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CPI CERTIFICATION EXAM LATEST 2026 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |AGRADE
What is the primary resource a CPI will use to assess maltreatments and
make findings?
-a. FSFN 'How Do I Guides'
-b. Findings Index
-c. Chapter 39
-d. Maltreatment Index
-e. Children's Legal Services ......ANSWER......d. maltreatment index
Assessing for impending danger is contingent upon:
-a. Sufficient information collection
-b. Having a present danger plan in place
-c. Whether or not we can file a dependency petition
-d. Correctly applying threshold criteria
-e. A and D only ......ANSWER......e. A and D only
Which of the following best defines impending danger?
-a. A child being in a state of danger due to parent/caregiver behaviors,
attitudes, motives, emotions, and/or situations posing a specific threat
of severe harm to a child
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-b. An immediate, significant, and clearly observable family condition
that is actively occurring or in process of occurring at the point of
contact with a family and will likely result in serious harm to a child,
therefore requiring a prompt DCF response
-c. Negative family conditions and/or circumstances that place a child at
risk of maltreatment
-d. The point at which a negative family condition gets worse
-e. It is the same as present danger ......ANSWER......a. A child being in a
state of danger due to parent/caregiver behaviors, attitudes, motives,
emotions, and/or situations posing a specific threat of severe harm to a
child
No present or impending danger is identified but the risk assessment
score is 'very high', the CPI must:
-a. Transfer case to the case manager to provide services
-b. Encourage and guide families as to community resources options
-c. Develop a safety plan to control the risks
-d. Do nothing and close the investigation/case ......ANSWER......b.
Encourage and guide families as to community resources options
Impending danger is documented in:
-a. Family Functioning Assessment and Risk Assessment
-b. Family Functioning Assessment and notes
-c. Family Functioning Assessment and Present Danger Assessment
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-d. Present Danger Assessment and Risk Assessment ......ANSWER......b.
family functioning assessment and notes
It is determined a parent/caregiver is violent, impulsive, or acting
dangerously in ways that have seriously harmed the child, or will likely
seriously harm the child, what action should be taken:
-a. Create and implement a case plan
-b. Develop or modify a safety plan
-c. Assess the child's tolerance of the caregiver's behavior
-d. Determine if the behavior is a cultural issue ......ANSWER......b.
Develop or modify a safety plan
What are personal/caregiving behavior, cognitive and emotional
characteristics that specifically and directly can be associated with being
protective to one's children?
-a. Good parenting
-b. Parental Strengths
-c. Parenting Attributes of Protection
-d. Caregiver Protective Capacities ......ANSWER......d. caregiver
protective capacities
Which of the following is not an example of efforts to reduce trauma
when children must experience transitions?
-a. Talk with the child and help him/her find ways to express feelings
and emotions
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-b. Be diligent in implementing ways for the child to keep in contact
with family and friends
c. Encourage those who are close to the child to be available
-d. Avoid family meetings because they may be too emotional for the
child ......ANSWER......d. Avoid family meetings because they may be too
emotional for the child
What does a determination that a child is "unsafe" require?
-a. Diminished caregiver protective capacities, verified maltreatment
and vulnerable child
-b. Enhanced caregiver protective capacities, impending danger threat
identified, and the family believes the child is unsafe
-c. Diminished caregiver protective capacities, impending danger threat
identified, and a vulnerable child
-d. Enhanced caregiver protective capacities, present danger threat
identified, and lacking family support ......ANSWER......c. Diminished
caregiver protective capacities, impending danger threat identified, and
a vulnerable child
When present danger is identified during the initial visit with the family,
the PI must:
-a. Establish ways the child may be protected immediately
-b. Talk to the parents about alternative caretakers
-c. Allow parents 48 hours to refute the allegations
CPI CERTIFICATION EXAM LATEST 2026 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |AGRADE
What is the primary resource a CPI will use to assess maltreatments and
make findings?
-a. FSFN 'How Do I Guides'
-b. Findings Index
-c. Chapter 39
-d. Maltreatment Index
-e. Children's Legal Services ......ANSWER......d. maltreatment index
Assessing for impending danger is contingent upon:
-a. Sufficient information collection
-b. Having a present danger plan in place
-c. Whether or not we can file a dependency petition
-d. Correctly applying threshold criteria
-e. A and D only ......ANSWER......e. A and D only
Which of the following best defines impending danger?
-a. A child being in a state of danger due to parent/caregiver behaviors,
attitudes, motives, emotions, and/or situations posing a specific threat
of severe harm to a child
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-b. An immediate, significant, and clearly observable family condition
that is actively occurring or in process of occurring at the point of
contact with a family and will likely result in serious harm to a child,
therefore requiring a prompt DCF response
-c. Negative family conditions and/or circumstances that place a child at
risk of maltreatment
-d. The point at which a negative family condition gets worse
-e. It is the same as present danger ......ANSWER......a. A child being in a
state of danger due to parent/caregiver behaviors, attitudes, motives,
emotions, and/or situations posing a specific threat of severe harm to a
child
No present or impending danger is identified but the risk assessment
score is 'very high', the CPI must:
-a. Transfer case to the case manager to provide services
-b. Encourage and guide families as to community resources options
-c. Develop a safety plan to control the risks
-d. Do nothing and close the investigation/case ......ANSWER......b.
Encourage and guide families as to community resources options
Impending danger is documented in:
-a. Family Functioning Assessment and Risk Assessment
-b. Family Functioning Assessment and notes
-c. Family Functioning Assessment and Present Danger Assessment
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-d. Present Danger Assessment and Risk Assessment ......ANSWER......b.
family functioning assessment and notes
It is determined a parent/caregiver is violent, impulsive, or acting
dangerously in ways that have seriously harmed the child, or will likely
seriously harm the child, what action should be taken:
-a. Create and implement a case plan
-b. Develop or modify a safety plan
-c. Assess the child's tolerance of the caregiver's behavior
-d. Determine if the behavior is a cultural issue ......ANSWER......b.
Develop or modify a safety plan
What are personal/caregiving behavior, cognitive and emotional
characteristics that specifically and directly can be associated with being
protective to one's children?
-a. Good parenting
-b. Parental Strengths
-c. Parenting Attributes of Protection
-d. Caregiver Protective Capacities ......ANSWER......d. caregiver
protective capacities
Which of the following is not an example of efforts to reduce trauma
when children must experience transitions?
-a. Talk with the child and help him/her find ways to express feelings
and emotions
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-b. Be diligent in implementing ways for the child to keep in contact
with family and friends
c. Encourage those who are close to the child to be available
-d. Avoid family meetings because they may be too emotional for the
child ......ANSWER......d. Avoid family meetings because they may be too
emotional for the child
What does a determination that a child is "unsafe" require?
-a. Diminished caregiver protective capacities, verified maltreatment
and vulnerable child
-b. Enhanced caregiver protective capacities, impending danger threat
identified, and the family believes the child is unsafe
-c. Diminished caregiver protective capacities, impending danger threat
identified, and a vulnerable child
-d. Enhanced caregiver protective capacities, present danger threat
identified, and lacking family support ......ANSWER......c. Diminished
caregiver protective capacities, impending danger threat identified, and
a vulnerable child
When present danger is identified during the initial visit with the family,
the PI must:
-a. Establish ways the child may be protected immediately
-b. Talk to the parents about alternative caretakers
-c. Allow parents 48 hours to refute the allegations
