BCIA Ethics & Professional Standards 3

Question 1

Under BCIA standards, a practitioner must report which of the following to BCIA?

Accepted Answer

Any client complaints filed against them with a licensing board

Answer

BCIA requires certificants to disclose disciplinary actions, complaints, or sanctions filed with regulatory boards, as these bear on their fitness to hold BCIA certification.

Question 2

The principle of 'beneficence' in biofeedback ethics means the practitioner must:

Accepted Answer

Actively promote the well-being and best interests of the client

Answer

Beneficence requires practitioners to act in the best interest of clients, selecting and applying interventions that promote client welfare and therapeutic benefit.

Question 3

In the context of BCIA recertification, what is required if a practitioner's certification lapses?

Accepted Answer

The practitioner must retake the full certification examination

Answer

If BCIA certification lapses, the practitioner must meet current certification requirements, which includes passing the BCIA examination again.

Question 4

Maintaining professional boundaries in biofeedback therapy most directly protects:

Accepted Answer

The integrity of the therapeutic relationship and client welfare

Answer

Professional boundaries preserve the client-practitioner power differential necessary for safe, ethical, and effective therapeutic work.

Question 5

A biofeedback practitioner who uses technology not supported by current evidence primarily violates which ethical principle?

Accepted Answer

Competence and fidelity to science

Answer

Ethical practice requires applying interventions grounded in established scientific knowledge; using unsupported technology breaches the duty to practice within validated evidence.

BCIA - Biofeedback Certification International Alliance Practice Test

BCIA - Biofeedback Certification International Alliance Practice Test

BCIA Ethics & Professional Standards 3