TAMU-C SW Comp Review (Individual Practice) | Questions
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Question: A family seeks counseling help after the accidental death of
one of their two children. The social worker's genuine concern
and "over involvement" with the family is noticed by the social
worker's supervisor. The supervisor should
Answer: 3. Involve the social worker in assessing the effect his subjective reactions may have
on
the quality of his work and on his clients.
Question: How would a social worker first react to a delusional and
disorganized 20-year-old homeless woman who refuses to
consider hospitalization?
Answer: 2. By encouraging her to come to a walk-in emergency room.
Question: A 14-year-old depressed adolescent boy receiving treatment
at a family agency mentions that he is actively thinking of
suicide. The social worker believes the youth is serious and
knows that the family is deeply concerned about him. Of the
choices below, which action is required and should guide the
worker's actions?
Answer: 4. To protect the client, the worker should call the client's family, after telling him that
she
is required to follow this procedure for his own safety.
Question: A client's wife calls her husband's social worker for information
concerning her husband's emotional problems. the worker
know they have a close relationship and that the wife is aware
that her husband is in treatment. The social worker would most
likely first respond by?
Answer: 2. Probing her reasons for calling and asking for information.
Question: An elderly woman in her late 70s whose husband recently
died has had difficulty adjusting to living alone and caring for
herself. The social worker arranged for support services and
suggested that her children call her more frequently. Which
statement is NOT true of this social work intervention?
Answer: 3. Concrete helping services are usually the only intervention needed by the elderly.
,Question: David, a social worker at a family service agency, has been
meeting for several months with Jason, a moderately
depressed man in his mid-20s. They have developed a
treatment contract with specific activities and goals. The goals
are designed to help Jason become less socially isolated and
to take more initiative at work. David notes that Jason does not
follow-through on specified weekly tasks. In social work
responsibility for following through on decisions concerning
the client rests mainly with the ?
Answer: 4. Client
Question: A social worker at a neighborhood cocktail party casually
learns from a neighbor that he has abused his child and is not
receiving any help. Though not in a professional setting the
social worker should?
Answer: 1. Report this incident to the authorities for further investigation.
Question: An elementary school teacher has placed a disruptive child
away from all activities for a predetermined, though short
period. This is an example of?
Answer: 3. A time-out strategy.
Question: In clinical work with sexually abused children, an important
treatment goal is to?
Answer: 2. Relieve guilt
Question: Following an initial visit to an elderly client, a social worker
notifies the client that they will meet again in six weeks. The
next day and for several subsequent days the client continues
to call the worker. The questions seem contrived and trivial
and do not concern significant or pressing issues. The worker
should?
Answer: 3. Ask the client if she would like to schedule an earlier visit.
Question: A client states that he is convinced the FBI is watching him and
that they are trying to influence his thoughts. This is an
example of a (an)?
Answer: 1. Delusion.
Question: Play therapy can be successful with children because?
Answer: 1. Play is the natural self-expression of children.
Question: Parents in treatment at a community mental health center are
seen as "enabling" a child's antisocial behavior (stealing) by?
Answer: 2. Not setting limits or having clear and well-understood expectations.
, Question: The technique LEAST likely to be used in family therapy by the
social worker is?
Answer: 1. Individual reflection and introspection.
Question: An example of the use of self in a social work relationship
would be?
Answer: 1. Allowing oneself to be used as a role model.
Question: The most common hallucinations in schizophrenia are ?
Answer: 2. auditory.
Question: As a rule, the differences between the role of anxiety in
schizophrenia and in neurosis is that in schizophrenia?
Answer: 3. Anxiety leads to disorganized thinking and poor reality testing.
Question: One major problem for a social worker who sees both a
mother and her child during weekly individual sessions is?
Answer: 2. the possible rivalry between the mother and child in sharing the worker.
Question: An infant is assessed as low-functioning. The family's social
worker should help the family understand that?
Answer: 2. they can be helped to meet the child's needs and that community services are
available to help them.
Question: A client is repeatedly hospitalized for vague somatic
complaints, but the medical findings have been consistently
negative. The patient has no insight into the emotional
components of his complaints and rejects psychiatric
treatment. In referring the patient to the social worker for
discharge planning, the psychiatrist recommends
development of a plan that will enable the patient to stay out
of the hospital. The social worker's most effective approach is
to?
Answer: 3. help the patient identify his reality problems and help him find ways to improve his
living situation in ways that will offer increased satisfaction and less stress.
Question: A social worker is treating a man whose wife recently died in
an automobile accident, leaving him with the care of two very
young children. His occupation is very demanding and he is
struggling to succeed in a high-pressure job while managing
his parenting responsibilities. Which of the following would
probably NOT be part of the treatment approach?
Answer: 1. Reassurance-assuring the client that things will get better.
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Question: A family seeks counseling help after the accidental death of
one of their two children. The social worker's genuine concern
and "over involvement" with the family is noticed by the social
worker's supervisor. The supervisor should
Answer: 3. Involve the social worker in assessing the effect his subjective reactions may have
on
the quality of his work and on his clients.
Question: How would a social worker first react to a delusional and
disorganized 20-year-old homeless woman who refuses to
consider hospitalization?
Answer: 2. By encouraging her to come to a walk-in emergency room.
Question: A 14-year-old depressed adolescent boy receiving treatment
at a family agency mentions that he is actively thinking of
suicide. The social worker believes the youth is serious and
knows that the family is deeply concerned about him. Of the
choices below, which action is required and should guide the
worker's actions?
Answer: 4. To protect the client, the worker should call the client's family, after telling him that
she
is required to follow this procedure for his own safety.
Question: A client's wife calls her husband's social worker for information
concerning her husband's emotional problems. the worker
know they have a close relationship and that the wife is aware
that her husband is in treatment. The social worker would most
likely first respond by?
Answer: 2. Probing her reasons for calling and asking for information.
Question: An elderly woman in her late 70s whose husband recently
died has had difficulty adjusting to living alone and caring for
herself. The social worker arranged for support services and
suggested that her children call her more frequently. Which
statement is NOT true of this social work intervention?
Answer: 3. Concrete helping services are usually the only intervention needed by the elderly.
,Question: David, a social worker at a family service agency, has been
meeting for several months with Jason, a moderately
depressed man in his mid-20s. They have developed a
treatment contract with specific activities and goals. The goals
are designed to help Jason become less socially isolated and
to take more initiative at work. David notes that Jason does not
follow-through on specified weekly tasks. In social work
responsibility for following through on decisions concerning
the client rests mainly with the ?
Answer: 4. Client
Question: A social worker at a neighborhood cocktail party casually
learns from a neighbor that he has abused his child and is not
receiving any help. Though not in a professional setting the
social worker should?
Answer: 1. Report this incident to the authorities for further investigation.
Question: An elementary school teacher has placed a disruptive child
away from all activities for a predetermined, though short
period. This is an example of?
Answer: 3. A time-out strategy.
Question: In clinical work with sexually abused children, an important
treatment goal is to?
Answer: 2. Relieve guilt
Question: Following an initial visit to an elderly client, a social worker
notifies the client that they will meet again in six weeks. The
next day and for several subsequent days the client continues
to call the worker. The questions seem contrived and trivial
and do not concern significant or pressing issues. The worker
should?
Answer: 3. Ask the client if she would like to schedule an earlier visit.
Question: A client states that he is convinced the FBI is watching him and
that they are trying to influence his thoughts. This is an
example of a (an)?
Answer: 1. Delusion.
Question: Play therapy can be successful with children because?
Answer: 1. Play is the natural self-expression of children.
Question: Parents in treatment at a community mental health center are
seen as "enabling" a child's antisocial behavior (stealing) by?
Answer: 2. Not setting limits or having clear and well-understood expectations.
, Question: The technique LEAST likely to be used in family therapy by the
social worker is?
Answer: 1. Individual reflection and introspection.
Question: An example of the use of self in a social work relationship
would be?
Answer: 1. Allowing oneself to be used as a role model.
Question: The most common hallucinations in schizophrenia are ?
Answer: 2. auditory.
Question: As a rule, the differences between the role of anxiety in
schizophrenia and in neurosis is that in schizophrenia?
Answer: 3. Anxiety leads to disorganized thinking and poor reality testing.
Question: One major problem for a social worker who sees both a
mother and her child during weekly individual sessions is?
Answer: 2. the possible rivalry between the mother and child in sharing the worker.
Question: An infant is assessed as low-functioning. The family's social
worker should help the family understand that?
Answer: 2. they can be helped to meet the child's needs and that community services are
available to help them.
Question: A client is repeatedly hospitalized for vague somatic
complaints, but the medical findings have been consistently
negative. The patient has no insight into the emotional
components of his complaints and rejects psychiatric
treatment. In referring the patient to the social worker for
discharge planning, the psychiatrist recommends
development of a plan that will enable the patient to stay out
of the hospital. The social worker's most effective approach is
to?
Answer: 3. help the patient identify his reality problems and help him find ways to improve his
living situation in ways that will offer increased satisfaction and less stress.
Question: A social worker is treating a man whose wife recently died in
an automobile accident, leaving him with the care of two very
young children. His occupation is very demanding and he is
struggling to succeed in a high-pressure job while managing
his parenting responsibilities. Which of the following would
probably NOT be part of the treatment approach?
Answer: 1. Reassurance-assuring the client that things will get better.
