MHACBO QMHA CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What do QMHA's do? Answer: QMHA's communicate with clients
receiving mental health services, assist in gathering information for
evaluations, help clients reach mental health goals and report back to
professionals, assist them in overcoming barriers to participation,
instruct in various living skills, provide navigation, and do safety checks.
●● Whats required to be a QMHA-I? Answer: A bachelors degree in
behavioral science, or a combination of three years of education and
relevant behavioral health occupational experience. Obtain an initial
competency assessment from a qualified supervisor at a state certified
mental health agency.
●● What are the QMHA Domains? Answer: 1. Clinical Competency
2. Professional Responsibility
3. Safety
4. Administrative Responsibility
●● What are the 11 tasks of clinical competency Answer: 1. Engaging
Clients
, 2. Orienting Clients
3. Collecting information for assessments
4. Supporting Clients
5. Monitoring, Observing and reporting
6. Teaching basic and community living skills
7. Resource referral
8. Implementing Interventions
9. Enhancing clients participation
10. Assisting with activities of daily living
11. Facilitating family involvement
●● What is motivational interviewing? Answer: - Identifying
ambivalence
- Focusing communication on the part of the person that wants to change
- Change Talk
●● What is the 3rd most needed training for QMHA's? Answer:
Motivational Interviewing
●● What does Orienting clients consist of? Answer: - Client Rights
- Confidentiality including mandatory reporting
- Rules and expectations
- Letting people know where things in the facility are located
EVALUATION TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What do QMHA's do? Answer: QMHA's communicate with clients
receiving mental health services, assist in gathering information for
evaluations, help clients reach mental health goals and report back to
professionals, assist them in overcoming barriers to participation,
instruct in various living skills, provide navigation, and do safety checks.
●● Whats required to be a QMHA-I? Answer: A bachelors degree in
behavioral science, or a combination of three years of education and
relevant behavioral health occupational experience. Obtain an initial
competency assessment from a qualified supervisor at a state certified
mental health agency.
●● What are the QMHA Domains? Answer: 1. Clinical Competency
2. Professional Responsibility
3. Safety
4. Administrative Responsibility
●● What are the 11 tasks of clinical competency Answer: 1. Engaging
Clients
, 2. Orienting Clients
3. Collecting information for assessments
4. Supporting Clients
5. Monitoring, Observing and reporting
6. Teaching basic and community living skills
7. Resource referral
8. Implementing Interventions
9. Enhancing clients participation
10. Assisting with activities of daily living
11. Facilitating family involvement
●● What is motivational interviewing? Answer: - Identifying
ambivalence
- Focusing communication on the part of the person that wants to change
- Change Talk
●● What is the 3rd most needed training for QMHA's? Answer:
Motivational Interviewing
●● What does Orienting clients consist of? Answer: - Client Rights
- Confidentiality including mandatory reporting
- Rules and expectations
- Letting people know where things in the facility are located
