CBIS CERTIFICATION TEST FLASHCARDS | CBIS CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026
4 Ts - ANS ✔✔Elements affecting sexual energy within a marriage.
504 Plan (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) - ANS ✔✔A written plan developed by a
general education school committee outlining accommodations to be made by a K-12 or post-
secondary school that receives federal funds for a student with a disabling condition that
substantially limits a major life activity.
Abbreviated Injury Scale for the Head (AIS for the Head) - ANS ✔✔A one-time measure of head
injury severity, ranging from 1 (minor) to 6 (unsurvivable). It is part of a larger system of
anatomical scoring called the Injury Severity Score.
Abuse - ANS ✔✔The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or
punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish. This also includes the
deprivation by an individual, including a caretaker, of goods or services that are necessary to
attain or maintain physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) - ANS ✔✔A traumatic brain injury, resulting from a non-accidental
injury, involving violence against an individual. It is a broad term that includes head trauma from
shaking only (shaken baby syndrome) as well as any type of blunt force to the head or
combination of the two (shaken impact syndrome).
Academic Intelligence (Analytical Intelligence) - ANS ✔✔Ability to solve problems in academic
(classroom) settings.
Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) - ANS ✔✔A
professional organization that certifies practitioners (primarily speech-language pathologists)
who specialize in neurologic communication disorders.
,Acceleration-Deceleration Forces - ANS ✔✔Sudden impact following a high velocity of
speed, frequently resulting in brain injury. - ANS ✔✔
Accreditation - ANS ✔✔A process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility
is presented.
Acculturation - ANS ✔✔The process of learning the manners and style of the dominant and
prevailing culture including the experiences and changes that groups and individuals undergo
when they come in contact with different cultures. Acculturation occurs in the context of
continuous contact for extended periods of time of two or more groups from different cultures.
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) - ANS ✔✔An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital,
degenerative, or induced by birth trauma.
Action Potential - ANS ✔✔An electrical impulse generated by the communication of one neuron
to another.
Activities of Daily Living (ADL) - ANS ✔✔Dressing, eating, showering, toileting, walking.
Activity Limitations - ANS ✔✔Tasks that cannot be fully executed by a person with a disability.
Acute Care - ANS ✔✔Care provided in a hospital setting until the person is medically stable.
Adaptability - ANS ✔✔People's capacity to change their behaviors in order to adapt to changes
in their internal or external environment.
Adduction - ANS ✔✔Movement towards the mid-line of the body, in contrast to abduction,
which is movement away from the mid-line of the body.
,Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) - ANS ✔✔Transports chemical energy within cells to fuel
metabolic processes.
Administrative Law - ANS ✔✔Laws created by administrative agencies, such as the Department
of Health and Human Services, by statute, Congress, or the state legislature. Such laws authorize
an agency to create its own rules or regulations.
Advocacy - ANS ✔✔The act of publicly supporting or speaking on behalf of a person, cause,
action, legislation, etc.
Advocate - ANS ✔✔An individual or organization who serves on behalf of an individual.
Affect - ANS ✔✔Feeling or emotion.
Afferent - ANS ✔✔Tracts of nerves that send information toward the central nervous system.
Agitation - ANS ✔✔The unpleasant state of high excitement leaving a person feeling confused,
nervous, tense, etc.
Agnosia - ANS ✔✔The lack of awareness of sensations and the inability to recognize objects.
Agnosias can be specific to color, familiar faces or general objects.
Agonist - ANS ✔✔A chemical that binds to a receptor, activating it to produce a biological
response.
Air Evacuation (AE) - ANS ✔✔A sophisticated medical evacuation system, transporting injured
service members via air transport to appropriate levels of care.
, Airborne Pathogens - ANS ✔✔Infectious microbes small enough to be transmitted from person
to person when an infected individual coughs, sneezes, or laughs.
Akinesia - ANS ✔✔Slowness or loss of voluntary movement; often a result of damage to the
basal ganglia.
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) - ANS ✔✔A 10-question instrument used to
get information on the amount of a patient's drinking, the symptoms of dependence, and
alcohol's harmful effects on their life.
Alcohol, Smoking and Substance-use Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) - ANS ✔✔
A screening tool developed by the WHO to assess high-risk use of alcohol and other drugs in
adults (for use in medical care settings). - ANS ✔✔
Allied Health Professionals - ANS ✔✔Professionals working in the health care industry in
disciplines other than medicine, nursing and pharmacy. For example, allied health professionals
may include medical interpreters, orthotists, audiologists, physical therapists, clinical
psychologists, nutritionists, medical social workers, etc.
Allodynia - ANS ✔✔A type of pain that is triggered by a stimulus from something that would not
normally provoke pain.
Allogeneic - ANS ✔✔Derived from the same species, but genetically not identical (such as
human bone or skin grafts).
Alteration in Mental State - ANS ✔✔When someone feels dazed, experiences confusion, is
uncertain while answering simple questions, has decreased clear thinking, and is not able to
describe what happened prior to or after injury
ANSWERS 2026
4 Ts - ANS ✔✔Elements affecting sexual energy within a marriage.
504 Plan (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) - ANS ✔✔A written plan developed by a
general education school committee outlining accommodations to be made by a K-12 or post-
secondary school that receives federal funds for a student with a disabling condition that
substantially limits a major life activity.
Abbreviated Injury Scale for the Head (AIS for the Head) - ANS ✔✔A one-time measure of head
injury severity, ranging from 1 (minor) to 6 (unsurvivable). It is part of a larger system of
anatomical scoring called the Injury Severity Score.
Abuse - ANS ✔✔The willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or
punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish. This also includes the
deprivation by an individual, including a caretaker, of goods or services that are necessary to
attain or maintain physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) - ANS ✔✔A traumatic brain injury, resulting from a non-accidental
injury, involving violence against an individual. It is a broad term that includes head trauma from
shaking only (shaken baby syndrome) as well as any type of blunt force to the head or
combination of the two (shaken impact syndrome).
Academic Intelligence (Analytical Intelligence) - ANS ✔✔Ability to solve problems in academic
(classroom) settings.
Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS) - ANS ✔✔A
professional organization that certifies practitioners (primarily speech-language pathologists)
who specialize in neurologic communication disorders.
,Acceleration-Deceleration Forces - ANS ✔✔Sudden impact following a high velocity of
speed, frequently resulting in brain injury. - ANS ✔✔
Accreditation - ANS ✔✔A process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility
is presented.
Acculturation - ANS ✔✔The process of learning the manners and style of the dominant and
prevailing culture including the experiences and changes that groups and individuals undergo
when they come in contact with different cultures. Acculturation occurs in the context of
continuous contact for extended periods of time of two or more groups from different cultures.
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) - ANS ✔✔An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital,
degenerative, or induced by birth trauma.
Action Potential - ANS ✔✔An electrical impulse generated by the communication of one neuron
to another.
Activities of Daily Living (ADL) - ANS ✔✔Dressing, eating, showering, toileting, walking.
Activity Limitations - ANS ✔✔Tasks that cannot be fully executed by a person with a disability.
Acute Care - ANS ✔✔Care provided in a hospital setting until the person is medically stable.
Adaptability - ANS ✔✔People's capacity to change their behaviors in order to adapt to changes
in their internal or external environment.
Adduction - ANS ✔✔Movement towards the mid-line of the body, in contrast to abduction,
which is movement away from the mid-line of the body.
,Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) - ANS ✔✔Transports chemical energy within cells to fuel
metabolic processes.
Administrative Law - ANS ✔✔Laws created by administrative agencies, such as the Department
of Health and Human Services, by statute, Congress, or the state legislature. Such laws authorize
an agency to create its own rules or regulations.
Advocacy - ANS ✔✔The act of publicly supporting or speaking on behalf of a person, cause,
action, legislation, etc.
Advocate - ANS ✔✔An individual or organization who serves on behalf of an individual.
Affect - ANS ✔✔Feeling or emotion.
Afferent - ANS ✔✔Tracts of nerves that send information toward the central nervous system.
Agitation - ANS ✔✔The unpleasant state of high excitement leaving a person feeling confused,
nervous, tense, etc.
Agnosia - ANS ✔✔The lack of awareness of sensations and the inability to recognize objects.
Agnosias can be specific to color, familiar faces or general objects.
Agonist - ANS ✔✔A chemical that binds to a receptor, activating it to produce a biological
response.
Air Evacuation (AE) - ANS ✔✔A sophisticated medical evacuation system, transporting injured
service members via air transport to appropriate levels of care.
, Airborne Pathogens - ANS ✔✔Infectious microbes small enough to be transmitted from person
to person when an infected individual coughs, sneezes, or laughs.
Akinesia - ANS ✔✔Slowness or loss of voluntary movement; often a result of damage to the
basal ganglia.
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) - ANS ✔✔A 10-question instrument used to
get information on the amount of a patient's drinking, the symptoms of dependence, and
alcohol's harmful effects on their life.
Alcohol, Smoking and Substance-use Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) - ANS ✔✔
A screening tool developed by the WHO to assess high-risk use of alcohol and other drugs in
adults (for use in medical care settings). - ANS ✔✔
Allied Health Professionals - ANS ✔✔Professionals working in the health care industry in
disciplines other than medicine, nursing and pharmacy. For example, allied health professionals
may include medical interpreters, orthotists, audiologists, physical therapists, clinical
psychologists, nutritionists, medical social workers, etc.
Allodynia - ANS ✔✔A type of pain that is triggered by a stimulus from something that would not
normally provoke pain.
Allogeneic - ANS ✔✔Derived from the same species, but genetically not identical (such as
human bone or skin grafts).
Alteration in Mental State - ANS ✔✔When someone feels dazed, experiences confusion, is
uncertain while answering simple questions, has decreased clear thinking, and is not able to
describe what happened prior to or after injury
