practice ASWB exam 4 - Professional
Relationships, Values, & Ethics
Question ID #47226: A social employee gets a cellphone call from a woman who isn't always his
client. The woman complains that her present day therapist has simply raised the rate he is
charging her for remedy, and then she asks for an appointment with the social employee. What
must the social worker do?
Select one:
A. Make an appointment with the woman to talk about this in individual.
B. Encourage the girl to talk about this problem together with her cutting-edge therapist.
C. Explain to the woman that he can't grow to be worried in this count and cease the
smartphone call.
D. Find out whether or not the opposite therapist warned the woman of the charge boom in
advance. - ANS-B is accurate: NASW's Code of Ethics says that social people ought to avoid
unfounded poor criticism of co-workers of their communications with customers. The Code also
says that "while an man or woman who is receiving services from some other business
enterprise or colleague contacts a social worker for services, the social employee have to
cautiously don't forget the patron's desires earlier than agreeing to offer offerings. To reduce
feasible confusion and battle, social people have to speak with capacity clients the character of
the clients' cutting-edge dating with different service providers and the implications, along with
possible benefits or dangers, of moving into a dating with a brand new service company." Since
this female is complaining about her therapist's fee boom (no longer approximately his
competence), you should inspire her to speak about and resolve this difficulty with her
cutting-edge therapist.Answer A: As the above clarification indicates, it doesn't seem vital to
schedule a meeting to speak about this problem with the female in character.Answer C: This is
not vital or appropriate due to the fact you may ethically suggest to the girl that she discuss this
issue with her modern therapist.
The accurate answer is: Encourage the lady to speak about this problem with her modern-day
therapist.
Question ID #47292: A social employee begins running in circle of relatives therapy with a
mother, father, and their 14-yr-old son. The mother and father have sought help because they
may be concerned about their son's well-being and the bad alternatives he's been making
currently. They record that they overheard a Skype conversation wherein their son become
arguing with a recognised gang member. The gang member stated their son would be killed if
he did not close his mouth. The mother and father now suspect that their son has joined a gang
and they may be disenchanted by this. What have to the social worker do FIRST?
Select one:
A. Fulfill her "responsibility to protect/warn" by caution the boy and contacting the police.
,B. Gather extra statistics about the capacity hazard to protection.
C. Discuss with the customers their beliefs approximately suitable as opposed to inappropriate
adolescent behavior.
D. Explore family and environmental hazard factors contributing to the hassle. - ANS-B is
correct: You can't dismiss the possibility that the boy is in risk (even though his mother and
father have). The priority is to address the capability threat to protection raised with the aid of
the mother and father' record, first with the aid of amassing more statistics, after which, if the
boy is in danger, by means of discussing what steps the own family can take to guard
him.Answer A: The duty to protect (a.Ok.A. Responsibility to warn) simplest applies if the patron
is the damaging birthday party. In this example, the consumer is the potential sufferer (and he
knows he's in risk).Answers C and D: These tests relate to the parents' offering challenge, but
the priority is to cope with the capacity risk to safety.
The correct solution is: Gather more records about the capacity chance to safety.
Question ID #47443: A social employee is employed at a safe haven for battered girls to provide
crisis intervention to the citizens. One of the citizens tells him, tearfully, that her husband has
additionally crushed their son, age five. She describes numerous incidents wherein her husband
hit the boy for crying after seeing his mother get beat up. The resident has no plans to return
home to her husband. Based in this records, what should the social worker do?
Select one:
A. Tell the lady to file a infant abuse document and assist her to accomplish that.
B. Evaluate the son earlier than filing a baby abuse record.
C. Report toddler abuse to the authorities.
D. Support the female's decision to depart her husband and discuss how to assist her child. -
ANS-C is correct: The content of this female's file to you provides more than sufficient proof to
arouse a "reasonable suspicion" of child abuse, and you learned approximately this abuse to
your professional ability. Whatever else you would possibly do to help this female and her baby,
you need to file a baby abuse report. Eliminate "A" and "B" because you should document the
record yourself and because you don't want any more statistics to help you decide whether or
not a file desires to be made.
The correct answer is: Report child abuse to the authorities.
Question ID #47444: A social employee is working with a 25-yr-old customer who has stated
feeling worrying in social situations and uncomfortable dating. In the 1/3 session, the customer
discloses that, as a boy, he was sexually abused by means of an uncle. He still sees this uncle
at own family gatherings and feels "panicky" in his presence. He says, "It makes me ill when I
see him putting round my little nieces and nephews." From a prison or ethical viewpoint, what
need to the social employee do?
Select one:
A. Normalize the customers feelings and gather additional information about the own family
gatherings.
B. Encourage the patron to warn family participants approximately the risk posed by this uncle.
C. Explain to the patron that a baby abuse record won't be filed at the abuse he skilled because
he's an grownup now and discuss different options for taking prison motion.
, D. File a child abuse file at the uncle. - ANS-is correct: Because the consumer is age 25 (no
longer a minor), you do not ought to file a baby abuse file concerning the abuse he skilled as a
infant. However, while an adult client discloses early life abuse, you should be alert to the
possibility that his abuser is presently victimizing other kids. This often calls for you to enlist the
client's aid in gathering facts ("A"), however, in this example, the client has already supplied you
with enough statistics to select "D" - the truth that his uncle presently has touch with and get
right of entry to to younger circle of relatives individuals offers upward thrust to an inexpensive
suspicion of modern-day infant abuse. Therefore, you should report a report regarding that
abuse. If you had doubts about whether or not or not your suspicion changed into "reasonable,"
you can name CPS anonymously and ask for steering, but that answer is not presented.Answer
C: This is likewise correct, but, from a test-taking standpoint, it is crucial to demonstrate your
attention that a social worker have to have an affordable suspicion of present day baby abuse in
this case and record a report on it (i.E., it's better to choose solution "D"). In addition to
submitting a record, however, you could also talk with the customer the option of submitting
attack prices with the police or beginning civil action for damages for the abuse he suffered.
Such advice is specifically useful whilst the customer could benefit therapeutically from taking
control of the scenario by means of confronting it via the felony machine. As a part of this
dialogue, you must inform the client of the capability negative consequences of such moves and
allow him to make the choice to record a fee or initiate a criminal movement without strain.
The accurate answer is: File a child abuse report at the uncle.
Question ID #47451: A social employee gets a subpoena soliciting for that she offer information
approximately an 18-12 months-vintage consumer who's presently the defendant in a court
case. There isn't any consent to release records signed via the purchaser attached to the
subpoena. The social worker contacts her purchaser to talk about with him the results of freeing
the asked facts, and he finally ends up refusing to provide his permission for the release of
exclusive information. What should the social employee do NEXT?
Select one:
A. Withhold the asked records for now and in the long run provide the court docket with the data
only if she is capable of acquire a launch from her consumer.
B. Comply with the subpoena due to the fact she is required to, and offer the court docket with
the asked data despite the fact that the purchaser has no longer consented.
C. Comply with the subpoena because she is needed to, despite the fact that the client has no
longer consented, however - ANS-D is accurate: The concept of privilege suggests that, inside
the absence of a few other legally described waiver or court docket order, you ought to not
monitor private facts within the context of a prison intending without consent from your patron.
So some distance in this example, you have received the subpoena, presumably determined
that the subpoena is valid, and contacted your client to speak about the implications of
supplying the requested facts; following this dialogue, your patron has refused to present
permission for the release of personal records. At this factor, you should withhold the requested
information; similarly to this, you could also try to negotiate with the celebration who issued the
subpoena. If that celebration maintains to call for that the records be provided, you may are
seeking steering from the courtroom informally through a letter or have your lawyer record a
motion to quash or adjust the subpoena.Answer A: This answer also says which you should
Relationships, Values, & Ethics
Question ID #47226: A social employee gets a cellphone call from a woman who isn't always his
client. The woman complains that her present day therapist has simply raised the rate he is
charging her for remedy, and then she asks for an appointment with the social employee. What
must the social worker do?
Select one:
A. Make an appointment with the woman to talk about this in individual.
B. Encourage the girl to talk about this problem together with her cutting-edge therapist.
C. Explain to the woman that he can't grow to be worried in this count and cease the
smartphone call.
D. Find out whether or not the opposite therapist warned the woman of the charge boom in
advance. - ANS-B is accurate: NASW's Code of Ethics says that social people ought to avoid
unfounded poor criticism of co-workers of their communications with customers. The Code also
says that "while an man or woman who is receiving services from some other business
enterprise or colleague contacts a social worker for services, the social employee have to
cautiously don't forget the patron's desires earlier than agreeing to offer offerings. To reduce
feasible confusion and battle, social people have to speak with capacity clients the character of
the clients' cutting-edge dating with different service providers and the implications, along with
possible benefits or dangers, of moving into a dating with a brand new service company." Since
this female is complaining about her therapist's fee boom (no longer approximately his
competence), you should inspire her to speak about and resolve this difficulty with her
cutting-edge therapist.Answer A: As the above clarification indicates, it doesn't seem vital to
schedule a meeting to speak about this problem with the female in character.Answer C: This is
not vital or appropriate due to the fact you may ethically suggest to the girl that she discuss this
issue with her modern therapist.
The accurate answer is: Encourage the lady to speak about this problem with her modern-day
therapist.
Question ID #47292: A social employee begins running in circle of relatives therapy with a
mother, father, and their 14-yr-old son. The mother and father have sought help because they
may be concerned about their son's well-being and the bad alternatives he's been making
currently. They record that they overheard a Skype conversation wherein their son become
arguing with a recognised gang member. The gang member stated their son would be killed if
he did not close his mouth. The mother and father now suspect that their son has joined a gang
and they may be disenchanted by this. What have to the social worker do FIRST?
Select one:
A. Fulfill her "responsibility to protect/warn" by caution the boy and contacting the police.
,B. Gather extra statistics about the capacity hazard to protection.
C. Discuss with the customers their beliefs approximately suitable as opposed to inappropriate
adolescent behavior.
D. Explore family and environmental hazard factors contributing to the hassle. - ANS-B is
correct: You can't dismiss the possibility that the boy is in risk (even though his mother and
father have). The priority is to address the capability threat to protection raised with the aid of
the mother and father' record, first with the aid of amassing more statistics, after which, if the
boy is in danger, by means of discussing what steps the own family can take to guard
him.Answer A: The duty to protect (a.Ok.A. Responsibility to warn) simplest applies if the patron
is the damaging birthday party. In this example, the consumer is the potential sufferer (and he
knows he's in risk).Answers C and D: These tests relate to the parents' offering challenge, but
the priority is to cope with the capacity risk to safety.
The correct solution is: Gather more records about the capacity chance to safety.
Question ID #47443: A social employee is employed at a safe haven for battered girls to provide
crisis intervention to the citizens. One of the citizens tells him, tearfully, that her husband has
additionally crushed their son, age five. She describes numerous incidents wherein her husband
hit the boy for crying after seeing his mother get beat up. The resident has no plans to return
home to her husband. Based in this records, what should the social worker do?
Select one:
A. Tell the lady to file a infant abuse document and assist her to accomplish that.
B. Evaluate the son earlier than filing a baby abuse record.
C. Report toddler abuse to the authorities.
D. Support the female's decision to depart her husband and discuss how to assist her child. -
ANS-C is correct: The content of this female's file to you provides more than sufficient proof to
arouse a "reasonable suspicion" of child abuse, and you learned approximately this abuse to
your professional ability. Whatever else you would possibly do to help this female and her baby,
you need to file a baby abuse report. Eliminate "A" and "B" because you should document the
record yourself and because you don't want any more statistics to help you decide whether or
not a file desires to be made.
The correct answer is: Report child abuse to the authorities.
Question ID #47444: A social employee is working with a 25-yr-old customer who has stated
feeling worrying in social situations and uncomfortable dating. In the 1/3 session, the customer
discloses that, as a boy, he was sexually abused by means of an uncle. He still sees this uncle
at own family gatherings and feels "panicky" in his presence. He says, "It makes me ill when I
see him putting round my little nieces and nephews." From a prison or ethical viewpoint, what
need to the social employee do?
Select one:
A. Normalize the customers feelings and gather additional information about the own family
gatherings.
B. Encourage the patron to warn family participants approximately the risk posed by this uncle.
C. Explain to the patron that a baby abuse record won't be filed at the abuse he skilled because
he's an grownup now and discuss different options for taking prison motion.
, D. File a child abuse file at the uncle. - ANS-is correct: Because the consumer is age 25 (no
longer a minor), you do not ought to file a baby abuse file concerning the abuse he skilled as a
infant. However, while an adult client discloses early life abuse, you should be alert to the
possibility that his abuser is presently victimizing other kids. This often calls for you to enlist the
client's aid in gathering facts ("A"), however, in this example, the client has already supplied you
with enough statistics to select "D" - the truth that his uncle presently has touch with and get
right of entry to to younger circle of relatives individuals offers upward thrust to an inexpensive
suspicion of modern-day infant abuse. Therefore, you should report a report regarding that
abuse. If you had doubts about whether or not or not your suspicion changed into "reasonable,"
you can name CPS anonymously and ask for steering, but that answer is not presented.Answer
C: This is likewise correct, but, from a test-taking standpoint, it is crucial to demonstrate your
attention that a social worker have to have an affordable suspicion of present day baby abuse in
this case and record a report on it (i.E., it's better to choose solution "D"). In addition to
submitting a record, however, you could also talk with the customer the option of submitting
attack prices with the police or beginning civil action for damages for the abuse he suffered.
Such advice is specifically useful whilst the customer could benefit therapeutically from taking
control of the scenario by means of confronting it via the felony machine. As a part of this
dialogue, you must inform the client of the capability negative consequences of such moves and
allow him to make the choice to record a fee or initiate a criminal movement without strain.
The accurate answer is: File a child abuse report at the uncle.
Question ID #47451: A social employee gets a subpoena soliciting for that she offer information
approximately an 18-12 months-vintage consumer who's presently the defendant in a court
case. There isn't any consent to release records signed via the purchaser attached to the
subpoena. The social worker contacts her purchaser to talk about with him the results of freeing
the asked facts, and he finally ends up refusing to provide his permission for the release of
exclusive information. What should the social employee do NEXT?
Select one:
A. Withhold the asked records for now and in the long run provide the court docket with the data
only if she is capable of acquire a launch from her consumer.
B. Comply with the subpoena due to the fact she is required to, and offer the court docket with
the asked data despite the fact that the purchaser has no longer consented.
C. Comply with the subpoena because she is needed to, despite the fact that the client has no
longer consented, however - ANS-D is accurate: The concept of privilege suggests that, inside
the absence of a few other legally described waiver or court docket order, you ought to not
monitor private facts within the context of a prison intending without consent from your patron.
So some distance in this example, you have received the subpoena, presumably determined
that the subpoena is valid, and contacted your client to speak about the implications of
supplying the requested facts; following this dialogue, your patron has refused to present
permission for the release of personal records. At this factor, you should withhold the requested
information; similarly to this, you could also try to negotiate with the celebration who issued the
subpoena. If that celebration maintains to call for that the records be provided, you may are
seeking steering from the courtroom informally through a letter or have your lawyer record a
motion to quash or adjust the subpoena.Answer A: This answer also says which you should
