CPI CERTIFICATION TEST PRACTICE
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Due Care Guidelines.
Answer: take responsibility for Care, Welfare, Safety, Security of
themselves and others and adhere to the following:1. I am responsible for
the safety of others with regards to my actions.2. I will respect other
participants as peers
◍ Core Values Words.
Answer: Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security.
◍ Crisis Development/Behavior Levels.
Answer: 1. Anxiety2. Defensive3. Risk Behavior4. Tension Reduction
◍ How do the core value words fit with my own values.
Answer: The core values of CPI ( Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security) fit
with my core values of integrity, acceptance, honesty, compassion, respect,
equality, and trust as they will provide a foundation for integrity in my
decision making process when following the principle of CPI.
◍ Staff Attitudes/Approaches.
Answer: 1. Supportive2. Directive3. Physical Intervention4. Therapeutic
Rapport
◍ A change in behavior.
Answer: Anxiety
◍ An empathic, nonjudgmental approach.
Answer: Supportive
◍ Beginning to lose rationality.
, Answer: Defensive
◍ Decelerating an escalating behavior.
Answer: Directive
◍ Behaviors that may present a risk to self or others.
Answer: Risk Behavior
◍ Disengagement and/or holding skills to manage risk behavior.
Answer: Physical Intervention
◍ Crisis Development Model/Behavior Levels.
Answer: 1. Anxiety2. Defensive3. Risk Behavior4. Tension Reduction
◍ Crisis Development Model Staff Approaches to Behaviors.
Answer: 1. Anxiety <-> Supportive2. Defensive<-> Directive3. Risk
Behavior <-> Physical Intervention4. Tension Reduction<-> Therapeutic
Rapport
◍ Decrease in physical and emotional energy.
Answer: Tension Reduction
◍ Re-establish communication.
Answer: Therapeutic Rapport
◍ Personal Space.
Answer: Proxemics
◍ Supportive Approach for helping Anxiety level.
Answer: An empathic, nonjudgmental approach. Listen and allow time
◍ Directive Approach for helping Defensive Level.
Answer: Decelerating an escalating behavior. Take control of a potentially
escalating behavior.
◍ 1. Intimate2. Personal3. Social.
Answer: Three Zones of Personal Space
◍ Body Language.
Answer: Kinesics
EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Due Care Guidelines.
Answer: take responsibility for Care, Welfare, Safety, Security of
themselves and others and adhere to the following:1. I am responsible for
the safety of others with regards to my actions.2. I will respect other
participants as peers
◍ Core Values Words.
Answer: Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security.
◍ Crisis Development/Behavior Levels.
Answer: 1. Anxiety2. Defensive3. Risk Behavior4. Tension Reduction
◍ How do the core value words fit with my own values.
Answer: The core values of CPI ( Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security) fit
with my core values of integrity, acceptance, honesty, compassion, respect,
equality, and trust as they will provide a foundation for integrity in my
decision making process when following the principle of CPI.
◍ Staff Attitudes/Approaches.
Answer: 1. Supportive2. Directive3. Physical Intervention4. Therapeutic
Rapport
◍ A change in behavior.
Answer: Anxiety
◍ An empathic, nonjudgmental approach.
Answer: Supportive
◍ Beginning to lose rationality.
, Answer: Defensive
◍ Decelerating an escalating behavior.
Answer: Directive
◍ Behaviors that may present a risk to self or others.
Answer: Risk Behavior
◍ Disengagement and/or holding skills to manage risk behavior.
Answer: Physical Intervention
◍ Crisis Development Model/Behavior Levels.
Answer: 1. Anxiety2. Defensive3. Risk Behavior4. Tension Reduction
◍ Crisis Development Model Staff Approaches to Behaviors.
Answer: 1. Anxiety <-> Supportive2. Defensive<-> Directive3. Risk
Behavior <-> Physical Intervention4. Tension Reduction<-> Therapeutic
Rapport
◍ Decrease in physical and emotional energy.
Answer: Tension Reduction
◍ Re-establish communication.
Answer: Therapeutic Rapport
◍ Personal Space.
Answer: Proxemics
◍ Supportive Approach for helping Anxiety level.
Answer: An empathic, nonjudgmental approach. Listen and allow time
◍ Directive Approach for helping Defensive Level.
Answer: Decelerating an escalating behavior. Take control of a potentially
escalating behavior.
◍ 1. Intimate2. Personal3. Social.
Answer: Three Zones of Personal Space
◍ Body Language.
Answer: Kinesics
