COUNSELOR ACTUAL TEST PAPER
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
●● ethics
Answer: Professional values and behaviors; represent ideal standards
●● laws
Answer: Agreed-on rules that set forth principles that allow people to
live together in a society; dictate minmal standards of behavior
●● best practice
Answer: Goes beyond what is minimally required by laws or codes of
ethics
●● principle ethics
Answer: Based on the moral principles of the helping professions
●● virtue ethics
Answer: Focused on traits of character
●● codes of ethics
,Answer: Vital resources in ethical decision making, but cannot answer
every question that might arise in actual practice
●● ethical decision-making skills
Answer: Of critical importance to counselors, along with a useful model
●● law
Answer: Affects most areas of counselor practice
●● legal issues
Answer: Counselors must know how to recognize these
●● legal advice
Answer: Counselors must know how to obtain this
●● fellow mental health professionals
Answer: Who counselors should seek advice from when they have
clinical or ethical questions
●● lawyers
Answer: Who counselors should seek advice from when they have legal
questions
, ●● professional judgment
Answer: There is no substitute for this when difficult ethical or legal
issues arise
●● values
Answer: Counselors must respect these when they are different from
their own, and be sure not to impose them on clients
●● wellness model, developmental, prevention and early intervention,
empowerment
Answer: Four components of the counseling profession philosophy: a
_____ _____ of mental health, a _____ perspective, strong preference
for _____ ___ _____ _____ into problems, and a goal of _____ for
clients
●● professional identity
Answer: Something that counseling trainees must develop and be able to
articulate to others
●● medical model
Answer: The "other" traditional model of mental health that counselors
may use, but are not rooted in
●● pathological, natural and normal
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION
●● ethics
Answer: Professional values and behaviors; represent ideal standards
●● laws
Answer: Agreed-on rules that set forth principles that allow people to
live together in a society; dictate minmal standards of behavior
●● best practice
Answer: Goes beyond what is minimally required by laws or codes of
ethics
●● principle ethics
Answer: Based on the moral principles of the helping professions
●● virtue ethics
Answer: Focused on traits of character
●● codes of ethics
,Answer: Vital resources in ethical decision making, but cannot answer
every question that might arise in actual practice
●● ethical decision-making skills
Answer: Of critical importance to counselors, along with a useful model
●● law
Answer: Affects most areas of counselor practice
●● legal issues
Answer: Counselors must know how to recognize these
●● legal advice
Answer: Counselors must know how to obtain this
●● fellow mental health professionals
Answer: Who counselors should seek advice from when they have
clinical or ethical questions
●● lawyers
Answer: Who counselors should seek advice from when they have legal
questions
, ●● professional judgment
Answer: There is no substitute for this when difficult ethical or legal
issues arise
●● values
Answer: Counselors must respect these when they are different from
their own, and be sure not to impose them on clients
●● wellness model, developmental, prevention and early intervention,
empowerment
Answer: Four components of the counseling profession philosophy: a
_____ _____ of mental health, a _____ perspective, strong preference
for _____ ___ _____ _____ into problems, and a goal of _____ for
clients
●● professional identity
Answer: Something that counseling trainees must develop and be able to
articulate to others
●● medical model
Answer: The "other" traditional model of mental health that counselors
may use, but are not rooted in
●● pathological, natural and normal
