CERAP EXAM 2025
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION 1
What would be the result of determining a child is unsafe? - ANSWERS-Either
create a safety plan or have protective custody taken depending on the situation.
QUESTION 2
Define immediately or in the near future - ANSWERS-Between now and the next
time you see the family.
QUESTION 3
Define risk - ANSWERS-The likelihood of any degree of longer term future
harm/maltreatment, it does not predict when the future harm might occur, but
rather the likelihood of it happening at all.
QUESTION 4
What is a subset of risk? - ANSWERS-Safety. All threats applied to safety are
going to apply to risk, but all threats applied to risk will not apply to safety.
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QUESTION 5
What makes a family always have risk? - ANSWERS-DCFS involvement.
QUESTION 6
Is safety or risk referring to possible harm now or in the very near future? -
ANSWERS-Safety.
QUESTION 7
Is safety or risk referring to possible harm in the longer-term? - ANSWERS-Risk.
QUESTION 8
What is safety concerned with? - ANSWERS-The potential for moderate to severe
harm.
QUESTION 9
What is risk concerned with? - ANSWERS-The full range of severity of harm (low
to severe).
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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION 1
What would be the result of determining a child is unsafe? - ANSWERS-Either
create a safety plan or have protective custody taken depending on the situation.
QUESTION 2
Define immediately or in the near future - ANSWERS-Between now and the next
time you see the family.
QUESTION 3
Define risk - ANSWERS-The likelihood of any degree of longer term future
harm/maltreatment, it does not predict when the future harm might occur, but
rather the likelihood of it happening at all.
QUESTION 4
What is a subset of risk? - ANSWERS-Safety. All threats applied to safety are
going to apply to risk, but all threats applied to risk will not apply to safety.
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QUESTION 5
What makes a family always have risk? - ANSWERS-DCFS involvement.
QUESTION 6
Is safety or risk referring to possible harm now or in the very near future? -
ANSWERS-Safety.
QUESTION 7
Is safety or risk referring to possible harm in the longer-term? - ANSWERS-Risk.
QUESTION 8
What is safety concerned with? - ANSWERS-The potential for moderate to severe
harm.
QUESTION 9
What is risk concerned with? - ANSWERS-The full range of severity of harm (low
to severe).
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