Crisis Management & Intervention Questions
with Correct Answers 2026
How to Approach CCE Crisis Assessment
& Management Questions - CORRECT ANSWER --Crisis questions require that you:
• Be sensitive to immediate safety issues
• Put therapeutic goals aside to manage the safety issue
• Adhere to legal mandates if they are relevant
• Differentiate between assessment and management
• Assessment: Determine the presence and severity of
crises in the vignette
• Management: Take legal and clinical action to protect the
client or others from the client's intended imminent harm
Crisis Acronym #1: Identify the Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER --
M Mandates: Child Abuse; Dependent Adult/Elder Abuse;
Tarasoff
D Danger to Others
S Sexual boundary violation (Rape)
S Spousal abuse/Domestic violence
P Physical or medical crises
A Alcohol or substance use
A Anxiety/Acute Stress Disorder/PTSD/panic attack
D Depression
S Suicide
Memory tool: Doctor's prescription pad
,Crisis Acronym #2: Assess the Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER --QRQuestions
R Releases
M Mental Status Exam
O Observation
T Tests
H History
S Strengths
Memory tool: Queen Royal Moths
Crisis Acronym #3: Manage the Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER --S Safety planning and shelters
R Referrals to psychiatrist or MD
C Confidentiality (Break or keep?)
M Mandates (comply)
H Hospitalization (suicide, danger to others)
I Inpatient care (substance use, eating disorders)
CRContracts (self-care, no violence plans)
Memory tool: Safety Requires Constant Monitoring of Health & Imminent Containment
Crisis Assessment: General - CORRECT ANSWER --Gather specific, detailed information
• Crisis precipitators
• Impact on client, family functioning
• Client support system/strengths and resources
Observe/infer symptoms
• Nonverbal cues/ body language
• Shock, inability to speak or recall
, • Physical injury
• Physical or psychological impairment
• Intoxication/withdrawal
• Disorientation
Crisis Assessment: Characteristics of a Physical Abuse of a Child - CORRECT ANSWER --
• Unexplained or poorly explained injuries
• History of repeated, suspicious injuries
• Similar injuries to siblings
• Wary or cringing around adults
• Aggressive and destructive with other children or
property
• Appears frightened of parent
• Fear of going home, history of running away
• Behavioral/academic problems at school
Crisis Assessment: Characteristics of Sexual Abuse of a Child - CORRECT ANSWER --
• Fatigue resulting from sleep disturbances
• Eating disorders
• Enuresis or encopresis
• Abdominal pain or other somatic disorders
• Age-inappropriate sexuality/sexual knowledge
• Sudden change in behavior
• Clingy, fearful, phobic, anxiety, depression
• Poor peer relations
• Self-destructive, self-abusive behavior
• Secretive, shame-filled
with Correct Answers 2026
How to Approach CCE Crisis Assessment
& Management Questions - CORRECT ANSWER --Crisis questions require that you:
• Be sensitive to immediate safety issues
• Put therapeutic goals aside to manage the safety issue
• Adhere to legal mandates if they are relevant
• Differentiate between assessment and management
• Assessment: Determine the presence and severity of
crises in the vignette
• Management: Take legal and clinical action to protect the
client or others from the client's intended imminent harm
Crisis Acronym #1: Identify the Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER --
M Mandates: Child Abuse; Dependent Adult/Elder Abuse;
Tarasoff
D Danger to Others
S Sexual boundary violation (Rape)
S Spousal abuse/Domestic violence
P Physical or medical crises
A Alcohol or substance use
A Anxiety/Acute Stress Disorder/PTSD/panic attack
D Depression
S Suicide
Memory tool: Doctor's prescription pad
,Crisis Acronym #2: Assess the Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER --QRQuestions
R Releases
M Mental Status Exam
O Observation
T Tests
H History
S Strengths
Memory tool: Queen Royal Moths
Crisis Acronym #3: Manage the Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER --S Safety planning and shelters
R Referrals to psychiatrist or MD
C Confidentiality (Break or keep?)
M Mandates (comply)
H Hospitalization (suicide, danger to others)
I Inpatient care (substance use, eating disorders)
CRContracts (self-care, no violence plans)
Memory tool: Safety Requires Constant Monitoring of Health & Imminent Containment
Crisis Assessment: General - CORRECT ANSWER --Gather specific, detailed information
• Crisis precipitators
• Impact on client, family functioning
• Client support system/strengths and resources
Observe/infer symptoms
• Nonverbal cues/ body language
• Shock, inability to speak or recall
, • Physical injury
• Physical or psychological impairment
• Intoxication/withdrawal
• Disorientation
Crisis Assessment: Characteristics of a Physical Abuse of a Child - CORRECT ANSWER --
• Unexplained or poorly explained injuries
• History of repeated, suspicious injuries
• Similar injuries to siblings
• Wary or cringing around adults
• Aggressive and destructive with other children or
property
• Appears frightened of parent
• Fear of going home, history of running away
• Behavioral/academic problems at school
Crisis Assessment: Characteristics of Sexual Abuse of a Child - CORRECT ANSWER --
• Fatigue resulting from sleep disturbances
• Eating disorders
• Enuresis or encopresis
• Abdominal pain or other somatic disorders
• Age-inappropriate sexuality/sexual knowledge
• Sudden change in behavior
• Clingy, fearful, phobic, anxiety, depression
• Poor peer relations
• Self-destructive, self-abusive behavior
• Secretive, shame-filled
