ILLINOIS PEL EXAM PREP SOLVED
QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWERS
PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ How can a school social worker demonstrate empathy?
a. Offering condolences and providing support when a student's
family member passes away.
b. Listen and note that you understand how they can feel that way.
c. Give advice to immediately fix a problem.
d. Encourage student to quickly move on from struggles.
Answer: a. Listen and note that you understand how they can feel
that way.
◉ How does a school social worker maintain current knowledge of
their role and interventions?
a. Attend webinars or conferences from professional providers.
b. Read peer-review articles and blogs.
c. Meeting with other local school social workers to discuss
problems.
d. Review employee handbook.
Answer: a. Attend webinars or conferences from professional
providers.
,◉ Which of the following statements best describes a characteristic
of language development in children ages 6 to 11?
a. Can relate words to other words.
b. Formal operational
c. Repeating new words frequently
d. Can use hypothetical examples.
Answer: a. Can relate words to other words.
◉ In the self-assessment process, a school social worker should
begin by gathering which of the following information?
a. Publications the school social worker has reviewed during the
evaluation period,
b. Data related to school social work services provided, time
management, and student outcomes.
c. Standards of practice for school social work from national
organizations.
d. Review of practice provided by the school social work colleagues
within the school district.
Answer: b. Data related to school social work services provided, time
management, and student outcomes.
, ◉ A high school is implementing a service-learning project with an
outside agency. Which of the following would be the most
appropriate and effective?
a. Creating a twelve-step program.
b. Volunteering at a domestic violence shelter to help younger
children with homework.
c. A football team is collecting money for uniforms.
Creating jobs at the agency and allowing students to get hired
Answer: b. Volunteering at a domestic violence shelter to help
younger children with homework.
◉ A truant student is only interested in cars, helps in a garage after
school, wants to look at car magazines, and dad is unemployed. This
theory is:
a. Ecological
b. Psychodynamic
c. Developmental
d. Biological
Answer: a. Ecological
◉ Social justices and the NASW state that school social workers are:
a. Mediators
b. Service Providers
QUESTIONS ACCURATE ANSWERS
PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ How can a school social worker demonstrate empathy?
a. Offering condolences and providing support when a student's
family member passes away.
b. Listen and note that you understand how they can feel that way.
c. Give advice to immediately fix a problem.
d. Encourage student to quickly move on from struggles.
Answer: a. Listen and note that you understand how they can feel
that way.
◉ How does a school social worker maintain current knowledge of
their role and interventions?
a. Attend webinars or conferences from professional providers.
b. Read peer-review articles and blogs.
c. Meeting with other local school social workers to discuss
problems.
d. Review employee handbook.
Answer: a. Attend webinars or conferences from professional
providers.
,◉ Which of the following statements best describes a characteristic
of language development in children ages 6 to 11?
a. Can relate words to other words.
b. Formal operational
c. Repeating new words frequently
d. Can use hypothetical examples.
Answer: a. Can relate words to other words.
◉ In the self-assessment process, a school social worker should
begin by gathering which of the following information?
a. Publications the school social worker has reviewed during the
evaluation period,
b. Data related to school social work services provided, time
management, and student outcomes.
c. Standards of practice for school social work from national
organizations.
d. Review of practice provided by the school social work colleagues
within the school district.
Answer: b. Data related to school social work services provided, time
management, and student outcomes.
, ◉ A high school is implementing a service-learning project with an
outside agency. Which of the following would be the most
appropriate and effective?
a. Creating a twelve-step program.
b. Volunteering at a domestic violence shelter to help younger
children with homework.
c. A football team is collecting money for uniforms.
Creating jobs at the agency and allowing students to get hired
Answer: b. Volunteering at a domestic violence shelter to help
younger children with homework.
◉ A truant student is only interested in cars, helps in a garage after
school, wants to look at car magazines, and dad is unemployed. This
theory is:
a. Ecological
b. Psychodynamic
c. Developmental
d. Biological
Answer: a. Ecological
◉ Social justices and the NASW state that school social workers are:
a. Mediators
b. Service Providers
