A preferred provider organization (PPO)
a. must accept all counselors who apply to be added to their list of providers of health
care services.
b. must accept counselors as providers of mental health services.
c. may not accept counselors as providers of mental health services and can limit the
number of providers on their list of providers.
d. have to accept counselors as providers of mental health services if the counselors are
licensed by their state.
e. may not limit the number of providers on their list of providers.
Answer:
Per State v. Brown, 1985 and State v. Magnuson, 1984, ___________ can be used
against clients in criminal investigations, and is not protected by the Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1972.
a. clinical case notes
b. counselor direct observations
c. information gathered through psychological assessments
d. psychiatric medication records
e. direct quotations from counseling sessions
Answer:
The typical counselor who enters into a sexual relationship with a client is
a. one who has had a number of ethical complaints filed against him/her in the past.
b. is a professionally isolated male counselor who is experiencing distress or crisis in
his personal life.
c. is a male counselor under the age of 30.
d. is a counselor who has few friends and who has low self-esteem.
e. is a person who has a number of emotional problems and who has been in counseling
for a number of years.
Answer:
The term “culturally encapsulated counselor” refers to a counselor who
a. counsels in a setting where the clients are not diverse.
b. defines reality according to one set of cultural assumptions and fails to evaluate other
viewpoints, which renders the counselor insensitive to cultural variations.
c. understands that all counseling is cross cultural.
d. considers evidence that challenges his or her assumptions.
e. has internalized some of society’s biases.
Answer:
Problems with corporations include all of the following EXCEPT
a. the personal assets of owners are at risk.
b. meetings have to be held periodically and annual reports have to be filed or the
corporation will cease to exist legally.
c. income is taxed to the corporation and is taxed again when it is distributed to owners.
d. accountants and lawyers must be retained on a continuous basis to ensure the
corporation is functioning properly.
e. corporations are very expensive to form initially.
Answer:
The practice of evaluating professors for tenure, promotion, and merit pay increases is
based largely on their records of
a. grants brought into the university.
b. teaching effectiveness.
c. presenting at national conferences.
d. getting along well with other professors.
e. scholarly publications.
Answer:
Registration is the form of state regulation of a profession that
a. is the most rigorous form of regulation, in that only those who are registered may
practice the profession in a state.
b. protects a title, such as “Professional Counselor,” but anyone can practice the
profession without being registered.
c. requires members of a profession to sign up with the government if they practice the
profession in the state, but anyone may sign the registry without a review of their
credentials.
d. grants a state credential if a person has a national certification.
e. is issued by a state agency, but never by an independent state board.
Answer:
Research has shown that school counselors are unanimous in believing that
a. confidentiality must be breached when students reveal they are using cocaine
b. “delicate cutting” is such risky behavior that parents must be notified
c. even young children are capable of giving informed consent to counseling
d. suicidal behavior poses a level of threat that requires breaching confidentiality
e. they should refer all children with serious depression when possible
Answer: