ASWB Clinical Exam Study – LCSW Licensure Exam Prep – comprehensive study guide and
practice questions
FACTITIOUS
DISORDER - correct answer ✔✔Diagnosis assigned to individuals
who falsify illness in themselves or
in another person, without any
obvious gain.
MALINGERING - correct answer ✔✔The intentional production of false or
grossly exaggerated physical or
psychological problems. Motivation for
malingering is usually external (e.g.,
avoiding military duty or work, obtaining
financial compensation, evading criminal
prosecution, or obtaining drugs.)
PANIC
ATTACK - correct answer ✔✔A sudden episode of intense fear that
triggers severe physical reactions
when there is no real danger or
apparent cause.
KEY WORD:
SHOULD - correct answer ✔✔obligated to
,KEY WORD: BEST - correct answer ✔✔most desirable
KEY WORD:
MOST - correct answer ✔✔greatest amount
KEY WORD:
FIRST - correct answer ✔✔coming before all others
KEY WORD:
NEVER - correct answer ✔✔under no condition
KEY WORD:
ALWAYS - correct answer ✔✔on all occasions
KEY WORD:
EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔not included
FREUD: ID - correct answer ✔✔The primitive and
instinctual part of the mind
that contains sexual and
aggressive drives and
hidden memories.
FREUD:
SUPER EGO - correct answer ✔✔Operates as a moral
conscience and rules of
,society. Functions to reward
and punish through a system
or moral attitudes, conscious,
and sense of guilt.
MILD IQ SCORE - correct answer ✔✔Range 50-70
Taking longer to learn to talk, but
communicating well once they know how
Being fully independent in self-care when
they get older
Having problems with reading and writing
Social immaturity
Increased difficulty with the responsibilities
of marriage or parenting
Benefiting from specialized education plans
MODERATE IQ
SCORE - correct answer ✔✔Range 35-55
Are slow in understanding and using language
May have some difficulties with
communication
Can learn basic reading, writing, and counting
skills
Are generally unable to live alone
Can often get around on their own to familiar
, places
Can take part in various types of social
activities
SEVERE IQ
SCORE - correct answer ✔✔Range 20-40
Noticeable motor impairment
Severe damage to, or abnormal
development of, their central
nervous system
FREUD: EGO - correct answer ✔✔The realistic part that
mediates between the
desires of the id and
the super-ego.
BEHAVIORAL
ACTIVATION - correct answer ✔✔A goal of cognitive
behavioral therapy (CBT) that
aims to help people engage
more often in enjoyable
activities and improve their
problem-solving skills.
PARALLEL
PROCESS - correct answer ✔✔The social worker's
practice questions
FACTITIOUS
DISORDER - correct answer ✔✔Diagnosis assigned to individuals
who falsify illness in themselves or
in another person, without any
obvious gain.
MALINGERING - correct answer ✔✔The intentional production of false or
grossly exaggerated physical or
psychological problems. Motivation for
malingering is usually external (e.g.,
avoiding military duty or work, obtaining
financial compensation, evading criminal
prosecution, or obtaining drugs.)
PANIC
ATTACK - correct answer ✔✔A sudden episode of intense fear that
triggers severe physical reactions
when there is no real danger or
apparent cause.
KEY WORD:
SHOULD - correct answer ✔✔obligated to
,KEY WORD: BEST - correct answer ✔✔most desirable
KEY WORD:
MOST - correct answer ✔✔greatest amount
KEY WORD:
FIRST - correct answer ✔✔coming before all others
KEY WORD:
NEVER - correct answer ✔✔under no condition
KEY WORD:
ALWAYS - correct answer ✔✔on all occasions
KEY WORD:
EXCEPT - correct answer ✔✔not included
FREUD: ID - correct answer ✔✔The primitive and
instinctual part of the mind
that contains sexual and
aggressive drives and
hidden memories.
FREUD:
SUPER EGO - correct answer ✔✔Operates as a moral
conscience and rules of
,society. Functions to reward
and punish through a system
or moral attitudes, conscious,
and sense of guilt.
MILD IQ SCORE - correct answer ✔✔Range 50-70
Taking longer to learn to talk, but
communicating well once they know how
Being fully independent in self-care when
they get older
Having problems with reading and writing
Social immaturity
Increased difficulty with the responsibilities
of marriage or parenting
Benefiting from specialized education plans
MODERATE IQ
SCORE - correct answer ✔✔Range 35-55
Are slow in understanding and using language
May have some difficulties with
communication
Can learn basic reading, writing, and counting
skills
Are generally unable to live alone
Can often get around on their own to familiar
, places
Can take part in various types of social
activities
SEVERE IQ
SCORE - correct answer ✔✔Range 20-40
Noticeable motor impairment
Severe damage to, or abnormal
development of, their central
nervous system
FREUD: EGO - correct answer ✔✔The realistic part that
mediates between the
desires of the id and
the super-ego.
BEHAVIORAL
ACTIVATION - correct answer ✔✔A goal of cognitive
behavioral therapy (CBT) that
aims to help people engage
more often in enjoyable
activities and improve their
problem-solving skills.
PARALLEL
PROCESS - correct answer ✔✔The social worker's
