CPI Certification Test Questions and
Already Passed Answers Graded A+
2025-2026 Updated.
Who creates the rules of juvenile procedure? - Answer Judges and attorneys
Due process - Answer Notifying all parents of their upcoming court hearings.
Least intrusive - Answer Least amount of interruption to the family while still assuring the
child's safety.
Reasonable efforts - Answer To prevent a removal from occurring prior to a child being
removed from a home.
Permanency planning - Answer Plan or resolution for the child to their need for safety and a
permanent family to raise them.
Abuse - Answer Any willful or threatened act.
Abandonment - Answer When a parent/caregiver has made no significant contribution to the
child's basic needs and/or has failed to maintain a positive relationship with the child.
Harm - Answer When any person inflicts or allows to be inflicted upon the child's physical,
mental, or emotional injury.
Neglect - Answer When a child is deprived of food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment.
Does corporal punishment constitute abuse? - Answer No
Does financial instability constitute neglect? - Answer No
If parent's are incarcerated, it could mean that the parent has abandoned their child. True or
false? - Answer True
, When must an arraignment hearing be held? - Answer No later than 28 days after the shelter
hearing.
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 - Answer Case plan and permanency must
be updated every 6 months.
Adoption and Safe Families Act - Answer Finalize permanency within 12 months.
What are the federal outcomes that must be documented and are audited for quality? - Answer
Safety, permanency, and well-being.
Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA) - Answer Prohibits denial for foster care due to race, color,
or national origin of the child.
Interstate compact on the placement for children (ICPC)? - Answer Where you can place a
child across state lines.
Indian child welfare act? - Answer Requires you to determine if a child is of American Indian
descent recognized by the federal government under ICWA.
When must we determine if a child is of American Indian descent? - Answer During the initial
investigation.
Immigrant children-special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS)? - Answer A federal law that assists
certain undocumented children in obtaining legal permanent residency.
How many types of evidence are there? - Answer Four.
Direct evidence? - Answer Eye witness account of an event.
Circumstantial evidence? - Answer Judge may deduce a fact from other proven facts.
Expert testimony? - Answer Presented by someone with relevant, specialized
knowledge/experience.
Already Passed Answers Graded A+
2025-2026 Updated.
Who creates the rules of juvenile procedure? - Answer Judges and attorneys
Due process - Answer Notifying all parents of their upcoming court hearings.
Least intrusive - Answer Least amount of interruption to the family while still assuring the
child's safety.
Reasonable efforts - Answer To prevent a removal from occurring prior to a child being
removed from a home.
Permanency planning - Answer Plan or resolution for the child to their need for safety and a
permanent family to raise them.
Abuse - Answer Any willful or threatened act.
Abandonment - Answer When a parent/caregiver has made no significant contribution to the
child's basic needs and/or has failed to maintain a positive relationship with the child.
Harm - Answer When any person inflicts or allows to be inflicted upon the child's physical,
mental, or emotional injury.
Neglect - Answer When a child is deprived of food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment.
Does corporal punishment constitute abuse? - Answer No
Does financial instability constitute neglect? - Answer No
If parent's are incarcerated, it could mean that the parent has abandoned their child. True or
false? - Answer True
, When must an arraignment hearing be held? - Answer No later than 28 days after the shelter
hearing.
Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 - Answer Case plan and permanency must
be updated every 6 months.
Adoption and Safe Families Act - Answer Finalize permanency within 12 months.
What are the federal outcomes that must be documented and are audited for quality? - Answer
Safety, permanency, and well-being.
Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA) - Answer Prohibits denial for foster care due to race, color,
or national origin of the child.
Interstate compact on the placement for children (ICPC)? - Answer Where you can place a
child across state lines.
Indian child welfare act? - Answer Requires you to determine if a child is of American Indian
descent recognized by the federal government under ICWA.
When must we determine if a child is of American Indian descent? - Answer During the initial
investigation.
Immigrant children-special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS)? - Answer A federal law that assists
certain undocumented children in obtaining legal permanent residency.
How many types of evidence are there? - Answer Four.
Direct evidence? - Answer Eye witness account of an event.
Circumstantial evidence? - Answer Judge may deduce a fact from other proven facts.
Expert testimony? - Answer Presented by someone with relevant, specialized
knowledge/experience.
