Peer Certification Study Set Questions
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What best describes a Peer Support Specialist?
A. A person who has personally experienced and is in
recovery from mental health or substance use issues, or who
is the family member or parent of someone with mental
health or substance use issues, and has formal training to
support others in recovery.
B. A person who completed treatment and is living a sober
life.
C. A mental health consumer who has been in therapy for a
minimum of 1,550 hours with a history of continuous med
compliance and no hospitalizations OR a recovering
substance abuser with a minimum of 1,550 hours of
continuous abstinence and regular meeting attendance with
no relapses
D. A worker who supports someone by providing medications,
therapeutic care, or other treatment as necessary. - Correct
Answers ✅A. A person who has personally experienced and
is in recovery from mental health or substance use issues, or
who is the family member or parent of someone with mental
health or substance use issues, and has formal training to
support others in recovery.
You REDUCE relationship rapport with someone you are
supporting by:
A.Creating a sense of belonging
B.Remembering their birthday
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C.Being authentic
D.Being unaware of your power - Correct Answers
✅D.Being unaware of your power
Someone tells a Peer Support Specialist that they have a lot
of situational stress that is not a result of their diagnosis.
What action would the Peer Support Specialist take in
supporting the consumer?
A. Advise the consumer of stronger anxiety medication
options to try.
B. Tell the consumer that it is natural to feel that way from
time to time and it is best to put their focus elsewhere.
C.Collaborate with the consumer to develop a wellness plan
to address their concerns.
D.Tell the consumer the only solution is to advocate for
legislative change. - Correct Answers ✅C.Collaborate with
the consumer to develop a wellness plan to address their
concerns.
A benefit of sharing your recovery story is to:
A. Let people know what they should do
B.Create expectations
C.Support change, and show recovery is possible
D.Show the best way toward recovery - Correct Answers
✅C.Support change, and show recovery is possible
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A consumer would like to support a neighborhood rally but
has anxiety about attending. They believe their anxiety would
not be an issue if they are accompanied by their Peer Support
Specialist. What action would the Peer Support Specialist
take?
A.Speak to their supervisor about the situation
B.Inform the consumer it would be a conflict of interest to go
with them.
C.Suggest that the consumer avoid anxiety-producing
situations.
D.Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer, if
it is part of Peer Specialist's job. - Correct Answers
✅D.Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer,
if it is part of Peer Specialist's job.
In optimal recovery planning...
A. People discover and write down their goals and dreams.
B. A person's recovery plan must be aligned with the Peer
Support Specialist's beliefs, opinions and preferences.
C. Developing a written plan is unnecessary.
D. The focus is on the clinical treatment plan. - Correct
Answers ✅A. People discover and write down their goals
and dreams.
A consumer tells a Peer Support Specialist they want to make
friends but does not know how. What action would the Peer
Support Specialist take to support the consumer?
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A.Use knowledge of legal resources and advocacy
organization to build an advocacy plan.
B.Apply principles of empowerment.
C.Assure that interpersonal relationships, services and
supports, reflect individual differences and cultural diversity.
D.Refer them to the self-help support groups which best fit
their needs. - Correct Answers ✅D.Refer them to the self-
help support groups which best fit their needs.
How would a Family Peer Support Specialist begin to assist a
family in identifying informal supports to plan for wellness?
A.Help the family identify existing services
B.Ask the family who they talk to when they need help
C. Offer the family a local resource directory
D.Tell the family who they need to talk with - Correct
Answers ✅B.Ask the family who they talk to when they
need help
What is a strategy for validating the experiences of parents?
A.Give helpful advice as the parents share their experience
B.Urge parents to seek mental health treatment
C.When the parents share their experience, change the
subject to something more important
with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
What best describes a Peer Support Specialist?
A. A person who has personally experienced and is in
recovery from mental health or substance use issues, or who
is the family member or parent of someone with mental
health or substance use issues, and has formal training to
support others in recovery.
B. A person who completed treatment and is living a sober
life.
C. A mental health consumer who has been in therapy for a
minimum of 1,550 hours with a history of continuous med
compliance and no hospitalizations OR a recovering
substance abuser with a minimum of 1,550 hours of
continuous abstinence and regular meeting attendance with
no relapses
D. A worker who supports someone by providing medications,
therapeutic care, or other treatment as necessary. - Correct
Answers ✅A. A person who has personally experienced and
is in recovery from mental health or substance use issues, or
who is the family member or parent of someone with mental
health or substance use issues, and has formal training to
support others in recovery.
You REDUCE relationship rapport with someone you are
supporting by:
A.Creating a sense of belonging
B.Remembering their birthday
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with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
C.Being authentic
D.Being unaware of your power - Correct Answers
✅D.Being unaware of your power
Someone tells a Peer Support Specialist that they have a lot
of situational stress that is not a result of their diagnosis.
What action would the Peer Support Specialist take in
supporting the consumer?
A. Advise the consumer of stronger anxiety medication
options to try.
B. Tell the consumer that it is natural to feel that way from
time to time and it is best to put their focus elsewhere.
C.Collaborate with the consumer to develop a wellness plan
to address their concerns.
D.Tell the consumer the only solution is to advocate for
legislative change. - Correct Answers ✅C.Collaborate with
the consumer to develop a wellness plan to address their
concerns.
A benefit of sharing your recovery story is to:
A. Let people know what they should do
B.Create expectations
C.Support change, and show recovery is possible
D.Show the best way toward recovery - Correct Answers
✅C.Support change, and show recovery is possible
,Peer Certification Study Set Questions
with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
A consumer would like to support a neighborhood rally but
has anxiety about attending. They believe their anxiety would
not be an issue if they are accompanied by their Peer Support
Specialist. What action would the Peer Support Specialist
take?
A.Speak to their supervisor about the situation
B.Inform the consumer it would be a conflict of interest to go
with them.
C.Suggest that the consumer avoid anxiety-producing
situations.
D.Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer, if
it is part of Peer Specialist's job. - Correct Answers
✅D.Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer,
if it is part of Peer Specialist's job.
In optimal recovery planning...
A. People discover and write down their goals and dreams.
B. A person's recovery plan must be aligned with the Peer
Support Specialist's beliefs, opinions and preferences.
C. Developing a written plan is unnecessary.
D. The focus is on the clinical treatment plan. - Correct
Answers ✅A. People discover and write down their goals
and dreams.
A consumer tells a Peer Support Specialist they want to make
friends but does not know how. What action would the Peer
Support Specialist take to support the consumer?
, Peer Certification Study Set Questions
with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
A.Use knowledge of legal resources and advocacy
organization to build an advocacy plan.
B.Apply principles of empowerment.
C.Assure that interpersonal relationships, services and
supports, reflect individual differences and cultural diversity.
D.Refer them to the self-help support groups which best fit
their needs. - Correct Answers ✅D.Refer them to the self-
help support groups which best fit their needs.
How would a Family Peer Support Specialist begin to assist a
family in identifying informal supports to plan for wellness?
A.Help the family identify existing services
B.Ask the family who they talk to when they need help
C. Offer the family a local resource directory
D.Tell the family who they need to talk with - Correct
Answers ✅B.Ask the family who they talk to when they
need help
What is a strategy for validating the experiences of parents?
A.Give helpful advice as the parents share their experience
B.Urge parents to seek mental health treatment
C.When the parents share their experience, change the
subject to something more important
