1. The fourth step of competent clinical practice for homicidality is:

 

A. Determine level of risk

B. Develop and document a collaborative plan

C. Thoroughly interview for ideation, desire, means, plans, etc.

D. Recognize and detect risk

2. What was the ruling of the court in the Tarasoff vs. California Board of Regents case?

 

A. therapists have a legal duty to warn a potential victim of imminent risk

B. therapists should maintain confidentiality even if a client expresses homicial threats to someone else

C. therapists should consult with a supervisor before they enact duty to warn

D. therapists do not have a legal duty to warn a potential victim of imminent risk

3. Finish this statement "The protective privilege ends where the public _______ begins."

 

A. image

B. reputation

C. peril

D. purpose

4. A social worker determines that they need to notify law enforcement of an imminent threat that a client has made to someone that they have access to. This is an example of what?

 

A. duty to warn

B. duty to privilege

C. ethical mandate

D. duty to protect

5. How many states have duty to warn mandates in their state law?

 

A. 19

B. 23

C. 4

D. 50

6. The highest ranked ethical principle in social work practice is:

 

A. protection of clients

B. quality of life

C. full disclosure

D. protection of human life

7. What are key considerations in determining threat level is:

 

A. person making threat's access to intended victim

B. the trauma experiences of the client

C. the specificity of the threats

D. both A and C

8. Steven presents to therapy despondent over his recent failed marriage. He states that he wishes that he could teach his ex-wife a lesson and states that he has been watching her. He shares that he is "going crazy" with anger and doesn't know how to get past the breakup. What should the social worker's next step be?

 

A. gather more information on intent, means, and other factors

B. enact duty to warn

C. enact duty to protect

D. call the police

9. What does Gary Schoener recommend clinicians do to manage threats made with the intended victim present?

 

A. ignore the threat and hope that the client didn't hear it

B. draw the intended victim's attention to the threat to ensure that they heard it

C. inform the person making the threat that you are calling the police

D. encourage the person making the threat to apologize to their intended victim

10. How should clinician's handle client disclosures of positive HIV status?

 

A. clinicians should keep this information confidential

B. notify the health department

C. enact duty to warn to protect any sexual partners of the client

D. discharge the client from therapy unless they disclose their status to sexual partners