CBMT Ethics and Cultural Competency 2

Question 1

A music therapist discovers a personal bias that may affect their work with a specific client population. The MOST ethical response is to:

Accepted Answer

Seek supervision, consultation, or personal work to address the bias and prevent client harm

Answer

Ethical practice requires therapists to actively identify and address personal biases through supervision, consultation, or personal work to protect clients.

Question 2

Client autonomy in music therapy means:

Accepted Answer

The client has the right to participate in decision-making about their own care

Answer

Autonomy means respecting the client's right to self-determination and involving them meaningfully in decisions about their care.

Question 3

Using culturally appropriate music in therapy with diverse clients demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

Respect for the client's cultural identity and enhances therapeutic engagement and efficacy

Answer

Culturally relevant music honors the client's identity, builds therapeutic alliance, and increases the relevance and effectiveness of interventions.

Question 4

Which action BEST demonstrates cultural humility in music therapy practice?

Accepted Answer

Asking the client to share their relationship with music and its cultural meaning

Answer

Cultural humility involves asking rather than assuming, recognizing the client as the expert on their own cultural experience with music.

Question 5

Electronic health records (EHR) containing music therapy session notes must be:

Accepted Answer

Protected with appropriate security measures and accessed only on a need-to-know basis

Answer

EHR security and access controls protect client confidentiality, limiting access to those with a legitimate clinical need to know.

CBMT - Certification Board for Music Therapists Practice Test

CBMT - Certification Board for Music Therapists Practice Test

CBMT Ethics and Cultural Competency 2