CPCE EXAM REVIEWED
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - ANS-Inform
the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - ANS-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? - ANS-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? - ANS-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? - 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 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... - 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 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? -
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 counselor, 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 behavior - 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 Counseling 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 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? - ANS-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 - 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
John Bowlby - ANS-Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - ANS-Pre-conventional, Conventional, and
post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - ANS-Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - ANS-Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANS-Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome - ANS-Chromosomal abnormality
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically required to - ANS-Inform
the patient of the limits of confidentiality
As you begin a counseling relationship, it is important to - ANS-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? - ANS-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? - ANS-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? - 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 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... - 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 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? -
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 counselor, 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 behavior - 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 Counseling 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 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? - ANS-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 - 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
John Bowlby - ANS-Attachment Theory
Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality - ANS-Pre-conventional, Conventional, and
post-conventional
Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex - ANS-Electra Complex
Researcher known for Rhesus Monkeys - ANS-Harry Harlow
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - ANS-Theory of human motivation -
psychological, safety, love, affection, belongingness
Down Syndrome - ANS-Chromosomal abnormality
