MD JURISPRUDENCE EVALUATION EXAMS 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What types of activities may happen in a Board prehearing conference? - ✔✔-
attempt to settle the case
-prepare for the hearing by delimiting the issues; stipulating to facts, laws, and other
matters; arranging a schedule; and arranging for submission of names of witnesses to
be called and subject matter of testimony to be presented in hearing
✔✔Duties of Presiding Officer during a Board hearing - ✔✔(2) The presiding officer
shall:
(a) Have complete charge of the hearing;
(b) Permit the examination of witnesses;
(c) Admit evidence;
(d) Rule on the admissibility of evidence;
(e) Adjourn or recess the hearing from time to time.
(3) The presiding officer may set reasonable time limits on arguments and presentation
of evidence.
(4) The presiding officer shall be responsible for order in the hearing and can suspend
the proceedings as necessary to maintain order.
✔✔During a Board hearing, the member of the Office of the Attorney General
presenting the case on behalf of the State shall have all of the following rights - ✔✔(a)
The submission of evidence;
(b) Examination and cross-examination of witnesses;
(c) Presentation of summation and argument; and
(d) Filing of objections, exceptions, and motions.
✔✔During Board hearing, each party has the right to... - ✔✔(a) Call witnesses and
present evidence;
(b) Cross-examine every witness called on behalf of the State or other party;
(c) Present summation and argument and file objections, exceptions, and motions.
✔✔When can any party request a rehearing of a Board hearing? - ✔✔within 10 days
after decision
✔✔"Sexual intimacies" means acts engaged in with or without clothing involving what 4
things? - ✔✔(a) Genital contact;
(b) Nongenital contact with the hips, loin, thigh, buttocks, or breasts;
(c) Exposure or observation of genitals or nude portions of a body involving breasts,
buttocks, or genitals; or
(d) Other behaviors engaged in for the purpose of sexual arousal or sexual gratification.
✔✔Who is responsible for a psych associate's professional decisions and professional
actions? - ✔✔joint responsibility of psych associate and psychologist
,✔✔7 ethical requirements for research - ✔✔(1) Be responsible for the actions of those
the psychologist supervises; and
(2) Ensure that those the psychologist employs act in accordance with the Maryland
Psychologists Act and the provisions of this chapter.
C. Research. A psychologist or psychology associate shall:
(1) Respect the dignity and protect the welfare of research subjects, and comply with all
relevant statutes, regulations, and institutional and administrative rules concerning
treatment of research subjects;
(2) Take responsibility for the ethical treatment of research participants by collaborators,
supervisees, and employees;
(3) Acquire, care for, use and dispose of animals in compliance with laws, regulations,
and applicable professional standards;
(4) Ensure appropriate consideration of the comfort, health and humane treatment of
animals used in research;
(5) Make clear, either as a researcher or a writer, the nature of the participation, as well
as the costs and the psychologist's obligations to be accepted by research participants;
(6) Obtain required approval from host institutions before conducting research; and
(7) Report research findings accurately, presenting only the psychologist's or
psychology associate's work or making appropriate citations when needed.
✔✔ethical requirements for teaching - ✔✔ensure that statements in course catalogs,
seminar brochures, and course outlines are accurate and not misleading, particularly in
terms of the:
(1) Subject matter to be covered;
(2) Nature of course experiences; and
(3) Basis for evaluating performance.
✔✔What might impair one's competence? - ✔✔(i) Mental, emotional, physiological,
pharmacological, substance abuse, or personal problems; or
(ii) The psychologist's or psychology associate's present or previous familial, social,
sexual, emotional, financial, supervisory, political, administrative, or legal relationship
with the client or a person associated with or related to the client
✔✔General requirements for informed consent - ✔✔(a) Obtain informed consent using
appropriate language understandable to the client;
(b) Vary appropriate informed consent forms and procedures to ensure that the client:
(i) Has the capacity to consent;
(ii) Has been provided with information concerning participation in the activity that
reasonably might affect the willingness to participate, including limits of confidentiality
and monetary costs or reimbursements;
(iii) Is aware of the voluntary nature of participation and has freely and without undue
influence expressed consent; and
(iv) Is given the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers regarding the activity;
✔✔Requirements for informed consent for research - ✔✔make clear to the client:
, (a) The nature of the participation as well as the costs and other obligations to be
accepted by research participants;
(b) The purpose and nature of any evaluations, treatment, or educational or training
procedure;
(c) All aspects of research including any risks and consequences of the research that
will reasonably be expected to influence willingness to participate;
(d) The right to withdraw from treatment or research at any time; and
(e) The notification that permission shall be given by the client, student, or research
participant before the use of observation or electronic taping, recording, or filming
procedures
✔✔Requirements for therapeutic informed consent - ✔✔explain to the client:
(a) The clarification of reasonable expectations;
(b) The nature and purpose of testing, reports, and consultations;
(c) The limits of confidentiality;
(d) Specific information concerning fees, billing, and electronic services available in the
payment of fees;
(e) Psychotherapeutic schedules; and
(f) The process and conditions of termination of therapy.
✔✔9 things that psychologists or psych associates must ethically do with respect to
assessments - ✔✔(1) Perform evaluations and diagnostic services in a professional
relationship when assessment data is indicated by the professional context;
(2) Administer psychological tests in keeping with accepted standards of practice and
avoid use of obsolete measurement techniques;
(3) Use appropriate or specialized assessment instruments when working with
individuals from special populations;
(4) Use appropriate scoring devices, norms, and standards in evaluating test protocols;
(5) Select scoring and interpretive programs and services on the basis of evidence of
the validity of the programs and procedures;
(6) Report the results of assessment procedures by:
(a) Using adequate interpretative aids or explanations;
(b) Including any deficiencies of the assessment norms for the individual assessed, and
any relevant reservations or qualifications which affect the validity, reliability, or other
interpretation of results; and
(c) Avoiding misuse of automated interpretative reports;
(7) Base recommendations or decisions on test results that are reasonably current and
not obsolete;
(8) Supply a manual or other printed material which fully describes the development of
the assessment procedure or service, the rationale, evidence of validity and reliability,
and characteristics of the normative population when offering an assessment procedure
or automated interpretation service to other professionals; and
(9) Release test results only to patients and clients as appropriate.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What types of activities may happen in a Board prehearing conference? - ✔✔-
attempt to settle the case
-prepare for the hearing by delimiting the issues; stipulating to facts, laws, and other
matters; arranging a schedule; and arranging for submission of names of witnesses to
be called and subject matter of testimony to be presented in hearing
✔✔Duties of Presiding Officer during a Board hearing - ✔✔(2) The presiding officer
shall:
(a) Have complete charge of the hearing;
(b) Permit the examination of witnesses;
(c) Admit evidence;
(d) Rule on the admissibility of evidence;
(e) Adjourn or recess the hearing from time to time.
(3) The presiding officer may set reasonable time limits on arguments and presentation
of evidence.
(4) The presiding officer shall be responsible for order in the hearing and can suspend
the proceedings as necessary to maintain order.
✔✔During a Board hearing, the member of the Office of the Attorney General
presenting the case on behalf of the State shall have all of the following rights - ✔✔(a)
The submission of evidence;
(b) Examination and cross-examination of witnesses;
(c) Presentation of summation and argument; and
(d) Filing of objections, exceptions, and motions.
✔✔During Board hearing, each party has the right to... - ✔✔(a) Call witnesses and
present evidence;
(b) Cross-examine every witness called on behalf of the State or other party;
(c) Present summation and argument and file objections, exceptions, and motions.
✔✔When can any party request a rehearing of a Board hearing? - ✔✔within 10 days
after decision
✔✔"Sexual intimacies" means acts engaged in with or without clothing involving what 4
things? - ✔✔(a) Genital contact;
(b) Nongenital contact with the hips, loin, thigh, buttocks, or breasts;
(c) Exposure or observation of genitals or nude portions of a body involving breasts,
buttocks, or genitals; or
(d) Other behaviors engaged in for the purpose of sexual arousal or sexual gratification.
✔✔Who is responsible for a psych associate's professional decisions and professional
actions? - ✔✔joint responsibility of psych associate and psychologist
,✔✔7 ethical requirements for research - ✔✔(1) Be responsible for the actions of those
the psychologist supervises; and
(2) Ensure that those the psychologist employs act in accordance with the Maryland
Psychologists Act and the provisions of this chapter.
C. Research. A psychologist or psychology associate shall:
(1) Respect the dignity and protect the welfare of research subjects, and comply with all
relevant statutes, regulations, and institutional and administrative rules concerning
treatment of research subjects;
(2) Take responsibility for the ethical treatment of research participants by collaborators,
supervisees, and employees;
(3) Acquire, care for, use and dispose of animals in compliance with laws, regulations,
and applicable professional standards;
(4) Ensure appropriate consideration of the comfort, health and humane treatment of
animals used in research;
(5) Make clear, either as a researcher or a writer, the nature of the participation, as well
as the costs and the psychologist's obligations to be accepted by research participants;
(6) Obtain required approval from host institutions before conducting research; and
(7) Report research findings accurately, presenting only the psychologist's or
psychology associate's work or making appropriate citations when needed.
✔✔ethical requirements for teaching - ✔✔ensure that statements in course catalogs,
seminar brochures, and course outlines are accurate and not misleading, particularly in
terms of the:
(1) Subject matter to be covered;
(2) Nature of course experiences; and
(3) Basis for evaluating performance.
✔✔What might impair one's competence? - ✔✔(i) Mental, emotional, physiological,
pharmacological, substance abuse, or personal problems; or
(ii) The psychologist's or psychology associate's present or previous familial, social,
sexual, emotional, financial, supervisory, political, administrative, or legal relationship
with the client or a person associated with or related to the client
✔✔General requirements for informed consent - ✔✔(a) Obtain informed consent using
appropriate language understandable to the client;
(b) Vary appropriate informed consent forms and procedures to ensure that the client:
(i) Has the capacity to consent;
(ii) Has been provided with information concerning participation in the activity that
reasonably might affect the willingness to participate, including limits of confidentiality
and monetary costs or reimbursements;
(iii) Is aware of the voluntary nature of participation and has freely and without undue
influence expressed consent; and
(iv) Is given the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers regarding the activity;
✔✔Requirements for informed consent for research - ✔✔make clear to the client:
, (a) The nature of the participation as well as the costs and other obligations to be
accepted by research participants;
(b) The purpose and nature of any evaluations, treatment, or educational or training
procedure;
(c) All aspects of research including any risks and consequences of the research that
will reasonably be expected to influence willingness to participate;
(d) The right to withdraw from treatment or research at any time; and
(e) The notification that permission shall be given by the client, student, or research
participant before the use of observation or electronic taping, recording, or filming
procedures
✔✔Requirements for therapeutic informed consent - ✔✔explain to the client:
(a) The clarification of reasonable expectations;
(b) The nature and purpose of testing, reports, and consultations;
(c) The limits of confidentiality;
(d) Specific information concerning fees, billing, and electronic services available in the
payment of fees;
(e) Psychotherapeutic schedules; and
(f) The process and conditions of termination of therapy.
✔✔9 things that psychologists or psych associates must ethically do with respect to
assessments - ✔✔(1) Perform evaluations and diagnostic services in a professional
relationship when assessment data is indicated by the professional context;
(2) Administer psychological tests in keeping with accepted standards of practice and
avoid use of obsolete measurement techniques;
(3) Use appropriate or specialized assessment instruments when working with
individuals from special populations;
(4) Use appropriate scoring devices, norms, and standards in evaluating test protocols;
(5) Select scoring and interpretive programs and services on the basis of evidence of
the validity of the programs and procedures;
(6) Report the results of assessment procedures by:
(a) Using adequate interpretative aids or explanations;
(b) Including any deficiencies of the assessment norms for the individual assessed, and
any relevant reservations or qualifications which affect the validity, reliability, or other
interpretation of results; and
(c) Avoiding misuse of automated interpretative reports;
(7) Base recommendations or decisions on test results that are reasonably current and
not obsolete;
(8) Supply a manual or other printed material which fully describes the development of
the assessment procedure or service, the rationale, evidence of validity and reliability,
and characteristics of the normative population when offering an assessment procedure
or automated interpretation service to other professionals; and
(9) Release test results only to patients and clients as appropriate.
