MBLEx Ethics & Boundaries Practice Questions
Content area 6 of the MBLEx · about 16 of the 100 questions (16%)
100 questions across all seven content areas in 110 minutes, with a score for ethics & boundaries so you know where you stand.
Free ethics & boundaries drillA client asks the massage therapist to crack her neck with a quick thrust, the way her chiropractor does. Why should the therapist decline?
Ethics, Boundaries, Laws, Regulations on the MBLEx
Ethics, Boundaries, Laws and Regulations is about 16 of the 100 questions, the second-largest content area. It tests professional judgment: behaving ethically, keeping boundaries, managing the therapeutic relationship and dual relationships, never crossing into sexual misconduct, practicing within scope, communicating professionally and keeping client information confidential.
- Share of the exam
- 16% of the content outline, about 16 of the 100 questions
- Outline subtopics
- 11 (parts A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K)
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 77 ethics & boundaries questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What ethics & boundaries questions test
- Ethical behavior, code of ethics violations and the principles behind them, such as autonomy, beneficence and nonmaleficence (6A, 6C, 6K)
- Professional boundaries and the therapeutic relationship, including the power differential, transference and countertransference (6B, 6D)
- Dual relationships and sexual misconduct (6E, 6F)
- Massage and bodywork laws and regulations, and scope of practice: what a massage therapist may and may not do (6G, 6H)
- Professional communication and confidentiality, including informed consent and referrals (6I, 6J)
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100 questions across all seven content areas in 110 minutes, with a score for ethics & boundaries so you know where you stand.
Free ethics & boundaries drillHow to study it
- Learn the vocabulary exactly: transference is the client’s feelings toward the therapist; countertransference is the therapist’s toward the client.
- In a boundary question, the right answer protects the client and the professional relationship, even when it is the less comfortable choice.
- Know what is outside scope everywhere: diagnosing, prescribing and spinal manipulation. The answer is to refer.
- Learn the purpose of licensing laws (protecting the public) rather than any one state’s rules; the MBLEx is a national exam.
Common questions
Does the MBLEx test state laws?
No single state’s law. Part G covers massage and bodywork-related laws and regulations in general, such as why licensing exists and what scope of practice means. Learn your own state’s rules for your license application separately.
What are dual relationships?
A dual relationship exists when a therapist and client have another relationship besides the therapeutic one, such as friend, family member, employer or business partner. The MBLEx tests how to recognize them and manage the boundary risks they create.
100 questions across all seven content areas in 110 minutes, with a score for ethics & boundaries so you know where you stand.
Free ethics & boundaries drillThe other MBLEx content areas
Sources
Original practice questions for exam preparation, written to the FSMTB MBLEx content outline. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB). MBLEx is a registered trademark of FSMTB.