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CPCE EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE EXAM NEWEST 2025

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The publication that is likely to average the largest number of current research articles on the counseling process is the

• Journal of Counseling Psychology.
• Review of Educational Research.
• Journal of Consulting and Abnormal Psychology.
• Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases. - Correct Answer - a.

Journal of Counseling Psychology.

According to the NBCC Code of Ethics and the ACA Code of Ethics.when should a counselor try to persuade the client to report knowledge of a crime to the appropriate law enforcement authorities?

• when there is imminent danger to others
• when there is a crime in progress
• after the crime
• never - Correct Answer - a. when there is imminent danger to others

Third party reimbursement is a term pertinent to

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• behavioral therapy.
• insurance practices.
• veterans' educational programs. - Correct Answer - c. insurance

practices.

Most ethical dilemmas are related to

• confidentiality.
• testing.
• diagnosis,
• research. - Correct Answer - a. confidentiality.

An 11-year-old child comes to your office with a black eye and tells you she cannot remember how she received it. You have reason to suspect abuse. You should

• be empathic and discuss her feelings regarding the matter.
• drop the matter as it could embarrass her.
• refer her to a medical doctor of your choice.
• call the child abuse/neglect hotline. - Correct Answer - d. call the

child abuse/neglect hotline.

You pass your exam and now have NCC status. During a staff meeting a clinical director explains to you that, from an ethical standpoint, your primary duty is to the agency. Most experts in the field of counselor education would

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• disagree in as much as professional ethics emphasize that your

primary responsibility is to your clients.

• disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize that your primary

responsibility is to the ACA.

• say that, according to "aspirational ethics," your agency comes first. -

Correct Answer - b. disagree inasmuch as professional ethics emphasize that your primary responsibility is to your clients.

A woman who is in private practice mentions in her phone book advertisement that she is a licensed counseling psychologist. This generally means that

• she has a doctorate from a counselor education program.
• she has a graduate degree from a psychology department.
• she has a degree from a CACREP program.
• she has a degree in counseling but is trained in projective testing. -

Correct Answer - b. she has a graduate degree from a psychology department.

APA is to psychologist as ACA is to

• APGA.
• certified clinical mental health counselor.
• counselor.
• NCC. - Correct Answer - c. counselor.
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pg. 4 A professional counselor determines fees for monthly consultation services on a job-by-job basis. This is an example of which of the following types of reinforcement schedules?

• variable interval
• fixed interval
• variable ratio
• fixed ratio - Correct Answer - c. variable ratio

Competitiveness between children in the same family is known as

• sibling rivalry.
• the Oedipus conflict.
• the Electra conflict.
• the Foundling conflict. - Correct Answer - a. sibling rivalry.

The best descriptor of the emotion that results when a feeling or fear is not understood by the person experiencing it is

• anxiety.
• affect.
• anger.
• arousal. - Correct Answer - a. anxiety.

Stage theories of human development arc used by many counselors in their work with older persons because they facilitate understanding older persons' general life situations. In this context. Erikson described the development stage that occurs late in life as

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