PAR EXAM STUDY GUIDE DJJ /
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
LATEST UPDATE.
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, 1. Describe how staff can prepare for safe & successful interactions with youth
CORRECT ANSWER PREPARING for safe and successful interactions with youth begins with the
Start Smart Skills, which when practiced with confidence can go a long way in fostering professional
relationships with youth:
Maintain the Right Attitude. Make the
Right Actions.
2. Identify components of DJJ's operations that require safe and successful interactions with
youth. CORRECT ANSWER DJJ has developed numerous components of its op- erations pursuant to
statute, rule, manual, and policy to ensure the success of staff: e.g., background screening, code of
conduct, incident reporting, confidentiality requirement, etc.
3. Describe the general characteristics of youth that affect the way they be- have.
CORRECT ANSWER Cognitively, socially, and emotionally.
4. Describe traumaCORRECT ANSWER The personal experience of violence and victimization
includ- ing sexual abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect, loss, domestic violence, and/or the witnessing
of violence, terrorism, or disasters.
5. Describe the stress response's effect on youth behavior.CORRECT ANSWER A natural reaction
to events that may be difficult, demanding, or threatening. ; "fight, flight, or freeze" response.
6. 6. Describe the relationship between unmet needs and youth behavior.CORRECT ANSWER -
When there are unmet needs in people's lives, they cannot fully develop cognitively, socially, and
emotionally which in turn affects the way they behave.
7. What is a Trigger?CORRECT ANSWER A trigger is an event that sets of a memory.
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026 GRADED A+
LATEST UPDATE.
1/7
, 1. Describe how staff can prepare for safe & successful interactions with youth
CORRECT ANSWER PREPARING for safe and successful interactions with youth begins with the
Start Smart Skills, which when practiced with confidence can go a long way in fostering professional
relationships with youth:
Maintain the Right Attitude. Make the
Right Actions.
2. Identify components of DJJ's operations that require safe and successful interactions with
youth. CORRECT ANSWER DJJ has developed numerous components of its op- erations pursuant to
statute, rule, manual, and policy to ensure the success of staff: e.g., background screening, code of
conduct, incident reporting, confidentiality requirement, etc.
3. Describe the general characteristics of youth that affect the way they be- have.
CORRECT ANSWER Cognitively, socially, and emotionally.
4. Describe traumaCORRECT ANSWER The personal experience of violence and victimization
includ- ing sexual abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect, loss, domestic violence, and/or the witnessing
of violence, terrorism, or disasters.
5. Describe the stress response's effect on youth behavior.CORRECT ANSWER A natural reaction
to events that may be difficult, demanding, or threatening. ; "fight, flight, or freeze" response.
6. 6. Describe the relationship between unmet needs and youth behavior.CORRECT ANSWER -
When there are unmet needs in people's lives, they cannot fully develop cognitively, socially, and
emotionally which in turn affects the way they behave.
7. What is a Trigger?CORRECT ANSWER A trigger is an event that sets of a memory.
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