CRISIS PREVENTION INTERVENTION
CPI TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH
EXPERT SOLUTIONS
Anxiety - correct answer -a noticeable increase or change in
behavior
Challenge Position - correct answer -a body position in which one
individual is face-to-face, toe to toe, and eye to eye in relation to
another individual
Classroom Model - correct answer -demonstrating physical
interventions in order to show the application of basic principals
Coping Model - correct answer -a model that staff members can
use to guide them through the process of establishing
Therapeutic Rapport with an individual after a crisis individual
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Decision-Making Matrix - correct answer -a tool that can help staff
reach objective critical decisions about risks
Defensive Level - correct answer -the beginning stage of loss of
rationality. At this stage, an individual often becomes belligerent
and challenges authority. It is the second level in the Crisis
Development Model
Directive Staff Attitude/Approach - correct answer -an approach in
which a staff member takes control of a potentially escalating
situation. It is the recommended staff attitude/approach to an
individual at the Defensive level.
Disengagement - correct answer -the use of a physical
intervention to gain a release from any holding situation while
minimizing risk of pain or injury in situations in which the behavior
has been assessed as a lower, medium, or higher risk to self or
others.
Empathic Listening - correct answer -an active process to discern
what a person is saying
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Grab/hold - correct answer -a situation in which another person
maintains physical contact without consent and there is the
intentional or unintentional risk of harm to a part of one's body
Haptics - correct answer -communication through touch; a form of
nonverbal communication
Higher-Level Holding - correct answer -physical intervention
necessary to restrict a person's range of movement in relation to
high-risk behavior as determined by a behavioral risk
assessment.
Integrated Experience - correct answer -the concept that
behaviors and attitudes of staff impact behaviors and attitudes of
those in their care and vice versa
kinesics - correct answer -the nonverbal behavior that
communicates messages to others via body position, posture,
and movement