ANSWERED ||CERAP EXAM QUESTIONS
What are the three DCFS outcomes for children? - Correct Answer Safety, well-being, and
permanency.
What are the seven deadly sins? - Correct Answer 1. Colic
2. Awakening at night
3. Separation anxiety
4. Normal exploratory behavior
5. Normal negativism
6. Normal poor appetite
7. Toilet training resistance
Which of the deadly sins most commonly lead to fatal abuse? - Correct Answer Colic and toilet
training resistance.
Definition of abuse - Correct Answer Something that is being done TO the child.
Definition of neglect - Correct Answer Something that is NOT being done to the child that they
need.
Definition of cultural competence - Correct Answer The totality of learned behaviors.
When are the times you would complete a Home Safety Checklist? - Correct Answer 1. Within
30 days of case opening
2. Prior to a major change of life circumstance
3. Every 90 days during the life of the case
, 4. When a family with an open service case is the subject of subsequent child abuse or neglect
investigation
5. Within 5 calendar days of a supervisory approved case closure conjunction with the final
CERAP
What does CERAP stand for? - Correct Answer Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol.
What is the CERAP? - Correct Answer A life of the case assessment designed to provide
workers with a mechanism to quickly assessing the potential for moderate to severe harm
immediately or in the near future and for taking quick action to protect children.
What are the four steps to protecting children? - Correct Answer 1. Information gathering
2. Information analysis
3. Drawings conclusions
4. Making decisions
What are the contents of the protocol? - Correct Answer 1. Safety determination form (safety
assessment)
2. Safety plan
3. Practice guidelines
Define safety - Correct Answer After you've considered vulnerability and 16 safety threats, it is
determined that a child in a household or in custodial care is not likely to be moderately or
severely harmed immediately or in the near future.
Define moderate to severe harm - Correct Answer Use DID (Death, impairment, or
disfigurement). Danger to a child's life or health.
What are the three DCFS outcomes for children? - Correct Answer Safety, well-being, and
permanency.
What are the seven deadly sins? - Correct Answer 1. Colic
2. Awakening at night
3. Separation anxiety
4. Normal exploratory behavior
5. Normal negativism
6. Normal poor appetite
7. Toilet training resistance
Which of the deadly sins most commonly lead to fatal abuse? - Correct Answer Colic and toilet
training resistance.
Definition of abuse - Correct Answer Something that is being done TO the child.
Definition of neglect - Correct Answer Something that is NOT being done to the child that they
need.
Definition of cultural competence - Correct Answer The totality of learned behaviors.
When are the times you would complete a Home Safety Checklist? - Correct Answer 1. Within
30 days of case opening
2. Prior to a major change of life circumstance
3. Every 90 days during the life of the case
, 4. When a family with an open service case is the subject of subsequent child abuse or neglect
investigation
5. Within 5 calendar days of a supervisory approved case closure conjunction with the final
CERAP
What does CERAP stand for? - Correct Answer Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol.
What is the CERAP? - Correct Answer A life of the case assessment designed to provide
workers with a mechanism to quickly assessing the potential for moderate to severe harm
immediately or in the near future and for taking quick action to protect children.
What are the four steps to protecting children? - Correct Answer 1. Information gathering
2. Information analysis
3. Drawings conclusions
4. Making decisions
What are the contents of the protocol? - Correct Answer 1. Safety determination form (safety
assessment)
2. Safety plan
3. Practice guidelines
Define safety - Correct Answer After you've considered vulnerability and 16 safety threats, it is
determined that a child in a household or in custodial care is not likely to be moderately or
severely harmed immediately or in the near future.
Define moderate to severe harm - Correct Answer Use DID (Death, impairment, or
disfigurement). Danger to a child's life or health.
