CPCE TEST FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED GRADED A+
1. When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required
to Answer In- form the patient of the limits of confidentiality
2. As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to
Answer jointly decides, between patient and counselor, how the counseling process
will proceed
3. Calendarizes for counseling 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?
Answer Your personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic
relationship
4. You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for six months, when
he presents you with a small gift. What should you do?
,Answer Accept or decline depending on the circumstances
5. You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are
counseling. What do you do?
Answer Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal information and
obtain written permission from your client to share confidential information
6. What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file?
Answer Ac- kept or decline depending upon circumstances
7. You are a counselor 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...
Answer Be alert to You should, and be able to determine if continuing with your
clients pose any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process
8. A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor,
you are called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in
this case?
Answer It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or
past client, so you should decline
9. You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding.
,Would it be ethical to do so?
Answer Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of ethics
10. While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your stun- dents
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 behavior
Answer Yes, you are ultimately responsible
11. When publishing research, it is important to
Answer Give credit to other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to
only one journal at a time
12. When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code
of Ethics and a governing authority, which takes precedence? -
Answer Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
13. An ethics violation should NOT be reported when
Answer A counselor has been retained to review another counselor who is in question;
and when confidentiality rights would be violated
14. What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to?
, Answer Counseling that rec- Midwest. The approaches beneficial to specific groups
Anda approach that all counselors should ethically be aware of
15. Most ethical issues are related to
Answer Confidentiality
16. Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory overattentive lifespan. Who is he?
Answer Erik Erikson
17. The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst?
Answer Sigmund Freud
18. What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages
Answer Formal Operations
19. Identity Crisis
Answer Erik Erikson
20. Positive Psychology
Answer processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on
abnormalities
21. Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud
Answer Oral Fixation
22. Most mental health professionals believe
ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED GRADED A+
1. When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required
to Answer In- form the patient of the limits of confidentiality
2. As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to
Answer jointly decides, between patient and counselor, how the counseling process
will proceed
3. Calendarizes for counseling 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?
Answer Your personal belief system should not have any bearing on the therapeutic
relationship
4. You have been involved in a counseling relationship with a client for six months, when
he presents you with a small gift. What should you do?
,Answer Accept or decline depending on the circumstances
5. You are court-ordered to disclose confidential information about a client you are
counseling. What do you do?
Answer Limit, as much as possible, any possibly damaging personal information and
obtain written permission from your client to share confidential information
6. What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file?
Answer Ac- kept or decline depending upon circumstances
7. You are a counselor 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...
Answer Be alert to You should, and be able to determine if continuing with your
clients pose any threat of being detrimental to the counseling process
8. A former client of yours has been arrested for a crime. As his former counselor,
you are called to perform a forensic evaluation. What is your responsibility in
this case?
Answer It is not considered ethical to perform a forensic evaluation on a current or
past client, so you should decline
9. You are the supervisor for a new counselor, and are asked to attend her wedding.
,Would it be ethical to do so?
Answer Yes, you should be able to attend her wedding without a breach of ethics
10. While involved with a research study, you learn that several of your stun- dents
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 behavior
Answer Yes, you are ultimately responsible
11. When publishing research, it is important to
Answer Give credit to other contributors or sources, not plagiarize, and submit material to
only one journal at a time
12. When a conflict arises between the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code
of Ethics and a governing authority, which takes precedence? -
Answer Ultimately the law may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
13. An ethics violation should NOT be reported when
Answer A counselor has been retained to review another counselor who is in question;
and when confidentiality rights would be violated
14. What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to?
, Answer Counseling that rec- Midwest. The approaches beneficial to specific groups
Anda approach that all counselors should ethically be aware of
15. Most ethical issues are related to
Answer Confidentiality
16. Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory overattentive lifespan. Who is he?
Answer Erik Erikson
17. The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst?
Answer Sigmund Freud
18. What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages
Answer Formal Operations
19. Identity Crisis
Answer Erik Erikson
20. Positive Psychology
Answer processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on
abnormalities
21. Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud
Answer Oral Fixation
22. Most mental health professionals believe
