CPCE Exam!!ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
[BRAND NEW!!!]GRADE A+.
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - ANSWER:
Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - ANSWER: jointly decide,
between patient and counselor, how the counseling process will proceed
A client arrives 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
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
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
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file? - ANSWER:
Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
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 your mental
status, and be able to determine if continuing with your clients poses any threat of being
detrimental to the counseling process
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
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
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 behavior - ANSWER: Yes, you are ultimately
responsible
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
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
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
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? - ANSWER: Counseling that
recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all
counselors should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to - ANSWER: Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? -
ANSWER: Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - ANSWER: Sigmund Freud
, What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - ANSWER: Formal Operations
Identity Crisis - ANSWER: Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - ANSWER: processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not
focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - ANSWER: Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - ANSWER: no one theory of development
completely explains the process
John Bowlby - ANSWER: Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - ANSWER: Pre-conventional,
Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - ANSWER: Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - ANSWER: Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANSWER: Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome - ANSWER: Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson - ANSWER: Little Albert experiment
Albert Bandura's best-known research - ANSWER: Bobo Doll study
[BRAND NEW!!!]GRADE A+.
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - ANSWER:
Inform the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - ANSWER: jointly decide,
between patient and counselor, how the counseling process will proceed
A client arrives 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
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
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
What should you do if your client requests to see his confidential file? - ANSWER:
Accept or decline depending upon circumstances
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 your mental
status, and be able to determine if continuing with your clients poses any threat of being
detrimental to the counseling process
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
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
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 behavior - ANSWER: Yes, you are ultimately
responsible
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
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
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
What does multicultural/diversity counseling refer to? - ANSWER: Counseling that
recognizes diversity and approaches beneficial to specific groups and an approach that all
counselors should ethically be aware of
Most ethical issues are related to - ANSWER: Confidentiality
Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the entire lifespan. Who is he? -
ANSWER: Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? - ANSWER: Sigmund Freud
, What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - ANSWER: Formal Operations
Identity Crisis - ANSWER: Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - ANSWER: processes that contribute to optimal functioning/ not
focusing on abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - ANSWER: Oral Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - ANSWER: no one theory of development
completely explains the process
John Bowlby - ANSWER: Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - ANSWER: Pre-conventional,
Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - ANSWER: Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - ANSWER: Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANSWER: Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome - ANSWER: Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson - ANSWER: Little Albert experiment
Albert Bandura's best-known research - ANSWER: Bobo Doll study
