Kiva Centers MA Certified Peer Specialist Exam Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update 2025
2 parts of human experience language - Answers 1. Person first language
2. Everyday non-clinical language
Risks of not using human experience language - Answers 1. Enhances Power Difference
2. Supports false assumptions
3. Limits personal choice
4. Perpetuates Prejudice and Discrimination
5. Reinforces broken identities
6. Dehumanizes people
7. Disconnection
Identity-first language - Answers "Person was diagnosed with"
Potential to inspire hope with human experience language - Answers
Why not language police? - Answers This is about values not rules
CPS Values - Answers 1. In but not of the system
2. Developing and strengthening relationships
3. Creating a foundation as a change agent
D List - things people are recovering from - "deficit based" - disappears the person (may only need to
know 3) - Answers Believing they are
Despaired
Distressed
Disempowered
Disease
Core Competencies - Answers Peer Support
Change Agent
In but not Of the system
, Mutuality - Answers Level playing field
No one is the fixer or the broken
Focus on the relationship rather than one person or the other
Both people can learn from and be impacted by the connection
RICH Relationships - Answers Respect
Information
Connection
Hope
What makes the Fueling Dissatisfaction Tool different than all others - Answers Wants to make you feel
discomfort
What are the six questions of the Fueling Dissatisfaction Tool
In class, we talked about Fueling Dissatisfaction. Please list three questions we use as part of this tool? -
Answers 1. Are you feeling dissatisfied with anything in your life?
2. How dissatisfied are you?
3. Are those feelings energizing you to think about wanting things to be different?
4. What would be the upside of things being different? Are there any downsides to things being
different?
5. Who would be in support of things being different and who would NOT be?
6. If you were to make a change, how would you prepare?
4 tasks of intentional peer support - Answers Connection
Worldview
2 parts of human experience language - Answers 1. Person first language
2. Everyday non-clinical language
Risks of not using human experience language - Answers 1. Enhances Power Difference
2. Supports false assumptions
3. Limits personal choice
4. Perpetuates Prejudice and Discrimination
5. Reinforces broken identities
6. Dehumanizes people
7. Disconnection
Identity-first language - Answers "Person was diagnosed with"
Potential to inspire hope with human experience language - Answers
Why not language police? - Answers This is about values not rules
CPS Values - Answers 1. In but not of the system
2. Developing and strengthening relationships
3. Creating a foundation as a change agent
D List - things people are recovering from - "deficit based" - disappears the person (may only need to
know 3) - Answers Believing they are
Despaired
Distressed
Disempowered
Disease
Core Competencies - Answers Peer Support
Change Agent
In but not Of the system
, Mutuality - Answers Level playing field
No one is the fixer or the broken
Focus on the relationship rather than one person or the other
Both people can learn from and be impacted by the connection
RICH Relationships - Answers Respect
Information
Connection
Hope
What makes the Fueling Dissatisfaction Tool different than all others - Answers Wants to make you feel
discomfort
What are the six questions of the Fueling Dissatisfaction Tool
In class, we talked about Fueling Dissatisfaction. Please list three questions we use as part of this tool? -
Answers 1. Are you feeling dissatisfied with anything in your life?
2. How dissatisfied are you?
3. Are those feelings energizing you to think about wanting things to be different?
4. What would be the upside of things being different? Are there any downsides to things being
different?
5. Who would be in support of things being different and who would NOT be?
6. If you were to make a change, how would you prepare?
4 tasks of intentional peer support - Answers Connection
Worldview
