CRPA EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a Peer's primary job? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To set boundaries, to help remove personal and
environmental obstacles to recovery, link the Individual to the recovering community, and serve as a
personal guide in the management of personal and family recovery.
Is a Peer a sponsor, counselor, or medical professional? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅No, a Peer is not a
sponsor, counselor, nurse, doctor, lawyer, priest, minister, or rabbi.
What should a Peer do if an Individual asks for help outside the Peer's scope of practice? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Redirect them to the appropriate professional and respect boundaries.
List the roles of a Peer. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Motivator/Cheerleader, Ally/Confidant, Truth-teller,
Role Model, Problem Solver, Resource Broker, Advocate, Community Organizer, Lifestyle Consultant,
Friend, and Companion.
What are some responsibilities of a Peer? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mandated reporter, advocacy,
navigating resources, preparing for the future, being flexible, setting boundaries, being respectful,
trustworthy, and reliable.
What communication skills should a Peer possess? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Active listening,
paraphrasing, assertive communication, ability to have difficult conversations.
What is the Peer's role in difficult conversations? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To be knowledgeable, to
know their own triggers, and know how to have difficult conversations.
What is a Peer's role in promoting recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Removing barriers and obstacles
to recovery and serving as a personal guide for people seeking or in recovery.
How is recovery defined? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A process of change through which individuals
improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential. It is
also a combination of physical, mental, and spiritual models of engagement.
,What actions does a person in recovery take? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Consistent and conscious actions
to address their substance use and mindset surrounding their substance use.
What is essential to the Individual's recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Agency and the Individual's
willingness to change.
Can an individual be in recovery even if they use substances? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The text
introduces the concept of moderation-based recovery, which involves the sustained deceleration of
substance use to a sub-clinical level. This suggests that recovery does not always require complete
abstinence.
What is the first core value of recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All individuals are unique and have
special needs, goals, health attitudes, behaviors, and expectations for recovery.
What is the second core value of recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Individuals in recovery share some
similarities; however, management of their lives will require different pathways at different times.
What is the third core value of recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All persons should have equal access
to recovery and the opportunity to participate in their recovery process.
How does the service/support relationship differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Significant power differential; high external accountability. Peer: Minimal
power differential. Sponsor: Minimal power differential, support-based accountability.
How does the style of helping differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Formal, personally guarded, structured.
Peer: Variable by organizational setting.
Sponsor: Informal, open, spontaneous.
How does the use of self differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Self-disclosure discouraged or prohibited.
Peer: Strategic use of one's own story.
, Sponsor: Strategic use of one's own story; role model.
How does temporal orientation differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Focus on past experiences.
Peer: Focus on present and future.
Sponsor: Focus on present.
How does foundational knowledge differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Emphasis on formal education (theory and science).
Peer: Emphasis on experiential knowledge and training.
Sponsor: Emphasis on experiential knowledge.
How does the organizational context differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Works within an organizational hierarchy.
Peer: Varied settings and supervision.
Sponsor: Minimal hierarchy and no formal supervision.
How does the service/support framework differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Works within a particular organizational treatment philosophy.
Peer: Works across multiple frameworks of recovery via choices of those with whom they work.
Sponsor: Works within the beliefs and practices of a particular recovery fellowship.
How does the duration of the service/support relationship differ between a counselor, Peer, and
sponsor? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Brief, even briefer.
Peer: Measured in months or years.
Sponsor: Variable but can span years.
How does the role of community in recovery differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Minimal focus on the ecology of recovery.
Peer: Focus on linking to community resources and building community recovery capital.
What is a Peer's primary job? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To set boundaries, to help remove personal and
environmental obstacles to recovery, link the Individual to the recovering community, and serve as a
personal guide in the management of personal and family recovery.
Is a Peer a sponsor, counselor, or medical professional? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅No, a Peer is not a
sponsor, counselor, nurse, doctor, lawyer, priest, minister, or rabbi.
What should a Peer do if an Individual asks for help outside the Peer's scope of practice? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Redirect them to the appropriate professional and respect boundaries.
List the roles of a Peer. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Motivator/Cheerleader, Ally/Confidant, Truth-teller,
Role Model, Problem Solver, Resource Broker, Advocate, Community Organizer, Lifestyle Consultant,
Friend, and Companion.
What are some responsibilities of a Peer? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Mandated reporter, advocacy,
navigating resources, preparing for the future, being flexible, setting boundaries, being respectful,
trustworthy, and reliable.
What communication skills should a Peer possess? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Active listening,
paraphrasing, assertive communication, ability to have difficult conversations.
What is the Peer's role in difficult conversations? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To be knowledgeable, to
know their own triggers, and know how to have difficult conversations.
What is a Peer's role in promoting recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Removing barriers and obstacles
to recovery and serving as a personal guide for people seeking or in recovery.
How is recovery defined? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A process of change through which individuals
improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential. It is
also a combination of physical, mental, and spiritual models of engagement.
,What actions does a person in recovery take? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Consistent and conscious actions
to address their substance use and mindset surrounding their substance use.
What is essential to the Individual's recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Agency and the Individual's
willingness to change.
Can an individual be in recovery even if they use substances? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The text
introduces the concept of moderation-based recovery, which involves the sustained deceleration of
substance use to a sub-clinical level. This suggests that recovery does not always require complete
abstinence.
What is the first core value of recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All individuals are unique and have
special needs, goals, health attitudes, behaviors, and expectations for recovery.
What is the second core value of recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Individuals in recovery share some
similarities; however, management of their lives will require different pathways at different times.
What is the third core value of recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All persons should have equal access
to recovery and the opportunity to participate in their recovery process.
How does the service/support relationship differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Significant power differential; high external accountability. Peer: Minimal
power differential. Sponsor: Minimal power differential, support-based accountability.
How does the style of helping differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Formal, personally guarded, structured.
Peer: Variable by organizational setting.
Sponsor: Informal, open, spontaneous.
How does the use of self differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Self-disclosure discouraged or prohibited.
Peer: Strategic use of one's own story.
, Sponsor: Strategic use of one's own story; role model.
How does temporal orientation differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Focus on past experiences.
Peer: Focus on present and future.
Sponsor: Focus on present.
How does foundational knowledge differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Emphasis on formal education (theory and science).
Peer: Emphasis on experiential knowledge and training.
Sponsor: Emphasis on experiential knowledge.
How does the organizational context differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Works within an organizational hierarchy.
Peer: Varied settings and supervision.
Sponsor: Minimal hierarchy and no formal supervision.
How does the service/support framework differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Works within a particular organizational treatment philosophy.
Peer: Works across multiple frameworks of recovery via choices of those with whom they work.
Sponsor: Works within the beliefs and practices of a particular recovery fellowship.
How does the duration of the service/support relationship differ between a counselor, Peer, and
sponsor? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Brief, even briefer.
Peer: Measured in months or years.
Sponsor: Variable but can span years.
How does the role of community in recovery differ between a counselor, Peer, and sponsor? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Counselor: Minimal focus on the ecology of recovery.
Peer: Focus on linking to community resources and building community recovery capital.
