had
Left The 8-Year-Old, 5-Year-Old, And 2-Year-Old Home Alone. The Client Suspects That The Parents Are
Using Drugs And Expresses A Desire To Help The Kids. How Should The Therapist Manage The Legal
Obligations?

A. Process Client's Feeling About The Situation And Document The Need To File A Report In The File.

B. Discuss Ways The Client Could Help The Kids.

C. Inform The Client That The Therapist Must File A Child Abuse Report.

D. Determine If The Children Are In Danger.

ACCURATE ANS>>> C. Inform The Client That The Therapist Must File A Child Abuse Report.



A Therapist Is Meeting With A High School Student Who States That He Is Going To Take His Father's
Gun And Shoot The Members Of The Football Team Who Are Bullying Him. He Then Says That He Would
Not Really Do It. Legally, What Should The Therapist Do?

A. Inform Boy's Father.

, B. Maintain Confidentiality.

C. Inform Members Of Football Team.

D. Contact Police.

ACCURATE ANS>>> D. Contact Police.



A Therapist Relocated To Another City. Prior To Moving, The Therapist Referred All Active Clients To
Appropriate Therapists And Services. A New Therapist Of A Former Client Contacts The Therapist With A
Release Of Information Wanting To Know About The Past Treatment And Diagnosis Of The Client. This
Particular Client Had Multiple Suicide Attempts And A History Of Substance Use. The Therapist Should:

A. Only Answer The New Therapist's Questions.

B. Contact The Client Before Sharing Any Information.

C. Answer The New Therapist's Questions And Include Information About Suicide And Substance History.

D. Contact The Client After Sharing The Information.

ACCURATE ANS>>> C. Answer The New Therapist's Questions And Include Information About
Suicide And Substance History.




A Therapist Is Pulled Over By Police After Attending A Happy Hour With Work Colleagues. The Therapist
Is Cited With A DUI. At The Conviction Hearing The Therapist Agrees To Attend Alcoholics Anonymous
Meetings. What Other Legal Obligation Does The Therapist Have In This Case?

A. Inform His Clients Of His DUI And Process Their Reactions.

B. Inform The BBS Of His Conviction Within 30 Days Of Conviction.

C. Inform His Supervisor Of His Conviction.

D. The Therapist Has No Responsibility Due To Agreeing To Attend Alcoholics Anonymous.

ACCURATE ANS>>> B. Inform The BBS Of His Conviction Within 30 Days Of Conviction.



A 7-Year-Old Child Is Referred To The School Therapist Because He Is Unable To Sit Still In Class. The
Child Exposes A Large, Red Rash On His Torso And Complains That The Lotion His Mom Puts On It Makes
It Worse. The Therapist Calls The Mother Who Shares That She Doesn't Have Time To Take Her Son To