LCSW Law & Ethics Practice Test Questions and Answers UPDATED 2024
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1. Two social workers are dating. They are at dinner and they are talking about their clients. They discover that each of them is seeing a different member of the same couple for individual therapy. What should these social workers do?
Content Area: Law: Confidentiality, Privilege, and Consent
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LCSW Law & Ethics Practice Test
Questions and Answers UPDATED 2024
1. Two social workers are dating. They are at dinner and they are talking about their
clients. They discover that each of them is seeing a different member of the same
couple for individual therapy. What should these social workers do?
Content Area: Law: Confidentiality, Privilege, and Consent
This question is about the legal responsibility of social workers outside of the
therapeutic setting discussing a client.
A. No action is necessary since licensed health professionals may consult for purposes
of diagnosis and treatment without a release.
B. Stop the discussion and obtain releases so that such discussions in the future do not
breach confidentiality.
C. Stop the discussion and do not talk about these clients again.
D. There are no legal or ethical guidelines requiring social workers in such situations to
do anything. -Correct Answer ✔C. Stop the discussion and do not talk about these
clients again.
The rules of confidentiality would require the social workers to stop the discussion and
not talk about these clients.
2. Revocation of a LCSW's license after having been found to have engaged in sexual
misconduct with a client would occur after:
Content Area: Ethics: Professional Competence and Preventing Harm
This question tests your knowledge of the penalties for social workers having sex with a
client.
A. A social worker filed a complaint with the BBS on behalf of a client.
B. The BBS found that the therapist terminated therapy in order to pursue a sexual
relationship.
C. The social worker gives the client the pamphlet "Professional Therapy Never
Includes Sex" and discusses it with the client.
D. The BBS cites the offending social worker within 10 years of the statute of limitations.
-Correct Answer ✔B. The BBS found that the therapist terminated therapy in order to
pursue a sexual relationship.
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Terminating therapy in order to pursue a sexual relationship with a client is prohibited.
3. Your client, George, tells you that his mother just got remarried. He tells you that he
is worried that the new husband's children are going to go after his inheritance. He tells
you that he has very little contact with the new family and wants to keep it that way.
What is your legal obligation?
Content Area: Law: Limits to Confidentiality/Mandated Reporting
This question tests your knowledge of how to proceed when you may need to assess
for or report elder abuse.
A. You must asses for elder abuse, considering "undue influence" regarding the
mother's estate.
B. You should refer the client to an attorney to determine if he has a case.
C. Maintain confidentiality because you do not know the age of the mother.
D. Report elder abuse, considering "abandonment" because he has "very little contact"
with his mother. -Correct Answer ✔C. Maintain confidentiality because you do not know
the age of the mother.
You would maintain confidentiality because you do not know his mother's age and you
do not have "reasonable suspicion" of elder abuse.
4. Ki is a 26-year-old Korean who immigrated to the U.S. with his father 10 years ago. Ki
wants to be an artist but his father has saved his money and demands that Ki goes to
medical school like his grandfather. Ki says he's depressed and he would rather die
than become a doctor. He says he's too stupid to pass the classes in medical school
anyway. He doesn't know how to tell his father. The social worker determines that Ki is
not suicidal. The most appropriate ethical intervention is to:
Content Area: Ethics: Therapeutic Relationship/Services
This question tests your knowledge of the ethical obligations that pertain to cultural
competence.
A. Recognize the importance of cultural considerations and acknowledge that Ki may
have to follow his father's wishes.
B. Ask Ki to bring his father in for a family session because of cultural values that
encourage respect for elders.
C. Inform Ki that the risks and benefits o -Correct Answer ✔C. Inform Ki that the risks
and benefits of therapy may be that he "finds himself" but may change some of his
family values.
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Informing a client about the risks and benefits of therapy which includes altering their
sense of self and their family, is an ethical obligation.
5. June discloses that she had been molested by a step-brother when she was 15. She
is now 28 and was divorced from her husband three years ago. Before seeing you, she
saw another therapist and she has just told you that she had sex with him. She wants
therapy to focus on the stormy relationship issues that led to her divorce, not on past
sexual molestation or exploitation. You would:
Content Area: Law: Legal Standards for Professional Practice, tests your understanding
of the legal responsibilities of therapists who learn that a client has had sex with a
previous therapist.
A. Respect her wishes and continue to focus on resolving the issues on which she
wants to work.
B. Give her the brochure "Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex" and discuss her
options.
C. Report the therapist to the BBS to protect the other therapist's present and future
clients.
D. Work on the sexual exploitation in therapy. -Correct Answer ✔B. Give her the
brochure "Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex" and discuss her options.
Therapist sex with a client is prohibited. When a client reveals that s/he has had sex
with a former therapist, the treating mental health professional is required to give
her/him the brochure "Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex," as well as discuss it
with them.
6. Dr. Sveda has been treating Carliss for seven years during which time the fee has
been $50. Carliss finally earns his Ph.D. and gets a job for substantially more money
than he had been making. Dr. Sveda tells Carliss he'd like to revisit the fee that Carliss
has been paying. Carliss becomes quite upset and tells Dr. Sveda that it would be
unethical for him to raise the fee. Dr. Sveda calls for consultation and is given the
proper answer which is that social workers are discouraged from increasing a client's
fees:
Content Area: Ethics: Business Practices and Policies
This question tests your knowledge of ethical considerations in raising client fees.
A. Without providing adequate notice.
B. To avoid exploitation of the client.
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C. Unless all client fees are increased.
D. According to strict ethical standards for the mental health profession. -Correct
Answer ✔A. Without providing adequate notice.
Ethical standard standards require that clients be given notice of fee increases before
they occur.
7. Joe and Marcie Green and their three children ages 12, 15 and 17, have been in
family therapy with you for about 9 months on a regular basis. Joe says that they are
getting along much better. Marcie says that the children seem to be willing to spend
more time at home and are arguing less with each other. They think that things are so
much better that they are ready to end treatment. What is your ethical obligation after
deciding to terminate family therapy?
Content Area: Ethics: Therapeutic Relationship/Services
This question tests your knowledge of the ethical obligations that pertain to provide
clients with information about the therapeutic process, which includes termination.
A. Recommend staying in therapy if there are any regressive symptoms in any
individual.
B. Document your agreement with them that they are ready to terminate.
C. Recommend individual therapy if there are any regressive symptoms in any -Correct
Answer ✔C. Recommend individual therapy if there are any regressive symptoms in
any individual.
If the family wants to terminate but one person might still be in need of individual
treatment, it would be ethical to recommend this.
8. Which of the following is true in a court custody case?
Content Area: Law: Confidentiality, Privilege, and Consent
This question examines the parameters of privilege.
A. A minor does not hold his/her own privilege.
B. The court may appoint an attorney to represent the best interests of the child.
C. The parents can waive their child's privilege.
D. The parents' attorney can waive privilege on behalf of the child. -Correct Answer ✔B.
The court may appoint an attorney to represent the best interests of the child.
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