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Certified Recovery Peer Specialist Practice Test

Unofficial practice questions for Florida's Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS) exam, in the four domains of the Board's blueprint.

TIP 64 says a recovery plan should ideally include SMART goals. What does the A in SMART stand for?

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Unofficial practice questions, not affiliated with the Florida Certification Board. Bank checked October 12, 2026.

The real exam, as the Florida Certification Board describes it

Questions
100
To pass
70 of 100 right (70%)
Time limit
120 minutes
Fee
The exam fee goes to the Board. A proctoring fee of at most $35 goes to the test site.
Retakes
After a 30-day wait, through your Certification Specialist, with the exam fee and the proctoring fee again.
Domains
Advocacy 17 questions, mentoring 26, recovery support 33, professional responsibilities 24, across 30 competencies.
Question format
Multiple choice with three options: one correct, two plausible but wrong. Every question counts one point.
Result
An unofficial score shows as soon as you finish. Official scores are processed weekly.
Delivery
On computer at approved testing sites, typically colleges and universities, with a government-issued photo ID.
Who takes it
Applicants whose application and supporting documents the Board has approved.

Checked October 12, 2026 against Florida Certification Board, CRPS Standard Application Pathway guide (effective August 2025), FCB Exam Passing Scores (5-1-2025) and the CRPS test preparation guide. Rules change, so confirm with the agency itself before your test.

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Advocacy 9

  • A client is nervous about asking his landlord for one more week to pay a deposit. Which step matches what TIP 64 calls advocacy with a small "a"? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Advocacy With a Small "a". Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Advocacy, competency 2.
  • A client tells his peer specialist that group starts before his work shift ends, and he is close to quitting the program. What does TIP 64 say the peer specialist can do at the team meeting? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 2, Engagement Facilitator. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Advocacy, competency 4.
  • A Florida provider turns a man away, saying he has relapsed too many times. Under section 397.501, Florida Statutes, may a service provider deny access to substance abuse services solely on that basis? Section 397.501(2)(a), Florida Statutes, Rights of individuals: right to nondiscriminatory services. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Advocacy, competency 5.
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Advocacy, continued

  • A man tells his peer specialist that he wants to cut back on drinking, not stop. The peer specialist's own recovery was built on abstinence. What does SAMHSA's TIP 64 say the peer specialist's role calls for? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Supporting, Not Steering. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Advocacy, competency 1.
  • A woman in residential treatment in Florida says nobody asked for her input on her service plan. What does section 397.501, Florida Statutes, guarantee her? Section 397.501(2)(b), Florida Statutes, Rights of individuals: right to nondiscriminatory services. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Advocacy, competency 5.
  • SAMHSA's working definition of recovery says individuals "should be supported in speaking for themselves." Which of the 10 guiding principles carries that sentence? SAMHSA's Working Definition of Recovery: 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery (PEP12-RECDEF), Recovery involves individual, family, and community strengths and responsibility. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Advocacy, competency 2.
  • Several clients miss evening appointments because no bus runs to the clinic after 5 p.m. Their peer specialist raises the gap with her supervisor and at a county transit hearing. In TIP 64, work in the larger community to lower barriers to services is: SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Advocacy With a Big "A". Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Advocacy, competency 3.
  • Which of SAMHSA's 10 guiding principles of recovery names self-determination and self-direction as the foundations for recovery? SAMHSA's Working Definition of Recovery: 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery (PEP12-RECDEF), Recovery is person-driven. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Advocacy, competency 1.
  • With a client's consent, a peer specialist calls the client's primary care office and her sister so that everyone knows the plan for the week after discharge. Which category of SAMHSA's core competencies for peer workers covers this? SAMHSA, Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services, Category X: Supports collaboration and teamwork. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Advocacy, competency 4.

Mentoring 13

  • A client asks her peer worker which mutual-help group she should join. What is the peer worker's role, according to TIP 64? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 2, Affiliational or Companionship Support. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 8.
  • A client says every friend he has still uses, and his weekends are empty. Helping him make new friendships and find social activities without substances is which type of recovery support in TIP 64? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 2, Affiliational or Companionship Support. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 8.
  • A client says the people who kept him going were his aunt, his closest friend and a neighbor he calls his brother. In TIP 64, which category of recovery capital is he describing? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Recovery Capital. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 6.
  • A client wants to ask a coworker for a ride to meetings but freezes up. He and his peer specialist act out the conversation in a simple role-play. Which of TIP 64's five steps for learning social skills is this? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Emotional and Social Skills. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 5.
  • A client wants to learn to budget, which his peer specialist has not been trained to teach. What does TIP 64 say peer specialists do in that case? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Helping Individuals Build Recovery and Life Skills: Recovery 101. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 5.
  • A peer specialist and a new client agree on how they will stay in touch between visits. By the sample boundary guidelines in TIP 64, what should the client be given at first contact? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Exhibit 3.2, Peer Boundaries. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 7.
  • A peer specialist has stopped going to her own support meetings. "Helping clients all day is my program now," she says. What does TIP 64 say about that? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Engaging in Self-Care and Recovery Maintenance. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 1.
  • A peer worker is meeting a new client for the first time. Which question is on TIP 64's list for a first meeting? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, The First Meeting. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 2.
  • Before sharing part of her story with a client, a peer worker runs through TIP 64's self-check questions. Which one is on the list? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Sharing Recovery Stories. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 3.
  • How does TIP 64 say peer workers treat the power differential between themselves and the people they work with? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 2, Values Reflecting the Guiding Principles of Recovery. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 2.
  • SAMHSA's core competencies for peer workers name "voluntary" as a foundational principle. What does it say about taking part in peer recovery support services? SAMHSA, Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services, Core Competencies, Principles and Values: Voluntary. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 4.
  • Which of these is on TIP 64's list of what a peer worker does as a recovery role model? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 2, What It Means To Be a Role Model. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 1.
  • Why does TIP 64 tell peer workers to be brief when they share a recovery story? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Sharing Recovery Stories. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Mentoring, competency 3.

Recovery support 16

  • A client returns to drinking after four months. Which response follows TIP 64's guidance on asking questions? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Asking Questions Skillfully. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 4.
  • A client says, "Everything in my life is a mess." In TIP 64's problem-solving steps, what does the peer worker help with first? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Problem-Solving Skills. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 2.
  • A client who has grown withdrawn says he feels like a burden to everyone. What does TIP 64 say about asking him directly whether he has thoughts of harming himself? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Building Safety. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 3.
  • A client's recovery plan has been filed in her medical record at the treatment program. According to TIP 64, whose plan is it? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Developing a Recovery and Wellness Plan. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 1.
  • A peer specialist tells a client, "It took courage to walk back in here after last week." Which of the OARS communication skills in TIP 64 is she using? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, OARS: The Key to Effective Communication in MI. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 5.
  • A peer worker teaches a class on writing a résumé for people in recovery. Which of TIP 64's four types of recovery support is this? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 2, Exhibit 2.1, The Four Types of Recovery Support. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 8.
  • After a setback a client says, "I guess recovery is not for me." How does SAMHSA's working definition of recovery describe setbacks? SAMHSA's Working Definition of Recovery: 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery (PEP12-RECDEF), Recovery occurs via many pathways. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 6.
  • How does TIP 64 describe a peer worker's part in another person's hope? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Core Values. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 6.
  • Instead of handing a client a phone number, a peer worker goes with her to the housing office and introduces her to the intake worker. What does TIP 64 call this? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 2, Connecting People in Recovery to Recovery Services Using Warm Handoffs. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 9.
  • "Part of me wants to quit," a man says, "and part of me cannot picture my life without it." Which stage of change in TIP 64 describes mixed feelings about changing a behavior? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Stages of Change. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 5.
  • SAMHSA names four major dimensions that support a life in recovery. Which one covers meaningful daily activities such as a job, school, volunteering or family caretaking? SAMHSA's Working Definition of Recovery: 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery (PEP12-RECDEF), Definition: four major dimensions that support a life in recovery. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 7.
  • TIP 64 divides recovery capital into internal and external resources. Which of these is an internal resource? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Recovery Capital. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 10.
  • TIP 64 says a recovery plan should ideally include SMART goals. What does the A in SMART stand for? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 1, Recovery Planning. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 1.
  • TIP 64 suggests that peer specialists help individuals create a "crisis card." What does the card hold? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Building Safety. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 3.
  • Which of these does TIP 64 list as a sign that a peer specialist is crossing into the role of a medical provider? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Exhibit 3.4, Recognizing When a Peer Specialist Is Out of Their Lane. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 8.
  • While brainstorming solutions with a client, a peer worker thinks of an idea of his own. What does TIP 64 advise? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Problem-Solving Skills. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Recovery Support, competency 2.

Professional responsibilities 12

  • A client asks a question about disability benefits that his peer specialist cannot answer. Which response does TIP 64 call okay? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Using Supervision: Knowing When and How To Ask for Help. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 6.
  • A client mentions that she has stopped going to her outpatient group. By the sample boundary guidelines in TIP 64, what does a peer specialist do with information that affects treatment or the recovery plan? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Exhibit 3.2, Peer Boundaries. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 4.
  • A detective tells staff at a part 2 program, "I already know he is a patient here, so you can confirm it." No consent or court order exists. Under 42 CFR 2.13(b), does that lift the restrictions on disclosure? 42 CFR 2.13(b), Confidentiality restrictions and safeguards: unconditional compliance required. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 2.
  • A grateful client presses a $50 bill into his peer specialist's hand. By the sample boundary guidelines in TIP 64, what should the peer specialist do about an offer of money? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Exhibit 3.2, Peer Boundaries. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 3.
  • A patient of a part 2 program collapses and cannot give consent, so staff tell the paramedics what they need to know. What does 42 CFR 2.51 require the program to do immediately afterward? 42 CFR 2.51, Medical emergencies. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 2.
  • A peer specialist in Florida has reasonable cause to suspect that a vulnerable adult she works with is being exploited. Under section 415.1034, Florida Statutes, when and where must the suspicion be reported? Section 415.1034(1)(a), Florida Statutes, Mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 1.
  • A peer worker is paired with a client from a culture he has only read about. According to TIP 64, how can he best provide culturally responsive support? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Cultural Responsiveness. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 7.
  • A peer worker's flyer offers "one-on-one recovery counseling." What does TIP 64 say about that wording? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 2, Lack of Role Clarity. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 3.
  • After a client's overdose, a peer specialist feels overwhelmed and worries that her own recovery is at risk. What does TIP 64 advise? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 3, Using Supervision: Knowing When and How To Ask for Help. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 5.
  • Do the federal confidentiality restrictions in 42 CFR part 2 stop a substance use disorder program from reporting suspected child abuse and neglect as state law requires? 42 CFR 2.12(c)(6), Applicability: reports of suspected child abuse and neglect. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 2.
  • Under section 39.201, Florida Statutes, who may make a report of suspected child abuse to the central abuse hotline without giving a name? Section 39.201(1)(b), Florida Statutes, Required reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect: mandatory reporting. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 1.
  • Which item appears in TIP 64's sample content for documenting a peer support service? SAMHSA, TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), Chapter 5, Sample Content for PSS Documentation. Outline: FCB CRPS exam blueprint, Professional Responsibilities, competency 4.

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the Florida Certification Board's Florida CRPS Detailed Exam Blueprint, printed in its CRPS Exam Training Self-Assessment and Test Preparation Guide (https://flcertificationboard.org/wp-content/uploads/CRPS-Training-Self-Assessment-and-Test-Preparation-Guide-3.pdf, linked from the Board's CRPS standard application page, https://flcertificationboard.org/certifications/crps-standard-application/, both read 2026-10-12). Domains and items on the real exam: Advocacy 17, Mentoring 26, Recovery Support 33, Professional Responsibilities 24, in 30 competencies. The bank holds 9, 13, 16 and 12 questions in that order. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 in the public text the question names: SAMHSA's TIP 64, Incorporating Peer Support Into Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services (2023), on the NCBI Bookshelf; SAMHSA's Working Definition of Recovery (PEP12-RECDEF); SAMHSA's Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services; 42 CFR 2.12, 2.13 and 2.51 at ecfr.gov; and sections 39.201, 397.501 and 415.1034, Florida Statutes, at leg.state.fl.us. No code of ethics of a membership body was used. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

This Certified Recovery Peer Specialist practice test has 50 questions of our own for Florida's CRPS exam. It is unofficial and not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Florida Certification Board.

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Four domains, in the blueprint's shares

The 50 questions split 9, 13, 16 and 12 across advocacy, mentoring, recovery support and professional responsibilities: half of each domain's count in the Board's detailed exam blueprint, to the nearest question (read October 12, 2026). Each of the blueprint's 30 competencies has at least one question.

Half the exam on the clock

Exam mode gives 50 questions in 60 minutes at the Board's 70% pass mark: the real exam's pace, at half its length.

The peer role and where it stops

The questions are on supporting a person's own goals, sharing a recovery story, warm handoffs, stages of change, boundaries, 42 CFR part 2 and Florida's abuse reporting laws. Each answer links to the SAMHSA publication, federal rule or statute it was written from.

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Questions and answers

Is this a free Certified Recovery Peer Specialist practice test?

Yes. All 50 questions are free, with no account. The Florida Certification Board's own online CRPS Exam Preparation Course costs $40; it is separate, and no question here is taken from it.

How many questions are on the CRPS exam?

It has 100 multiple-choice questions and a two-hour time limit, by the Florida Certification Board's exam score list of May 1, 2025. Recovery support is the largest of the four domains, with 33 of the 100 questions.

What is the passing score for the CRPS exam?

Passing takes 70%, with all questions weighted equally. At the test site an unofficial score shows as soon as you finish, and official scores are processed weekly. A retest needs a 30-day wait and the exam and proctoring fees again.

Does the real CRPS exam have four answer choices?

No. The Board writes each question with three options: one correct and two plausible but incorrect. The questions here have four, so each one leaves you one more wrong answer to rule out.

Is the Certified Recovery Peer Specialist credential the same in every state?

No. Certified Recovery Peer Specialist is the Florida Certification Board's credential. Other states certify peer workers under their own titles and exams; SAMHSA lists recovery coach, peer provider and peer navigator among the names in use.

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