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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The worker’s assurance that information the client divulges will remain between the two of them reflects a
commitment to
a. friendship.
b. confidentiality.
c. service.
d. competence.
2. Tarasoff vs Regents of the University of California underscores the responsibility of the helping professional
to
a. warn the client of danger.
b. warn the client of eligibility problems.
c. warn others of client’s intended harm.
d. warn others of client’s multiple needs.
3. Professionals have responded to the dilemmas of service provisions by
a. developing codes of ethics.
b. writing professional disclosure statements.
c. demanding the right of privileged communication.
d. introducing an ethical decision-making model.
4. The common ground between responsibility and competence is
a. a pledge of confidentiality.
b. a professional development plan.
c. an ethical decision-making model.
d. the commitment to serve the client.
5. The ethical decision-making model includes all but which of the following steps?
a. Identify the problem.
b. Consult with colleagues or experts.
c. Examine evidence.
d. Choose a course of action.
6. The informal sharing of information that occurs in an agency or organizational setting among co-workers or
treatment team members and supervisors is referred to as
a. coincidental confidentiality.
b. relative confidentiality.
c. relaxed confidentiality.
d. ethical confidentiality.
7. Which of the following intervenes and overrides professional codes of ethics only when necessary to protect
public health, safety, and welfare?
a. Law
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b. Supervisor
c. Client
d. Philosophy
8. Statements in codes of ethics about academic training and supervised experience refer to
a. responsibility.
b. competence.
c. informed consent.
d. privileged communication.
9. A code of ethics includes all of the following EXCEPT
a. the goals of the profession.
b. guidance for professional behavior.
c. contributions to a professional identity.
d. instructions for all ethical dilemmas.
10. To think through issues of confidentiality, the beginning human service professional can use all EXCEPT
a. client code of ethics.
b. laws of state.
c. professional code of ethics.
d. agency guidelines.
11. What type of communication is a right granted to a group of professionals by state law-making bodies?
a. Ethical
b. Legal
c. Privileged
d. Professional
12. What term refers to the client’s right to know about helper qualifications, treatment procedures, cost of
services, confidentiality, and access to records?
a. Information strategies
b. Knowledge sharing
c. Informed consent
d. Ethical disclosure
13. Which of the following assists in the establishment of a professional identity for members of a profession?
a. A behavior standard
b. A code of ethics
c. An identity management
d. A philosophy
14. ___________ means the human service professional will not harm or take any risks that might hurt the client
in long run.
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a. Justice
b. Beneficence
c. Autonomy
d. Nonmaleficence
15. What is the term that describes respecting the client’s decisions to state his or her own problems, and help
choose their interventions to achieve success and satisfaction.
a. Nonmaleficence
b. Justice
c. Autonomy
d. Beneficence
16. The helper “experiences conflict in determining an appropriate standard of conduct regarding obligations to
two or more constituencies” in which of the following situations?
a. Ethical dilemmas
b. Service dilemmas
c. Competency dilemmas
d. Professional dilemmas
17. Why do the ethical concerns of competence and responsibility pervade all areas of practice for a
human service professional?
18. What can a human service professional do when facing a situation in which two or more ethical
guidelines conflict?
19. List and briefly describe the six principles that create the foundation of ethical practice for human
service professionals.
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Answer Key
1. b
2. c
3. a