PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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What best describes a peer who provides recovery support? -
ANSWER-An individual with lived experience with a mental illness
and/or addiction to alcool and/or other drugs who has completed
formal training to provide support to peers in recovery.
A Peer Support Specialist is meeting with a consumer's care team
to discuss the consumer's failure to follow-through on their
treatment goals. What action would the Peer Support Specialist
take to support the consumer? - ANSWER-Ask each member of
the care team what they have been doing to help the consumer
achieve their goals.
A consumer with a history of depression tells the Peer Support
Specialist they are starting
to experience symptoms of an oncoming depressive episode.
What action would the Peer
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Support Specialist take to support the consumer? - ANSWER-Ask
the consumer to think about what may be causing them to feel
that way.
One major role of peer recovery support is to: - ANSWER-Serve
as an advocate
A benefit of sharing your recovery story is to: - ANSWER-Support
change, and show recovery is possible
A consumer explains that it is taboo for someone to share their
struggles with family members in their culture. How would the
Peer Support Specialist support the consumer? - ANSWER-
Roleplay or act out with the consumer ways the consumer can
raise the topic with loved ones.
A consumer tells a Peer Support Specialist that they are
struggling to create a plan for managing future behavioral health
crises. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take to
support the consumer? - ANSWER-Help the consumer come up
with a plan together.
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When you are developing a recovery/wellness plan you should
include: - ANSWER-Short term and long term goals
Peer support is not - ANSWER-Judgmental
An example of a recovery-oriented approach is? - ANSWER-
Focusing on wellness, ability and choice
When you are using motivational Interviewing as a peer support
technique you should. - ANSWER-Listen, support, and promote
self-efficacy.
You reduce relationship rapport with a peer by: - ANSWER-Being
unaware of your power
A way for you to show empathy is by: - ANSWER-Working to
understand another's feelings