MEDI-CAL PEER SUPPORT 2026 ALL TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A consumer tells a Peer Support Specialist that they have a lot of situational stress
that is not a result of their diagnosis. What action would the Peer Support Specialist
take in supporting the consumer?
A. Tell the consumer their feelings are normal, and they should not worry.
B. Assist the consumer in developing a wellness plan to address their concerns.
C. Advise the consumer of stronger anxiety medication options to try.
D. Take the consumer to a 12-step meeting to support their overall wellness. -
✔✔Answer: B
Rationale: Sharing a list of organizations differentiates itself from the distractors
because it is the only one that speaks to the harm reduction approach. The peer has
expressed their reluctance to quit and the belief that they must give up their use is
holding them back from other healthy treatments. As SAMHSA explains, supplies of
clean needles and syringes are a component of harm reduction, which can keep the
consumer safe until they are ready to commit to abstinence and shows that their work
with the Peer Support Specialist does not require complete sobriety.
, ✔✔A consumer has chosen to put off mental health care until they are ready to give up
their intravenous substance use. How can the Peer Support Specialist respond in a way
that promotes harm reduction?
A. Encourage the consumer to attend support groups for complete abstinence from
substances.
B. Share a list of organizations that provide clean needles and syringes to individuals
who use substances.
C. Create a plan with the consumer that addresses their mental health issues instead of
their substance use. - ✔✔Answer: B
Rationale: Sharing a list of organizations differentiates itself from the distractors
because it is the only one that speaks to the harm reduction approach. The peer has
expressed their reluctance to quit and the belief that they must give up their use is
holding them back from other healthy treatments. As SAMHSA explains, supplies of
clean needles and syringes are a component of harm reduction, which can keep the
consumer safe until they are ready to commit to abstinence and shows that their work
with the Peer Support Specialist does not require complete sobriety.
✔✔A new Peer Support Specialist wants to better understand how peer coaching can
support a consumer's wellness and recovery. They are curious about the various
approaches used to empower consumers to make decisions about their own lives. What
is the importance of these approaches?
A. Persuade consumers to make healthy life choices.
B. Focus on prescribing specific actions to consumers.
C. Foster consumers' ability to create informed solutions. - ✔✔Answer: B
Rationale: This is a correct response because it utilizes a specific model to help the
consumer build the right tools to use in the scenario
✔✔Practice Examination Questions
Advocacy - ✔✔
✔✔A Peer Support Specialist is working with a consumer with serious mental illness
who has been in inpatient treatment for several months. Prior to a treatment team
meeting, the consumer says to the Peer Support Specialist, "I don't know why I'm even
going. They are just going to keep me here anyway." Which action would the Peer
Support Specialist take to encourage self-advocacy?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A consumer tells a Peer Support Specialist that they have a lot of situational stress
that is not a result of their diagnosis. What action would the Peer Support Specialist
take in supporting the consumer?
A. Tell the consumer their feelings are normal, and they should not worry.
B. Assist the consumer in developing a wellness plan to address their concerns.
C. Advise the consumer of stronger anxiety medication options to try.
D. Take the consumer to a 12-step meeting to support their overall wellness. -
✔✔Answer: B
Rationale: Sharing a list of organizations differentiates itself from the distractors
because it is the only one that speaks to the harm reduction approach. The peer has
expressed their reluctance to quit and the belief that they must give up their use is
holding them back from other healthy treatments. As SAMHSA explains, supplies of
clean needles and syringes are a component of harm reduction, which can keep the
consumer safe until they are ready to commit to abstinence and shows that their work
with the Peer Support Specialist does not require complete sobriety.
, ✔✔A consumer has chosen to put off mental health care until they are ready to give up
their intravenous substance use. How can the Peer Support Specialist respond in a way
that promotes harm reduction?
A. Encourage the consumer to attend support groups for complete abstinence from
substances.
B. Share a list of organizations that provide clean needles and syringes to individuals
who use substances.
C. Create a plan with the consumer that addresses their mental health issues instead of
their substance use. - ✔✔Answer: B
Rationale: Sharing a list of organizations differentiates itself from the distractors
because it is the only one that speaks to the harm reduction approach. The peer has
expressed their reluctance to quit and the belief that they must give up their use is
holding them back from other healthy treatments. As SAMHSA explains, supplies of
clean needles and syringes are a component of harm reduction, which can keep the
consumer safe until they are ready to commit to abstinence and shows that their work
with the Peer Support Specialist does not require complete sobriety.
✔✔A new Peer Support Specialist wants to better understand how peer coaching can
support a consumer's wellness and recovery. They are curious about the various
approaches used to empower consumers to make decisions about their own lives. What
is the importance of these approaches?
A. Persuade consumers to make healthy life choices.
B. Focus on prescribing specific actions to consumers.
C. Foster consumers' ability to create informed solutions. - ✔✔Answer: B
Rationale: This is a correct response because it utilizes a specific model to help the
consumer build the right tools to use in the scenario
✔✔Practice Examination Questions
Advocacy - ✔✔
✔✔A Peer Support Specialist is working with a consumer with serious mental illness
who has been in inpatient treatment for several months. Prior to a treatment team
meeting, the consumer says to the Peer Support Specialist, "I don't know why I'm even
going. They are just going to keep me here anyway." Which action would the Peer
Support Specialist take to encourage self-advocacy?
