COKO Professional Practice Sample Exam
Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
1.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 inter-est.
iii. The College and the professional associations both serve the interests ofthe
profession.
iv. The professional associations direct the operations of the College.
: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 consultsCOKO Professional Practice sample exam.pdf file:///C:/Users/BADLANDS/Documents/New%20folder%20(3)/CO...
1 of 50 07/29/24, 05:09 AM 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.
2.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 expresssurprise.
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
?: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 frontof
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.
3.Discontinuing Professional Services ScenarioCOKO Professional Practice sample exam.pdf file:///C:/Users/BADLANDS/Documents/New%20folder%20(3)/CO...
2 of 50 07/29/24, 05:09 AM :Donna, a kinesiologist, wantsto stop treating a patient/client because the
patient/client has stopped paying. Shereads 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. TheCOKO Professional Practice sample exam.pdf file:///C:/Users/BADLANDS/Documents/New%20folder%20(3)/CO...
3 of 50 07/29/24, 05:09 AM 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
Collegerequires 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 adequatetime to find another kinesiologist. The fact that Donna was
not paid did not removeher duty to the patient/client who was in pain.
4.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 as-
sistant 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
?:The answer is yes. It is professional misconduct to permit a person to hold
themselves out as practising the professionwhen 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 Davidknew 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.COKO Professional Practice sample exam.pdf file:///C:/Users/BADLANDS/Documents/New%20folder%20(3)/CO...
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Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)
1.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 inter-est.
iii. The College and the professional associations both serve the interests ofthe
profession.
iv. The professional associations direct the operations of the College.
: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 consultsCOKO Professional Practice sample exam.pdf file:///C:/Users/BADLANDS/Documents/New%20folder%20(3)/CO...
1 of 50 07/29/24, 05:09 AM 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.
2.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 expresssurprise.
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
?: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 frontof
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.
3.Discontinuing Professional Services ScenarioCOKO Professional Practice sample exam.pdf file:///C:/Users/BADLANDS/Documents/New%20folder%20(3)/CO...
2 of 50 07/29/24, 05:09 AM :Donna, a kinesiologist, wantsto stop treating a patient/client because the
patient/client has stopped paying. Shereads 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. TheCOKO Professional Practice sample exam.pdf file:///C:/Users/BADLANDS/Documents/New%20folder%20(3)/CO...
3 of 50 07/29/24, 05:09 AM 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
Collegerequires 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 adequatetime to find another kinesiologist. The fact that Donna was
not paid did not removeher duty to the patient/client who was in pain.
4.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 as-
sistant 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
?:The answer is yes. It is professional misconduct to permit a person to hold
themselves out as practising the professionwhen 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 Davidknew 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.COKO Professional Practice sample exam.pdf file:///C:/Users/BADLANDS/Documents/New%20folder%20(3)/CO...
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