CASPer Exam CASPer: 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: You receive feedback from a CASPer practice rater that your responses are 'too theoretical and lack personal perspective.' What adjustment should you make?
- Memorize ethical frameworks and cite them more explicitly
- Integrate personal values and real-world reasoning while maintaining ethical grounding (Correct answer)
- Shorten responses to reduce the risk of theoretical language
- Avoid mentioning ethics entirely and focus on practical actions
Correct answer: Integrate personal values and real-world reasoning while maintaining ethical grounding
CASPer raters want to see authentic personal reasoning, not just abstract ethics recitation.
Question 2: A patient discloses domestic abuse during a routine check-up but asks you not to report it. What is the most appropriate response?
- Honor the request completely and document nothing
- Provide safety resources, document the disclosure, and follow mandatory reporting laws if applicable (Correct answer)
- Report immediately without informing the patient
- Refer the patient to social work and take no further personal action
Correct answer: Provide safety resources, document the disclosure, and follow mandatory reporting laws if applicable
Providing resources, documenting, and following legal reporting obligations balances patient autonomy with safety and legal duty.
Question 3: Which of the following best characterizes the 'word-based' scenario type in CASPer?
- A short paragraph describing a hypothetical situation followed by typed questions (Correct answer)
- A live video call with a trained interviewer asking questions
- A multiple-choice question set based on a clinical vignette
- An audio recording of a patient interaction you must transcribe
Correct answer: A short paragraph describing a hypothetical situation followed by typed questions
Word-based CASPer scenarios present a written description of a situation followed by open-ended typed-response questions.
Question 4: You are in a study group and one member repeatedly dismisses contributions from quieter members. What is the best way to address this?
- Speak up in the moment to invite quieter members to share their thoughts (Correct answer)
- Report the behavior to a faculty advisor immediately
- Ignore it since study groups are informal settings
- Begin a private message thread excluding the dominant member
Correct answer: Speak up in the moment to invite quieter members to share their thoughts
Inclusive facilitation in real time is the most immediate and effective way to address group dynamic imbalances.
Question 5: You are an applicant and accidentally submit incorrect information on your CASPer profile. What should you do?
- Hope no one notices and do not contact the company
- Contact Acuity Insights support immediately to correct the error (Correct answer)
- Withdraw your application and reapply
- Ask the program you are applying to for an exemption
Correct answer: Contact Acuity Insights support immediately to correct the error
Proactively correcting errors through the appropriate support channel demonstrates integrity and responsibility.
Question 6: A scenario presents a situation where your cultural values conflict with a patient's medical decision. What does CASPer expect you to prioritize?
- Your cultural values, since they inform your professional identity
- Patient autonomy and culturally competent care, setting aside personal biases (Correct answer)
- Neutral avoidance of the topic to prevent conflict
- Deferral to a senior clinician who shares the patient's culture
Correct answer: Patient autonomy and culturally competent care, setting aside personal biases
Professional practice requires setting personal cultural biases aside to provide patient-centered, culturally competent care.
Question 7: What is the typical time limit given to respond to each CASPer scenario section?
- 5 minutes per section
- 3.5 minutes per section (Correct answer)
- 10 minutes per section
- 1 minute per question within the section
Correct answer: 3.5 minutes per section
Each CASPer section typically allows approximately 3.5 minutes to watch or read the prompt and type responses to all questions.
CASPer Exam CASPer: 5
You receive feedback from a CASPer practice rater that your responses are 'too theoretical and lack personal perspective.' What adjustment should you make?