Massachusetts Certified Peer
Specialist (CPS) COMPLETE
(2026) EXAM TEST WITH
LATEST UPDATED (QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS)
The _____________ Principle speaks to the value of "do no harm." While
SOME people will not be harmed by using non-human experience
language, others WILL be harmed; therefore, by using human experience
language, it is unlikely that anyone will be harmed. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔benevolence
,What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔values
Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔power, prejudice,
discrimination, determination
* What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔person first, everyday non-
clinical
,When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a change
agent by setting an uncompromising example that all people are greater
than and come before any label or judgement. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔human
experience
When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a
_________ agent by setting an uncompromising example that all people
are greater than and come before any l_________or j___________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔change, label, judgement
____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs,
symbols, history, and ways of thinking/living of a group of people - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔culture
We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔they, we
* The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships are:
1.) learning about _________
2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔yourself, cultures, individuals
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, When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves
indicates learning about our b________ and p_________ - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔biases, privilege
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning
about ourselves may include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- What p______ have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important
i________with the beliefs/cultures of others? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔biases,
privilege, respond, intersect
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning
about cultures may include:
- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with
different groups?
- What d__________ have people from this culture commonly experienced
and what impact might this have had on them?
Specialist (CPS) COMPLETE
(2026) EXAM TEST WITH
LATEST UPDATED (QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS)
The _____________ Principle speaks to the value of "do no harm." While
SOME people will not be harmed by using non-human experience
language, others WILL be harmed; therefore, by using human experience
language, it is unlikely that anyone will be harmed. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔benevolence
,What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔values
Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔power, prejudice,
discrimination, determination
* What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔person first, everyday non-
clinical
,When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a change
agent by setting an uncompromising example that all people are greater
than and come before any label or judgement. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔human
experience
When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a
_________ agent by setting an uncompromising example that all people
are greater than and come before any l_________or j___________ - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔change, label, judgement
____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs,
symbols, history, and ways of thinking/living of a group of people - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔culture
We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔they, we
* The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships are:
1.) learning about _________
2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________ - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔yourself, cultures, individuals
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves
indicates learning about our b________ and p_________ - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔biases, privilege
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning
about ourselves may include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- What p______ have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important
i________with the beliefs/cultures of others? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔biases,
privilege, respond, intersect
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning
about cultures may include:
- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with
different groups?
- What d__________ have people from this culture commonly experienced
and what impact might this have had on them?
