Peer Recovery Exam Study Guide 2027–2028 | IC&RC Peer Recovery Specialist Exam Prep, 200 Practice Questions (PDF)

Prepare for the IC&RC Peer Recovery (PR) exam with a complete study guide organized by the five domains of the current IC&RC Peer Recovery content outline, including the newest domain, Harm Reduction. Every section teaches the reasoning the exam rewards: what the peer recovery specialist should do first, which response best supports the person's own choices, and where the peer role ends and the clinical role begins.

What's Inside

• Exam overview: the 75-item format, unscored pretest items, the five domains and their weights, scaled scoring and the 500 passing score, retakes, IC&RC minimum requirements, testing options and recertification

• Advocacy: types and levels of advocacy, rights and responsibilities, self-determination, dignity of risk, stigma, person-centered language, communication skills and resource linkage

• Ethical Responsibility: role limits, boundaries and dual relationships, 42 CFR Part 2, HIPAA and consent, documentation, suicide risk and safety planning, mandated reporting, crisis response, duty to warn and cultural humility

• Mentoring and Education: the mutual peer relationship, rapport, purposeful self-disclosure, recovery storytelling, self-care and burnout, empowerment, life skills, conflict resolution and problem solving

• Recovery/Wellness Support: SAMHSA's definition, dimensions and guiding principles, multiple pathways, recovery capital, stages of change, stages of recovery, SMART goals, motivational interviewing, WRAP-style planning, group facilitation and trauma-informed support

• Harm Reduction: principles and myths, safer-use strategies, syringe services, Housing First, overdose recognition, naloxone response, Good Samaritan laws and wraparound services

• Visuals of the levels of advocacy, the boundary crossing-to-violation slide, the stages of change and the problem-solving cycle, plus 122 quick-reference tables

• Exam Tips, Common Traps, Memory Aids, Peer Scenarios and Conversation Examples in every chapter

• Study schedules, FAQs and test-taking strategies

• 2 practice tests of 100 questions each (200 questions total), four options per question, weighted like the official domains (20 / 30 / 20 / 15 / 15), with a complete answer key and an explanation for every question

Format

• Instant digital download (PDF), 8.5 × 11 in

• Clickable table of contents

• Print it or study on a tablet, laptop or phone

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