Peer Support UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
B - CORRECT ANSWER - When you are developing a recovery/wellness plan you
should include:
A) Only long term goals
B) Short term and long term goals
C) Only short terms
D) The best thinking of the peer
D - CORRECT ANSWER - Advocacy is intended:
A) provide education to peers/consumers
B) Support and find appropriate employment for peers/consumers
C) Provide housing and shelter for peers/consumers
D) Promote the dignity of and reduction of stigma against peers/consumers
C - CORRECT ANSWER - What are SAMHSA's four major dimensions of recovery?
A) Health, Home, Treatment and Case Management
B) Community, Purpose, Case Management, and Care
C) Health, Home, Purpose, and Community
D) Community, Care, Treatment, and Case Management
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Stigma can be clearly define as:
A) the experience of being deeply discredited fur to one's undesired differentness
B) echos heard from our families and society in general
C) Hidden pockets within our own belief system
D) peron's with mental illness and/or addiction who do not have a full range of human qualities
, C - CORRECT ANSWER - You would be committing a boundary violation if you:
A) share personal experiences when it seems relevant
B) Accompany a peer to an appointment
C) Accept an expensive gift from a peer
D) Respectfully disagree with a peer's plan for the weekend
A - CORRECT ANSWER - What best describes a peer who provides recovery support?
A) An individual with lived experience with a mental illness and/or addiction to alcohol/drugs
who had completed formal training to provide support to peers in recovery
B) an individual who is in recovery and willing to share his or her recovery story
C) an individual who provides on-going case management support to peers in recovery
D) an individual who has completed treatment and is living a sober life
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Professional development is:
A) usually required as part of supervision
B) highly recommended for all new peers
C) an ongoing process to update skills and knowledge
D) an opportunity for experienced peers to train others
D - CORRECT ANSWER - One major role of peer recovery support is to:
A) provide counseling
B) serve as a sponsor
C) provide healthcare advice
D) serve as an advocate
D - CORRECT ANSWER - How would you best describe a person with co-occurring
disorders?
A) a person living with both mental and physical illness
Questions and CORRECT Answers
B - CORRECT ANSWER - When you are developing a recovery/wellness plan you
should include:
A) Only long term goals
B) Short term and long term goals
C) Only short terms
D) The best thinking of the peer
D - CORRECT ANSWER - Advocacy is intended:
A) provide education to peers/consumers
B) Support and find appropriate employment for peers/consumers
C) Provide housing and shelter for peers/consumers
D) Promote the dignity of and reduction of stigma against peers/consumers
C - CORRECT ANSWER - What are SAMHSA's four major dimensions of recovery?
A) Health, Home, Treatment and Case Management
B) Community, Purpose, Case Management, and Care
C) Health, Home, Purpose, and Community
D) Community, Care, Treatment, and Case Management
A - CORRECT ANSWER - Stigma can be clearly define as:
A) the experience of being deeply discredited fur to one's undesired differentness
B) echos heard from our families and society in general
C) Hidden pockets within our own belief system
D) peron's with mental illness and/or addiction who do not have a full range of human qualities
, C - CORRECT ANSWER - You would be committing a boundary violation if you:
A) share personal experiences when it seems relevant
B) Accompany a peer to an appointment
C) Accept an expensive gift from a peer
D) Respectfully disagree with a peer's plan for the weekend
A - CORRECT ANSWER - What best describes a peer who provides recovery support?
A) An individual with lived experience with a mental illness and/or addiction to alcohol/drugs
who had completed formal training to provide support to peers in recovery
B) an individual who is in recovery and willing to share his or her recovery story
C) an individual who provides on-going case management support to peers in recovery
D) an individual who has completed treatment and is living a sober life
C - CORRECT ANSWER - Professional development is:
A) usually required as part of supervision
B) highly recommended for all new peers
C) an ongoing process to update skills and knowledge
D) an opportunity for experienced peers to train others
D - CORRECT ANSWER - One major role of peer recovery support is to:
A) provide counseling
B) serve as a sponsor
C) provide healthcare advice
D) serve as an advocate
D - CORRECT ANSWER - How would you best describe a person with co-occurring
disorders?
A) a person living with both mental and physical illness
