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MASS PSYCHOLOGY JURISPRUDENCE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS.
The age at which the department can continue to assume
responsibility - correct answer -Age 22
Definition of Chapter 119: Section 23A - correct answer -Children
born to inmates of correctional institutions or jails; care and
custody
Instances in which a child can be committed to custody by the
courts - correct answer -1) the child is without necessary and
proper physical or educational care and discipline
2) the child is growing up under conditions or circumstances
damaging to the child's sound character development
3) the child lacks proper attention of the parent, guardian with
care and custody or custodian
4) the child has a parent, guardian, or custodian who is unwilling,
incompetent, or unavailable to provide such care, discipline, or
attention
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Grounds for dispensing the need for consent to adoption, custody,
guardianship, or other - correct answer -1) The child has been
abandoned
2)the parent has been convicted by a court of competent
jurisdiction of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of another
child of such parent, of aiding, abetting, attempting, conspiring, or
soliciting to commit murder
Exceptions to the department efforts for reunification of parent
and child - correct answer -1) the child was abandoned
2) parents gave consent to adopt or rights were involuntary
terminated
3) the parent was convicted of murder or felony assault
4) a parent has subjected the child to murder of a parent, sexual
abuse or exploitation, or severe and repetitive physical or
emotional abuse
Chapter 119, section 33A - correct answer -this chapter and
section do not exist
People who can apply for hosptializations - correct answer -1)
Qualified Psychiatrist
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2) Qualified Psychologists
3) Qualified Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinical Specialist
4) LICSW
if none of the above are available, a police officer may apply
Allowable times in which predetermined rates can be advertised -
correct answer -1) consultation
2) research
3) diagnostics
4) specialized teaching in field of psychology
5) remedial teachings
length of time a record needs to be kept - correct answer -5 years
since the patient's last encounter
length of time a record needs to be kept for a child - correct
answer -1 year after the child meets the age of majority, but no
less than 5 years
MASS PSYCHOLOGY JURISPRUDENCE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS.
The age at which the department can continue to assume
responsibility - correct answer -Age 22
Definition of Chapter 119: Section 23A - correct answer -Children
born to inmates of correctional institutions or jails; care and
custody
Instances in which a child can be committed to custody by the
courts - correct answer -1) the child is without necessary and
proper physical or educational care and discipline
2) the child is growing up under conditions or circumstances
damaging to the child's sound character development
3) the child lacks proper attention of the parent, guardian with
care and custody or custodian
4) the child has a parent, guardian, or custodian who is unwilling,
incompetent, or unavailable to provide such care, discipline, or
attention
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Grounds for dispensing the need for consent to adoption, custody,
guardianship, or other - correct answer -1) The child has been
abandoned
2)the parent has been convicted by a court of competent
jurisdiction of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of another
child of such parent, of aiding, abetting, attempting, conspiring, or
soliciting to commit murder
Exceptions to the department efforts for reunification of parent
and child - correct answer -1) the child was abandoned
2) parents gave consent to adopt or rights were involuntary
terminated
3) the parent was convicted of murder or felony assault
4) a parent has subjected the child to murder of a parent, sexual
abuse or exploitation, or severe and repetitive physical or
emotional abuse
Chapter 119, section 33A - correct answer -this chapter and
section do not exist
People who can apply for hosptializations - correct answer -1)
Qualified Psychiatrist
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2) Qualified Psychologists
3) Qualified Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinical Specialist
4) LICSW
if none of the above are available, a police officer may apply
Allowable times in which predetermined rates can be advertised -
correct answer -1) consultation
2) research
3) diagnostics
4) specialized teaching in field of psychology
5) remedial teachings
length of time a record needs to be kept - correct answer -5 years
since the patient's last encounter
length of time a record needs to be kept for a child - correct
answer -1 year after the child meets the age of majority, but no
less than 5 years
