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The RCYCP exam has 90 questions and runs 2 hours.
These 10 free RCYCP questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Residential Child and Youth Care Professional (RCYCP) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A unit reports fewer arguments after staff began doing residents' cooking and laundry. Meals are on time, clothing is clean, and residents say evenings are easier. The residents' goals include learning these tasks. Which question best tests whether the change has produced a developmental benefit?
Correct answer: B - Are residents gaining skills rather than simply having tasks completed for them?
A youth picks up a broken glass bottle and threatens to cut another resident. The nearest worker is the only staff member the youth trusts. A second worker is beside the emergency call button, and other residents can leave by a separate exit. Which coordinated response should the workers use now?
Correct answer: B - Activate emergency help and move other residents away while the trusted worker keeps a safe distance.
For several nights, a newly admitted 12-year-old has asked who will be on duty and how to reach an adult after lights-out. A worker reviews the night schedule and walks through the help-call procedure with the youth. In Maslow's framework, this intervention most directly addresses:
Correct answer: A - Safety: confidence that support and predictable care will be available.
Mara, 15, reads novels independently but loses her place when given three spoken steps for sorting laundry. She completes each step when it is demonstrated separately. Her next teaching session should:
Correct answer: D - Use one step at a time with age-appropriate visual cues, then reduce help as she succeeds.
Lunch is unhurried. A 17-month-old reaches for the spoon, gets some soft food into their mouth, and spills the rest. A worker offers to finish feeding the child to keep things tidy. How should care be adapted at this point?
Correct answer: A - Let the child keep trying, helping only as needed while supervising the meal.
A 10-year-old's plan says staff may reduce prompts once independent completion reaches 75% of observed backpack-packing opportunities. Twelve opportunities were scheduled: two were canceled, seven were completed independently, two needed verbal prompts, and one required the worker to pack the bag. Which entry accurately applies the plan?
Correct answer: C - 70% independent; continue supported practice because only seven of ten observed attempts were independent.
After another canceled family visit, a 13-year-old says, 'Don't tell me it will happen next week. Everyone keeps saying that.' No new date has been arranged. Which reply most directly acknowledges the concern the youth is expressing?
Correct answer: A - You were counting on this visit, and another promise would be hard to trust.
At admission, a young person looks down while answering questions. A colleague says this shows the young person is hiding something. The record contains no contradictory statements or other evidence of dishonesty. Which feedback is warranted?
Correct answer: D - Clarify the young person's meaning; eye contact alone does not establish whether the account is truthful.
Two residents disagree over the activity room. One needs the room to be quiet and free of other people to record an audition; the other wants a table for a jigsaw puzzle. They are calm, neither is afraid of the other, and a second room has a suitable table. Which proposal best addresses the needs behind their positions?
Correct answer: C - Explore recording in the activity room and using the second room for the puzzle.
During house meetings, a worker responds to interruptions with a lengthy public reprimand. The youth remains in the meeting with the same expectations and privileges. Interruptions become more frequent over several otherwise comparable meetings. Although the worker calls the reprimand 'punishment,' the observed pattern is most consistent with:
Correct answer: C - Positive reinforcement of interrupting.
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