OLERE 2026/2027 PRACTICE EXAM
Questions and Answers | Updated
Practice Questions | Grade A+
• Counseling -✓✓- facilitate human development and adjustment throughout the life
span
- prevent, diagnose or treat mental, emotional or
behavioral disorders or associated distress which interfere with mental health
- conduct assessments or diagnoses for the purpose of establishing treatment goals
and objectives
- plan, implement or evaluate treatment plans using counseling treatment interventions;
• Counseling treatment interventions -✓✓the application of cognitive, effective,
behavioral and systemic counseling strategies which include principles of development,
wellness, and pathology that reflect a pluralistic society. Such interventions are
specifically implemented in the context of a professional counseling relationship
• Consulting -✓✓interpreting or reporting scientific fact or theory in counseling to
provide assistance in solving current or potential problems of individuals, groups or
organizations
• Referral activities -✓✓evaluating of data to identify problems and to determine the
advisability of referral to other specialists
• Research activities -✓✓reporting, designing, conducting or consulting on research in
counseling
• Specialty -✓✓designation of a subarea of counseling practice that is recognized by a
national certification agency or by the Board
• Supervisor -✓✓a person who meets the requirements established by the Board and
who is licensed pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act
• Licensed professional counselor candidate -✓✓a person whose application for
licensure has been accepted and who is under supervision for licensure as provided in
Section 1906 of this title
• Executive Director -✓✓the Executive Director of the State Board of Behavioral Health
Licensure.
• The Licensed Professional Counselors Act shall not be construed to include the
pursuits of the following professionals acting within the scope of their duties as such
,professionals, nor shall the title "LPC" be used by such professionals unless said
licensed professional counselor is also licensed or accredited by an appropriate agency,
institution or board -✓✓1. Physicians, psychologists, social workers, marital and family
therapists and attorneys, who are licensed by their respective licensing authorities
2. Rehabilitation counselors, vocational evaluation specialists, psychiatric and mental
health nurses, alcohol and drug counselors, school administrators, school teachers and
school counselors, who are certified by their respective certifying authorities
3. Persons in the employ of accredited institutions of higher education, or in the employ
of local, state or federal government
4. Members of clergy.
• The activities and services of a person in the employ of a private, nonprofit behavioral
services provider contracting with the state to provide behavioral services with the state
shall be exempt from licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor if -✓✓such
activities and services are a part of the official duties of such person with the private
nonprofit agency.
• Any person who is unlicensed and operating under special exemptions shall not use
any of the official titles or descriptions: -✓✓a. psychologist, psychology or psychological
b. licensed social worker
c. clinical social worker
d. certified rehabilitation specialist
e. licensed professional counselor
f. psychoanalyst
g. marital and family therapist.
• State agencies contracting to provide behavioral health services will strive to ensure
that quality of care is not compromised by contracting with external providers and that
the quality of service is at least ______ the service that would be delivered if that
agency were able to provide the service directly. -✓✓equal to
• Agencies will also ensure that the entity with which they are contracting has qualified
professionals in its employ and that sufficient_____________ is in place to allow for
reasonable recourse by the public. -✓✓liability insurance
• The activities and services of a person in the employ of a private, for-profit behavioral
services provider contracting with the state to provide behavioral services to youth and
families in the care and custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs or the Department of
Human Services on March 14, 1997, shall be exempt from licensure as a Licensed
Professional Counselor if -✓✓such activities and services are a part of the official
duties of such person with the private for-profit contracting agency.
• The State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure shall: -✓✓1. Prescribe, adopt and
promulgate rules to implement and enforce the provisions of the Licensed Professional
, Counselors Act, including the adoption of the State Department of Health rules by
reference
2. Adopt and establish rules of professional conduct
3. Set license and examination fees as required by the Licensed Professional
Counselors Act.
• The Board shall have the authority to: -✓✓1. Seek injunctive relief
2. Request the district attorney to bring an action to enforce the provisions of the
Licensed Professional Counselors Act
3. Receive fees and deposit said fees into the Licensed Professional Counselors
Revolving Fund as required by the Licensed Professional Counselors Act
4. Issue, renew, revoke, deny, suspend and place on probation licenses to practice
professional counseling pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Professional
Counselors Act
5. Examine all qualified applicants for licenses to practice professional counseling
6. Request assistance from the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision for
the purposes of investigating complaints and possible violations of the Licensed
Professional Counselors Act
7. Accept grants and gifts from various foundations and institutions; and 8. Make such
expenditures and employ such personnel as the Executive Director may deem
necessary for the administration of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act.
• Applications for a license to practice as a licensed professional counselor shall be
made to the ___________ Licensure in writing. Such applications shall be on a form
and in a manner prescribed by the ____________. The application shall be
accompanied by the fee required by the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, which
shall be retained by the ____________ and not returned to the applicant. -✓✓State
Board of Behavioral Health
• Each applicant for a license to practice as a licensed professional counselor shall: -
✓✓1. Be possessed of good moral character
2. Pass an examination based on standards promulgated by the Board pursuant to the
Licensed Professional Counselors Act
3. Be at least 21 years of age
4. Not have engaged in, nor be engaged in, any practice or conduct which would be
grounds for denying, revoking or suspending a license pursuant to this title
5. Otherwise comply with the rules promulgated by the Board pursuant to the provisions
of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act.
• In addition other qualifications an applicant for a license to practice as a licensed
professional counselor shall have: -✓✓1. Successfully completed at least 60 graduate
semester hours 90 graduate quarter hours of counseling-related course work. These 60
hours shall include at least a master's degree in a counseling field.
2. 3 years of supervised full-time experience in professional counseling subject to the
supervision of a licensed professional counselor pursuant to conditions established by
the Board. 1 or 2 years of experience may be gained at the rate of 1 year for each 30
Questions and Answers | Updated
Practice Questions | Grade A+
• Counseling -✓✓- facilitate human development and adjustment throughout the life
span
- prevent, diagnose or treat mental, emotional or
behavioral disorders or associated distress which interfere with mental health
- conduct assessments or diagnoses for the purpose of establishing treatment goals
and objectives
- plan, implement or evaluate treatment plans using counseling treatment interventions;
• Counseling treatment interventions -✓✓the application of cognitive, effective,
behavioral and systemic counseling strategies which include principles of development,
wellness, and pathology that reflect a pluralistic society. Such interventions are
specifically implemented in the context of a professional counseling relationship
• Consulting -✓✓interpreting or reporting scientific fact or theory in counseling to
provide assistance in solving current or potential problems of individuals, groups or
organizations
• Referral activities -✓✓evaluating of data to identify problems and to determine the
advisability of referral to other specialists
• Research activities -✓✓reporting, designing, conducting or consulting on research in
counseling
• Specialty -✓✓designation of a subarea of counseling practice that is recognized by a
national certification agency or by the Board
• Supervisor -✓✓a person who meets the requirements established by the Board and
who is licensed pursuant to the Licensed Professional Counselors Act
• Licensed professional counselor candidate -✓✓a person whose application for
licensure has been accepted and who is under supervision for licensure as provided in
Section 1906 of this title
• Executive Director -✓✓the Executive Director of the State Board of Behavioral Health
Licensure.
• The Licensed Professional Counselors Act shall not be construed to include the
pursuits of the following professionals acting within the scope of their duties as such
,professionals, nor shall the title "LPC" be used by such professionals unless said
licensed professional counselor is also licensed or accredited by an appropriate agency,
institution or board -✓✓1. Physicians, psychologists, social workers, marital and family
therapists and attorneys, who are licensed by their respective licensing authorities
2. Rehabilitation counselors, vocational evaluation specialists, psychiatric and mental
health nurses, alcohol and drug counselors, school administrators, school teachers and
school counselors, who are certified by their respective certifying authorities
3. Persons in the employ of accredited institutions of higher education, or in the employ
of local, state or federal government
4. Members of clergy.
• The activities and services of a person in the employ of a private, nonprofit behavioral
services provider contracting with the state to provide behavioral services with the state
shall be exempt from licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor if -✓✓such
activities and services are a part of the official duties of such person with the private
nonprofit agency.
• Any person who is unlicensed and operating under special exemptions shall not use
any of the official titles or descriptions: -✓✓a. psychologist, psychology or psychological
b. licensed social worker
c. clinical social worker
d. certified rehabilitation specialist
e. licensed professional counselor
f. psychoanalyst
g. marital and family therapist.
• State agencies contracting to provide behavioral health services will strive to ensure
that quality of care is not compromised by contracting with external providers and that
the quality of service is at least ______ the service that would be delivered if that
agency were able to provide the service directly. -✓✓equal to
• Agencies will also ensure that the entity with which they are contracting has qualified
professionals in its employ and that sufficient_____________ is in place to allow for
reasonable recourse by the public. -✓✓liability insurance
• The activities and services of a person in the employ of a private, for-profit behavioral
services provider contracting with the state to provide behavioral services to youth and
families in the care and custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs or the Department of
Human Services on March 14, 1997, shall be exempt from licensure as a Licensed
Professional Counselor if -✓✓such activities and services are a part of the official
duties of such person with the private for-profit contracting agency.
• The State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure shall: -✓✓1. Prescribe, adopt and
promulgate rules to implement and enforce the provisions of the Licensed Professional
, Counselors Act, including the adoption of the State Department of Health rules by
reference
2. Adopt and establish rules of professional conduct
3. Set license and examination fees as required by the Licensed Professional
Counselors Act.
• The Board shall have the authority to: -✓✓1. Seek injunctive relief
2. Request the district attorney to bring an action to enforce the provisions of the
Licensed Professional Counselors Act
3. Receive fees and deposit said fees into the Licensed Professional Counselors
Revolving Fund as required by the Licensed Professional Counselors Act
4. Issue, renew, revoke, deny, suspend and place on probation licenses to practice
professional counseling pursuant to the provisions of the Licensed Professional
Counselors Act
5. Examine all qualified applicants for licenses to practice professional counseling
6. Request assistance from the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision for
the purposes of investigating complaints and possible violations of the Licensed
Professional Counselors Act
7. Accept grants and gifts from various foundations and institutions; and 8. Make such
expenditures and employ such personnel as the Executive Director may deem
necessary for the administration of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act.
• Applications for a license to practice as a licensed professional counselor shall be
made to the ___________ Licensure in writing. Such applications shall be on a form
and in a manner prescribed by the ____________. The application shall be
accompanied by the fee required by the Licensed Professional Counselors Act, which
shall be retained by the ____________ and not returned to the applicant. -✓✓State
Board of Behavioral Health
• Each applicant for a license to practice as a licensed professional counselor shall: -
✓✓1. Be possessed of good moral character
2. Pass an examination based on standards promulgated by the Board pursuant to the
Licensed Professional Counselors Act
3. Be at least 21 years of age
4. Not have engaged in, nor be engaged in, any practice or conduct which would be
grounds for denying, revoking or suspending a license pursuant to this title
5. Otherwise comply with the rules promulgated by the Board pursuant to the provisions
of the Licensed Professional Counselors Act.
• In addition other qualifications an applicant for a license to practice as a licensed
professional counselor shall have: -✓✓1. Successfully completed at least 60 graduate
semester hours 90 graduate quarter hours of counseling-related course work. These 60
hours shall include at least a master's degree in a counseling field.
2. 3 years of supervised full-time experience in professional counseling subject to the
supervision of a licensed professional counselor pursuant to conditions established by
the Board. 1 or 2 years of experience may be gained at the rate of 1 year for each 30
