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NEWEST CPCE 2025/2026 EXAM WITH ALL
COMPLETE CURRENT QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT (VERIFIED) ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED
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CPCE
Ace your CPCE (Counselor Preparation Comprehensive
Examination) with this definitive guide, designed to master core
counseling theories, assessment techniques, and ethical
practice standards. This resource delivers scenario-based
practice questions and evidence-based rationales covering
human development, group dynamics, and research
methodologies.
A counselor may decide to administer a number of
personality tests in order to: ...... ANSWER ....... better
understand the client, predict future performance, and
evaluate the outcomes of counseling
The key difference between ipsative scales and normative
scales is that ipsative scales ...... ANSWER ....... provide
information about an individual client
Jennifer took the Geneva Advanced Placement test in
mathematics and earned 177 points out of a total of 200
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points. This score means that Jennifer did as well or better
than ...... ANSWER ....... 89% of the graduating seniors
at her highschool
Terry's average score per basketball game is 27 points. This
places him sixth among all the forwards in the Midwest. The
level of measurement described in this example is ......
ANSWER ....... ordinal
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically
required to ...... ANSWER ....... Inform the patient of the
limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to
...... ANSWER ....... jointly decide, between patient and
counselor, how the counseling process will proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint
of relationship difficulties. She goes on to describe that she
has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a
birth control method. You are personally opposed to
abortion. How should your personal beliefs impact the
therapeutic relationship? ...... ANSWER ....... Your
personal belief system should not have any bearing on
the therapeutic relationship
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You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a
client for six months, when he presents you with a small gift.
What should you do? ...... ANSWER ....... Accept or
decline depending on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information
about a client you are counseling. What do you do? ......
ANSWER ....... Limit, as much as possible, any possibly
damaging personal information and obtain written
permission from your client to share confidential
information
What should you do if your client requests to see his
confidential file? ...... ANSWER ....... Accept or decline
depending upon circumstances
You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same
time you are adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't
sleeping or eating well, find you are highly distractible, and
generally are less in-touch with your emotional state. You
should... ...... ANSWER ....... Be alert to your mental
status, and be able to determine if continuing with your
clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the
counseling process
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A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his
former counselor, you are called to perform a forensic
evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? ......
ANSWER ....... It is not considered ethical to perform a
forensic evaluation on a current or past client, so you
should decline
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to
attend her wedding. Would it be ethical to do so? ......
ANSWER ....... Yes, you should be able to attend her
wedding without a breach of ethics
While involved with a research study, you learn that several
of your students are using confidential material in an
unethical manner. You had no prior knowledge of this, and
all of your safeguards for professional practice were
appropriate. Are you, as the principal researcher,
responsible for the student's behavior ...... ANSWER .......
Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to ...... ANSWER
....... Give credit to other contributors or sources, not
plagiarize, and submit material to only one journal at a
time
NEWEST CPCE 2025/2026 EXAM WITH ALL
COMPLETE CURRENT QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT (VERIFIED) ANSWERS FOR GUARANTEED
PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
CPCE
Ace your CPCE (Counselor Preparation Comprehensive
Examination) with this definitive guide, designed to master core
counseling theories, assessment techniques, and ethical
practice standards. This resource delivers scenario-based
practice questions and evidence-based rationales covering
human development, group dynamics, and research
methodologies.
A counselor may decide to administer a number of
personality tests in order to: ...... ANSWER ....... better
understand the client, predict future performance, and
evaluate the outcomes of counseling
The key difference between ipsative scales and normative
scales is that ipsative scales ...... ANSWER ....... provide
information about an individual client
Jennifer took the Geneva Advanced Placement test in
mathematics and earned 177 points out of a total of 200
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points. This score means that Jennifer did as well or better
than ...... ANSWER ....... 89% of the graduating seniors
at her highschool
Terry's average score per basketball game is 27 points. This
places him sixth among all the forwards in the Midwest. The
level of measurement described in this example is ......
ANSWER ....... ordinal
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically
required to ...... ANSWER ....... Inform the patient of the
limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to
...... ANSWER ....... jointly decide, between patient and
counselor, how the counseling process will proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the presenting complaint
of relationship difficulties. She goes on to describe that she
has had multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a
birth control method. You are personally opposed to
abortion. How should your personal beliefs impact the
therapeutic relationship? ...... ANSWER ....... Your
personal belief system should not have any bearing on
the therapeutic relationship
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You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a
client for six months, when he presents you with a small gift.
What should you do? ...... ANSWER ....... Accept or
decline depending on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information
about a client you are counseling. What do you do? ......
ANSWER ....... Limit, as much as possible, any possibly
damaging personal information and obtain written
permission from your client to share confidential
information
What should you do if your client requests to see his
confidential file? ...... ANSWER ....... Accept or decline
depending upon circumstances
You are a counselor with several clients, and at the same
time you are adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't
sleeping or eating well, find you are highly distractible, and
generally are less in-touch with your emotional state. You
should... ...... ANSWER ....... Be alert to your mental
status, and be able to determine if continuing with your
clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the
counseling process
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A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his
former counselor, you are called to perform a forensic
evaluation. What is your responsibility in this case? ......
ANSWER ....... It is not considered ethical to perform a
forensic evaluation on a current or past client, so you
should decline
You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to
attend her wedding. Would it be ethical to do so? ......
ANSWER ....... Yes, you should be able to attend her
wedding without a breach of ethics
While involved with a research study, you learn that several
of your students are using confidential material in an
unethical manner. You had no prior knowledge of this, and
all of your safeguards for professional practice were
appropriate. Are you, as the principal researcher,
responsible for the student's behavior ...... ANSWER .......
Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to ...... ANSWER
....... Give credit to other contributors or sources, not
plagiarize, and submit material to only one journal at a
time
