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CERAP PRACTICE EXAM
Question :What are the three DCFS outcomes for
children?
Correct answer:Safety, well-being, and permanency.
Question :What are the seven deadly sins?
Correct answer:1. Colic2. Awakening at night 3.
Separation anxiety4. Normal exploratory behavior5.Normal negativism6. Normal poor appetite7. Toilet training resistance
Question :Which of the deadly sins most commonly lead
to fatal abuse?
Correct answer:Colic and toilet training resistance.
Question :Definition of abuse
Correct answer:Something that is being done TO the
child.
Question :Definition of neglect
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Correct answer:Something that is NOT being done to the
child that they need.
Question :Definition of cultural competence
Correct answer:The totality of learned behaviors.
Question :When are the times you would complete a
Home Safety Checklist?
Correct answer:1. Within 30 days of case opening2. Prior
to a major change of life circumstance3. Every 90 days during the life of the case4. When a family with an open service case is the subject of subsequent child abuse or neglect investigation5. Within 5 calendar days of a supervisory approved case closure conjunction with the final CERAP
Question :What does CERAP stand for?
Correct answer:Child Endangerment Risk Assessment
Protocol.
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Question :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.
Question :What are the four steps to protecting children?
Correct answer:1. Information gathering2. Information
analysis3. Drawings conclusions4. Making decisions
Question :What are the contents of the protocol?
Correct answer:1. Safety determination form (safety
assessment)2. Safety plan3. Practice guidelines
Question :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.
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Question :Define moderate to severe harm
Correct answer:Use DID (Death, impairment, or
disfigurement). Danger to a child's life or health.
Question :Define unsafe
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 likely to be moderately to severely harmed immediately or in the near future
Question :What would be the result of determining a child
is unsafe?
Correct answer:Either create a safety plan or have
protective custody taken depending on the situation.
Question :Define immediately or in the near future
Correct answer:Between now and the next time you see
the family.