CASE MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
high risk - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following is not part of the danger threat threshold
criteria?
A)vulnerable child
B) imminence
C) severity
D) observable
E) high risk
present danger is immediate, significant, and observable; impending danger is imminent - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Which of the following statements best describes the definition of Present Dangers and
Impending Dangers?
A) present danger is immediate, significant, and observable; impending danger is imminent
B) present danger is immediate but not observable; impending danger is pending reports
C) present danger is imminent but not observable; impending danger is immediate and significant
D) present danger is imminent, significant, and observable; impending danger is the risk of
maltreatment
E) present danger is immediate and significant; impending danger is also immediate but not significant
Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅declares that the child's safety must be
paramount concern
requires:
-preserve and reunify families (without jeopardizing child safety)
-place child in timely manner
-finalize permanent placement within 12 month
Safety, Permanency, Well-being
,Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅establishes procedures
for all states when placing children across state lines
sending state retains court jurisdiction during placement to ensure that the child can return, if
necessary, and are financially responsible for the child for child if other financial assistance is not
available
must have approval of receiving state Compact Administrator
Multi Etch Placement Act (MEPA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅prohibits the delay or denial of any adoption
or placement in foster care due to the race, color, or national origin of the school or the foster/adoptive
parents
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅tribal court may have control over the case
chief of tribe determines eligibility depending on % of blood
DCF and providers have no authority on land unless signed agreement to the contrary
legal standard is higher than for other removals
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a federal law that assists certain
undocumented children in obtaining legal permanent residency
typically granted to children in dependency court who are placed in foster care
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (ASFA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sets national minimum
standards for key activities within states' child welfare (licensed out-of-home care) systems
apples to all children in out-of-home placements who have not achieved permanency
,requires that case plans develop permanency goals and are reviewed every six months to ensure goals
are revised and updated
Child and Family Service Improvement and Innovative Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅requires states to
develop and implement a plan for oversight oversight and coordination of health care services for any
child in foster care to include the outline of: monitoring and treatment of emotional trauma associated
with a child's maltreatment and removal from home
requires month caseworkers visits to children in out-of-home care
Hotline Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅seeks to screen in cases where reported information
indicates that maltreatment may have occurred and/or there are indications that may be unsafe due to
present or impending danger determine response times
CPI Family Functioning Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collect information related to
maltreatment, the surrounding circumstances, child functioning, adult functioning, parenting general,
and discipline.
determine impending danger and diminished caregiver protective capacities.
establish sufficient safety plans
Ongoing Family Functioning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅engage caregivers to facilitate change
discuss reason for case opening and develop "danger statement"
BOTH A AND B
-There are no impending danger threats to child
-The caregiver's protective capacities control existing threats - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the definition of a
safe child is that
A)There are no impending danger threats to child
B)The caregiver's protective capacities control existing threats
, C)There is a child who is vulnerable to impending danger
D)A or B
E)B or C
BOTH A AND B
-an infant child is left alone in a vehicle parked outside a mall
-a caregiver is perceived as intoxicated and reckless in the presence of a vulnerable child - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the following is (are) an example(s) of Present Danger
A)An infant child is left alone in a vehicle parked outside a mall
B)A caregiver is perceived as intoxicated and reckless in the presence of a vulnerable child
C)It is discovered that a caregiver has a criminal record relating to domestic violence
D) A and B
E) A and C
all danger threats are risk factors, but not all risk factors are danger threats. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Danger
Threats and risk factors?
A) all risk factors are Danger Threats, but not Danger Threats are risk factors
B) all danger threats are risk factors, but not all risk factors are danger threats.
C) danger threats are unrelated to risk factors
D) three risk factors equal one danger
E) none of the above
talks about child to co-workers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following items is NOT among the
caregiver protection capacities?
A) takes action for child
B) talks about child to co-workers
C) recognizes child's needs
D) aligns with child
E) is emotionally attached to the child
high risk - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following is not part of the danger threat threshold
criteria?
A)vulnerable child
B) imminence
C) severity
D) observable
E) high risk
present danger is immediate, significant, and observable; impending danger is imminent - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Which of the following statements best describes the definition of Present Dangers and
Impending Dangers?
A) present danger is immediate, significant, and observable; impending danger is imminent
B) present danger is immediate but not observable; impending danger is pending reports
C) present danger is imminent but not observable; impending danger is immediate and significant
D) present danger is imminent, significant, and observable; impending danger is the risk of
maltreatment
E) present danger is immediate and significant; impending danger is also immediate but not significant
Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅declares that the child's safety must be
paramount concern
requires:
-preserve and reunify families (without jeopardizing child safety)
-place child in timely manner
-finalize permanent placement within 12 month
Safety, Permanency, Well-being
,Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅establishes procedures
for all states when placing children across state lines
sending state retains court jurisdiction during placement to ensure that the child can return, if
necessary, and are financially responsible for the child for child if other financial assistance is not
available
must have approval of receiving state Compact Administrator
Multi Etch Placement Act (MEPA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅prohibits the delay or denial of any adoption
or placement in foster care due to the race, color, or national origin of the school or the foster/adoptive
parents
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅tribal court may have control over the case
chief of tribe determines eligibility depending on % of blood
DCF and providers have no authority on land unless signed agreement to the contrary
legal standard is higher than for other removals
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a federal law that assists certain
undocumented children in obtaining legal permanent residency
typically granted to children in dependency court who are placed in foster care
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (ASFA) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sets national minimum
standards for key activities within states' child welfare (licensed out-of-home care) systems
apples to all children in out-of-home placements who have not achieved permanency
,requires that case plans develop permanency goals and are reviewed every six months to ensure goals
are revised and updated
Child and Family Service Improvement and Innovative Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅requires states to
develop and implement a plan for oversight oversight and coordination of health care services for any
child in foster care to include the outline of: monitoring and treatment of emotional trauma associated
with a child's maltreatment and removal from home
requires month caseworkers visits to children in out-of-home care
Hotline Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅seeks to screen in cases where reported information
indicates that maltreatment may have occurred and/or there are indications that may be unsafe due to
present or impending danger determine response times
CPI Family Functioning Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅collect information related to
maltreatment, the surrounding circumstances, child functioning, adult functioning, parenting general,
and discipline.
determine impending danger and diminished caregiver protective capacities.
establish sufficient safety plans
Ongoing Family Functioning - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅engage caregivers to facilitate change
discuss reason for case opening and develop "danger statement"
BOTH A AND B
-There are no impending danger threats to child
-The caregiver's protective capacities control existing threats - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the definition of a
safe child is that
A)There are no impending danger threats to child
B)The caregiver's protective capacities control existing threats
, C)There is a child who is vulnerable to impending danger
D)A or B
E)B or C
BOTH A AND B
-an infant child is left alone in a vehicle parked outside a mall
-a caregiver is perceived as intoxicated and reckless in the presence of a vulnerable child - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅the following is (are) an example(s) of Present Danger
A)An infant child is left alone in a vehicle parked outside a mall
B)A caregiver is perceived as intoxicated and reckless in the presence of a vulnerable child
C)It is discovered that a caregiver has a criminal record relating to domestic violence
D) A and B
E) A and C
all danger threats are risk factors, but not all risk factors are danger threats. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Danger
Threats and risk factors?
A) all risk factors are Danger Threats, but not Danger Threats are risk factors
B) all danger threats are risk factors, but not all risk factors are danger threats.
C) danger threats are unrelated to risk factors
D) three risk factors equal one danger
E) none of the above
talks about child to co-workers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which of the following items is NOT among the
caregiver protection capacities?
A) takes action for child
B) talks about child to co-workers
C) recognizes child's needs
D) aligns with child
E) is emotionally attached to the child
