LCSW LAW AND ETHICS EXAM
2025/2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 100% PASS
Two social workers are dating. They are at dinner and they are talking
about their clients. They discover each of them is seeing a different
member of the same couple for individual therapy what should these social
workers do?
A. No action is necessary since licensed health professionals may consult
for purpose of diagnosis and treatment without a release
B. Stop discussion and obtain releases
C. Stop discussion and not talk about these clients again
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,D. There are no legal or ethical guidelines require social workers in such
situation to do anything - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔stop discussion and not talk about
these clients again
Revocation of a LCSW'S license after having been found to have engaged
in sexual misconduct with a client would occur after:
A. A social worker filed a complaint with the BBS on behalf of a client
B. The BBS found that the therapist terminated therapy in order to pursue a
sexual relationship
C. The social worker gives the client the pamphlet professional therapy
never includes sex and discusses it with the client
D. The bbs cites the offending social worker within 10 years of the statute
of limitations - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B
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,Your client George tells you that his mother got remarried. He tells you that
he is worried that the new husband's children are going to go after his
inheritance. He tells you that he has very little contact with the new family
and wants to keep it that way. What is your legal obligation?
A. You must assess for elder abuse, considering undue influence regarding
mother's estate
B. You should refer clt to an attorney to determine if he has a case
C. Maintain confidentiality because you do not know the age of the mother
D. Report elder abuse considering abandonment b/c he has very little
contact with his mother - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C
Ki is a 26 yo Korean american who immigrated, he wants to be an artist but
father demands he goes to med schoool, he says rather die, and too stupid
too pas the clases, he doesnt know how to tell his father. The SW
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, determines that kI is not suicidal, the most appropriate ethical intervention
is to
A. Recognize importance of cultural considerations and acknowledge that
Ki may have to follow his father's wishes
B. Ask Ki to bring his father in for a family session b/c of cultural values that
encourage respect for elders
C. Inform Ki that the risks and benefits of therapy may be that he finds
himself but may change some of his family values
D. Ask to see his artwork to reframe him and alliance where he can be
himself - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C
June discloses that she has been molested by a stepbrother when she was
15. She is now 28 and was divorced from her husband 3 years ago. Before
seeing you, she saw another therapist and she has just told you that she
had sex with him. She wants therapy to focus on the stormy relationship
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2025/2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 100% PASS
Two social workers are dating. They are at dinner and they are talking
about their clients. They discover each of them is seeing a different
member of the same couple for individual therapy what should these social
workers do?
A. No action is necessary since licensed health professionals may consult
for purpose of diagnosis and treatment without a release
B. Stop discussion and obtain releases
C. Stop discussion and not talk about these clients again
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,D. There are no legal or ethical guidelines require social workers in such
situation to do anything - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔stop discussion and not talk about
these clients again
Revocation of a LCSW'S license after having been found to have engaged
in sexual misconduct with a client would occur after:
A. A social worker filed a complaint with the BBS on behalf of a client
B. The BBS found that the therapist terminated therapy in order to pursue a
sexual relationship
C. The social worker gives the client the pamphlet professional therapy
never includes sex and discusses it with the client
D. The bbs cites the offending social worker within 10 years of the statute
of limitations - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔B
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,Your client George tells you that his mother got remarried. He tells you that
he is worried that the new husband's children are going to go after his
inheritance. He tells you that he has very little contact with the new family
and wants to keep it that way. What is your legal obligation?
A. You must assess for elder abuse, considering undue influence regarding
mother's estate
B. You should refer clt to an attorney to determine if he has a case
C. Maintain confidentiality because you do not know the age of the mother
D. Report elder abuse considering abandonment b/c he has very little
contact with his mother - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C
Ki is a 26 yo Korean american who immigrated, he wants to be an artist but
father demands he goes to med schoool, he says rather die, and too stupid
too pas the clases, he doesnt know how to tell his father. The SW
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, determines that kI is not suicidal, the most appropriate ethical intervention
is to
A. Recognize importance of cultural considerations and acknowledge that
Ki may have to follow his father's wishes
B. Ask Ki to bring his father in for a family session b/c of cultural values that
encourage respect for elders
C. Inform Ki that the risks and benefits of therapy may be that he finds
himself but may change some of his family values
D. Ask to see his artwork to reframe him and alliance where he can be
himself - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C
June discloses that she has been molested by a stepbrother when she was
15. She is now 28 and was divorced from her husband 3 years ago. Before
seeing you, she saw another therapist and she has just told you that she
had sex with him. She wants therapy to focus on the stormy relationship
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