PEER RECOVERY ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS TO
SAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS
1. When you are developing a recovery/wellness plan you should
include: Correct Answers B: Recovery and/or wellness plans help those
receiving services to plan for immediate needs, anticipate triggers and
identify supporters. With the help of peers they can identify both short
and long term goals to support their recovery.
2. Advocacy is intended to: Correct Answers D: One major role of a
peer who provides recovery support is to advocate for the peer, protect
the peer's rights and reduce the impact of stigma on the peer's recovery
process.
3. What are SAMHSA's four major dimensions of recovery? Correct
Answers C: SAMHSA has outlined four major dimensions that support a
life in recovery.
Health, Home, Purpose, Community.
4. Stigma can be clearly defined as: Correct Answers A: The Center for
Disease Control describes stigma as a cluster of negative attitudes and
beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid, and
discriminate against people with mental illness and other behavioral
health differences. Stigma can lead to social exclusion or discrimination,
and can discredit a person due to differences which may result in
unequal access to resources including educational opportunities,
employment, a supportive community, and access to quality health care.
, 5. You would be committing a boundary violation if you: Correct
Answers C: Some key ethical boundaries of a Peer Recovery Specialist
include not exchanging money or gifts or services, not dating or
socializing with peers, and not sharing personal contact information.
6. What best describe a peer who provides recovery support? Correct
Answers A: Peers who provide recovery support are individual's with
lived experience (with a mental illness and/or addiction to alcohol and/or
other drugs) and have completed specific training, supervision and work
experience. Peer Recovery Specialists serve as mentors, advocates and
supporters to peers, and participate in on-going professional education
and supervision.
7. Professional development is: Correct Answers C: Professional
Development is the continuous process of acquiring new or updated
knowledge and skills that relate to one's profession, job responsibilities,
or work environment.
8. One major role of peer recovery support is to: Correct Answers D:
One of the major roles of a peer who provides recovery support is to
advocate for the recovery movement, advocate for the peer, and protect
the peer's rights.
9. How would you best describe a person with co-occurring disorders?
Correct Answers D: Co-occurring disorders are defined as people with
one or more mental illnesses AND one or more substance use disorders
at the same time. "Co-occurring" historically was referred to as "dual
diagnosis" and/or "dual disorder".
SAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS
1. When you are developing a recovery/wellness plan you should
include: Correct Answers B: Recovery and/or wellness plans help those
receiving services to plan for immediate needs, anticipate triggers and
identify supporters. With the help of peers they can identify both short
and long term goals to support their recovery.
2. Advocacy is intended to: Correct Answers D: One major role of a
peer who provides recovery support is to advocate for the peer, protect
the peer's rights and reduce the impact of stigma on the peer's recovery
process.
3. What are SAMHSA's four major dimensions of recovery? Correct
Answers C: SAMHSA has outlined four major dimensions that support a
life in recovery.
Health, Home, Purpose, Community.
4. Stigma can be clearly defined as: Correct Answers A: The Center for
Disease Control describes stigma as a cluster of negative attitudes and
beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid, and
discriminate against people with mental illness and other behavioral
health differences. Stigma can lead to social exclusion or discrimination,
and can discredit a person due to differences which may result in
unequal access to resources including educational opportunities,
employment, a supportive community, and access to quality health care.
, 5. You would be committing a boundary violation if you: Correct
Answers C: Some key ethical boundaries of a Peer Recovery Specialist
include not exchanging money or gifts or services, not dating or
socializing with peers, and not sharing personal contact information.
6. What best describe a peer who provides recovery support? Correct
Answers A: Peers who provide recovery support are individual's with
lived experience (with a mental illness and/or addiction to alcohol and/or
other drugs) and have completed specific training, supervision and work
experience. Peer Recovery Specialists serve as mentors, advocates and
supporters to peers, and participate in on-going professional education
and supervision.
7. Professional development is: Correct Answers C: Professional
Development is the continuous process of acquiring new or updated
knowledge and skills that relate to one's profession, job responsibilities,
or work environment.
8. One major role of peer recovery support is to: Correct Answers D:
One of the major roles of a peer who provides recovery support is to
advocate for the recovery movement, advocate for the peer, and protect
the peer's rights.
9. How would you best describe a person with co-occurring disorders?
Correct Answers D: Co-occurring disorders are defined as people with
one or more mental illnesses AND one or more substance use disorders
at the same time. "Co-occurring" historically was referred to as "dual
diagnosis" and/or "dual disorder".
