Missouri Certified Peer Specialist
Basic Training Exam Question &
Answers 2025
Hope is the belief that one has both the _________ and the
__________ to engage in the recovery process. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔ABILITY and the OPPORTUNITY
(Session 1)
What do you believe are the 3 greatest barriers to a person's recovery
and why? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1) The symptoms and side-
effects of medication or triggers of a behavioral health disorder
2) Negative beliefs that others have about a person with a behavioral
health disorder
3) Negative beliefs that the person diagnosed with a behavioral health
disorder has about themselves.
(Session 1)
What is the difference between a treatment goal and a recovery goal? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Treatment Goal - Clinical and usually set by
a treatment team.
Recovery Goal - Non-clinical and self-directed
(Session 1)
What are the five ways people often relate to the disabling power of a
behavioral health disorder called "five stages in the recovery process?"
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Impact of Illness - Overwhelmed
,Missouri Certified Peer Specialist
Basic Training Exam Question &
Answers 2025
Life is Limited - Given In
Change is Possible - Questioning
Commitment to Change - Challenging
Action to Change - Moving Beyond
(Session 2)
What is the danger in the Impact of Illness stage? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Identity
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Life is Limited stage? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Possibility
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Change is Possible stage? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Risk
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Commitment to Change stage? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Support
(Session 3)
, Missouri Certified Peer Specialist
Basic Training Exam Question &
Answers 2025
What is the danger in the Actions for Change stage? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Responsibility
(Session 3)
What are the five stages of change? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
(Session 4)
Do all people go through all the stages of change? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔No
(Session 4)
When a peer does not use person-first language, is it important to
correct them? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No, we are only supposed
to model recovery language (reflect back)
(Session 5)
Basic Training Exam Question &
Answers 2025
Hope is the belief that one has both the _________ and the
__________ to engage in the recovery process. - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔ABILITY and the OPPORTUNITY
(Session 1)
What do you believe are the 3 greatest barriers to a person's recovery
and why? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1) The symptoms and side-
effects of medication or triggers of a behavioral health disorder
2) Negative beliefs that others have about a person with a behavioral
health disorder
3) Negative beliefs that the person diagnosed with a behavioral health
disorder has about themselves.
(Session 1)
What is the difference between a treatment goal and a recovery goal? -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Treatment Goal - Clinical and usually set by
a treatment team.
Recovery Goal - Non-clinical and self-directed
(Session 1)
What are the five ways people often relate to the disabling power of a
behavioral health disorder called "five stages in the recovery process?"
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Impact of Illness - Overwhelmed
,Missouri Certified Peer Specialist
Basic Training Exam Question &
Answers 2025
Life is Limited - Given In
Change is Possible - Questioning
Commitment to Change - Challenging
Action to Change - Moving Beyond
(Session 2)
What is the danger in the Impact of Illness stage? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Identity
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Life is Limited stage? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Possibility
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Change is Possible stage? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Risk
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Commitment to Change stage? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Support
(Session 3)
, Missouri Certified Peer Specialist
Basic Training Exam Question &
Answers 2025
What is the danger in the Actions for Change stage? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Responsibility
(Session 3)
What are the five stages of change? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
(Session 4)
Do all people go through all the stages of change? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔No
(Session 4)
When a peer does not use person-first language, is it important to
correct them? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No, we are only supposed
to model recovery language (reflect back)
(Session 5)
