CPCE Exam 75 Questions with Verified Answer 2023
CPCE - CORRECT ANSWER Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (160 questions; top score = 136)
NCE - CORRECT ANSWER National Counselor Examination
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CPCE Exam 75 Questions with Verified Answer 2023
CPCE - CORRECT ANSWER Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination (160 questions; top score = 136)
NCE - CORRECT ANSWER National Counselor Examination
NBCC - CORRECT ANSWER National Board for Certified Counselors
FERPA - CORRECT ANSWER Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (1974)
CACREP - CORRECT ANSWER Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination
HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
CAPTA - CORRECT ANSWER Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
HMO - CORRECT ANSWER Health Maintenance Organization
NACAC - CORRECT ANSWER National Association for College Admission Counseling
CRC - CORRECT ANSWER Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
CRCC - CORRECT ANSWER Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (1974)
Mental Health Practitioner - CORRECT ANSWER Person trained to treat individuals with mental heath issues and mental illnesses
Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER Diagnoses and treats psychological, learning, and behavioral disorders in a variety of settings, including clinics, schools, hospitals, counseling centers, and private and group practice
Psychiatrist - CORRECT ANSWER Medical doctor who works with clients with severe psychological disorders
Psychoanalyst - CORRECT ANSWER Helps clients resolve psychological issues through psychoanalysis-intervention created by Freud-a long-term process that attempts to help clients remedy and alleviate their symptoms through exploring their unconscious conflicts
Social Worker - CORRECT ANSWER Characterized by their commitment to pursuing social reform and social justice, and affecting public policy
Psychiatric Nurse - CORRECT ANSWER Trained to deliver counseling services to patients with severe psychological disorders, develop nursing care programs, and (in many states) prescribe medication
Marriage and Family Therapist - CORRECT ANSWER Approaches working with individuals, couples, and families from a systems theory perspective, helping clients to develop more effective patterns of interaction with significant others and family members
PFA - CORRECT ANSWER Psychological first aid
CCP - CORRECT ANSWER Crisis counseling program
AASCB - CORRECT ANSWER American Association of State Counseling Boards (1986)
ACCA - CORRECT ANSWER American College Counseling Association (1991)
ACA - CORRECT ANSWER American Counseling Association (1952)
AMHCA - CORRECT ANSWER American Mental Health Counselors Association (1976)
ARCA - CORRECT ANSWER American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (1958)
ASCA - CORRECT ANSWER American School Counselor Association (1953)
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER Respect for clients' rights to make their own decisions
Nonmaleficence - CORRECT ANSWER Do no harm to clients (no physical, mental, or psychological injuries)
Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER Being proactive in advancing the health and well-being of clients
Justice - CORRECT ANSWER Ensure all clients receive equal treatment
Fidelity - CORRECT ANSWER Facilitating trust, keeping one's word, and fulfilling any obligations made to clients
Tort - CORRECT ANSWER Legal response to harm against an individual person or property
Liability - CORRECT ANSWER Legal responsibility of the counselor to act with due care in professional practice
Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when counselors fail to use reasonable care in carrying out their professional duties, resulting in injury to the client
Malpractice - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when professional counselors fail to provide the standard of care expected of them based on their credentials, skills, and experience
Defamation - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when a counselor mars someone's reputation through the intentional spreading of falsehoods
Libel - CORRECT ANSWER Defamation through writing
Slander - CORRECT ANSWER Defamation through spoken statements
Duty to Warn - CORRECT ANSWER Child and elder abuse/neglect; domestic violence; suicide/self-harm; clients who are a threat to others; background (Tarasoff case)
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER Counselors' ETHICAL duty to keep client disclosures private
Privileged Communication - CORRECT ANSWER A LEGAL term that protects certain counselor-client communication in the court systems
Subpoena - CORRECT ANSWER A legal document that orders a person to appear in court to serve as a witness or to prove the court with certain documents
Culture - CORRECT ANSWER The human experience mediated by biological, psychological, historical, and political events (includes behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and cognitions related to our identities living within the world)
Cultural encapsulation - CORRECT ANSWER The counselor does not understand the client's worldview or cultural identity and thus fails to integrate this information in practice
Multicultural counseling - CORRECT ANSWER The integration of cultural identities within the counseling process
Cultural identity - CORRECT ANSWER The degree to which individuals identify belonging to subgroups of various cultural groups or categories
Tripartite model of multicultural counseling - CORRECT ANSWER Involves 3 components: awareness, knowledge, and skills
MCCs - CORRECT ANSWER Multicultural counseling competencies
Etic perspective - CORRECT ANSWER Viewing clients from a universal perspective
Emic perspective - CORRECT ANSWER Using counseling approaches that are specific to a client's culture
High-context communication - CORRECT ANSWER Individuals relaying messages by relying heavily on surroundings (many things can be left unsaid)
Low-context communication - CORRECT ANSWER Individuals communicating primarily verbally to express thoughts and feelings
Paralanguage - CORRECT ANSWER Verbal cues other than words (volume, tempo, prolongation of sound, etc.)
Kinesics - CORRECT ANSWER Postures, body movements, and positions
Chronemics - CORRECT ANSWER How individuals conceptualize and act toward time
Monochromic time - CORRECT ANSWER An orientation toward time in a linear fashion (use of schedules, advanced planning of activities)
Polychromic time - CORRECT ANSWER The value of time as secondary to relationships among people
Proxemics - CORRECT ANSWER The use of persona physical distance (four interpersonal distance "zones": 1. intimate distance (0-18inches); 2. personal distance (18inches-4ft); 3. social distance (4-12ft); 4. public distance (12ft or more)
Acculturation - CORRECT ANSWER The process in which an individual (usually an immigrant) makes sense of a host culture's value system in relation to his or her own
Locus of responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER What system is accountable for things that happen to individuals
Locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER The degree of control individuals perceive they have over their environment
Resilience - CORRECT ANSWER A person's ability to maintain equilibrium, adjust to distressful or disturbing circumstances, or to bounce back toward a level of positive functioning in spite of adverse situations
Race - CORRECT ANSWER Describes how groups of people are thought to be identified by physical characteristics such as skin color, facial features, hair texture, or eye shape
Ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWER A person's identification with a group of people who have a similar social or cultural background
Socioeconomic Status (SES) - CORRECT ANSWER Individuals in each SES can have a different worldview, conceptions of problems, perceptions of themselves, and needs to be met
Wealth - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to a surplus of social, educational, and/or economic resources
Generational poverty - CORRECT ANSWER Poverty has been a factor in numerous generations
Situational poverty - CORRECT ANSWER Occurs when the lack of resources is due to an extenuating circumstance (divorce, unexpected unemployment, or a death)
Classism - CORRECT ANSWER A form of discrimination founded on a person's social status
Bem's Gender Schema Theory - CORRECT ANSWER Interprets the "why" behind an individual's placement of genders into certain categories
Sexual orientation - CORRECT ANSWER The way people prefer to meet their sexual needs and the object of their sexual attraction
Spirituality - CORRECT ANSWER Meaningful experiences that possibly include a relationship with a divine entity, the universe, or nature
Religion - CORRECT ANSWER The actual ritualized practices that may involve a church or other organization, authority figures, and religious mores
Crethar's 4 main foci of social justice - CORRECT ANSWER Equity (balanced allocation of services, rights, and duties); Access (fair access to services, resources, and education; Participation (individuals' rights to have their opinion taken into consideration); Harmony (working for the greater good of all the community instead of being self-serving)
Privilege - CORRECT ANSWER The ability of a group to receive benefits and prestige that are not as readily available to other goups
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