TAMU-C SW Comp Review (Administration and Supervision)
| Questions with 100% Verified Answers | Latest Update
2026/2027
Question: What is the difference between ethics and values?
Answer: Ethics define a standard of conduct while values define a belief system.
Question: A social worker learns that a coworker who is often under the
influence of either drugs or alcohol is seeing clients. The
worker should?
Answer: first speak to the colleague about obtaining assistance.
Question: In the informal organization of a social work agency, one
would not expect to find?
Answer: printed communication.
Question: The most effective method of insuring future funding for an
agency is to?
Answer: make broad-based efforts directed at attracting many small contributions.
Question: A major obstacle to the use of information systems and
objective data to assist administrators in improving efficiency
is the?
Answer: lack of administrators' skills in using information properly.
Question: In agencies that rely on public contracts and grants,
administrators are likely to place a higher priority on?
Answer: accountability to funders rather than improving accountability to clients.
Question: Because of an unexpected upsurge of migrant workers during
the summer, the director of a small social agency must cancel
August vacations. He expects that the decision will be met
with resistance and dissent. To engage staff effectively he
should?
Answer: discuss the issue with subordinates, and allow for questions, alternate possibilities
and
objections.
Question: The director of a large agency wants to stimulate loyalty and
commitment to client service. She wants to promote positive
staff morale and encourage staff to go beyond ritualized
service to clients. The best method for accomplishing these
goals would be to?
Answer: emphasize staff development to provide a sense that the agency is concerned about
professional growth.
, Question: A social worker has informal power derived from a strong
relationship with a respected supervisor. This is an example
of?
Answer: referent power.
Question: A factor that contributes to the development of a "group-think:
mentality within a policy-making committee is?
Answer: amicability.
Question: A board function that is inappropriate except in rare instances
is?
Answer: monitoring day-to-day activities.
Question: A concept that does not derive from systems theory is?
Answer: coding.
Question: A supervisor works with a social worker whose learning
pattern is that of an experimental, empathetic learner. The
worker is intuitive and uses self-appraisals quite well. To
enhance the worker's learning, the supervisor might?
Answer: offer repetitive experience with different cases.
Question: A normative framework in an agency usually refers to?
Answer: values.
Question: The term "effectiveness" when applied to agency function is
measured by the?
Answer: degree to which program goals are achieved.
Question: A social worker presents a request to her supervisor to
prolong services to a client. Adding additional sessions
contravenes agency service guidelines. The supervisor's most
appropriate response is:
Answer: "I wish I could go along with your request, but agency policy prevents this. Can you
provide justification?"
Question: A major advantage of a bureaucratic organizational structure
is its ability to?
Answer: manage large groups of people more efficiently.
Question: The major advantage of a bureaucracy for social workers is
that?
Answer: expertise can be developed in a specific area or specialty.
| Questions with 100% Verified Answers | Latest Update
2026/2027
Question: What is the difference between ethics and values?
Answer: Ethics define a standard of conduct while values define a belief system.
Question: A social worker learns that a coworker who is often under the
influence of either drugs or alcohol is seeing clients. The
worker should?
Answer: first speak to the colleague about obtaining assistance.
Question: In the informal organization of a social work agency, one
would not expect to find?
Answer: printed communication.
Question: The most effective method of insuring future funding for an
agency is to?
Answer: make broad-based efforts directed at attracting many small contributions.
Question: A major obstacle to the use of information systems and
objective data to assist administrators in improving efficiency
is the?
Answer: lack of administrators' skills in using information properly.
Question: In agencies that rely on public contracts and grants,
administrators are likely to place a higher priority on?
Answer: accountability to funders rather than improving accountability to clients.
Question: Because of an unexpected upsurge of migrant workers during
the summer, the director of a small social agency must cancel
August vacations. He expects that the decision will be met
with resistance and dissent. To engage staff effectively he
should?
Answer: discuss the issue with subordinates, and allow for questions, alternate possibilities
and
objections.
Question: The director of a large agency wants to stimulate loyalty and
commitment to client service. She wants to promote positive
staff morale and encourage staff to go beyond ritualized
service to clients. The best method for accomplishing these
goals would be to?
Answer: emphasize staff development to provide a sense that the agency is concerned about
professional growth.
, Question: A social worker has informal power derived from a strong
relationship with a respected supervisor. This is an example
of?
Answer: referent power.
Question: A factor that contributes to the development of a "group-think:
mentality within a policy-making committee is?
Answer: amicability.
Question: A board function that is inappropriate except in rare instances
is?
Answer: monitoring day-to-day activities.
Question: A concept that does not derive from systems theory is?
Answer: coding.
Question: A supervisor works with a social worker whose learning
pattern is that of an experimental, empathetic learner. The
worker is intuitive and uses self-appraisals quite well. To
enhance the worker's learning, the supervisor might?
Answer: offer repetitive experience with different cases.
Question: A normative framework in an agency usually refers to?
Answer: values.
Question: The term "effectiveness" when applied to agency function is
measured by the?
Answer: degree to which program goals are achieved.
Question: A social worker presents a request to her supervisor to
prolong services to a client. Adding additional sessions
contravenes agency service guidelines. The supervisor's most
appropriate response is:
Answer: "I wish I could go along with your request, but agency policy prevents this. Can you
provide justification?"
Question: A major advantage of a bureaucratic organizational structure
is its ability to?
Answer: manage large groups of people more efficiently.
Question: The major advantage of a bureaucracy for social workers is
that?
Answer: expertise can be developed in a specific area or specialty.
