CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALIST TESTS
COMPILATION BUNDLE 2026
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION QUESTIONS
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS FULL STUDY GUIDE
GRADED A+
⩥ What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.)
Answer: Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
⩥ Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________
Answer: values
⩥ Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________
Answer: power, prejudice, discrimination, determination
,⩥ * What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language
Answer: person first, everyday non-clinical
⩥ When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a
change agent by setting an uncompromising example that all people are
greater than and come before any label or judgement.
Answer: human experience
⩥ When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a
_________ agent by setting an uncompromising example that all people
are greater than and come before any l_________or j___________
Answer: change, label, judgement
⩥ ____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs,
symbols, history, and ways of thinking/living of a group of people
Answer: culture
⩥ We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are.
Answer: they, we
⩥ * The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships
are:
,1.) learning about _________
2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________
Answer: yourself, cultures, individuals
⩥ When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves
indicates learning about our b________ and p_________
Answer: biases, privilege
⩥ When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about ourselves may include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- What p______ have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain
issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important
i________with the beliefs/cultures of others?
Answer: biases, privilege, respond, intersect
⩥ When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about cultures may include:
- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with
different groups?
, - What d__________ have people from this culture commonly
experienced and what impact might this have had on them?
- What else can I do to l_______ about this culture?
Answer: communication, language, discrimination, learn
⩥ When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about an individual may include:
-How am I avoiding making a___________ about what I think I know?
-What am I doing to learn about this person's b_______?
- What am I doing to learn how this person r_________ to their culture?
Answer: assumptions, beliefs, relate
⩥ For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at
least two questions you might ask yourself?
Answer: Self: what biases do I have? What privileges do I benefit from?
How have these biases and privileges affected me world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly
experienced? What language might exist? What am I doing to learn
more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I
avoiding assumptions about what I think I know? What am I doing to
learn about this person's beliefs?
COMPILATION BUNDLE 2026
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION QUESTIONS
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS FULL STUDY GUIDE
GRADED A+
⩥ What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.)
Answer: Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
⩥ Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________
Answer: values
⩥ Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________
Answer: power, prejudice, discrimination, determination
,⩥ * What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language
Answer: person first, everyday non-clinical
⩥ When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a
change agent by setting an uncompromising example that all people are
greater than and come before any label or judgement.
Answer: human experience
⩥ When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a
_________ agent by setting an uncompromising example that all people
are greater than and come before any l_________or j___________
Answer: change, label, judgement
⩥ ____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs,
symbols, history, and ways of thinking/living of a group of people
Answer: culture
⩥ We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are.
Answer: they, we
⩥ * The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships
are:
,1.) learning about _________
2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________
Answer: yourself, cultures, individuals
⩥ When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves
indicates learning about our b________ and p_________
Answer: biases, privilege
⩥ When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about ourselves may include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- What p______ have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain
issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important
i________with the beliefs/cultures of others?
Answer: biases, privilege, respond, intersect
⩥ When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about cultures may include:
- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with
different groups?
, - What d__________ have people from this culture commonly
experienced and what impact might this have had on them?
- What else can I do to l_______ about this culture?
Answer: communication, language, discrimination, learn
⩥ When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when
learning about an individual may include:
-How am I avoiding making a___________ about what I think I know?
-What am I doing to learn about this person's b_______?
- What am I doing to learn how this person r_________ to their culture?
Answer: assumptions, beliefs, relate
⩥ For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at
least two questions you might ask yourself?
Answer: Self: what biases do I have? What privileges do I benefit from?
How have these biases and privileges affected me world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly
experienced? What language might exist? What am I doing to learn
more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I
avoiding assumptions about what I think I know? What am I doing to
learn about this person's beliefs?
