CPCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 100% VERIFIED.
When beginning a counselling relationship, you are ethically required to
ANS >>> Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counselling relationship, it is important to ANS >>>
jointly decide, between patient and counsellor, how the counselling
process will proceed
A client arrives for counselling with the presenting complaint of
relationship difficulties. She goes on to describe that she has had
multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a birth control
method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your
personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? ANS >>> Your
personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic
relationship
,You have been involved in a counselling relationship with a client for six
months, when he presents you with a small gift. What should you do?
ANS >>> Accept or decline depending on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client
you are counselling. What do you do? ANS >>> Limit, as much as
possible, any possibly damaging personal information and obtain
written permission from your client to share confidential information
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file?
ANS >>> Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
You are a counsellor with several clients, and at the same time you are
adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't sleeping or eating well, find
you are highly distractible, and generally are less in-touch with your
emotional state. You should... ANS >>> Be alert to your mental status,
and be able to determine if continuing with your clients poses any
threat of being detrimental to the counselling process
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former
counsellor, you are called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your
responsibility in this case? ANS >>> It is not considered ethical to
perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past client, so you should
decline
,You are the supervisor for a new counsellor, and are asked to attend her
wedding. Would it be ethical to do so? ANS >>> Yes, you should be
able to attend her wedding without a breach of ethics
While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your
students are using confidential material in an unethical manner. You had
no prior knowledge of this, and all of your safeguards for professional
practice were appropriate. Are you, as the principal researcher,
responsible for the student's behaviour ANS >>> Yes, you are
ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to ANS >>> Give credit to
other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to
only one journal at a time
When a conflict arises between the American Counselling Association
(ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing authority, which takes
precedence? ANS >>> Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the
Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when ANS >>> A
counsellor has been retained to review another counsellor who is in
question; and when confidentiality rights would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counselling refer to? ANS >>>
Counselling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to
, specific groups and an approach that all counsellors should ethically be
aware of
Most ethical issues are related to ANS >>> Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire
lifespan. Who is he? ANS >>> Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? ANS >>>
Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages ANS >>> Formal
Operations
Identity Crisis ANS >>> Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology ANS >>> processes that contribute to optimal
functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud ANS >>> Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe ANS >>> no one theory of
development completely explains the process
GRADED A+ 100% VERIFIED.
When beginning a counselling relationship, you are ethically required to
ANS >>> Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counselling relationship, it is important to ANS >>>
jointly decide, between patient and counsellor, how the counselling
process will proceed
A client arrives for counselling with the presenting complaint of
relationship difficulties. She goes on to describe that she has had
multiple abortions, and seems to use abortion as a birth control
method. You are personally opposed to abortion. How should your
personal beliefs impact the therapeutic relationship? ANS >>> Your
personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic
relationship
,You have been involved in a counselling relationship with a client for six
months, when he presents you with a small gift. What should you do?
ANS >>> Accept or decline depending on the circumstances
You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client
you are counselling. What do you do? ANS >>> Limit, as much as
possible, any possibly damaging personal information and obtain
written permission from your client to share confidential information
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file?
ANS >>> Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
You are a counsellor with several clients, and at the same time you are
adjusting to a difficult divorce. You aren't sleeping or eating well, find
you are highly distractible, and generally are less in-touch with your
emotional state. You should... ANS >>> Be alert to your mental status,
and be able to determine if continuing with your clients poses any
threat of being detrimental to the counselling process
A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former
counsellor, you are called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your
responsibility in this case? ANS >>> It is not considered ethical to
perform a forensic evaluation on a current or past client, so you should
decline
,You are the supervisor for a new counsellor, and are asked to attend her
wedding. Would it be ethical to do so? ANS >>> Yes, you should be
able to attend her wedding without a breach of ethics
While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your
students are using confidential material in an unethical manner. You had
no prior knowledge of this, and all of your safeguards for professional
practice were appropriate. Are you, as the principal researcher,
responsible for the student's behaviour ANS >>> Yes, you are
ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to ANS >>> Give credit to
other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to
only one journal at a time
When a conflict arises between the American Counselling Association
(ACA) Code of Ethics and a governing authority, which takes
precedence? ANS >>> Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the
Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when ANS >>> A
counsellor has been retained to review another counsellor who is in
question; and when confidentiality rights would be violated
What does multicultural/diversity counselling refer to? ANS >>>
Counselling that recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to
, specific groups and an approach that all counsellors should ethically be
aware of
Most ethical issues are related to ANS >>> Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire
lifespan. Who is he? ANS >>> Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? ANS >>>
Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages ANS >>> Formal
Operations
Identity Crisis ANS >>> Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology ANS >>> processes that contribute to optimal
functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud ANS >>> Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe ANS >>> no one theory of
development completely explains the process
