MSW Exam Prep questions with
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Economic justice for clients in need involves: - ANSWER-Fair and equitable resource
distribution to those in need
Case management to locate a place to live - ANSWER-Mr. Thomas is a 75-year-old
preparing for discharge from the hospital following hospitalization for burns suffered
when falling asleep with a lit cigarette. His assisted-living facility will not allow him to
return because his forgetfulness and smoking are a danger to self and others. What is
the first service to provide in this scenario?
Impairment in short-term memory - ANSWER-Ms. Massey recalls three words (i.e.
elephant, pencil, bus) immediately after hearing and repeating the words, but she was
not able to do so again after 20 minutes. With prompting, she could recall one of three
items. This is an indication of:
Suppression - ANSWER-Linda's family moved from one side of town to the other and
she is now going to attend a new school. Linda refuses to believe that her friends will no
longer be going to school with her and makes plans for what they will do when school
starts again. Which defense mechanism does this scenario best represent?
Placement in the least restrictive environment - ANSWER-Jana, age 14, has been in
and out of foster care since age six. She has multiple behaviors that are disruptive in
both school and home environments. Her former placement, a therapeutic foster home
says Jana requires intensive, structured treatment to ensure her safety and the safety of
others, much more than they could provide. What must be sought for Jana?
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy - ANSWER-Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
provides clients with a way to question their own beliefs and helps them to identify
values that may no longer be functional. It focuses more on thinking and rationality vs.
expressing feelings.
Listen to Mary's story and set up a safety plan that includes removal of the weapon from
the home and involves at least one trusted friend or family member - ANSWER-Mary
presents for counseling services and reports she was up all night with a gun,
contemplating shooting herself in the head. She convincingly denies current suicidality
and contracts for safety. What is your best course of action?
, Talk to the client about confidentiality and what you might have to do depending on his
disclosure - ANSWER-In the initial meeting, a client tells you that he feels jealous and
has never been so angry in his life, because his girlfriend of five years is currently
seeing someone else. You sense that besides being depressed, your client may suffer
from poor impulse control. The first thing you should do in this situation is:
Flexible delineation of roles and responsibilities - ANSWER-Burnout reactions of
professionals have been connected to role conflict, role ambiguity, and role overload.
Organizations employing school psychologists should work toward reduction or
elimination of these factors. Organizational approaches that enhance the professional's
resiliency to stress and burnout include the following: good supervision opportunities,
formalized peer support groups, minimal role conflict, clear delineation of roles and
responsibilities, and avoidance of role overload.
Ask what was most helpful to the client in her previous work. The first step is to
understand what was most helpful in the previous work, beginning where the client is
and adjusting the treatment plan, if needed, accordingly. This empowers the client and
honors self-determination. - ANSWER-A client is seeing a new social worker after
transitioning from another social worker she had been working with for some time. The
new social worker proposed a behavioral intervention plan based on the client's stated
goals discovered in their assessment together, but the client protested, saying the
previous social worker's methods were better suited. The new social worker should
FIRST:
Discuss and select an option for the client. Self-determination is primary to counseling
values, so clients make their own decisions, when at all possible, not the therapist. -
ANSWER-Which is NOT one of the stages in the referral process?
Continue to establish rapport and trust, allowing the client to tell his story in his time,
recognizing avoidance is part of trauma work - ANSWER-A 28-year-old male presents
with a history of combat trauma, self-mutilation, and one incident of childhood sexual
abuse at the age of 7 or 8 by a boy who was a late adolescent. He is highly reticent to
discuss any of the events around the childhood incident that is resurfacing and intruding
on his daily life since returning from war. What is your first step?
Cognitive dissonance - ANSWER-You have a relatively passive client who is going to
an assertiveness-training weekend. After the weekend, your client reports back to you
that at first, the techniques being practiced and discussed made him feel uneasy,
distressed, and unsettled. These feelings would be consistent with:
Exaggerated - ANSWER-Denial of substance abuse is common for all ages; however,
this denial tends to be ______ in the older adult population.
Developmental models of supervision usually follow the idea that there are three levels
of supervisees: beginning, intermediate, and advanced - ANSWER-Supervisors who
identify with developmental supervision models try to help supervisees identify their own
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Economic justice for clients in need involves: - ANSWER-Fair and equitable resource
distribution to those in need
Case management to locate a place to live - ANSWER-Mr. Thomas is a 75-year-old
preparing for discharge from the hospital following hospitalization for burns suffered
when falling asleep with a lit cigarette. His assisted-living facility will not allow him to
return because his forgetfulness and smoking are a danger to self and others. What is
the first service to provide in this scenario?
Impairment in short-term memory - ANSWER-Ms. Massey recalls three words (i.e.
elephant, pencil, bus) immediately after hearing and repeating the words, but she was
not able to do so again after 20 minutes. With prompting, she could recall one of three
items. This is an indication of:
Suppression - ANSWER-Linda's family moved from one side of town to the other and
she is now going to attend a new school. Linda refuses to believe that her friends will no
longer be going to school with her and makes plans for what they will do when school
starts again. Which defense mechanism does this scenario best represent?
Placement in the least restrictive environment - ANSWER-Jana, age 14, has been in
and out of foster care since age six. She has multiple behaviors that are disruptive in
both school and home environments. Her former placement, a therapeutic foster home
says Jana requires intensive, structured treatment to ensure her safety and the safety of
others, much more than they could provide. What must be sought for Jana?
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy - ANSWER-Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
provides clients with a way to question their own beliefs and helps them to identify
values that may no longer be functional. It focuses more on thinking and rationality vs.
expressing feelings.
Listen to Mary's story and set up a safety plan that includes removal of the weapon from
the home and involves at least one trusted friend or family member - ANSWER-Mary
presents for counseling services and reports she was up all night with a gun,
contemplating shooting herself in the head. She convincingly denies current suicidality
and contracts for safety. What is your best course of action?
, Talk to the client about confidentiality and what you might have to do depending on his
disclosure - ANSWER-In the initial meeting, a client tells you that he feels jealous and
has never been so angry in his life, because his girlfriend of five years is currently
seeing someone else. You sense that besides being depressed, your client may suffer
from poor impulse control. The first thing you should do in this situation is:
Flexible delineation of roles and responsibilities - ANSWER-Burnout reactions of
professionals have been connected to role conflict, role ambiguity, and role overload.
Organizations employing school psychologists should work toward reduction or
elimination of these factors. Organizational approaches that enhance the professional's
resiliency to stress and burnout include the following: good supervision opportunities,
formalized peer support groups, minimal role conflict, clear delineation of roles and
responsibilities, and avoidance of role overload.
Ask what was most helpful to the client in her previous work. The first step is to
understand what was most helpful in the previous work, beginning where the client is
and adjusting the treatment plan, if needed, accordingly. This empowers the client and
honors self-determination. - ANSWER-A client is seeing a new social worker after
transitioning from another social worker she had been working with for some time. The
new social worker proposed a behavioral intervention plan based on the client's stated
goals discovered in their assessment together, but the client protested, saying the
previous social worker's methods were better suited. The new social worker should
FIRST:
Discuss and select an option for the client. Self-determination is primary to counseling
values, so clients make their own decisions, when at all possible, not the therapist. -
ANSWER-Which is NOT one of the stages in the referral process?
Continue to establish rapport and trust, allowing the client to tell his story in his time,
recognizing avoidance is part of trauma work - ANSWER-A 28-year-old male presents
with a history of combat trauma, self-mutilation, and one incident of childhood sexual
abuse at the age of 7 or 8 by a boy who was a late adolescent. He is highly reticent to
discuss any of the events around the childhood incident that is resurfacing and intruding
on his daily life since returning from war. What is your first step?
Cognitive dissonance - ANSWER-You have a relatively passive client who is going to
an assertiveness-training weekend. After the weekend, your client reports back to you
that at first, the techniques being practiced and discussed made him feel uneasy,
distressed, and unsettled. These feelings would be consistent with:
Exaggerated - ANSWER-Denial of substance abuse is common for all ages; however,
this denial tends to be ______ in the older adult population.
Developmental models of supervision usually follow the idea that there are three levels
of supervisees: beginning, intermediate, and advanced - ANSWER-Supervisors who
identify with developmental supervision models try to help supervisees identify their own
