CPCE FINAL REVIEW: INTEGRATED A+
STUDY COMPILATION FOR COUNSELING
STUDENTS – 2026/2027
What should you do if your client requests to see his
confidential file? - THE CORRECT 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... - THE
CORRECT 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? - THE CORRECT
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? - THE CORRECT
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 - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to - THE CORRECT
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? - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Ultimately the law
may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - THE CORRECT
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? - THE
CORRECT 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 - THE CORRECT ANSWER-
Confidentiality
,Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the
entire lifespan. Who is he? - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? -
THE CORRECT ANSWER-Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - THE CORRECT
ANSWER-Formal Operations
Identity Crisis - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - THE CORRECT ANSWER-processes that
contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on
abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Oral
Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - THE CORRECT ANSWER-no
one theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - THE CORRECT
ANSWER-Pre-conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - THE CORRECT ANSWER-
Electra Complex
, Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - THE CORRECT ANSWER-
Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - THE CORRECT ANSWER-
Theory of human motivation - psychological, safety, love,
affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Little Albert experiment
Albert Bandura's best-known research - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Bobo
Doll study
What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? - THE
CORRECT ANSWER-Cultural Context and language
Freudian Defense Mechanism - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Repression
Imprinting - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Konrad Lorenz
Incorporating several therapeutic theories in your work - THE
CORRECT ANSWER-eclectic
STUDY COMPILATION FOR COUNSELING
STUDENTS – 2026/2027
What should you do if your client requests to see his
confidential file? - THE CORRECT 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... - THE
CORRECT 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? - THE CORRECT
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? - THE CORRECT
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 - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Yes, you are ultimately responsible
When publishing research, it is important to - THE CORRECT
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? - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Ultimately the law
may be adhered to over the Code of Ethics
An ethics violation should NOT be reported when - THE CORRECT
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? - THE
CORRECT 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 - THE CORRECT ANSWER-
Confidentiality
,Only one psychoanalyst's developmental theory covers the
entire lifespan. Who is he? - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Erik Erikson
The Id, Ego, Superego are attributed to which psychoanalyst? -
THE CORRECT ANSWER-Sigmund Freud
What is the fourth stage of Jean Piaget's four stages - THE CORRECT
ANSWER-Formal Operations
Identity Crisis - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Erik Erikson
Positive Psychology - THE CORRECT ANSWER-processes that
contribute to optimal functioning/ not focusing on
abnormalities
Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Oral
Fixation
Most mental health professionals believe - THE CORRECT ANSWER-no
one theory of development completely explains the process
John Bowlby - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - THE CORRECT
ANSWER-Pre-conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - THE CORRECT ANSWER-
Electra Complex
, Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - THE CORRECT ANSWER-
Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - THE CORRECT ANSWER-
Theory of human motivation - psychological, safety, love,
affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Chromosomal abnormality
John Watson - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Little Albert experiment
Albert Bandura's best-known research - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Bobo
Doll study
What did Lev Vygotsky stress in his development theory? - THE
CORRECT ANSWER-Cultural Context and language
Freudian Defense Mechanism - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Repression
Imprinting - THE CORRECT ANSWER-Konrad Lorenz
Incorporating several therapeutic theories in your work - THE
CORRECT ANSWER-eclectic
