CWCM – Exam – Complete Study Material
This governs how attorneys within DCF's Children's Legal Services operate and guide attorneys
on courtroom procedures in dependency cases. - correct answer ✔✔ The Florida Rules of
Juvenile Procedure
Impending Danger Threshold: - correct answer ✔✔ · Out of Control
· Observable
· Severity
· Imminence
· Vulnerable Child
________is a guarantee that all legal proceedings will be fair, that one will be given notice of
proceedings and an opportunity to be heard before one's life, liberty or property is taken away. -
correct answer ✔✔ Due Process
The statute establishes procedures for all states when placing children across state lines -
correct answer ✔✔ Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children
Indian Child Welfare Act protects Native American heritage under federal law
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
This statute notes Placement of a dependent child under court jurisdiction from one state into
another state without the approval of the recieveing state Compact Administrator is an illegal
child placement and violation that may be subject to penalties. - correct answer ✔✔ Interstate
Compact for the Placement Of Children
Florida statute 39 states that children should be protected from - correct answer ✔✔
abandonment, abuse, exploitation and neglect
,The three developmental domains for children are: - correct answer ✔✔ Cognitive, Physical,
and Emotional
The Four ages and stages of child development are: - correct answer ✔✔ Birth to 3, Pre-School,
School age, Adolescence
What standard of proofs is needed at the Shelter Hearing? - correct answer ✔✔ Probable cause
When working with a family who has agreed to get help on a voluntary basis, instead of taking
the family to court is consider? - correct answer ✔✔ Least intrusive
This term is used in Florida Child Welfare to denote a child has been legally removed from his or
her parent or legal guardian's care, and a court has sanctioned such action with an "order"
maintaining that temporary removal removal of legal custody is justified. - correct answer ✔✔
Shelter
One purpose as a child welfare system is to identify whether a child is in danger and at risk of
future harm.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
What provides information about the maltreatment, the circumstances surrounding the
maltreatment, child functioning, and family approach to parenting and discipline. - correct
answer ✔✔ Family Functioning Assessment (FFA)
A Maltreatment is defined as a behavior that is harmful and destructive to a child's cognitive,
social, emotional or physical development.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
,This is when a child is deprived of or is allowed to be deprived of necessary food, clothing,
shelter or medical treatment, or a child is permitted to live in an environment when such
deprivation or environment causes the child's physical, mental or emotional health to be
significantly impaired or to be in danger of being significantly impaired. - correct answer ✔✔
Neglect
Chronic neglect is during times of crises and the parent caregiver has the ability to cope but is
temporarily overwhelmed.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ False (Situational Neglect)
This is any willful act or threatened act that results in any physical, mental or sexual abuse,
injury or harm that causes or is likely to cause a child's physical, mental or emotional health to
be significantly impaired. - correct answer ✔✔ Abuse
Which is a Mandatory referral to Child Protection Team (CPT)?
a) Any sexually transmitted disease in a prepubescent child.
b) Bruises anywhere on a child 5 years of age or younger.
c) Reported medical neglect of a child.
d) Reported malnutrition or failure of a child to thrive.
e) All the above - correct answer ✔✔ e) All the above
What are the five sexual abuse phases? - correct answer ✔✔ Engagement, Sexual Interactions,
secrecy, Disclosure, and Suppression.
The Father of a 13-year-old girl has been touching his daughter's breasts over her clothes. The
13-year-old tell her best girlfriend, who tell her mother, who calls the Hotline. - correct answer
✔✔ Sexual molestation
, An anonymous caller reports that an 11-year-old boy is watching his 25-year-old aunt undress
and masturbate himself. She lives in the home and leaves the door of her bedroom open when
his parents are away and encourages him to watch. - correct answer ✔✔ Sexual exploitation
A mother is reported for taking her 2-year-old daughter's temperature anally when she is
feverish. The mother explained that her daughter was so fussy that she could not put the
thermometer in her mouth to get her temperature orally.
a) Sexual molestation
b) Sexual battery
c) Sexual exploitation
d) Sexual Abuse child on child
e) Not sexual abuse - correct answer ✔✔ e) Not sexual abuse
What are the three core conditions for building trust? - correct answer ✔✔ Genuineness,
Respect, and Empathy
What are the four phases of the interview process? - correct answer ✔✔ Opening, Information
Collection, Planning and Closing
While interviewing individual whose primary language is Spanish, which option(s) are permitted
for translation assistance?
a) Family Friend
b) interviewee's family member
c) language line
d) CPI or CPIS
e) C & D - correct answer ✔✔ e) C & D
When obtaining information from any source, we as CPI's always work under the principal of
trust but verify.
This governs how attorneys within DCF's Children's Legal Services operate and guide attorneys
on courtroom procedures in dependency cases. - correct answer ✔✔ The Florida Rules of
Juvenile Procedure
Impending Danger Threshold: - correct answer ✔✔ · Out of Control
· Observable
· Severity
· Imminence
· Vulnerable Child
________is a guarantee that all legal proceedings will be fair, that one will be given notice of
proceedings and an opportunity to be heard before one's life, liberty or property is taken away. -
correct answer ✔✔ Due Process
The statute establishes procedures for all states when placing children across state lines -
correct answer ✔✔ Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children
Indian Child Welfare Act protects Native American heritage under federal law
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
This statute notes Placement of a dependent child under court jurisdiction from one state into
another state without the approval of the recieveing state Compact Administrator is an illegal
child placement and violation that may be subject to penalties. - correct answer ✔✔ Interstate
Compact for the Placement Of Children
Florida statute 39 states that children should be protected from - correct answer ✔✔
abandonment, abuse, exploitation and neglect
,The three developmental domains for children are: - correct answer ✔✔ Cognitive, Physical,
and Emotional
The Four ages and stages of child development are: - correct answer ✔✔ Birth to 3, Pre-School,
School age, Adolescence
What standard of proofs is needed at the Shelter Hearing? - correct answer ✔✔ Probable cause
When working with a family who has agreed to get help on a voluntary basis, instead of taking
the family to court is consider? - correct answer ✔✔ Least intrusive
This term is used in Florida Child Welfare to denote a child has been legally removed from his or
her parent or legal guardian's care, and a court has sanctioned such action with an "order"
maintaining that temporary removal removal of legal custody is justified. - correct answer ✔✔
Shelter
One purpose as a child welfare system is to identify whether a child is in danger and at risk of
future harm.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
What provides information about the maltreatment, the circumstances surrounding the
maltreatment, child functioning, and family approach to parenting and discipline. - correct
answer ✔✔ Family Functioning Assessment (FFA)
A Maltreatment is defined as a behavior that is harmful and destructive to a child's cognitive,
social, emotional or physical development.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ True
,This is when a child is deprived of or is allowed to be deprived of necessary food, clothing,
shelter or medical treatment, or a child is permitted to live in an environment when such
deprivation or environment causes the child's physical, mental or emotional health to be
significantly impaired or to be in danger of being significantly impaired. - correct answer ✔✔
Neglect
Chronic neglect is during times of crises and the parent caregiver has the ability to cope but is
temporarily overwhelmed.
True or False - correct answer ✔✔ False (Situational Neglect)
This is any willful act or threatened act that results in any physical, mental or sexual abuse,
injury or harm that causes or is likely to cause a child's physical, mental or emotional health to
be significantly impaired. - correct answer ✔✔ Abuse
Which is a Mandatory referral to Child Protection Team (CPT)?
a) Any sexually transmitted disease in a prepubescent child.
b) Bruises anywhere on a child 5 years of age or younger.
c) Reported medical neglect of a child.
d) Reported malnutrition or failure of a child to thrive.
e) All the above - correct answer ✔✔ e) All the above
What are the five sexual abuse phases? - correct answer ✔✔ Engagement, Sexual Interactions,
secrecy, Disclosure, and Suppression.
The Father of a 13-year-old girl has been touching his daughter's breasts over her clothes. The
13-year-old tell her best girlfriend, who tell her mother, who calls the Hotline. - correct answer
✔✔ Sexual molestation
, An anonymous caller reports that an 11-year-old boy is watching his 25-year-old aunt undress
and masturbate himself. She lives in the home and leaves the door of her bedroom open when
his parents are away and encourages him to watch. - correct answer ✔✔ Sexual exploitation
A mother is reported for taking her 2-year-old daughter's temperature anally when she is
feverish. The mother explained that her daughter was so fussy that she could not put the
thermometer in her mouth to get her temperature orally.
a) Sexual molestation
b) Sexual battery
c) Sexual exploitation
d) Sexual Abuse child on child
e) Not sexual abuse - correct answer ✔✔ e) Not sexual abuse
What are the three core conditions for building trust? - correct answer ✔✔ Genuineness,
Respect, and Empathy
What are the four phases of the interview process? - correct answer ✔✔ Opening, Information
Collection, Planning and Closing
While interviewing individual whose primary language is Spanish, which option(s) are permitted
for translation assistance?
a) Family Friend
b) interviewee's family member
c) language line
d) CPI or CPIS
e) C & D - correct answer ✔✔ e) C & D
When obtaining information from any source, we as CPI's always work under the principal of
trust but verify.
