PA CERTIFIED INVESTIGATOR UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PA CERTIFIED INVESTIGATOR UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1.
Answer:
incident

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2. incident
Answer:
an event with potential to adversely impact an individual's health safety or rights

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3. critical incidents
Answer:
defind by the serverity of harm

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4. investigation
Answer:
the process of identifying collecting and assessing facts in ansystematic manner.

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5. Purpose of Investigation
Answer:
objectively describe or explain what did or did not occur at a given place and time.

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6. Reportable Incidents
Answer:
Abuse Neglect Rights Violation Misuse of funds / Death if they are recieving services from
provider/Hospitalization- unexplained injury accidntial injury staff to consumer - consumer to consumer-
abuse- injury from restraint

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7. 2 types of facts
Answer:
Relevant and Irrelevant

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8. Facts
Answer:
pieces of information available to investigator

, Question:
9. Relevant Facts or Evidence
Answer:
facts that potentially describe or explain an event.

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10. Irrelevant Evidence
Answer:
facts that do not have potential to explain an event

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11. Direct Evidence
Answer:
testimonial evidence- Eyewitness

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12. Circumstancial Evidence
Answer:
Didnt see but has knowledge that can be pieced together to draw a conclusion

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13. 4 Forms of Evidence
Answer:
testimony/physical/documentary/demonstrative

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14. Testimonial Evidence
Answer:
verbal or the equalent

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15. Physical Evidence
Answer:
Spacial relationship/brusing/ property damage/things themselves weapons or the absence of things

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16. Documentary Evidence
Answer:
attendance sheets/time logs/Isp/ written down/ preservation of witness statements

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17. 4 stages of investigation