MEDI-CALPEER SUPPORT
SPECIALIST - PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+ NEWLY
UPDATED 2025
What best describes the role of a Peer Support Specialist?
✔✔ An individual with lived experience of recovery from mental health or
substance use challenges—or a family member of someone who has—who has
received specialized training to support others on their recovery journey.
Which action can weaken your connection with someone you’re supporting?
✔✔ Not recognizing the influence or power you may hold in the relationship
Why is sharing your personal recovery story helpful?
✔✔ It can encourage others by showing that change and recovery are possible.
If someone expresses that their current stress is not related to their diagnosis,
how should the Peer Support Specialist respond?
✔✔ Help the person create a personalized wellness plan to manage the issues
they’re currently facing.
If a person wants to attend a community rally but feels anxious, and believes
having their Peer Support Specialist with them would help, what should the
Peer do?
✔✔ Join them in the activity if it's appropriate to their role and part of the person’s
support plan.
, What happens during ideal recovery planning?
✔✔ Individuals identify, clarify, and document their personal goals and dreams.
If someone says they want to make friends but don’t know where to start, how
can the Peer Support Specialist help?
✔✔ Guide them toward self-help or peer-led groups that align with their interests
and needs.
How can a Family Peer Support Specialist begin helping a family identify
informal supports?
✔✔ Ask them who they typically reach out to or confide in during difficult times.
What is a strategy for validating the experiences of parents? -
ANSWERS✔✔Actively listen as the parents share their experience
How should the Family Peer Support Specialist connect parents to other parents
with similar concerns? - ANSWERS✔✔Invite the parent to an educational event or
support group so they can meet other parents
An example of a recovery-oriented approach is... - ANSWERS✔✔Focusing on
wellness, ability and choice
What are the basic five stages in the recovery process? - ANSWERS✔✔Pre-
contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance
What is helpful at the Pre-contemplation stage? - ANSWERS✔✔Express caring,
concern and desire for the person to have their best life
SPECIALIST - PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+ NEWLY
UPDATED 2025
What best describes the role of a Peer Support Specialist?
✔✔ An individual with lived experience of recovery from mental health or
substance use challenges—or a family member of someone who has—who has
received specialized training to support others on their recovery journey.
Which action can weaken your connection with someone you’re supporting?
✔✔ Not recognizing the influence or power you may hold in the relationship
Why is sharing your personal recovery story helpful?
✔✔ It can encourage others by showing that change and recovery are possible.
If someone expresses that their current stress is not related to their diagnosis,
how should the Peer Support Specialist respond?
✔✔ Help the person create a personalized wellness plan to manage the issues
they’re currently facing.
If a person wants to attend a community rally but feels anxious, and believes
having their Peer Support Specialist with them would help, what should the
Peer do?
✔✔ Join them in the activity if it's appropriate to their role and part of the person’s
support plan.
, What happens during ideal recovery planning?
✔✔ Individuals identify, clarify, and document their personal goals and dreams.
If someone says they want to make friends but don’t know where to start, how
can the Peer Support Specialist help?
✔✔ Guide them toward self-help or peer-led groups that align with their interests
and needs.
How can a Family Peer Support Specialist begin helping a family identify
informal supports?
✔✔ Ask them who they typically reach out to or confide in during difficult times.
What is a strategy for validating the experiences of parents? -
ANSWERS✔✔Actively listen as the parents share their experience
How should the Family Peer Support Specialist connect parents to other parents
with similar concerns? - ANSWERS✔✔Invite the parent to an educational event or
support group so they can meet other parents
An example of a recovery-oriented approach is... - ANSWERS✔✔Focusing on
wellness, ability and choice
What are the basic five stages in the recovery process? - ANSWERS✔✔Pre-
contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance
What is helpful at the Pre-contemplation stage? - ANSWERS✔✔Express caring,
concern and desire for the person to have their best life
