CPI CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
Safety services are - correct answers - to control danger threats
Once you identify danger threats you - correct answers - consult with
a supervisor, create a safety plan
Chapter 39 protects children from - correct answers - exploitation, abuse,
neglect, and abandonment
When removing a child - correct answers - allow the child to say
goodbye to the parents and ask the parents for assistance packing
his/her stuff
Adjudicatory hearing determines - correct answers - If the child has
been abused, abandoned, or neglected
In determining a caregiver has sufficient emotional capacity, you must find
the caregiver has demonstrated the following emotional maturity: - correct
answers - meets own emotional needs; intellectually able; control impulses
A good Present Danger plan - correct answers - protects the child
When summarizing the domains in the FFA you take into consideration
information given by: - correct answers - alleged perpetrator;
collateral; observations
After completing the FFA; if the child status is Safe you can - correct
answers - close the case; refer family to Diversion (community services) if
necessary
Crisis intervention Service are to be provided when: - correct answers -
When the family needs it
Treatment services are provided when: - correct answers - The case
goes to case management Org
Present Danger is assessed: - correct answers - Constantly until the
end of the investigation
Supervisor consultation is required when: - correct answers - At every critical
juncture; When present danger is established and a safety plan is needed; 5
days after case commencement
,Likelihood of future maltreatment means that there is impending
danger -
correct answers - true
This type of child will be referred to case management - correct
answers - all unsafe children
Micheal is deaf and uses ASL; To begin working with his case, the counselor
would first have to - correct answers - secure the services of an interpreter
A young couple has been reported for medical neglect of an infant. Which
would be the least significant factor in determining the safety of the child?
-a. The parents are struggling financially
-b. There are no local relatives
-c. Both parents work opposing shifts
-d. The child and the parents sleep in the same bedroom - correct
answers - d. The child and the parents sleep in the same bedroom
When conducting an initial interview with an alleged perpetrator, you must
ensure that the person being interviewed:
-a. Consent, denies, or admits to allegations
-b. Has been informed of his or her legal rights
-c. Has been informed of general investigative procedures
-d. Speaks openly with you - correct answers - b. Has been informed of
his/her legal rights
An immediate response is required when a:
-a. child is not picked up from daycare on time
-b. 5-year-old child is home alone
-c. report is made by a doctor
-d. parent has not returned a child from a visit - correct answers - b. 5 yo
is home alon
One responsibility of the CPI is to:
-a. Investigate supplemental reports to the hotline
-b. Document the findings of the investigations in the FFA
-c. Determine what service the family needs
-d. Do an on-going FFA before closing the investigation - correct
answers - b. document the findings of the investigations in the FFA
Standards of proof in the dependency courts are:
-a. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence, beyond
reasonable doubt
-b. Clear and factual, Probable cause and Preponderance of evidence
-c. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and clear and
convincing
-d. Beyond reasonable doubt, clear and convincing and probable cause -
correct answers - c. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and
clear and convincing
Probable cause means:
, -a. There is enough evidence to create the probability that significant
impairment to the child safety may occur if the child is left at home
-b. The allegations are serious enough and the family has priors and the
child needs court intervention for their safety
-c. The evidence to support the removal is more than 50%
-d. None of the above - correct answers - a. There is enough evidence to
create the probability that significant impairment to the child safety may
occur if the child is left at home
Types of Petitions that can be filed in court are:
-a. Shelter, change of placement and dependency
-b. Dependency, TPR, Shelter
-c. Expedited TPR, Shelter review, and non-dependency
-d. Voluntary Services, Shelter, and Dependency - correct answers - B.
dependency, TPR, Shelter
What information CLS needs regarding possible witness
-a. Demographic information
-b. Name, address, evidence they can provide in court
-c. Name, type of testimony they can provide
-d. Their relationship to the parents - correct answers - c. Name, type of
testimony they can provide
An example of non-critical indicator of abuse
-a. Delay in seeking medical attention
-b. Bruises/injuries in inaccessible places of the body
-c. History of repeated, suspicious bruises
-d. Belief that as a parent you can raise your child as you please - correct
answers - d. Belief that as a parent you can raise your child as you please
An intake comes in that a young child is in a bus stop alone. What is the
first thing you do?
-a. Try to locate parents
-b. Take the child into custody
-c. Take the child to your home and try to get information about the parents
-d. Call police and report the parents - correct answers - a. try to
locate the parents
When a child is taken into custody, what is the PI or case manager
authorized to do WITHOUT parental consent or a court order?
-a. Allow the child to go on vacation with the shelter parents
-b. consent for routine medical treatment for the child
-c. - correct answers -
If the child is sheltered on Friday at 10:00 p.m., the shelter hearing must
be held by:
-a. 10:00am Monday
-b. 10:00am Saturday
CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
Safety services are - correct answers - to control danger threats
Once you identify danger threats you - correct answers - consult with
a supervisor, create a safety plan
Chapter 39 protects children from - correct answers - exploitation, abuse,
neglect, and abandonment
When removing a child - correct answers - allow the child to say
goodbye to the parents and ask the parents for assistance packing
his/her stuff
Adjudicatory hearing determines - correct answers - If the child has
been abused, abandoned, or neglected
In determining a caregiver has sufficient emotional capacity, you must find
the caregiver has demonstrated the following emotional maturity: - correct
answers - meets own emotional needs; intellectually able; control impulses
A good Present Danger plan - correct answers - protects the child
When summarizing the domains in the FFA you take into consideration
information given by: - correct answers - alleged perpetrator;
collateral; observations
After completing the FFA; if the child status is Safe you can - correct
answers - close the case; refer family to Diversion (community services) if
necessary
Crisis intervention Service are to be provided when: - correct answers -
When the family needs it
Treatment services are provided when: - correct answers - The case
goes to case management Org
Present Danger is assessed: - correct answers - Constantly until the
end of the investigation
Supervisor consultation is required when: - correct answers - At every critical
juncture; When present danger is established and a safety plan is needed; 5
days after case commencement
,Likelihood of future maltreatment means that there is impending
danger -
correct answers - true
This type of child will be referred to case management - correct
answers - all unsafe children
Micheal is deaf and uses ASL; To begin working with his case, the counselor
would first have to - correct answers - secure the services of an interpreter
A young couple has been reported for medical neglect of an infant. Which
would be the least significant factor in determining the safety of the child?
-a. The parents are struggling financially
-b. There are no local relatives
-c. Both parents work opposing shifts
-d. The child and the parents sleep in the same bedroom - correct
answers - d. The child and the parents sleep in the same bedroom
When conducting an initial interview with an alleged perpetrator, you must
ensure that the person being interviewed:
-a. Consent, denies, or admits to allegations
-b. Has been informed of his or her legal rights
-c. Has been informed of general investigative procedures
-d. Speaks openly with you - correct answers - b. Has been informed of
his/her legal rights
An immediate response is required when a:
-a. child is not picked up from daycare on time
-b. 5-year-old child is home alone
-c. report is made by a doctor
-d. parent has not returned a child from a visit - correct answers - b. 5 yo
is home alon
One responsibility of the CPI is to:
-a. Investigate supplemental reports to the hotline
-b. Document the findings of the investigations in the FFA
-c. Determine what service the family needs
-d. Do an on-going FFA before closing the investigation - correct
answers - b. document the findings of the investigations in the FFA
Standards of proof in the dependency courts are:
-a. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence, beyond
reasonable doubt
-b. Clear and factual, Probable cause and Preponderance of evidence
-c. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and clear and
convincing
-d. Beyond reasonable doubt, clear and convincing and probable cause -
correct answers - c. Probable cause, preponderance of the evidence and
clear and convincing
Probable cause means:
, -a. There is enough evidence to create the probability that significant
impairment to the child safety may occur if the child is left at home
-b. The allegations are serious enough and the family has priors and the
child needs court intervention for their safety
-c. The evidence to support the removal is more than 50%
-d. None of the above - correct answers - a. There is enough evidence to
create the probability that significant impairment to the child safety may
occur if the child is left at home
Types of Petitions that can be filed in court are:
-a. Shelter, change of placement and dependency
-b. Dependency, TPR, Shelter
-c. Expedited TPR, Shelter review, and non-dependency
-d. Voluntary Services, Shelter, and Dependency - correct answers - B.
dependency, TPR, Shelter
What information CLS needs regarding possible witness
-a. Demographic information
-b. Name, address, evidence they can provide in court
-c. Name, type of testimony they can provide
-d. Their relationship to the parents - correct answers - c. Name, type of
testimony they can provide
An example of non-critical indicator of abuse
-a. Delay in seeking medical attention
-b. Bruises/injuries in inaccessible places of the body
-c. History of repeated, suspicious bruises
-d. Belief that as a parent you can raise your child as you please - correct
answers - d. Belief that as a parent you can raise your child as you please
An intake comes in that a young child is in a bus stop alone. What is the
first thing you do?
-a. Try to locate parents
-b. Take the child into custody
-c. Take the child to your home and try to get information about the parents
-d. Call police and report the parents - correct answers - a. try to
locate the parents
When a child is taken into custody, what is the PI or case manager
authorized to do WITHOUT parental consent or a court order?
-a. Allow the child to go on vacation with the shelter parents
-b. consent for routine medical treatment for the child
-c. - correct answers -
If the child is sheltered on Friday at 10:00 p.m., the shelter hearing must
be held by:
-a. 10:00am Monday
-b. 10:00am Saturday
