MASSACHUSETTS CERTIFIED PEER
SPECIALIST (CPS) 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS (VERIFIED UPDATE).
The principle speaks to the value of "do no harm." While SOME people
will not be harmed by using non-human experience language, others WILL be harmed;
therefore, by using human experience language, it is unlikely that anyone will be
harmed.
- Answer benevolence
What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.) - Answer Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
Human experience language is not about rules, it is about - Answer
values Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing differences
- Perpetuating p &d
- limiting self- - Answer power, prejudice, discrimination, determination
What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) language
2.) language - Answer person first, everyday non-clinical
,When a CPS utilizes language, they act as a change agent by
setting an uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come
before any label or judgement. - Answer human experience
When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a agent by
setting an uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before
any l or j - Answer change, label, judgement
is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs, symbols, history,
and ways of thinking/living of a group of people - Answer culture
We don't see things as are. We see them as are. - Answer they, we
The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships are:
1.) learning about
2.) learning about
3.) learning about - Answer yourself, cultures, individuals
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves indicates
learning about our b and p - Answer biases, privilege
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about
ourselves may include:
, - What b do I carry?
- What p have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r to certain issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important i with
the beliefs/cultures of others? - Answer biases, privilege, respond, intersect
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about
cultures may include:
- What c or l barriers might arise when interacting with different groups?
- What d have people from this culture commonly experienced and
what impact might this have had on them?
- What else can I do to l about this culture? - Answer communication,
language, discrimination, learn
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about an
individual may include:
-How am I avoiding making a about what I think I know?
-What am I doing to learn about this person's b ?
- What am I doing to learn how this person r to their culture? -
Answer assumptions, beliefs, relate
For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at least two
questions you might ask yourself? - Answer Self: what biases do I have? What
privileges do I benefit from? How have these biases and privileges affected me
world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly experienced? What
language might exist? What am I doing to learn more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I avoiding
assumptions about what I think I know? What am I doing to learn about this person's
SPECIALIST (CPS) 2025 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS (VERIFIED UPDATE).
The principle speaks to the value of "do no harm." While SOME people
will not be harmed by using non-human experience language, others WILL be harmed;
therefore, by using human experience language, it is unlikely that anyone will be
harmed.
- Answer benevolence
What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.) - Answer Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
Human experience language is not about rules, it is about - Answer
values Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing differences
- Perpetuating p &d
- limiting self- - Answer power, prejudice, discrimination, determination
What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) language
2.) language - Answer person first, everyday non-clinical
,When a CPS utilizes language, they act as a change agent by
setting an uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come
before any label or judgement. - Answer human experience
When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a agent by
setting an uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before
any l or j - Answer change, label, judgement
is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs, symbols, history,
and ways of thinking/living of a group of people - Answer culture
We don't see things as are. We see them as are. - Answer they, we
The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships are:
1.) learning about
2.) learning about
3.) learning about - Answer yourself, cultures, individuals
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves indicates
learning about our b and p - Answer biases, privilege
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about
ourselves may include:
, - What b do I carry?
- What p have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r to certain issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important i with
the beliefs/cultures of others? - Answer biases, privilege, respond, intersect
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about
cultures may include:
- What c or l barriers might arise when interacting with different groups?
- What d have people from this culture commonly experienced and
what impact might this have had on them?
- What else can I do to l about this culture? - Answer communication,
language, discrimination, learn
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about an
individual may include:
-How am I avoiding making a about what I think I know?
-What am I doing to learn about this person's b ?
- What am I doing to learn how this person r to their culture? -
Answer assumptions, beliefs, relate
For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at least two
questions you might ask yourself? - Answer Self: what biases do I have? What
privileges do I benefit from? How have these biases and privileges affected me
world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly experienced? What
language might exist? What am I doing to learn more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I avoiding
assumptions about what I think I know? What am I doing to learn about this person's
