PHCLE EXAM 1 2026 DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS
AND MECHANISMS REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS VERIFIED GUIDE
◉ 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.
AND MECHANISMS REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS VERIFIED GUIDE
◉ 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.
