CPI Certification Exam (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

CPI Certification Exam (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A

CPI Certification Exam (Latest 2023/ 2024
Update) Questions and Verified Answers|
100% Correct| Grade A
Q: Crisis intervention Service are to be provided when:
Answer:
When the family needs it
Q: Treatment services are provided when:
Answer:
The case goes to case management Org
Q: Present Danger is assessed:
Answer:
Constantly until the end of the investigation
Q: Supervisor consultation is required when:
Answer:
At every critical juncture; When present danger is established and a safety plan is needed; 5 days
after case commencement
Q: Likelihood of future maltreatment means that there is impending danger

Answer:
true
Q: This type of child will be referred to case management
Answer:
all unsafe children
Q: Micheal is deaf and uses ASL; To begin working with his case, the counselor would first
have to
Answer:
secure the services of an interpreter
Q: A young couple has been reported for medical neglect of an infant. Which would be the least
significant factor in determining the safety of the child?
-a. The parents are struggling financially
-b. There are no local relatives
-c. Both parents work opposing shifts
-d. The child and the parents sleep in the same bedroom
Answer:
d. The child and the parents sleep in the same bedroom
Q: When conducting an initial interview with an alleged perpetrator, you must ensure that the
person being interviewed:
-a. Consent, denies, or admits to allegations
-b. Has been informed of his or her legal rights
-c. Has been informed of general investigative procedures
-d. Speaks openly with you
Answer:

b. Has been informed of his/her legal rights
Q: An immediate response is required when a:
-a. child is not picked up from daycare on time
-b. 5-year-old child is home alone
-c. report is made by a doctor
-d. parent has not returned a child from a visit
Answer:
b. 5 yo is home alon
Q: One responsibility of the CPI is to:
-a. Investigate supplemental reports to the hotline
-b. Document the findings of the investigations in the FFA
-c. Determine what service the family needs
-d. Do an on-going FFA before closing the investigation
Answer:
b. document the findings of the investigations in the FFA
Q: Standards of proof in the dependency courts are:
-a. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence, beyond reasonable doubt
-b. Clear and factual, Probable cause and Preponderance of evidence
-c. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and clear and convincing
-d. Beyond reasonable doubt, clear and convincing and probable cause
Answer:
c. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and clear and convincing
Q: Probable cause means:
-a. There is enough evidence to create the probability that significant impairment to the child
safety may occur if the child is left at home
-b. The allegations are serious enough and the family has priors and the child needs court
intervention for their safety

-c. The evidence to support the removal is more than 50%
-d. None of the above
Answer:
a. There is enough evidence to create the probability that significant impairment to the child
safety may occur if the child is left at home
Q: Types of Petitions that can be filed in court are:
-a. Shelter, change of placement and dependency
-b. Dependency, TPR, Shelter
-c. Expedited TPR, Shelter review, and non-dependency
-d. Voluntary Services, Shelter, and Dependency
Answer:
B. dependency, TPR, Shelter
Q: What information CLS needs regarding possible witness
-a. Demographic information
-b. Name, address, evidence they can provide in court
-c. Name, type of testimony they can provide
-d. Their relationship to the parents
Answer:
c. Name, type of testimony they can provide
Q: An example of non-critical indicator of abuse
-a. Delay in seeking medical attention
-b. Bruises/injuries in inaccessible places of the body
-c. History of repeated, suspicious bruises
-d. Belief that as a parent you can raise your child as you please
Answer:
d. Belief that as a parent you can raise your child as you please
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Safety services are
to control danger threats

Once you identify danger threats you
consult with a supervisor, create a safety plan

Chapter 39 protects children from
exploitation, abuse, neglect, and abandonment

When removing a child
allow the child to say goodbye to the parents and ask the parents for assistance packing his/her stuff

Adjudicatory hearing determines
If the child has been abused, abandoned, or neglected

In determining a caregiver has sufficient emotional capacity, you must find the caregiver has demonstrated the following emotional maturity:
meets own emotional needs; intellectually able; control impulses

A good Present Danger plan
protects the child

When summarizing the domains in the FFA you take into consideration information given by:
alleged perpetrator; collateral; observations

After completing the FFA; if the child status is Safe you can
close the case; refer family to Diversion (community services) if necessary

Crisis intervention Service are to be provided when:
When the family needs it

Treatment services are provided when:
The case goes to case management Org

Present Danger is assessed:
Constantly until the end of the investigation

Supervisor consultation is required when:
At every critical juncture; When present danger is established and a safety plan is needed; 5 days after case commencement

Likelihood of future maltreatment means that there is impending danger
true

This type of child will be referred to case management
all unsafe children

Micheal is deaf and uses ASL; To begin working with his case, the counselor would first have to
secure the services of an interpreter

A young couple has been reported for medical neglect of an infant. Which would be the least significant factor in determining the safety of the child?
-a. The parents are struggling financially
-b. There are no local relatives
-c. Both parents work opposing shifts
-d. The child and the parents sleep in the same bedroom
d. The child and the parents sleep in the same bedroom

When conducting an initial interview with an alleged perpetrator, you must ensure that the person being interviewed:
-a. Consent, denies, or admits to allegations
-b. Has been informed of his or her legal rights
-c. Has been informed of general investigative procedures
-d. Speaks openly with you
b. Has been informed of his/her legal rights

An immediate response is required when a:
-a. child is not picked up from daycare on time
-b. 5-year-old child is home alone
-c. report is made by a doctor
-d. parent has not returned a child from a visit
b. 5 yo is home alon

One responsibility of the CPI is to:
-a. Investigate supplemental reports to the hotline
-b. Document the findings of the investigations in the FFA
-c. Determine what service the family needs
-d. Do an on-going FFA before closing the investigation
b. document the findings of the investigations in the FFA

Standards of proof in the dependency courts are:
-a. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence, beyond reasonable doubt
-b. Clear and factual, Probable cause and Preponderance of evidence
-c. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and clear and convincing
-d. Beyond reasonable doubt, clear and convincing and probable cause
c. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and clear and convincing

Probable cause means:
-a. There is enough evidence to create the probability that significant impairment to the child safety may occur if the child is left at home
-b. The allegations are serious enough and the family has priors and the child needs court intervention for their safety
-c. The evidence to support the removal is more than 50%
-d. None of the above
a. There is enough evidence to create the probability that significant impairment to the child safety may occur if the child is left at home

Types of Petitions that can be filed in court are:
-a. Shelter, change of placement and dependency
-b. Dependency, TPR, Shelter
-c. Expedited TPR, Shelter review, and non-dependency
-d. Voluntary Services, Shelter, and Dependency
B. dependency, TPR, Shelter

What information CLS needs regarding possible witness
-a. Demographic information
-b. Name, address, evidence they can provide in court
-c. Name, type of testimony they can provide
-d. Their relationship to the parents
c. Name, type of testimony they can provide

An example of non-critical indicator of abuse
-a. Delay in seeking medical attention
-b. Bruises/injuries in inaccessible places of the body
-c. History of repeated, suspicious bruises
-d. Belief that as a parent you can raise your child as you please
d. Belief that as a parent you can raise your child as you please

An intake comes in that a young child is in a bus stop alone. What is the first thing you do?
-a. Try to locate parents
-b. Take the child into custody
-c. Take the child to your home and try to get information about the parents
-d. Call police and report the parents
a. try to locate the parents

When a child is taken into custody, what is the PI or case manager authorized to do WITHOUT parental consent or a court order?
-a. Allow the child to go on vacation with the shelter parents
-b. consent for routine medical treatment for the child
-c.

If the child is sheltered on Friday at 10:00 p.m., the shelter hearing must be held by:
-a. 10:00am Monday
-b. 10:00am Saturday
-c. 10:00pm Saturday
-d. 10:00am Tuesday at the shelter review
c. 10:00pm Saturday

Purpose of the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act is to eliminate discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin of the child or foster/adoptive parent
-a. True
-b. False
a. True

When assessing physical injuries to a child, who would be MOST appropriate to involve?
-a. County health department
-b. Child Protection Team
-c. Child’s pediatrician
-d. Hospital emergency room
b. child protection team

The court relies upon the Judicial Review Social Summary Report to explain:
-a. Information about a family that might serve as a potential placement option
-b. Placement recommendations made by the Department/Agency
-c. The degree of progress made towards the permanency goal
-d. The results of the Initial Child Safety Assessment
c. The degree of progress made towards the permanency goal

What is one thing a counselor can do to ensure continued federal funding for the Department?
-a. Know when federal time frames are not applicable for court and act accordingly
-b. Let the family and their needs determine when time frames are set for attending court hearings
-c. Meet federal time frames in preparing for and attending court hearings
-d. Use best judgement regarding when it is the right time to go to court
c. Meet federal time frames in preparing for and attending court hearings

Gather, document, assess, and make decision are steps in which of the following processes?
-a. Child safety
-b. Critical thinking
-c. Decision making
-d. Family safety
c. Decision making

Which of the following statements would BEST set the stage for gathering needed information before writing a case?
-a. How have you tried to address these issues? What do you think led to the circumstances that got the Department involved?”
-b. “Please give me your family history and all the reasons that caused the trouble in your family.”
-c. Fill out this family history form, and then we will discuss what got your family into trouble.”
-d. “We’ve got to do a case plan for court. We have to finish it by the deadline, so please answer the following questions as quickly as possible.”
a. “How have you tried to address these issues? What do you think led to the circumstances that got the Department involved?”

If the child is removed, who has priority when placing the child?
-a. The person the child knows the best
-b. The closest relative
-c. The non-custodial parent
-d. A good foster home
c. the non-custodial parent

A child health check-up must be completed within how many hours of removal
-a. 72 hours
-b. 24 hours
-c. 48 hours
-d. As soon as the appointment is made
a. 72 hours

A child disclosed sexual abuse by her father and the father is still at the home, you must:
-a. Remove immediately
-b. Refer child to CPT
-c. Have the father arrested
-d. Add failure to protect as to the mother
a. remove immediately

The section of the abuse report that describes the alleged maltreatment is:
-a. Maltreatment index
-b. Allegation narrative
-c. Chapter 39 (definitions)
-d. Reporter page
b. allegation narrative

Allegations of inadequate supervision and drug exposed child: parents are selling drugs from the home leaving the children exposed to strangers coming and going. The mother’s paramour is a convicted child molester. What is the biggest threat to the pre-school children?
-a. The mother keeps changing paramours
-b. The strangers coming to the house to buy drugs
-c. A convicted child molester with access to the children
-d. The drug infested neighborhood
c. A convicted child molester with access to the children

Expedited TPR can be filed when:
-a. The child is born addicted to cocaine
-b. The abuse is egregious in nature
-c. Family has 10 priors
-d. All of the above
b. The abuse is egregious in nature

One criterion for a report to be accepted by the Department of Children and Families is that a child must be:
-a. Living in a single-parent home
-b. Receiving state assistance
-c. Under the age of eighteen
-d. A juvenile delinquent
c. Under the age of 18

What must a counselor have before removing a child?
-a. An abuse allegation
-b. Clear and convincing evidence
-c. Parental criminal history
-d. Probable cause
d. Probable cause

Which practice by a staffing facilitator would most DISCOURAGE open communication:
-a. Cutting off all comments by the extended family
-b. Cutting off venting and emotional outbursts
-c. Maintaining his or her objectivity
-d. Redirecting the flow to keep on task
a. Cutting off all comments by the extended family

Parents are afforded due process rights based on the United States Constitution. Which of the following is NOT a due process right?
-a. Appeal of a case
-b. Cross-examination of a witness
-c. Decision to withhold critical medical treatment
-d. Explanation of the dependency process
c. Decision to withhold critical medical treatment

Child Protective Investigators and Case Managers can view sealed or expunged criminal background information:
-a. True
-b. False
b. false

Which one is not part of Family-Centered Practice?
-a. Emphasis on the family strengths and needs
-b. Value of community resources and supports
-c. Emphasis on professionals developing plans for families
-d. Importance of cultural competence
-e. Value of formal and informal services and resources
c. Emphasis on professionals developing plans for families

How often are you required to attempt to see your child victim if your victim was not seen immediately or within 24 hours of intake receipt?
-a. Weekly
-b. Daily
-c. Every 3 hours
-d. Every 72 hours
-e. You don’t have to see your child victim because you made your attempt already
b. Daily

Who is not considered to be a relevant collateral in a domestic violence case?
-a. Neighbors
-b. School
-c. Daycare
-d. Child Victim
-e. Grandmother
d. Child Victim

An example of a safety management service is:
-a. Parenting classes
-b. Child Play Therapy
-c. After school care
-d. Life skills training
-e. None of the above
c. After school care

Assessment of child safety must include face to face interviews with:
-a. Parents, other adults, and children in the household
-b. Parents only
-c. Parents and neighbors
-d. Children in the household
-e. Neighbors and grandparents
a. Parents, other adults, and children in the household

What are the three different findings that address if a maltreatment occurred?
-a. Verified, unfounded, no indicators
-b. Validated, not seen, not founded
-c. Verified, not substantiated, no indicators
-d. Verified, not factual, no cause
c. verified, not substantiated, no indicators

Florida Statutes require an investigation to be closed in how many days?
-a. 45
-b. 15
-c. 90
-d. 60
d. 60

When is a 2nd tier consultation required?
-a. Family made arrangements is part of the safety plan
-b. No impending danger is identified and risk is high or very high
-c. Child death cases with surviving siblings or other children are in the home
-d. All of the above
c. Child death cases with surviving siblings or other children are in the home

Who must be notified when a new intake is received on an open judicial case?
-a. The current and past service providers, and the GAL
-b. All parties involved in the judicial case and safety providers
-c. Extended family members and school teachers for the children
-d. Current and prior service providers and investigators
b. all parties involved in the judicial case and safety providers

All of the following are special conditions cases except:
-a. Caregiver needs assistance
-b. Institutional abuse
-c. Foster Care Referral
-d. Child-on-Child sexual abuse
b. institutional abuse

When a preponderance of evidence results in findings of harm from abuse, abandonment or neglect findings are entered into the SACWIS system as:
-a. Probable
-b. Verified
-c. Determined
-d. Indicated
b. verified

Which statement is a best example of quality documentation?
-a. Child appeared bonded to the mother in a positive way
-b. Child came in from the backyard, smiled, and sat in the mother’s lap
-c. The minor child was a good boy
-d. The mother did not seem to know how to discipline the child
b. Child came in from the backyard, smiled, and sat in the mother’s lap

The key to successfully engaging in a family for services is to:
-a. Ensure services are court ordered
-b. Allow the family to select the services
-c. Involve the family in identifying services
-d. Attend the first session of each service with the family
c. Involve the family in identifying services

Investigations seek to obtain:
-a. Direct and demonstrative evidence
-b. Evidence to refute or support the alleged maltreatment
-c. Hearsay evidence about the witnesses
-d. Evidence that will verify the maltreatment
b. evidence to refute or support the alleged maltreatment

In which interviewing stage would you build rapport with the family?
-a. Preparation (opening)
-b. Closing
-c. Interview
-d. Engagement
a. preparation

When documenting investigative activities, all of the following should be included except:
-a. Dates, times, and observations of all families interactions
-b. Feelings about what you saw in the investigation
-c. Descriptions of home and environment
-d. Marks and bruises observed
b. feelings about what you saw in the investigation

Which statement about impending danger is true?
-a. It will not have effects unless specific actions are currently active
-b. Serious threat of harm is not a concern
-c. The family is controlling the danger threat
-d. It can be anticipated to have a severe effect on a child at any time
d. it can be anticipated to have a severe effect on a child at any time

What is not one of the four steps for achieving cultural competence?
-a. Personal awareness
-b. Cultural awareness and sensitivity of other cultures
-c. Knowledge of other cultures
-d. Learning language of other cultures
-e. Skill development and application
d. learning language of other cultures

A reporter’s name cannot be released to which party?
-a. Law enforcement official
-b. Dependency judge
-c. Child Protection Team
-d. Children’s Legal Services
b. dependency judge

An example of how to reduce child trauma is:
-a. Keep the family intact when possible
-b. Keep child in the same school
-c. Place child with a close relative
-d. All of the above
d. all of the above

Risk assessment score determines the level of intervention for unsafe children
-a. true
-b. false
b. false

Safety plans must never be modified, once they are established they remain the same for the life of the case.
-a. true
-b. false
b. false

Which of the following is not a safety category?
-a. Behavior Management
-b. Social Connection
-c. Separation
-d. Resource Support
-e. Child Care
e. Child Care

Safety management is concerned with controlling danger and threats of danger only, not changing family functioning or circumstances
-a. true
-b. false
a. true

Conditions for return should be:
-a. Official written statements
-b. Specific to each individual family
-c. Descriptive of what would be necessary in order to implement and in-home safety plan
-d. Discussed with the family
-e. All of the above
e. all of the above

Not all cases transferred to case management will require safety management
-a. True
-b. False
b. false

Conditions for return are:
-a. Only developed when the safety plan is an out of home safety plan
-b. Written statement that identifies specific circumstances that must exist within a child’s home to implement an in home safety plan
-c. What must change in the caregivers protective capacity
-d. Used to determine when a case can be closed
-e. A and B
e. A and B

The least intrusive safety plan is out of home placement of a child.
-a. True
-b. False
b. false

Which of the following is not a true statement?
-a. Safety management is a passive function
-b. Safety plans may involve formal and informal service provider
-c. The case manager assumes the function of safety management at case transfer
-d. The case manager may have a service provider role in a safety plan
-e. Visitation management is an aspect of safety management
a. safety management is a passive function

Change management and safety management have the following in common?
-a. They both deal in some way with caregiver protective capacities
-b. They are both addressed through the case plan
-c. They are both only the responsibility of the Case Manager
-d. They are both only carried out in in-home safety plans
-e. They both require judicial intervention
a. They both deal in some way with caregiver protective capacities

The primary purpose of a safety plan is to…
-a. Justify child placement
-b. Treat diminished caregiver protective capacities
-c. Control for danger, either present or impending
-d. Allow for information collection to occur
c. control for danger, either present or impending

All cases referred to case management will…
-a. require safety management
-b. be high or very high risk
-c. have a dependency petition field
-d. have a shelter petition field
a. require safety management

Which of the following is not a true statement?
-a. Conditions for return are criteria for reunification used for the purpose of keeping kids protected at home with the use of an in-home safety plan
-b. Child placement is necessary until threats to a child’s safety are gone
-c. Child placement should be viewed as a safety management response that is most intrusive
-d. Caregivers deserve to know exactly what is required in order to get their children returned home
c. child placement should be viewed as a safety management response that is most intrusive

Safety management is:
-a. a parenting service to ensure safety of the child
-b. part of the case transfer staffing
-c. used only for judicial cases
-d. a function used to safety plan and control danger
-e. necessary to close all investigations
d. a function used to safety plan and control danger

Treatment services are part of:
-a. safety planning
-b. safety analysis on the FFA
-c. case planning
-d. conditions for return
c. case planning

The present danger safety plan should involve which individuals?
-a. Only the CPI, as the CPI is the only one observing and capable of decision making
-b. The CPI, family, and service professionals, as appropriate and available
-c. The CPI and family, if possible, but no others
-d. The CPI, case manager, and supervisory personnel available at the home
b. the CPI, family, and service professionals, as appropriate and available

How many Safety Planning Analysis questions are there to determine if a safety plan will be in-home or out-of-home?
-a. 11
-b. 6
-c. 5
-d. 3
-e. 4
c. 5

Which of the following is not true when safety planning around domestic violence?
-a. Separate safety plans should be developed; one with the batterer and one with the survivor
-b. The CPI must seek an injunction when the batterer is not a parent or legal guardian of the child
-c. The CPI should require the survivor to obtain an injunction
-d. The CPI should involve and collaborate with the domestic violence advocate
c. The CPI should require the survivor to obtain an injunction

Which of the following would not be considered a formal provider?
-a. Crisis Response Team
-b. Relative
-c.Licensed Daycare
-d. Medicaid Transport for the Child
b. Relative

Criminal background checks are to be completed on:
-a. all household members
-b. neighbors
-c. all household members age 12 and older
-d. parents
-e. all of the above
c. all household members age 12 and older

What are the legislative goals for dependent children?
-a. Safety, permanence, and well-being
-b. Safety, preservation, and reunification
-c. Stability, preservation, and reunification
-d. Stability, permanence, and well-being
a. safety, permanence, and well-being

Sufficient information is:
-a. Information that gives us a full picture
-b. Relevant to the particular information domain
-c. Pertinent to the information domain
-d. Adequate and gives us confidence about conclusions
-e. all of the above
e. all of the above

The initial risk assessment is completed:
-a. When the hotline is received by the CPI
-b. For each parent, regardless of their household
-c. Only when children are safe
-d. At the conclusion of the family functioning assessment
-e. At any time during the assessment
d. at the conclusion of the family functioning assessment

Which of the following is not one of the safety threshold criteria?
-a. Imminent
-b. Severe
-c. Observable
-d. Protective Capacity
-e. Out-of-control
d. protective capacity

A negative family condition is always a danger threat
-a. true
-b. false
b. false

What is the primary resource a CPI will use to assess maltreatments and make findings?
-a. FSFN ‘How Do I Guides’
-b. Findings Index
-c. Chapter 39
-d. Maltreatment Index
-e. Children’s Legal Services
d. maltreatment index

Assessing for impending danger is contingent upon:
-a. Sufficient information collection
-b. Having a present danger plan in place
-c. Whether or not we can file a dependency petition
-d. Correctly applying threshold criteria
-e. A and D only
e. A and D only

Which of the following best defines impending danger?
-a. A child being in a state of danger due to parent/caregiver behaviors, attitudes, motives, emotions, and/or situations posing a specific threat of severe harm to a child
-b. An immediate, significant, and clearly observable family condition that is actively occurring or in process of occurring at the point of contact with a family and will likely result in serious harm to a child, therefore requiring a prompt DCF response
-c. Negative family conditions and/or circumstances that place a child at risk of maltreatment
-d. The point at which a negative family condition gets worse
-e. It is the same as present danger
a. A child being in a state of danger due to parent/caregiver behaviors, attitudes, motives, emotions, and/or situations posing a specific threat of severe harm to a child

No present or impending danger is identified but the risk assessment score is ‘very high’, the CPI must:
-a. Transfer case to the case manager to provide services
-b. Encourage and guide families as to community resources options
-c. Develop a safety plan to control the risks
-d. Do nothing and close the investigation/case
b. Encourage and guide families as to community resources options

Impending danger is documented in:
-a. Family Functioning Assessment and Risk Assessment
-b. Family Functioning Assessment and notes
-c. Family Functioning Assessment and Present Danger Assessment
-d. Present Danger Assessment and Risk Assessment
b. family functioning assessment and notes

It is determined a parent/caregiver is violent, impulsive, or acting dangerously in ways that have seriously harmed the child, or will likely seriously harm the child, what action should be taken:
-a. Create and implement a case plan
-b. Develop or modify a safety plan
-c. Assess the child’s tolerance of the caregiver’s behavior
-d. Determine if the behavior is a cultural issue
b. Develop or modify a safety plan

What are personal/caregiving behavior, cognitive and emotional characteristics that specifically and directly can be associated with being protective to one’s children?
-a. Good parenting
-b. Parental Strengths
-c. Parenting Attributes of Protection
-d. Caregiver Protective Capacities
d. caregiver protective capacities

Which of the following is not an example of efforts to reduce trauma when children must experience transitions?
-a. Talk with the child and help him/her find ways to express feelings and emotions
-b. Be diligent in implementing ways for the child to keep in contact with family and friends
c. Encourage those who are close to the child to be available
-d. Avoid family meetings because they may be too emotional for the child
d. Avoid family meetings because they may be too emotional for the child

What does a determination that a child is “unsafe” require?
-a. Diminished caregiver protective capacities, verified maltreatment and vulnerable child
-b. Enhanced caregiver protective capacities, impending danger threat identified, and the family believes the child is unsafe
-c. Diminished caregiver protective capacities, impending danger threat identified, and a vulnerable child
-d. Enhanced caregiver protective capacities, present danger threat identified, and lacking family support
c. Diminished caregiver protective capacities, impending danger threat identified, and a vulnerable child

When present danger is identified during the initial visit with the family, the PI must:
-a. Establish ways the child may be protected immediately
-b. Talk to the parents about alternative caretakers
-c. Allow parents 48 hours to refute the allegations
-d. Set up provider appointments to determine safety measures
a. establish ways the child may be protected immediately

Which of the following would not be included when collecting sufficient information and assessing the extent of the maltreatment
-a. Specific description of the maltreatment
-b. How the child is affected by the maltreatment
-c. What caused the injury or distress to the child
-d. Description of the level of the child’s functioning
d. Description of the level of the child’s functioning

Which evidence is not required at the Shelter Hearing?
-a. Past/current injunctions for protection from domestic violence
-b. Recommendations from the Child Behavioral Health Assessment
-c. Any available police, medical, or other professional reports
-d. Existing abuse hotline intakes including the reporter information
b. recommendations from the Child Behavioral Health Assessment

A case must be staffed with Children’s Legal Services (CLS) if the investigator needs assistance in:
-a. Determining the findings of the maltreatment for the investigation
-b. Locating collaterals to assist in completing the Family Functioning Assessment
-c. Developing sufficiency to refer a case to non-judicial in-home services
-d. Determining if the evidence is gathered is sufficient to file a judicial case
d. Determining if the evidence gathered is sufficient to file a judicial case

The parent states that when she was young her mom used a switch to punish her and she believes that ‘spare the rod, spoil the child’ is how she is going to discipline. This statement falls into which domain?
-a. Child functioning
-b. Circumstances Surrounding the Maltreatment
-c. Parenting discipline
-d. Parenting General
c. parenting discipline

An example of a behavioral modification safety service for a safety plan is:
-a. Assistance for rent so family doesn’t lose their home
-b. Social skills to increase socialization
-c. Parenting/discipline intervention in the home
-d. In-home Parenting Program
c. Parenting/discipline intervention in the home

Services received by a child exhibiting inappropriate sexual behavior must be:
-a. voluntary and of necessary duration
-b. limited to the offense
-c. in a place that is guarded and restricted
-d. in the presence of a parent
a. voluntary and of necessary duration

In which domain do we describe the caregiver’s explanation of how the child was injured?
-a. Extent of Maltreatment
-b. Circumstances Surrounding
-c. Adult Functioning
-d. Parenting discipline
b. circumstances surrounding

Which characteristic is most associated with child vulnerability?
-a. Community visibility
-b. Development
-c. Dependence
-d. Socialization
c. Dependence

In which of the following situations is a supervisory consultation unnecessary?
-a. With supervisor and case manager to develop outcomes for case plan
-b. With supervisor and CPI to prepare for initial contact
-c. With supervisor and CPI to discontinue investigation as patently unfounded
-d. With supervisor and CPI after initial contact to plan for completing information collection
a. With supervisor and case manager to develop outcomes for case plan

In order to determine whether or not legal sufficiency exists and a dependency petition needs to be filed, the PI should consult with:
-a. judge
-b. Law Enforcement
-c. Children’s Legal Services
-d. Parent’s Attorney
c. Children’s Legal Services

This standard of proof means there is more evidence for than against the point being presented:
-a. Probable Cause
-b. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
-c. Preponderance
-d. Clear and Convincing
c. preponderance

At this hearing the parents officially respond to the dependency petition:
-a. Shelter
-b. Arraignment
-c. Adjudicatory
-d. Disposition
b. arraignment

This hearing occurs within 24 hours of a child’s removal:
-a. Shelter
-b. Arraignment
-c. Adjudicatory
-d. Disposition
a. shelter

This can protect children from further abuse and/or contact with the abuser while still being able to remain in their own home:
-a. Dependency Petition
-b. Shelter Petition
-c. Bodyguard
-d. Ch. 39 Injunction
d. Ch. 39 Injunction

This document presents the situation that led to the removal of the child:
-a. Dependency Petition
-b. Intake
-c. Shelter Petition
-d. Case Plan
c. shelter petition

The CLS attorney will do all of the following except:
-a. Prepare the CPI to testify for the Adjudicatory Hearing
-b. Assist the CPI with developing the shelter petition
-c. Assist the CPI with completing the family functioning assessment
-d. Consult with the CPI to determine legal sufficiency
c. assist the CPI with completing the Family Functioning Assessment

A parent or legal custodian who materially violates a condition of placement imposed by the court, is an example of:
-a. Adjudication of dependency
-b. Grounds for removal
-c. Grounds for termination of Parental Rights
-d. Need for Services
b. grounds for removal

Which of the following statements is not true concerning Expedited Termination of Parental Rights?
-a. Reasonable efforts are required
-b. Requires removal of the child
-c. Previous involuntary TPR of a child is grounds for Expedited TPR
-d. Egregious abuse is grounds for Expedited TPR
c. previous involuntary TPR of a child is grounds for Expedited TPR

Which standard of proof means “the judge has enough evidence to create the belief that significant impairment to the child’s safety may occur if the child is left in the home?”
-a. Preponderance of the Evidence
-b. Probable Cause
-c. Clear and Convincing Evidence
-d. Substantial Evidence of Non-Compliance
b. probable cause

To prevent unnecessary removal and/or judicial action, you must demonstrate which requirement?
-a. Probable cause
-b. Reasonable efforts
-c. Grounds for removal
-d. Preponderance of the Evidence
b. reasonable efforts

How should conclusions, opinions, and recommendations of professionals be documented and utilized?
-a. Summarized and used if relevant
-b. Labeled as such, attributed to the person and utilized in the assessment where relevant
-c. Ignored unless it aligns with the CPI’s decision
-d. Labeled as such, attributed to the person and used when it supports impending danger
b. labeled as such, attributed to the person, and utilized in the assessment where relevant

If a family is receiving services, the most relevant collateral that the PI should contact is:
-a. Relatives that are in contact with the family
-b. Provider that is delivering services to the family
-c. Neighbors
-d. School
b. provider that is delivering services to the family

What happens at a case transfer staffing?
-a. The attorneys mediate what will be on a case plan
-b. The case manager discusses with the parents how to get their children returned home
-c. The supervisor assigns new tasks for the PI and case managers to complete before contact with parents
-d. The PI provides the case management agency with an overview of the six domains, caregiver protective capacities, threats, and how the threats are currently being controlled
-e. The parents are referred for services to complete in order to have their children returned
d. the PI provides the case management agency with an overview of the six domains, caregiver protective capacities, threats, and how the threats are currently being controlled

Who schedules the case transfer staffing?
-a. Case Manager
-b. Children’s Legal Services
-c. Child Protective Investigator
-d. Parent’s Attorney
-e. Parent
c. Child Protective Investigator

What is the best meaning of cultural competence?
-a. Cultural competence is learning other cultures and their way of living
-b. Cultural competence is effective service provision to people of all culture, race, ethnic backgrounds, and religions
-c. Cultural competence helps with learning and understanding your own bias about other cultures
-d. Cultural competence is knowing that people are different from other cultures
-e. Cultural competence is providing the right services to that family based on their culture
b. cultural competence is effective service provision to people of all culture, race, ethnic backgrounds, and religions

Any willful or threatening act that results in physical, mental, or sexual injury or harm to a child is considered:
-a. abandonment
-b. Harm
-c. Abuse
-d. Neglect
c. abuse

What does the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act address?
-a. Family Preservation
-b. Permanency
-c. Adoption or placement delays due to race or color
-d. Child’s legal status to remain in the United States
c. adoption or placement delays due to race or color

A child who is being deprived of or is allowed to be deprived of necessary food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment may be a victim of:
-a. Harm
-b. Abandonment
-c. Neglect
-d. Abuse
c. Neglect

A parent who while being able, makes no provision for the child’s support may be committing:
-a. Abandonment
-b. Harm
-c. Abuse
-d. Neglect
a. abandonment

Caregiver and child live in constant fear of the father, this would be an example of:
-a. Present danger
-b. Impending danger
-c. Domestic violence
-d. Human Trafficking
b. impending danger

When assessing child vulnerability we must assess:
-a. If the child is able to identify danger
-b. If the child has behavior problems
-c. If the child is disabled
-d. If the relatives have protective capacities
a. if the child is able to identify danger

This information must be provided to CLS regarding possible witnesses:
-a. Name and physical evidence they will bring to court
-b. Relationship to the family and demographic information
-c. Name, title, address, and type of testimony they can provide
-d. Name, relationship to family
c. Name, title, address, and type of testimony they can provide

Which burden of proof is required to terminate parental rights?
-a. Clear and convincing
-b. Preponderance
-c. Probable cause
-d. Beyond a reasonable doubt
a. clear and convincing

Which hearing requires preponderance of the evidence?
-a. Shelter
-b. Arraignment
-c. Adjudicatory
-d. Disposition
c. Adjudicatory

Testimony is provided at which hearing?
-a. Arraignment
-b. Disposition
-c. Adjudicatory
-d. Judicial Review
c. Adjudicatory

What is important to review when considering the initial approach for an investigation?
-a. Reports received by the abuse hotline and previous services received by the child and family
-b. The educational history and prior medical conditions of extended family members
-c. Number of times, if any, the home of the family has been burglarized
-d. The caregiver’s explanation of the maltreatment
a. reports received by the abuse hotline and previous services received by the child and family

Which photographs are not maintained in your case file?
-a. Hazardous Conditions
-b. Physical abuse
-c. Neglect
-d. Sexual Abuse Trauma
d. sexual abuse trauma

When working with services providers it is most important to consider:
-a. Convenience
-b. How the provider takes in consideration the family’s cultural background
-c. Closeness to the case manager office so they can provide better monitoring
-d. That they can work with all family members together
b. How the provider takes in consideration the family’s cultural background

What is essential to a successful staffing?
-a. All Child Welfare programs are present
-b. The location of the staffing is close to everyone attending
-c. The attorney for the family is present
-d. Everyone involved has input and works together
d. Everyone involved has input and works together

The Present Danger Assessment must be completed within:
-a. 4 hours
-b. 24 hours
-c. 48 hours
-d. 72 hours
c. 48 hours

A legal right of the parent or guardian is:
-a. to have visitation with their children within 24 hours of removal
-b. To be notified of all legal proceedings
-c. For the child not to be removed if the parent offers another option
-d. Visit the child at his or her placement
b. To be notified of all legal proceedings

Parents are allowed to participate in the:
-a. Case transfer staffing
-b. Pre-commencement consultation
-c. Legal staffing
-d. All of the above
a. case transfer staffing

When commencing in an investigation the investigator must do all of the following except:
-a. Explain the investigative process
-b. Explain the rights and responsibilities of the parents
-c. Provide their name and purpose of visit
-d. Provide the household risk score and discuss family support services
-e. Explain possible outcomes of investigation
d. Provide the household risk score and discuss family support services

You are denied access to the child by an adult who appears impaired, you must:
-a. Go inside anyway, the children may be in danger
-b. Call law enforcement to assist you in removing the children
-c. Contact your supervisor to consult what to do next
-d. Go to the office and have a face to face consultation with your supervisor
c. Contact your supervisor to consult what to do next

If you have legal sufficiency to file a dependency petition, which of the following is not true:
-a. You cannot offer the family non-judicial services
-b. You have consulted with Children’s Legal Services
-c. You have identified a need for intervention
-d. All of the above
a. You cannot offer the family non-judicial services

Which would not need court action/involvement?
-a. Removal of a child
-b. Provision of services
-c. Child remains at home under judicial In-Home Services
-d. Expedited TPR is initiated
b. provision of services

A written arrangement between caregivers and the agency that establishes how impending danger threats to child safety will be managed is a:
-a. Living arrangement to ensure the less intrusive intervention
-b. Safety plan
-c. Case plan
-d. Commitment of the parent to cooperate with the agency
b. safety plan

Judicial jurisdiction ends when the:
-a. Child turns 18 years of age
-b. Family moves to another country
-c. Judge closes a case
-d. Family moves out of state
a. child turns 18 years of age

An investigation must commence immediately if a child is in immediate danger or if:
-a. The case is open to services
-b. The family is about to flee
-c. Reporter is a doctor
-d. The family has numerous priors
b. The family is about to flee

One of CPT’s responsibilities is to:
-a. Verify your investigation
-b. Supplement the investigative assessment process
-c. Examine every child with allegations of sexual abuse
-d. Interview collaterals
b. supplement the investigative assessment process

With Child-On-Child Referrals, which is the most important for a CPI to consider when assessing:
-a. Whether the children involved live in two or one parent homes
-b. The age difference between the child who exhibited sexual behavior and the other child involved
-c. How long ago the incident occurred
-d. Whether the family is willing to press charges against the offending child