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CTSS VIP Certification Practice Exam
CTSS — The Certified Traumatology Specialist (CTS) / Certified Trauma Services Specialist (CTSS) credential is offered by the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists (ATSS); the exam covers trauma theory, assessment, crisis intervention, evidence-based treatment, special populations, ethics, and traumatic grief across approximately 100 multiple-choice questions with a 70% passing threshold.
29
Questions
180m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 29👑 VIP
A 34-year-old combat veteran presents to your trauma clinic eight months after returning from deployment. He reports recurrent intrusive nightmares of a specific firefight, active avoidance of news coverage and crowds that remind him of combat, persistent negative beliefs that the world is universally dangerous, and a heightened startle response that has caused two near-accidents while driving. He meets full DSM-5 criteria for PTSD. His symptoms began approximately two weeks after he returned home. According to DSM-5, which symptom cluster criterion is most directly reflected in his persistent negative beliefs that the world is universally dangerous?
Questions 2–29 and full explanations are VIP-exclusive.