COKO Professional Practice sample exam Questions with 100% correct answers

What sentence best describes the roles of the College and professional associations? i. The College serves the public interest and the professional associations serve the interests of the profession. ii. The College and the professional associations both serve the public interest. iii. The College and the professional associations both serve the interests of the profession. iv. The professional associations direct the operations of the College. - correct answer The best answer is i. The College's mandate is to regulate the profession in order to serve and protect the public interest. Answer ii is not the best answer because professional associations are designed to serve the interests of their members. While professional associations care about the public interest and often take actions that assist the public interest, they are under no statutory duty to do so and are accountable only to their members. Answer iii is not the best answer because the College is not permitted to serve the interests of its members under its statute. While it tries to ensure that it regulates its members sensitively and fairly, and consults with its members, the College's mandate is the public interest. Answer iv is not correct. While the College consults with the professional associations and considers seriously their views and respects their expertise, the College is not under the control of any professional association. Ethics Scenario: David, a kinesiologist, is always polite to his patients/clients, in a formal way. He feels good about himself. However, he often says "God" to express surprise. The phrase means nothing to him and no one has ever expressed concerns about it. One of his patients/clients, Paul, has shared that he is very religious. Whenever David says "God" Paul flinches a bit. What should David do? - correct answer David notices and asks Paul if the use of the word "God" bothers Paul. Paul says that, actually it does. David makes a point of not saying "God" anymore in front of Paul. After discussing the incident with a colleague, David decides that the ethical thing for him to do is to stop using the word "God" as an expression of surprise whenever he is with a patient/client because David cannot tell in advance who will be offended. This relates to the Code of Ethics that kins must follow. Discontinuing Professional Services Scenario - correct answer Donna, a kinesiologist, wants to stop treating a patient/client because the patient/client has stopped paying. She reads an article in the College's newsletter suggesting that patients/clients should be given at least two weeks to find a new kinesiologist before one stops treating the patient/client. Donna cannot see why she needs to see a patient/client who is not paying for her services and does not follow the newsletter suggestion. The patient/client experiences pain once the treatment stops and misses ten days of work before the patient/client can find another kinesiologist to treat him. The patient/client complains to the College. After investigating the complaint the College requires Donna to appear before it to receive a verbal caution because Donna abandoned a patient/client who was in pain without giving the patient/client adequate time to find another kinesiologist. The fact that Donna was not paid did not remove her duty to the patient/client who was in pain. David, a kinesiologist, is registered with the College. David's father is no longer registered with the College. David's father sometimes drops into David's office to treat his former long term patients/clients. The office assistant refers to David's father as "Doctor" when booking patients/clients. A patient/client complains to the College when her extended health insurance refused to pay for David's father's services because he was unregistered. Is David at risk for his father's conduct? - correct answer The answer is yes. It is professional misconduct to permit a person to hold themselves out as practising the profession when they are not registered. Similarly, permitting a person to illegally use the title "Doctor" in one's practice would often be seen as professional misconduct if David knew about it. David condoned the conduct that occurred at David's office. David, by being registered, gave credibility and status to the illegal conduct of his father. David could face a discipline hearing.