CMA Ethical Standards & Professional Applications 3

Question 1

When a CMA practitioner's scope of practice ends and a client's needs exceed movement analysis (e.g., they disclose trauma), the ethical action is to:

Accepted Answer

Refer the client to an appropriately licensed mental health professional

Answer

Referral to appropriately credentialed professionals when client needs exceed scope of practice is a cornerstone of ethical conduct.

Question 2

In Laban Movement Analysis, the concept of 'effort observation' raises ethical concerns primarily because:

Accepted Answer

Movement observations can be misused to make psychological inferences beyond what the data supports

Answer

Effort observation describes how movement is done but should not be overextended into unwarranted psychological diagnoses or character judgments.

Question 3

A CMA is asked to testify as an expert witness in a legal case using movement analysis. The primary ethical obligation is to:

Accepted Answer

Provide objective, evidence-based testimony within the established limits of the LMA framework

Answer

Expert witnesses have an ethical duty to provide honest, impartial, and evidence-based testimony regardless of who retained them.

Question 4

Confidentiality in CMA practice requires that client movement profiles:

Accepted Answer

Be protected and shared only with explicit client consent or as required by law

Answer

Client movement data carries the same confidentiality obligations as other professional health-related information.

Question 5

A student CMA practitioner is supervised by a certified CMA who asks the student to document observations they did not personally make. This situation represents:

Accepted Answer

An ethical violation, as documentation must reflect only one's own direct observations

Answer

Professional integrity requires that documentation accurately reflects one's own direct observations, not fabricated or secondhand accounts.

(CMA) Certified Movement Analyst Practice Test

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CMA Ethical Standards & Professional Applications 3