PROTECTIVE COATING SPECIALIST PCS EXAM
2026 EXAMINATION TEST
◉ Adjudication Answer: Court Hearing to see if abuse/neglect
occurred?
◉ Victim Sensitive Interview Answer: What is a VSI?
◉ Inter Ethnic Placement Act=
May not deny to any person the opportunity to become an adoptive
or foster parent OR delay or deny the placement of a child for
adoption or into foster care on the basis
of race, culture, or national origin of the adoptive or foster parent or
the race, culture, or
national origin of the child involved in the foster or adoptive
placement; and Answer: What is IEPA?
◉ Genuineness, Empathy, Respect- with those three come
competency. Answer: Core Helping Conditions:
◉ Indian Child Welfare Act=
Tribal law supercedes Federal law. Answer: What is ICWA?
,◉ Child victim, Eligible perp and Incident. Answer: Three criteria
required to make a hotline report?
◉ When one of the three required elements in taking a report are
missing (child victim, eligible perp and incident). Answer: What is a
disqualified report?
◉ 1. Domestic Violence
2. Substance Abuse
3. Mental Health / Illness
4. Development Delay Answer: What are the 4 underlying conditions
to explore in a investigation?
◉ True Answer: True or False
Underlying conditions can impact a parent's ability to supervise,
protect and provide for the child's need.
◉ True Answer: True or False
If you request medical records, you must review all of them (or a
medical designee).
◉ True Answer: True or False
If the child victim has serious medical issue, make a referral to the
DCFS nurse, who will follow the child victim's medical care.
,◉ State Automated Child Welfare Information System
SACWIS was designed to replace CYCIS. This is the electronic system
for data and recording documentation on investigations. Answer:
What does SACWIS stand for?
◉ False Answer: True of False
Is it acceptable to document your opinion in your documentation?
◉ Motion where the court has a party take some sort of action.
Answer: What is a motion to compel?
◉ 1. Shelter Care
2. Adjudicatory
3. Dispositional
4. Permanency
5. Terminate Parental Rights Answer: Types of court hearings.
◉ True Answer: True or False
The final report finding is found under allegation tab in SACWIS.
, ◉ True Answer: True or False
You can print print all documentation in SACWIS under Decision tab.
◉ True Answer: True or False
Only the court can truly mitigate.
◉ Supervisor will make critical decisions. Examples of critical
decisions may be:
1. Safety Determination
2. Add Allegation(s)
3. Taking Protective Custody
4. Safety Plan Implementation
5. Referral for opening a service case
6. Good Faith Determination
7. Final Finding Determination Answer: Who is approved to make
critical decisions?
◉ 7 days Answer: How many days do you have to meet with the
alleged perp?
◉ Request identification. Obtain an substance and mental health
concerns. Obtain address, alias names used, date of birth and social
2026 EXAMINATION TEST
◉ Adjudication Answer: Court Hearing to see if abuse/neglect
occurred?
◉ Victim Sensitive Interview Answer: What is a VSI?
◉ Inter Ethnic Placement Act=
May not deny to any person the opportunity to become an adoptive
or foster parent OR delay or deny the placement of a child for
adoption or into foster care on the basis
of race, culture, or national origin of the adoptive or foster parent or
the race, culture, or
national origin of the child involved in the foster or adoptive
placement; and Answer: What is IEPA?
◉ Genuineness, Empathy, Respect- with those three come
competency. Answer: Core Helping Conditions:
◉ Indian Child Welfare Act=
Tribal law supercedes Federal law. Answer: What is ICWA?
,◉ Child victim, Eligible perp and Incident. Answer: Three criteria
required to make a hotline report?
◉ When one of the three required elements in taking a report are
missing (child victim, eligible perp and incident). Answer: What is a
disqualified report?
◉ 1. Domestic Violence
2. Substance Abuse
3. Mental Health / Illness
4. Development Delay Answer: What are the 4 underlying conditions
to explore in a investigation?
◉ True Answer: True or False
Underlying conditions can impact a parent's ability to supervise,
protect and provide for the child's need.
◉ True Answer: True or False
If you request medical records, you must review all of them (or a
medical designee).
◉ True Answer: True or False
If the child victim has serious medical issue, make a referral to the
DCFS nurse, who will follow the child victim's medical care.
,◉ State Automated Child Welfare Information System
SACWIS was designed to replace CYCIS. This is the electronic system
for data and recording documentation on investigations. Answer:
What does SACWIS stand for?
◉ False Answer: True of False
Is it acceptable to document your opinion in your documentation?
◉ Motion where the court has a party take some sort of action.
Answer: What is a motion to compel?
◉ 1. Shelter Care
2. Adjudicatory
3. Dispositional
4. Permanency
5. Terminate Parental Rights Answer: Types of court hearings.
◉ True Answer: True or False
The final report finding is found under allegation tab in SACWIS.
, ◉ True Answer: True or False
You can print print all documentation in SACWIS under Decision tab.
◉ True Answer: True or False
Only the court can truly mitigate.
◉ Supervisor will make critical decisions. Examples of critical
decisions may be:
1. Safety Determination
2. Add Allegation(s)
3. Taking Protective Custody
4. Safety Plan Implementation
5. Referral for opening a service case
6. Good Faith Determination
7. Final Finding Determination Answer: Who is approved to make
critical decisions?
◉ 7 days Answer: How many days do you have to meet with the
alleged perp?
◉ Request identification. Obtain an substance and mental health
concerns. Obtain address, alias names used, date of birth and social
