Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Test Study Guide
2025/2026 Accurate Questions and Verified Correct
Solutions with Rationales
|| 100% Guaranteed Pass
<Recent Version>
Description: This CPI study guide prepares you for certification by reviewing
essential crisis prevention strategies, de-escalation techniques, and safe physical
intervention methods. It includes scenario-based questions and verified answers
with explanations to strengthen your understanding of CPI principles and
professional safety.
Keywords: CPI certification de-escalation techniques crisis management
behavioral intervention nonviolent crisis intervention safety procedures CPI
training test
,CPI Test Study Guide 2025/2026: 100 Questions & Verified Answers
1. What is the primary goal of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® program?
A) To physically restrain all individuals in crisis
B) To provide the least restrictive intervention necessary for safety
C) To immediately medicate an agitated person
D) To punish unacceptable behavior
B) To provide the least restrictive intervention necessary for safety - The
core philosophy is to use the safest, least restrictive method to ensure the care,
welfare, safety, and security of everyone involved.
2. According to the Crisis Development Model, what is the first level of crisis
development?
A) Defensive
B) Triggering
C) Anxiety
D) Acting Out Person
C) Anxiety - The Crisis Development Model begins with 1. Anxiety, then 2.
Defensive, 3. Risk Behavior, and 4. Tension Reduction.
3. What is the corresponding staff attitude to the "Anxiety" level of crisis?
A) Directive
, B) Therapeutic Rapport
C) Nonviolent Physical Crisis Intervention
D) Empathic
B) Therapeutic Rapport - For an anxious individual, the staff's supportive
stance is to build therapeutic rapport.
4. A student is pacing and wringing their hands. This behavior is a sign of
which level of crisis?
A) Defensive
B) Risk Behavior
C) Anxiety
D) Tension Reduction
C) Anxiety - Pacing and wringing hands are common non-verbal indicators of
anxiety.
5. The "Integrated Experience" concept suggests that:
A) Staff behavior has no impact on the individual's behavior.
B) The behavior of the staff and the individual are interconnected and influence
each other.
C) Only the individual's behavior needs to change.
D) Medication is always integrated into the plan.
2025/2026 Accurate Questions and Verified Correct
Solutions with Rationales
|| 100% Guaranteed Pass
<Recent Version>
Description: This CPI study guide prepares you for certification by reviewing
essential crisis prevention strategies, de-escalation techniques, and safe physical
intervention methods. It includes scenario-based questions and verified answers
with explanations to strengthen your understanding of CPI principles and
professional safety.
Keywords: CPI certification de-escalation techniques crisis management
behavioral intervention nonviolent crisis intervention safety procedures CPI
training test
,CPI Test Study Guide 2025/2026: 100 Questions & Verified Answers
1. What is the primary goal of the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® program?
A) To physically restrain all individuals in crisis
B) To provide the least restrictive intervention necessary for safety
C) To immediately medicate an agitated person
D) To punish unacceptable behavior
B) To provide the least restrictive intervention necessary for safety - The
core philosophy is to use the safest, least restrictive method to ensure the care,
welfare, safety, and security of everyone involved.
2. According to the Crisis Development Model, what is the first level of crisis
development?
A) Defensive
B) Triggering
C) Anxiety
D) Acting Out Person
C) Anxiety - The Crisis Development Model begins with 1. Anxiety, then 2.
Defensive, 3. Risk Behavior, and 4. Tension Reduction.
3. What is the corresponding staff attitude to the "Anxiety" level of crisis?
A) Directive
, B) Therapeutic Rapport
C) Nonviolent Physical Crisis Intervention
D) Empathic
B) Therapeutic Rapport - For an anxious individual, the staff's supportive
stance is to build therapeutic rapport.
4. A student is pacing and wringing their hands. This behavior is a sign of
which level of crisis?
A) Defensive
B) Risk Behavior
C) Anxiety
D) Tension Reduction
C) Anxiety - Pacing and wringing hands are common non-verbal indicators of
anxiety.
5. The "Integrated Experience" concept suggests that:
A) Staff behavior has no impact on the individual's behavior.
B) The behavior of the staff and the individual are interconnected and influence
each other.
C) Only the individual's behavior needs to change.
D) Medication is always integrated into the plan.
