QSP COURSE 2026 FINAL REVIEW EXAM
◉ 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. Answer: processes that contribute to optimal
functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
◉ Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud. Answer: Oral Fixation
◉ Most mental health professionals believe. Answer: no one theory
of development completely explains the process
◉ John Bowlby. Answer: Attachment Theory
◉ Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality. Answer: Pre-
conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
◉ Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex. Answer: Electra
Complex
◉ 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. Answer: processes that contribute to optimal
functioning/ not focusing on abnormalities
◉ Smoking habit to Sigmund Freud. Answer: Oral Fixation
◉ Most mental health professionals believe. Answer: no one theory
of development completely explains the process
◉ John Bowlby. Answer: Attachment Theory
◉ Lawrence Kohlberg's three levels of morality. Answer: Pre-
conventional, Conventional, and post-conventional
◉ Female version of Freud's Oedipus complex. Answer: Electra
Complex
