CPCE
CPCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically
required to - correct answer Inform the patient of the limits of
confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - correct
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? - correct 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? - correct 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? - correct 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? - correct 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... - correct
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? - correct 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? - correct 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 - correct answer Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to - correct answer 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 Counseling
Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing authority,
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which takes precedence? - correct answer Ultimately the law may
be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - correct answer 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 to? - correct
answer Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches
beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all counselors
should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to - correct answer Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the
entire lifespan. Who is he? - correct answer Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? -
correct answer Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - correct answer
Formal Operations
CPCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically
required to - correct answer Inform the patient of the limits of
confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - correct
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? - correct answer Your personal belief system should
not have any bearing on the therapeutic relationship
,CPCE
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? - correct 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? - correct 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? - correct 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... - correct
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
,CPCE
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? - correct 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? - correct 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 - correct answer Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to - correct answer 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 Counseling
Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing authority,
, CPCE
which takes precedence? - correct answer Ultimately the law may
be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - correct answer 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 to? - correct
answer Counseling that recognizes diversity and approaches
beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all counselors
should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to - correct answer Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the
entire lifespan. Who is he? - correct answer Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? -
correct answer Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - correct answer
Formal Operations
