CMS final exam Question and answers
verified to pass 2025/2026
Aiding and Coping - correct answer ✔1. avoid significant changes 2. be willing to listen 3. keep survivors
in good health 4. find support groups 5. know time feels, but never say it 6. focus on their feelings 7. do
your work beforehand
Avoid significant changes - correct answer ✔take advantage of the cleaning process, throwing away
things, leave loved one's things alone
Be willing to listen - correct answer ✔dont force them to talk, survivors want people to be more normal
around them
Keep survivors in good health - correct answer ✔rituals like eating and walking are not fun alone,
people give up caring
Fnd support groups - correct answer ✔there are support groups on campus
know that time heels, but never say it - correct answer ✔sounds dismissive, survivors don't want to feel
good
Fear of Death - correct answer ✔Suffering, humiliation, extinction, loss of loved ones, changes in
society
Suffering: - correct answer ✔feeling pain is bad, want to feel comfortable
Humiliation - correct answer ✔sense of control goes away
, Extinction - correct answer ✔i won't matter anymore
Loss of loved ones - correct answer ✔goodbye to everyone
changes in society - correct answer ✔a. reduced religiosity: don't believe in better places
b. lower social support
c. fewer rituals- funerals were a big deal
d. less publicness- less people have seen a dead body, less huge funerals
Coping with Death - correct answer ✔a. subterfuge, denial, death dying
Subterfuge - correct answer ✔hide discussion, going to a better place
Denail - correct answer ✔not going to happen to me
Death dying - correct answer ✔feeling like their surviving, more alive
Steps in Dying Process - correct answer ✔denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
Survivor Stages - correct answer ✔A. Immediate
B. Intermediate
C. Recovery
Immediate Stage - correct answer ✔quickly days to weeks, can't sleep
verified to pass 2025/2026
Aiding and Coping - correct answer ✔1. avoid significant changes 2. be willing to listen 3. keep survivors
in good health 4. find support groups 5. know time feels, but never say it 6. focus on their feelings 7. do
your work beforehand
Avoid significant changes - correct answer ✔take advantage of the cleaning process, throwing away
things, leave loved one's things alone
Be willing to listen - correct answer ✔dont force them to talk, survivors want people to be more normal
around them
Keep survivors in good health - correct answer ✔rituals like eating and walking are not fun alone,
people give up caring
Fnd support groups - correct answer ✔there are support groups on campus
know that time heels, but never say it - correct answer ✔sounds dismissive, survivors don't want to feel
good
Fear of Death - correct answer ✔Suffering, humiliation, extinction, loss of loved ones, changes in
society
Suffering: - correct answer ✔feeling pain is bad, want to feel comfortable
Humiliation - correct answer ✔sense of control goes away
, Extinction - correct answer ✔i won't matter anymore
Loss of loved ones - correct answer ✔goodbye to everyone
changes in society - correct answer ✔a. reduced religiosity: don't believe in better places
b. lower social support
c. fewer rituals- funerals were a big deal
d. less publicness- less people have seen a dead body, less huge funerals
Coping with Death - correct answer ✔a. subterfuge, denial, death dying
Subterfuge - correct answer ✔hide discussion, going to a better place
Denail - correct answer ✔not going to happen to me
Death dying - correct answer ✔feeling like their surviving, more alive
Steps in Dying Process - correct answer ✔denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
Survivor Stages - correct answer ✔A. Immediate
B. Intermediate
C. Recovery
Immediate Stage - correct answer ✔quickly days to weeks, can't sleep
