ethics final exam

the best evaluator in a child custody evaluation situation is

a counselor who has no previous information about the family

a "sliding scale" in counseling refers to

a fee structure based on the client's family income and family size

the typical counselor who enters into a sexual relationship with a client is

a professionally isolated male counselor who is experiencing distress or crisis in his personal life

child custody evaluations must be all of the following EXCEPT

approved by each of the child's parents

sexual relationships between counselor educators and their students

are not expressly forbidden in the ACA code of ethics

it would be ethically permissible for you to consider entering into a bartering arrangement with a prospective client if

bartering is an acceptable practice among other professionals in your community

boundaries serve to protect the welfare of clients because

clients are vulnerable in counseling relationships

the most accurate statement below regarding counselors serving as expert witnesses is

counselors have the education necessary to conduct certain types of evaluations and then serve as expert witnesses

in matters of student evaluations or dismissals from academic programs, courts

defer to the judgment of professors, unless established procedures were violated or the evaluations were clearly unfair

flexibility in relationship boundaries between counselor educators and students may be more acceptable than between counselors and clients because in counselor educator/student relationships, the student

eventually becomes a colleague

the primary purpose of diagnosis is to

facilitate effective treatment

in the event a counselor has a client with a large bill for services that is several months late, the counselor should

forget the bill and take steps in the future to prevent these bills from developing

all of the following steps are suggested when counselors open private practices, EXCEPT

form a corporation, because it is the only way to protect your personal assets

the only dual relationships that are prohibited by the ACA code of ethics are those

involving a sexual relationship between the client and the counselor

proper maintenance of test security by counselors includes all of the following EXCEPT

letting clients take tests home to complete

a counselor's self-disclosure in a counseling session

may be acceptable if the counselor believes the disclosure will benefit the client

when making graduate program admissions decisions, counselor educators

may use their subjective judgment regarding a number of factors

when a counselor must render a diagnosis before a client may be reimbursed for mental health care services, the counselor

must render the proper diagnosis, whether or not the client will be reimbursed

the attorney for the other side will minimize the impact of an expert witness's testimony by each of the following actions EXCEPT

offering the counselor more money to not testify

which of the following behaviors would constitute insubordination?

refusing to carry out a directive of your immediate supervisor that does not violate any laws or company policies

when counseling clients who have been sexually exploited by a previous mental health professional, counselors should

respect the client's decision to take action or not to take action against the offending professional

one of the most ethically sensitive components of counselor training that has generated considerable debate is

self-growth experiences

friendships with former clients

should be avoided because they could be considered unethical by some

to be a culturally sensitive counselor, when a client from a different culture offers a counselor a gift, the counselor

should evaluate the meaning the client attaches to the offering of the gift

if a counselor were to purposely make false oral statements that damaged the reputation of another mental health professional, the counselor could be sued for

slander

studies of women who have been involved in sexual relationships with their professors indicate

that at first the women believed the relationship was consensual, but in retrospect they viewed it as more coercive

regarding dual relationships between counselor and clients

there is no consensus among professional as to which dual relationships are acceptable and which are not

if you believes your supervisor at your work setting is forcing you to act in what you consider to be an unethical manner, you should

try to work with your supervisor to resolve the problem

the testimony of expert witnesses

usually supports one side in a legal controversy and damages the position of the other side

counselors who hug their clients

would never get into trouble as long as the counselor can justify the hug as part of the therapeutic process