SOCW 200 FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Deserving/ undeserving poor
Answer:
term coined in the 19th century, there was a notion that support was only given to people who really need it
Question:
2. Charity Organization Society
Answer:
a group formed to coordinate the efforts of various charities
Question:
3. Settlement House movement
Answer:
bring youth of the educated middle class and the charitable gentry to live among urban residents - a
"mission to the poor"
"bridge the gap that industrialism has created between the rich and the poor"
Question:
4. Social minimum
Answer:
the political community should seek to ensure that its members can all enjoy at least a minimally decent
standard of living
Question:
5. Scientific Philanthropy
Answer:
first undertaken in England in the 1860s, people in need were seen as having an objective problem and the
relief worker was to help them deal with the problem
provided the foundation for the birth of social work as a profession
Question:
6. Social Gospel Movement
Answer:
emerged in the area of social reform, responsible for the building of settlement houses
socially oriented church, one that would apply Christian ethics to social problems
Question:
7. The Great Depression
Answer:
1930s, mass unemployment, widespread hardship, and seriously reduced living standards.
,Question:
8. Diagnostic approach
Answer:
Question:
9. Functional approach
Answer:
Question:
10. What is meant by "theory" in social work?
Answer:
a set of ideas that attempts to explain and make predictions about a particular idea of phenomenon
Question:
11. identify the three levels of social work practice
Answer:
Micro (individuals, families, small groups) Meso (formal groups, organizations, service delivery networks)
Macro (social problems in community)
Question:
12. explain the process of reflection-action-reflection in direct social work practice with individuals and
families
Answer:
The steps in social work practice are guideposts that involve combining and recombining actions into new
ways of looking at things - reflection-action-reflection occurs
Question:
13. what is the importance of critical self reflection in social work?
Answer:
it can pave the way to early identification of latent or overt emotional issues experienced by the social
worker
for example, identifying the sensation of being overwhelmed by clients who are struggling with a
particular type of dilemma can prompt a social worker to acquire new skills related to that issue and to
focus on improved self care
Question:
14. describe the four broad stages of the direct social work processes
Answer:
intake, assessment and planning, evaluation and termination, intervention
Question:
15. describe the different types of groups and their purposes
, Answer:
self help groups: do not have a professional facilitator, have a rotating leader or designate leader within the
group (AA) Educational: primary focus on education but may have a support aspect Support/therapeutic:
supporting people who have dealt with a specific problem, usually have a professional facilitator task:
focus is to accomplish a specific mandate, social support may be a side benefit social action: focus on
broader social issues, part of community organizing
Question:
16. describe the stages of group development
Answer:
Forming: planning the group and getting it started Storming: occurs when conflict emerges in the group
Norming: Group expectations, standards, or common practices and roles are defined Performing: group
members work toward achieving the outlined goals Adjourning: The group moves toward termination
Question:
17. evidence based practice
Answer:
research alone is not sufficient to determine a particular intervention
evidence based decision making depends on the integration of factors such as scientific knowledge, the
social worker's experience and judgement, clients preferences/values/circumstances
Question:
18. helping relationship
Answer:
the client confides personal information to the social worker, the practitioner listens attentively and
becomes involved in a manner that benefits the client
Question:
19. community capacity building
Answer:
builds upon the strengths and assets of a community rather than focusing on the community's needs
organizers using this approach create a map of these strengths and resources from which community
members work to further develop their assets
Question:
20. land-cession treaties
Answer:
legal agreements that surrendered aboriginal title and traditional land to the federal government
Question:
21. scrip system
Answer:
intended to extinguish the indigenous title of the Metis by awarding a certificate redeemable for land or
money based on their age and status
Question:
22. disc list system
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Deserving/ undeserving poor
Answer:
term coined in the 19th century, there was a notion that support was only given to people who really need it
Question:
2. Charity Organization Society
Answer:
a group formed to coordinate the efforts of various charities
Question:
3. Settlement House movement
Answer:
bring youth of the educated middle class and the charitable gentry to live among urban residents - a
"mission to the poor"
"bridge the gap that industrialism has created between the rich and the poor"
Question:
4. Social minimum
Answer:
the political community should seek to ensure that its members can all enjoy at least a minimally decent
standard of living
Question:
5. Scientific Philanthropy
Answer:
first undertaken in England in the 1860s, people in need were seen as having an objective problem and the
relief worker was to help them deal with the problem
provided the foundation for the birth of social work as a profession
Question:
6. Social Gospel Movement
Answer:
emerged in the area of social reform, responsible for the building of settlement houses
socially oriented church, one that would apply Christian ethics to social problems
Question:
7. The Great Depression
Answer:
1930s, mass unemployment, widespread hardship, and seriously reduced living standards.
,Question:
8. Diagnostic approach
Answer:
Question:
9. Functional approach
Answer:
Question:
10. What is meant by "theory" in social work?
Answer:
a set of ideas that attempts to explain and make predictions about a particular idea of phenomenon
Question:
11. identify the three levels of social work practice
Answer:
Micro (individuals, families, small groups) Meso (formal groups, organizations, service delivery networks)
Macro (social problems in community)
Question:
12. explain the process of reflection-action-reflection in direct social work practice with individuals and
families
Answer:
The steps in social work practice are guideposts that involve combining and recombining actions into new
ways of looking at things - reflection-action-reflection occurs
Question:
13. what is the importance of critical self reflection in social work?
Answer:
it can pave the way to early identification of latent or overt emotional issues experienced by the social
worker
for example, identifying the sensation of being overwhelmed by clients who are struggling with a
particular type of dilemma can prompt a social worker to acquire new skills related to that issue and to
focus on improved self care
Question:
14. describe the four broad stages of the direct social work processes
Answer:
intake, assessment and planning, evaluation and termination, intervention
Question:
15. describe the different types of groups and their purposes
, Answer:
self help groups: do not have a professional facilitator, have a rotating leader or designate leader within the
group (AA) Educational: primary focus on education but may have a support aspect Support/therapeutic:
supporting people who have dealt with a specific problem, usually have a professional facilitator task:
focus is to accomplish a specific mandate, social support may be a side benefit social action: focus on
broader social issues, part of community organizing
Question:
16. describe the stages of group development
Answer:
Forming: planning the group and getting it started Storming: occurs when conflict emerges in the group
Norming: Group expectations, standards, or common practices and roles are defined Performing: group
members work toward achieving the outlined goals Adjourning: The group moves toward termination
Question:
17. evidence based practice
Answer:
research alone is not sufficient to determine a particular intervention
evidence based decision making depends on the integration of factors such as scientific knowledge, the
social worker's experience and judgement, clients preferences/values/circumstances
Question:
18. helping relationship
Answer:
the client confides personal information to the social worker, the practitioner listens attentively and
becomes involved in a manner that benefits the client
Question:
19. community capacity building
Answer:
builds upon the strengths and assets of a community rather than focusing on the community's needs
organizers using this approach create a map of these strengths and resources from which community
members work to further develop their assets
Question:
20. land-cession treaties
Answer:
legal agreements that surrendered aboriginal title and traditional land to the federal government
Question:
21. scrip system
Answer:
intended to extinguish the indigenous title of the Metis by awarding a certificate redeemable for land or
money based on their age and status
Question:
22. disc list system
