CPCE Exam Study Guide 2025 & Test Bank | Full Practice Q&A

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When beginning a counseling relationship, you are ethically

required to .....ANSWER..... Inform the patient of the limits of

confidentiality

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?

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.....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

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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

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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