EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Tarasoff Case. Answer: Duty to protect overrides confidentiality if
harm is imminent.
◉ Subpoena vs. Court Order. Answer: Court order needed to release
records.
◉ Confidentiality. Answer: Laws and rules regulating the disclosure
of information.
◉ Child Abuse. Answer: ReportingMandatory reporting to CPS.
◉ Patient Self-Determination Act (1991). Answer: Info on advance
directives required.
◉ Privileged Communication. Answer: Legal protection of certain
communications in court.
◉ Agency Policy. Answer: Follow or challenge as appropriate.
, ◉ Management Function. Answer: Focused on organizational goals.
◉ Advocacy Responsibility. Answer: All members of an organization
have roles in advocacy.
◉ Social Exchange Theory. Answer: Weighing rewards vs. costs in
interactions.
◉ Undoing. Answer: OCD defense mechanism; rituals to reverse
actions.
◉ Operant Conditioning. Answer: Behavior followed by
reinforcement or its absence.
◉ Classical Conditioning. Answer: Associating pleasant feelings with
anxiety-producing stimuli.
◉ Higher-Order Conditioning. Answer: Pairing a neutral stimulus
with a conditioned one.
◉ Isolation of Affect. Answer: Emotional compartmentalization in
borderline personality disorder.