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The CCJP exam has 60 questions and runs 1 hours 30 minutes.
These 10 free CCJP questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified Criminal Justice Addictions Professional blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Six months into recovery, a client continues planning shoplifting trips with friends. He says, 'Stores charge too much; taking a few things evens it out.' He reports no cravings, and clinical review finds no evidence of renewed substance use. What treatment implication is most directly supported by this pattern?
Correct answer: B - Address procriminal beliefs and the rewards of offending alongside substance-use recovery.
The interview goes smoothly until a staff member closes the door. A client with a history of assault in custody moves toward the exit and says, 'I can't do this with that door shut.' He remains oriented and makes no threats. An approved room offers privacy without a closed door. How can the counselor preserve engagement?
Correct answer: C - Offer the alternate room and explain what the interview will involve.
A program subject to 42 CFR Part 2 holds a valid, current criminal-justice referral consent naming the client's probation officer. It authorizes attendance and drug-testing reports to monitor the conditional sentence. The officer requests those reports plus the client's detailed trauma narrative. No other disclosure authority applies. What information may the counselor release?
Correct answer: A - The attendance and drug-testing information specified in the consent.
An adult treatment-court participant has met the program's graduation goals and remains stable on prescribed buprenorphine. The prescriber recommends continuing it. A coordinator proposes adding a requirement to discontinue the medication before graduation. Under All Rise's Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards, the CCJP should recommend that the team:
Correct answer: B - Proceed with graduation, leaving medication decisions to the participant and prescriber.
A 16-year-old facing a delinquency petition has separate defense counsel and a guardian ad litem appointed to represent his best interests. The guardian recommends residential placement, but the youth wants to contest the allegation. He asks the CCJP whether admitting it would help him get home sooner. Who should advise him about the legal consequences of that decision?
Correct answer: D - The defense attorney representing him in the delinquency proceeding.
Two assessments lead to different recommendations for a woman beginning probation: her recidivism assessment indicates low risk, while her addiction assessment supports intensive outpatient treatment. A team member proposes placing her in the intensive correctional group used for high-risk clients. Which recommendation correctly distinguishes the two assessments?
Correct answer: C - Provide the indicated addiction treatment while matching correctional services to her assessed recidivism risk.
At reassessment, a client's prior-conviction count is unchanged. His contact with criminally involved peers has fallen from six evenings a week to one, and collateral information supports the change. A team member says the unchanged conviction count shows that treatment has accomplished little. What is the soundest interpretation?
Correct answer: D - A dynamic criminogenic need has improved; the historical factor would not be expected to change.
A client reports recent fentanyl use, but the urine report reads 'opiates: negative.' The laboratory confirms that it used a conventional morphine-directed opiate immunoassay. Specimen-validity findings are normal. How should the apparent conflict be understood?
Correct answer: D - The assay may not detect fentanyl, so this result does not refute the reported exposure.
Following abrupt cessation of long-standing heavy alcohol use, a detained client becomes markedly confused, tremulous, and unable to follow the conversation. Staff describe him as 'difficult' because he repeatedly tries to leave the interview room. Which interpretation should determine his immediate disposition?
Correct answer: A - Possible complicated alcohol withdrawal requiring emergency medical evaluation.
During mandated counseling, a client says, 'I hate being told what to do. But my daughter won't ride with me when I've been drinking. I'm tired of disappointing her.' Which reply develops the client's own reason for change rather than supplying the counselor's argument?
Correct answer: A - What would it mean to you to have your daughter's trust again?
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