CHILD WELFARE CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| LATEST 2025-2026
EXAM UPDATE
Domestic violence - Answer-(intimate partner violence, domestic abuse,
or battering): Actual or threatened physical or sexual violence, or
emotional abuse between adults in an intimate relationship
Physical abuse - Answer-Causing or attempting to cause physical pain
or injury. It can result from punching, beating, kicking, burning or
harming a child in other ways.
Child sexual abuse - Answer-Takes place between a child and an older
person or alternatively between a child and another child/adolescent.
o Bodily contact: Such as sexual kissing, touching, fondling of genitals,
and intercourse.
o No bodily contact: Genital exposure ('flashing'), verbal pressure for
sex, and sexual exploitation for purposes of prostitution or pornography.
Child neglect - Answer-o When a parent or caregiver does not give a
child the care he or she needs according to his/her age, even though that
adult can afford to give that care or is offered help to give that care.
o When a parent/caregiver is not providing a child with medical or
mental health treatment or not giving prescribed medicines the child
needs.
,o Neglect also includes exposing a child to dangerous environments or
having poor supervision for a child (such as putting the child in the care
of someone incapable of caring for children).
Qualifications for Present Danger - SICO - Answer--Significant
-Immediate
-Clearly Observable
6 Stages of Change - Answer--Pre-Contemplation
-Contemplation
-Preparation
-Action
-Maintenance
-Relapse
SMART Criteria for Outcomes - Answer--Specific
-Measurable
-Attainable
-Reasonable
-Timely
Core Conditions for Building Trust - Answer--Genuineness
-Respect
-Empathy
, Culture - Answer-The shared set of assumptions, values, and beliefs of
a group of people by which they organize their common life
Cultural competence - Answer-A set of behaviors, attitudes, and skills
that enable helping professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural
situations
4 Stages of Interview - Answer--Opening
-Information Collection
-Planning
-Closing
5 Safety Threshold Criteria (OOSIV) - Answer--Out of Control
-Severity
-Imminence
-Observable
-Vulnerable
Legal definition of a family - Answer-• A group of individuals who
share ties of blood, marriage or adoption;
• A group residing together and consisting of parents, children and other
relatives by blood or marriage; or
• A group of individuals residing together who have consented to an
arrangement similar to ties of blood or marriage.
, Definition for household member: 65C-30.001(64) - Answer--
"Household Member" means any person who resides in a household,
including the caregiver and other family members residing in the home
-Household members are any additional relatives or persons residing in
the home, including but not limited to visitors expected to stay an
indefinite length of time or college students expected to return to the
home.
Six Protective Factors - Answer--Nurturing and Attachment
-Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
-Parental Resilience
-Social Connections
-Concrete Supports
-Social and Emotional Competence of Children
Examples of CAREGIVER PROTECTIVE CAPACITIES - Answer-o
Takes action
o Sets aside own needs
o Demonstrates adequate skills
o History of protecting
o Is self-aware
o Intellectually able/capable
o Understands threats to child
o Recognizes child needs
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| LATEST 2025-2026
EXAM UPDATE
Domestic violence - Answer-(intimate partner violence, domestic abuse,
or battering): Actual or threatened physical or sexual violence, or
emotional abuse between adults in an intimate relationship
Physical abuse - Answer-Causing or attempting to cause physical pain
or injury. It can result from punching, beating, kicking, burning or
harming a child in other ways.
Child sexual abuse - Answer-Takes place between a child and an older
person or alternatively between a child and another child/adolescent.
o Bodily contact: Such as sexual kissing, touching, fondling of genitals,
and intercourse.
o No bodily contact: Genital exposure ('flashing'), verbal pressure for
sex, and sexual exploitation for purposes of prostitution or pornography.
Child neglect - Answer-o When a parent or caregiver does not give a
child the care he or she needs according to his/her age, even though that
adult can afford to give that care or is offered help to give that care.
o When a parent/caregiver is not providing a child with medical or
mental health treatment or not giving prescribed medicines the child
needs.
,o Neglect also includes exposing a child to dangerous environments or
having poor supervision for a child (such as putting the child in the care
of someone incapable of caring for children).
Qualifications for Present Danger - SICO - Answer--Significant
-Immediate
-Clearly Observable
6 Stages of Change - Answer--Pre-Contemplation
-Contemplation
-Preparation
-Action
-Maintenance
-Relapse
SMART Criteria for Outcomes - Answer--Specific
-Measurable
-Attainable
-Reasonable
-Timely
Core Conditions for Building Trust - Answer--Genuineness
-Respect
-Empathy
, Culture - Answer-The shared set of assumptions, values, and beliefs of
a group of people by which they organize their common life
Cultural competence - Answer-A set of behaviors, attitudes, and skills
that enable helping professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural
situations
4 Stages of Interview - Answer--Opening
-Information Collection
-Planning
-Closing
5 Safety Threshold Criteria (OOSIV) - Answer--Out of Control
-Severity
-Imminence
-Observable
-Vulnerable
Legal definition of a family - Answer-• A group of individuals who
share ties of blood, marriage or adoption;
• A group residing together and consisting of parents, children and other
relatives by blood or marriage; or
• A group of individuals residing together who have consented to an
arrangement similar to ties of blood or marriage.
, Definition for household member: 65C-30.001(64) - Answer--
"Household Member" means any person who resides in a household,
including the caregiver and other family members residing in the home
-Household members are any additional relatives or persons residing in
the home, including but not limited to visitors expected to stay an
indefinite length of time or college students expected to return to the
home.
Six Protective Factors - Answer--Nurturing and Attachment
-Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
-Parental Resilience
-Social Connections
-Concrete Supports
-Social and Emotional Competence of Children
Examples of CAREGIVER PROTECTIVE CAPACITIES - Answer-o
Takes action
o Sets aside own needs
o Demonstrates adequate skills
o History of protecting
o Is self-aware
o Intellectually able/capable
o Understands threats to child
o Recognizes child needs
