CTSP CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Trauma.
Answer: Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual
violence through direct experience, witnessing, learning it occurred to
close others, or repeated exposure to details of trauma.
●● Trauma Response.
Answer: The emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological
reactions that follow a traumatic experience.
●● Acute Trauma.
Answer: Trauma resulting from a single, sudden, overwhelming event
(e.g., accident, assault, natural disaster).
●● Acute Trauma, Chronic Trauma, Complex Trauma, Developmental
Trauma, Historical Trauma, Systemic / Institutional Trauma, Collective
Trauma, Medical Trauma, Secondary / Vicarious Trauma, Interpersonal
Trauma, and Betrayal Trauma.
Answer: TYPES OF TRAUMA
, ●● Chronic Trauma.
Answer: Trauma caused by repeated and prolonged exposure to
distressing events, often within relationships or long-term conditions.
●● Complex Trauma.
Answer: Exposure to multiple traumatic events, often interpersonal and
beginning in childhood, with cumulative effects on functioning.
●● Developmental Trauma.
Answer: Early childhood trauma that disrupts attachment, emotional
regulation, and expected milestones.
●● Historical Trauma.
Answer: Trauma transmitted across generations due to collective
experiences such as colonization, genocide, slavery, or war.
●● Systemic / Institutional Trauma.
Answer: Trauma resulting from ongoing discrimination, corruption,
policy failure, or harmful systems and institutions.
●● Collective Trauma.
Answer: Trauma shared by a group, community, or nation due to a
common catastrophic event.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● Trauma.
Answer: Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual
violence through direct experience, witnessing, learning it occurred to
close others, or repeated exposure to details of trauma.
●● Trauma Response.
Answer: The emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological
reactions that follow a traumatic experience.
●● Acute Trauma.
Answer: Trauma resulting from a single, sudden, overwhelming event
(e.g., accident, assault, natural disaster).
●● Acute Trauma, Chronic Trauma, Complex Trauma, Developmental
Trauma, Historical Trauma, Systemic / Institutional Trauma, Collective
Trauma, Medical Trauma, Secondary / Vicarious Trauma, Interpersonal
Trauma, and Betrayal Trauma.
Answer: TYPES OF TRAUMA
, ●● Chronic Trauma.
Answer: Trauma caused by repeated and prolonged exposure to
distressing events, often within relationships or long-term conditions.
●● Complex Trauma.
Answer: Exposure to multiple traumatic events, often interpersonal and
beginning in childhood, with cumulative effects on functioning.
●● Developmental Trauma.
Answer: Early childhood trauma that disrupts attachment, emotional
regulation, and expected milestones.
●● Historical Trauma.
Answer: Trauma transmitted across generations due to collective
experiences such as colonization, genocide, slavery, or war.
●● Systemic / Institutional Trauma.
Answer: Trauma resulting from ongoing discrimination, corruption,
policy failure, or harmful systems and institutions.
●● Collective Trauma.
Answer: Trauma shared by a group, community, or nation due to a
common catastrophic event.
