PURPOSE OF THIS QUIZ: The OMA Standards and Practices Committee prepared this “Ethics Quiz” with technical assistance from the Oregon Department of Justice. This is an instructional tool, not a “test.” The Committee hopes that you will enjoy the process, learn more about the emerging ethical issues in our field, and satisfy your continuing education needs. We also hope that this quiz will give us more information about how mediators understand OMA’s Standards and Practices.

QUIZ INSTRUCTIONS: The quiz begins on the next page. Read the questions carefully and select the most appropriate answer. (All questions are True/False.) After answering the question and clicking on "Next" you'll be taken to an answer page that includes a brief quote from the relevant section of the OMA standards and an indication of whether you answered the previous question correctly or not. We recommend you take the time to consider the answers. (That's the educational part of this exercise!)

This survey does not ask for or track your name. We will aggregate the results to look for patterns in order to improve the quiz, make the Core Standards clearer, and focus our ongoing educational activities surrounding them.

Please call OMA at (503) 872-9775 if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions for improvement to this quiz.

CONTINUING MEDIATOR EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR COURT-CONNECTED MEDIATORS: The Oregon Judicial Department Court-Connected Mediator Qualifications Rules require Continuing Education. Those rules can be found by copying and pasting the following link to your web browser:
http://www.ojd.state.or.us/Web/OJDPublications.nsf/Mediation?OpenView&count=1000

Under those rules: "An approved general civil mediator must complete 12 hours of continuing education requirements every two calendar years, including one hour relating to mediator ethics, and one hour relating to confidentiality. An approved domestic relations custody and parenting mediator or domestic relations financial mediator must complete 24 hours of continuing education every two calendar years, including two hours relating to mediator ethics, and two hours relating to confidentiality."

If the recommended instructions are followed, this quiz process qualifies for credit under the Oregon Judicial Department Court-Connected Mediator Qualifications Rules. At the end of the quiz, you will be given a link that you can copy and paste into your web browser. It will take you to a page that you can print, fill out, self-certify, and keep for your records.