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LCSW LAW AND ETHICS EXAM NEWEST 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 150
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+



LCSW LAW AND ETHICS EXAM
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.

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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.


Explanation; 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.

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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.


Explanation; 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.

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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.


Explanation; 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

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