CPCE EXAM: Professional Orientation and Ethics | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct| Grade A (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update)

CPCE EXAM: Professional Orientation and Ethics | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct| Grade A (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Q: When counselors state that privileged communication is "qualified," they actually mean that a. the counselor must have certification before privileged communication applies. b. privileged communication applies only to doctoral level counselors. c. exceptions may exist. d. all of the above. Answer: c. exceptions may exist. Q: You are a counselor in a state that does not legally support privileged communication. You refuse to testify in court. In this situation a. ACA will back you for doing the ethical thing. b. NBCC will back you if and only if you have attained NCC status. c. you need not testify if your case was supervised by a li- censed psychologist and/or psychiatrist. d. you could be held in contempt of court. Answer: d. you could be held in contempt of court. Q: An 11-year-old child comes to your office with a black eye and tells you she can't remember how she received it. You have reason to suspect abuse. You should a. be empathic and discuss her feelings regarding the matter. b. drop the matter as it could embarrass her. c. refer her to a medical doctor of your choice. d. call the child abuse/neglect hotline. Answer: d. call the child abuse/neglect hotline. Q: During a counseling session a 42-year-old male client threatens suicide. You should a. keep it a secret as the client is not a minor. b. call the state child abuse/neglect hotline even though he is an adult. c. call his wife and mention that a serious problem exists but be very careful not to discuss the issue of suicide since to do so would violate the client's confidentiality. d. contact his wife and advise her of possible suicide precautions. Answer: d. contact his wife and advise her of possible suicide precautions. Q: A 39-year-old female secretary you are seeing in your assertive- ness training group reveals that she is plotting to shoot her husband. Based on the Tarasoff case you should a. warn the husband. b. keep it confidential because an assertiveness training group is decidedly not the same as one-to-one counseling. c. make a police report in the city in which the husband resides. d. tell a supervisor, administrator, or board member if one exists, but do not contact her husband. Answer: a. warn the husband. Q: You pass your exam and now have NCC status. During a staff meeting a clinical director explains to you that, from an ethical standpoint, your primary duty is to the agency. Most experts in the field of counselor education would a. agree with this position with very few reservations. b. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize that your primary responsibility is to your clients. c. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize that your primary responsibility is to the ACA. d. say that, according to "aspirational ethics," your agency comes first. Answer: b. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize that your primary responsibility is to your clients. Q: One impetus for counselor licensing was that a. ACSW wanted to restrict counselors. b. politicians demanded that counselors be licensed. c. psychology licensure bodies sought to restrict the practice of counselors so counselors could not receive third party payments from insurance and managed care companies. d. insurance companies pushed strongly for it. Answer: c. psychology licensure bodies sought to restrict the practice of counselors so counselors could not receive third party payments from insurance and managed care companies. Q: A counselor who possesses a graduate degree wishes to become a licensed psychologist. Which statement most accurately depicts the current situation? a. Any counselor can easily become a psychologist if he or she can pass the EPPP. b. A counselor can become a licensed psychologist by taking three graduate credit hours in physiological psychology and then passing the EPPP. c. In nearly every case individuals trained in counseling departments would not be allowed to sit for the EPPP and thus could not become licensed psychologists. d. A counselor with a doctorate in counseling could be li- censed as a counseling psychologist if he or she has a degree from a recognized department of counseling. Answer: c. In nearly every case individuals trained in counseling departments would not be allowed to sit for the EPPP and thus could not become licensed psychologists. Q: A woman who is in private practice mentions in her phone book advertisement that she is a licensed counseling psychologist. This generally means that a. she has a doctorate from a counselor education program. b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department. c. she has a degree from a CACREP program. d. she has a degree in counseling but is trained in projective testing. Answer: b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department. Q: One major difference between the psychology versus the counseling movement seems to be that a. the psychologists are working to eliminate practitioners with less than a doctorate, while the counselors are not. b. counselors are working to give up tests for licensure. c. psychology boards are made up primarily of psychiatrists. d. in most states psychologists do not need to take an exam. Answer: a. the psychologists are working to eliminate practitioners with less than a doctorate, while the counselors are not. Q: APA is to psychologist as ACA is to a. APGA .b. certified clinical mental health counselor. c. counselor. d. NCC. Answer: c. counselor. Q: You have achieved the status of NCC. NBCC, nevertheless, feels you have violated professional ethics. NBCC can do any of the following except a. revoke your state counseling license. b. remove your name from the list of NCCs in the U.S. c. revoke your NCC status.