NCE - PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION AND ETHICAL FINAL
EXAM Questions and Answers Latest Versions 2024
Which group has been most instrumental in opposing counselor licensure?
a. social workers
b. psychiatrists
c. psychologists
d. AAMFT members - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>psychologists
In the late 1970s, AACD (known as ACA since 1992) began to focus very heavily on
professional credentialing. This led to the formation of the:
a. CCMHC
b. NBCC
c. CACREP, formed in 1981
d. APGA, formed in 1952 - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>NBCC (National Board for Certified
Counselors)
You are a middle school counselor at a public school. A child is threatening to kill
another student and admonishes you to keep it a secret. According to the ethical
principle of minimal disclosure, the best course of action would be to
a. try to talk the client out of his plan of action but do not violate his confidentiality by
telling anyone else
b. call the major radio and television stations as research clearly indicates that publicity
can stop school tragedies
c. call the police and give them a complete blow by blow description of the counseling
session
d. inform the parents of the student in danger, inform the principal, and call the police
immediately, discussing only material related to the threat - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>d. inform
the parents of the student in danger, inform the principal, and call the police
immediately, discussing only material related to the threat
Your agency uses a collection agency when clients don't pay their bills. You should
a. not take a chance on degrading the therapeutic relationship by mentioning it
b. explain to the client that ethically the agency can do this, however a private
practitioner is not allowed to use a collection agency and thus a private counselor may
be a wiser choice
c. inform the client of this before the counseling begins
d. never do this, as it is unethical in our field - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>c. inform the client of
this before counseling begins
,You have just made a landmark discovery which you feel could literally change the
entire field of counseling, and thus you write an article which depicts your findings. The
next step would be to
a. submit the article to no more than two journals simultaneously
b. submit the article to every major APA and ACA journal published
c. submit the article to one publication at a time despite your conviction that the article
must get published
d. write NBCC and request permission for multiple submission privileges -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>c. submit the article to one publication at a time despite your
conviction that the article must get published
Section F of NBCC's Code of Ethics is concerned with ethics related to consulting.
Consulting or consultation can best be defined as
a. a brand or paradigm of brief psychotherapy
b. a brand or paradigm of long-term psychotherapy
c. a systematic process based on classical conditioning
d. a voluntary relationship between a professional helper and a help-needing individual,
group, or social unit in which the consultant helps define or solve problems related to
clients, the client system, or work-related issues - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>d. a voluntary
relationship between a professional helper and a help-needing individual, group, or
social unit in which the consultant helps define or solve problems related to clients, the
client system, or work-related issues
Section G of NBCC's Code of Ethics describes ethical issues related to private practice.
Which of these situations is clearly an ethics violation?
a. A private practitioner who advertises in the Yellow Pages
b. A private practitioner who advertises in a daily newspaper
c. A counselor who terminates a professional relationship with a client because she
feels it is no longer productive for her client
d. An executive director of a private practice who has his name listed in a Yellow Pages
advertisement as a counseling provider, despite the fact that he is out of the country
and is engaged in a research project for the next two years - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>d. An
executive director of a private practice who has his name listed in a Yellow Pages
advertisement as a counseling provider, despite the fact that he is out of the country
and is engaged in a research project for the next two years
Nosology refers to a system of classification. Name the nosological system(s) utilized by
professional counselors who diagnose clients.
a. DSM
b. ICD
c. a and b
d. the Rogerian - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>c. a and b
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was created by the
American Psychiatric Association. The Manual of the International Statistical
, Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death (ICD) was created by the
World Health Organization (WHO). Which counselor would most likely be required to
utilize one of these guides to diagnose a client?
a. A counselor who wishes to secure insurance (i.e. third party) payments
b. A guidance counselor discussing a child with a teacher
c. A multicultural counselor who is seeing a Black client
d. A counselor leading a T-group - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>a. A counselor who wishes to
secure insurance (ie. third party) payments
Traditionally, __________ counseling has caused the most ethical concerns.
a. behavioral
b. person-centered
c. humanistic
d. reality therapy - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>a. behavioral
Insurance payments are also called
a. mandated payments
b. third-party payments
c. optional payments
d. psychometric payments - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>b. third-party payments
Diagnostic codes have __________ digits.
a. five
b. four
c. nine (which correspond to the DOT)
d. twelve - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>a. five
Identify the DSM code.
a. 29622
b. 29.622
c. 303.90
d. 2962.2 - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>c. 303.90
As you are reading the DSM you see this code: 296.2X. In this case, the X (i.e. the fifth
digit) refers to
a. severity, and thus it will be replaced with a diagnostic number
b. an adjustment disorder
c. developmental disorder
d. physical disorders and conditions - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>a. severity, and thus it will be
replaced with a diagnostic number
In the DSM, the so-called V codes refer to conditions which are not attributable to a
mental condition. An example of a V Code would be
a. 6282.V
b. 62V.82
c. 628V2
EXAM Questions and Answers Latest Versions 2024
Which group has been most instrumental in opposing counselor licensure?
a. social workers
b. psychiatrists
c. psychologists
d. AAMFT members - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>psychologists
In the late 1970s, AACD (known as ACA since 1992) began to focus very heavily on
professional credentialing. This led to the formation of the:
a. CCMHC
b. NBCC
c. CACREP, formed in 1981
d. APGA, formed in 1952 - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>NBCC (National Board for Certified
Counselors)
You are a middle school counselor at a public school. A child is threatening to kill
another student and admonishes you to keep it a secret. According to the ethical
principle of minimal disclosure, the best course of action would be to
a. try to talk the client out of his plan of action but do not violate his confidentiality by
telling anyone else
b. call the major radio and television stations as research clearly indicates that publicity
can stop school tragedies
c. call the police and give them a complete blow by blow description of the counseling
session
d. inform the parents of the student in danger, inform the principal, and call the police
immediately, discussing only material related to the threat - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>d. inform
the parents of the student in danger, inform the principal, and call the police
immediately, discussing only material related to the threat
Your agency uses a collection agency when clients don't pay their bills. You should
a. not take a chance on degrading the therapeutic relationship by mentioning it
b. explain to the client that ethically the agency can do this, however a private
practitioner is not allowed to use a collection agency and thus a private counselor may
be a wiser choice
c. inform the client of this before the counseling begins
d. never do this, as it is unethical in our field - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>c. inform the client of
this before counseling begins
,You have just made a landmark discovery which you feel could literally change the
entire field of counseling, and thus you write an article which depicts your findings. The
next step would be to
a. submit the article to no more than two journals simultaneously
b. submit the article to every major APA and ACA journal published
c. submit the article to one publication at a time despite your conviction that the article
must get published
d. write NBCC and request permission for multiple submission privileges -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>c. submit the article to one publication at a time despite your
conviction that the article must get published
Section F of NBCC's Code of Ethics is concerned with ethics related to consulting.
Consulting or consultation can best be defined as
a. a brand or paradigm of brief psychotherapy
b. a brand or paradigm of long-term psychotherapy
c. a systematic process based on classical conditioning
d. a voluntary relationship between a professional helper and a help-needing individual,
group, or social unit in which the consultant helps define or solve problems related to
clients, the client system, or work-related issues - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>d. a voluntary
relationship between a professional helper and a help-needing individual, group, or
social unit in which the consultant helps define or solve problems related to clients, the
client system, or work-related issues
Section G of NBCC's Code of Ethics describes ethical issues related to private practice.
Which of these situations is clearly an ethics violation?
a. A private practitioner who advertises in the Yellow Pages
b. A private practitioner who advertises in a daily newspaper
c. A counselor who terminates a professional relationship with a client because she
feels it is no longer productive for her client
d. An executive director of a private practice who has his name listed in a Yellow Pages
advertisement as a counseling provider, despite the fact that he is out of the country
and is engaged in a research project for the next two years - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>d. An
executive director of a private practice who has his name listed in a Yellow Pages
advertisement as a counseling provider, despite the fact that he is out of the country
and is engaged in a research project for the next two years
Nosology refers to a system of classification. Name the nosological system(s) utilized by
professional counselors who diagnose clients.
a. DSM
b. ICD
c. a and b
d. the Rogerian - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>c. a and b
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was created by the
American Psychiatric Association. The Manual of the International Statistical
, Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death (ICD) was created by the
World Health Organization (WHO). Which counselor would most likely be required to
utilize one of these guides to diagnose a client?
a. A counselor who wishes to secure insurance (i.e. third party) payments
b. A guidance counselor discussing a child with a teacher
c. A multicultural counselor who is seeing a Black client
d. A counselor leading a T-group - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>a. A counselor who wishes to
secure insurance (ie. third party) payments
Traditionally, __________ counseling has caused the most ethical concerns.
a. behavioral
b. person-centered
c. humanistic
d. reality therapy - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>a. behavioral
Insurance payments are also called
a. mandated payments
b. third-party payments
c. optional payments
d. psychometric payments - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>b. third-party payments
Diagnostic codes have __________ digits.
a. five
b. four
c. nine (which correspond to the DOT)
d. twelve - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>a. five
Identify the DSM code.
a. 29622
b. 29.622
c. 303.90
d. 2962.2 - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>c. 303.90
As you are reading the DSM you see this code: 296.2X. In this case, the X (i.e. the fifth
digit) refers to
a. severity, and thus it will be replaced with a diagnostic number
b. an adjustment disorder
c. developmental disorder
d. physical disorders and conditions - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>a. severity, and thus it will be
replaced with a diagnostic number
In the DSM, the so-called V codes refer to conditions which are not attributable to a
mental condition. An example of a V Code would be
a. 6282.V
b. 62V.82
c. 628V2
