PROTECTIVE COATING SPECIALIST PCS EXAM
2026 FINAL EXAM PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Statements and Observations. Answer: What should our evidence
be based on?
◉ A request when a person(s) needs to be seen outside of your
service area Answer: What is a parallel investigation?
◉ Developing trust and the balance of power. Answer: What is a
fiduciary relationship?
◉ Body chart, photographs, and an explanation. Answer: What is
needed for every physical injury to a child?
◉ Illinois department of Professional Regulation. Answer: Who must
be contacted when a professional person is licensed by the State of
Illinois and has been is indicated on a report?
◉ A subpoena. Answer: What is issued by the court that requires a
person to testify or produce evidence?
,◉ A meeting held when the investigator, caseworker, and their
supervisors discuss the case information regarding a case that the
CPI is opening/requesting Intact or Placement Services. Answer:
What is a handoff staffing?
◉ A risk assessment. Answer: What assessment tool is used to
determine a family's strengths and needs?
◉ Inculpatory and Exculpatory. Answer: What are the two categories
of evidence that CPIs use to determine an accurate finding?
◉ Guardian ad Litem. Answer: Who is contacted when a Youth in
Care (foster child) is a child victim or an alleged perpetrator?
◉ Teachers; parents have to allow it and children must be 14 or
older. Answer: What type of child care worker can confront the
accuser?
◉ Ages 6 and older/above. Answer: What age must the child be for a
CPI of the same sex to observe the child?
◉ The same day as the child or within 24 hours. Answer: When must
a CPI see the parent/caregiver of the alleged child victim?
, ◉ Ages 5-8 Answer: What age do most accidental injuries / fractures
occur in children?
◉ The head of the agency/director and licensing worker. Answer:
Who does the CPI need to contact on a report involving a DCFS
licensed facility?
◉ 24 - 48 hours. Answer: What is the minimum length of a timeline?
◉ Who, What, When, Where Statements from Persons interviewed.
Answer: What information is contained in a timeline?
◉ One second. Answer: What is the length of time it takes to burn an
infant with 140F water?
◉ Exposed wiring, feces, garbage, bugs, rodents, broken glass, etc.
Answer: What are some environmental factors to look for in a scene
investigation?
◉ Final determination when caregiver fails to make reasonable
efforts to stop someone from harming a child. Answer: What does
"indicated allowed" mean?
2026 FINAL EXAM PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Statements and Observations. Answer: What should our evidence
be based on?
◉ A request when a person(s) needs to be seen outside of your
service area Answer: What is a parallel investigation?
◉ Developing trust and the balance of power. Answer: What is a
fiduciary relationship?
◉ Body chart, photographs, and an explanation. Answer: What is
needed for every physical injury to a child?
◉ Illinois department of Professional Regulation. Answer: Who must
be contacted when a professional person is licensed by the State of
Illinois and has been is indicated on a report?
◉ A subpoena. Answer: What is issued by the court that requires a
person to testify or produce evidence?
,◉ A meeting held when the investigator, caseworker, and their
supervisors discuss the case information regarding a case that the
CPI is opening/requesting Intact or Placement Services. Answer:
What is a handoff staffing?
◉ A risk assessment. Answer: What assessment tool is used to
determine a family's strengths and needs?
◉ Inculpatory and Exculpatory. Answer: What are the two categories
of evidence that CPIs use to determine an accurate finding?
◉ Guardian ad Litem. Answer: Who is contacted when a Youth in
Care (foster child) is a child victim or an alleged perpetrator?
◉ Teachers; parents have to allow it and children must be 14 or
older. Answer: What type of child care worker can confront the
accuser?
◉ Ages 6 and older/above. Answer: What age must the child be for a
CPI of the same sex to observe the child?
◉ The same day as the child or within 24 hours. Answer: When must
a CPI see the parent/caregiver of the alleged child victim?
, ◉ Ages 5-8 Answer: What age do most accidental injuries / fractures
occur in children?
◉ The head of the agency/director and licensing worker. Answer:
Who does the CPI need to contact on a report involving a DCFS
licensed facility?
◉ 24 - 48 hours. Answer: What is the minimum length of a timeline?
◉ Who, What, When, Where Statements from Persons interviewed.
Answer: What information is contained in a timeline?
◉ One second. Answer: What is the length of time it takes to burn an
infant with 140F water?
◉ Exposed wiring, feces, garbage, bugs, rodents, broken glass, etc.
Answer: What are some environmental factors to look for in a scene
investigation?
◉ Final determination when caregiver fails to make reasonable
efforts to stop someone from harming a child. Answer: What does
"indicated allowed" mean?
