Liberty University COUC 501
CPCE Exam!! Questions
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When beginning a counseling relationship, you are Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
ethically required to
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is jointly decide, between patient and counselor, how the counseling
important to process will proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the Your personal belief system should not have any bearing on the
presenting complaint of relationship difficulties. therapeutic relationship
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?
You have been involved in a counseling Accept or decline depending on the circumstances
relationship with a client for six months, when he
presents you with a small gift. What should you
do?
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal
information about a client you are counseling. information and obtain written permission from your client to share
What do you do? confidential information
What should you do if your client requests to see Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
his confidential file?
You are a counselor with several clients, and at the Be alert to your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing
same time you are adjusting to a difficult divorce. with your clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the
You aren't sleeping or eating well, find you are counseling process
highly distractible, and generally are less in-touch
with your emotional state. You should...
A former client of yours has been arrested for a It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current
crime. As his former counselor, you are called to or past client, so you should decline
perform a forensic evaluation. What is your
responsibility in this case?
, You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of
are asked to attend her wedding. Would it be ethics
ethical to do so?
While involved with a research study, you learn Yes, you are ultimately responsible
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
When publishing research, it is important to Give credit to other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit
material to only one journal at a time
When a conflict arises between the American Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and
a governing authority, which takes
precedence?
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when A counselor has been retained to review another counselor who is in
question; and when confidentiality rights would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to
to? specific groups and an approach that all counselors should ethically be
aware of
Most ethical issues are related to Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory Erik Erikson
covers the entire lifespan. Who is he?
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which Sigmund Freud
psychoanalyst?
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's Formal Operations
four stages
Identity Crisis Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on
abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe no one theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality Pre-conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys Harry Harlow
CPCE Exam!! Questions
Provided with A+ Graded
Answers Latest Updated 2026
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
ethically required to
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is jointly decide, between patient and counselor, how the counseling
important to process will proceed
A client arrives for counseling with the Your personal belief system should not have any bearing on the
presenting complaint of relationship difficulties. therapeutic relationship
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?
You have been involved in a counseling Accept or decline depending on the circumstances
relationship with a client for six months, when he
presents you with a small gift. What should you
do?
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal
information about a client you are counseling. information and obtain written permission from your client to share
What do you do? confidential information
What should you do if your client requests to see Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
his confidential file?
You are a counselor with several clients, and at the Be alert to your mental status, and be able to determine if continuing
same time you are adjusting to a difficult divorce. with your clients poses any threat of being detrimental to the
You aren't sleeping or eating well, find you are counseling process
highly distractible, and generally are less in-touch
with your emotional state. You should...
A former client of yours has been arrested for a It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current
crime. As his former counselor, you are called to or past client, so you should decline
perform a forensic evaluation. What is your
responsibility in this case?
, You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of
are asked to attend her wedding. Would it be ethics
ethical to do so?
While involved with a research study, you learn Yes, you are ultimately responsible
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
When publishing research, it is important to Give credit to other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit
material to only one journal at a time
When a conflict arises between the American Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and
a governing authority, which takes
precedence?
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when A counselor has been retained to review another counselor who is in
question; and when confidentiality rights would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to
to? specific groups and an approach that all counselors should ethically be
aware of
Most ethical issues are related to Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory Erik Erikson
covers the entire lifespan. Who is he?
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which Sigmund Freud
psychoanalyst?
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's Formal Operations
four stages
Identity Crisis Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on
abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe no one theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality Pre-conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys Harry Harlow
