CTSP PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● Fight Response.
Answer: A trauma response involving confrontation or aggression
toward a perceived threat to regain control.
●● Fight.
Answer: Anger outbursts, verbal confrontation, controlling behavior,
physical aggression.
●● Flight Response.
Answer: A trauma response focused on escaping or avoiding danger or
reminders of threat.
●● Freeze Response.
Answer: Parasympathetic nervous system dominance slows heart rate
and immobilizes the body.
●● Freeze.
Answer: A trauma response involving immobility, shutdown, or
emotional numbness when escape or fight feels impossible.
, ●● Fawn Response.
Answer: A trauma response characterized by appeasing others to reduce
perceived danger, often developed from repeated relational trauma.
●● Fawn Response.
Answer: Learned survival adaptation rooted in maintaining safety
through submission.
●● Autonomic Nervous System (ANS).
Answer: Part of the nervous system that automatically regulates survival
responses.
●● Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS).
Answer: Activates energy and alertness during fight or flight responses.
●● Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS).
Answer: Promotes shutdown and immobilization during overwhelming
stress (freeze).
●● Polyvagal Theory.
Answer: Theory by Stephen Porges explaining how the vagus nerve
shifts the body between safety, danger, and immobilization.
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● Fight Response.
Answer: A trauma response involving confrontation or aggression
toward a perceived threat to regain control.
●● Fight.
Answer: Anger outbursts, verbal confrontation, controlling behavior,
physical aggression.
●● Flight Response.
Answer: A trauma response focused on escaping or avoiding danger or
reminders of threat.
●● Freeze Response.
Answer: Parasympathetic nervous system dominance slows heart rate
and immobilizes the body.
●● Freeze.
Answer: A trauma response involving immobility, shutdown, or
emotional numbness when escape or fight feels impossible.
, ●● Fawn Response.
Answer: A trauma response characterized by appeasing others to reduce
perceived danger, often developed from repeated relational trauma.
●● Fawn Response.
Answer: Learned survival adaptation rooted in maintaining safety
through submission.
●● Autonomic Nervous System (ANS).
Answer: Part of the nervous system that automatically regulates survival
responses.
●● Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS).
Answer: Activates energy and alertness during fight or flight responses.
●● Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS).
Answer: Promotes shutdown and immobilization during overwhelming
stress (freeze).
●● Polyvagal Theory.
Answer: Theory by Stephen Porges explaining how the vagus nerve
shifts the body between safety, danger, and immobilization.
