Aswb Practice Questions And Answers (Lmsw Verified A+)

ASWB PRACTICE QUESTIONS Compared to non abusive parents, parents who physically abuse their children A. Are more easily irritated, and annoyed by their children. B. Have no knowledge or understanding of child development. C. Are more permissive. D. Rely on physical punishment more often. - Your Answer should be A. Despite extensive research in the area, few specific characteristic have been found that distinguish abusive parents from non-abusive parents. The research does show however, that compared to non abusive parents, abusive parents tend to be more easily irritated, and annoyed by their children, in part because they tend to misperceive their children's behaviors in a negative way. Therefore the correct answer is A: More easily irritated and annoyed by their children. An adolescents has been referred to the school social worker because of hostility and fighting with peers. To establish a therapeutic relationship with this client, the social worker should FIRST? A. Discuss confidentiality limitation with the student. B. Advocate with the school administrator to change the student's school program. C. Validate the student's hostile feeling and explore reasons for fighting. D. Reduce the student's tension by discussing school activities - A. Is the correct answer . Discussing the confidentiality limitation (key A) is one of the first things the social workers should do with clients as this prerequisite to the client sharing information with informed consent. In this situation, the social worker would next reduce the students tension (D), then validate the student's hostile feeling and explore reasons for fighting (C). Later, there may be a need for the social worker to advocate with school administration to change the student's school program (B). Therefore, your answer to this question should be key (B). Discuss confidentiality limitation with the student. Studies of abused children seem to indicate A. Most abused children are under the age of. 6 B. Abused children almost never develop emotional attachment to their abusive mothers. C. Socioeconomic status is not a factor in a child abuse. D. Among your children, girls are the most common victims of abuse. - Key (A) is the correct answer. Perhaps not surprisingly, studies have found that young children (under the age of 6) are at greater risk for abuse, probably as result of their inability to defend themselves or escape from the abusive situation To receive Title IV-B for foster care, states are required to provide certain protections to all children in foster care. These protections include all of the following EXCEPT A. Placement in the most family-like setting available, and in close proximity to the child's biological parents or legal guardian. B. Placement consistent with the special needs o the child. C. Provision of a detailed written case plan, and a case review at least every six months. D. A Permanency planning hearing as soon as the child is placed in foster care. - Key (D) is correct: if you are familiar with the protections offer to children in foster care, this question just requires your to read the choices carefully. A permanency planning hearing must be held or the child within 12 months of his or her initial placement or after a determination that reasonable efforts to reunite the family are not required or have been unsuccessful. Therefore, the correct answer is: A permanency planning hearing as soon as the child is placed in foster care. A social worker with a home health agency assess a client for possible dementia. The client lives alone and receives home health aide services. The nursing aide states the client's cognitive abilities have changed significantly in the past several days. In addition , to being confused and disoriented, the client is unsteady when walking. What should the social worker do FIRST? A. Refer the client for a battery of psychological tests. B. Arrange a medical exam for the client as soon as possible. C. Refer the client for adult care services. D. Discuss possible care placement with the client - Key (B). The FIRST action the social should take is to investigate whether the symptoms describe in this question have a neurological or organic basis. (key B). Ignoring the physical symptoms in favor of psychological testing (A) put the client as risk, as does making a referral for adult daycare (C). In addition, discussing placement options (D). The recent onset of these symptoms require immediate action to rule out a medical condition. Therefore the correct answer is B: Arrange a medical exam or the client as soon as possible. A hospital social worker interviews a couple whose infant has recently been hospitalized for cystic fibrosis. The social worker notices that the parent are reluctant to touch the child. Based on this observation, what should be the social worker's FIRST intervention. A. Have the parents talk about their reactions to the child's illness. B. Refer the couple to an appropriate support group. C. Evaluate the situation or out-o home placement or the child. D. Provide the couple with psychoeducation pertaining to cystic fibrosis. - The answer is key (A). The question asked or the FIRST intervention. The social worker has observed the parents reluctance to touch their child, and now should bein an intervention by helping the couple express their feelings. (A) Options, (B), (C), and (D) may be appropriate action to take at a later time.. Therefore, the correct answer is A. In this situation, you want to talk to the parent about their reactions to the child's illness. Which of the following activities MOST accurately measures client progress during social work treatment? A. Comparing the client's current level of functioning in relation to original treatment goals. B. Recording the decline in anxiety as reported by the client regarding the present problem. C. Assessing the client's ability to discuss painful difficulties more openly than in initial sessions. D. Recording frequency of crisis call and the client's expressed need for emergency sessions. - Key (A) is the correct Answer. The client functioning in relation to the original goals is a valid measurement of progress. Therefore, Key (A) is the correct Answer. Key (B),would mean the client was being treated for anxiety, which is not indicated in the question stem. The same is true for Key (C). There is no evidence that the client has difficulty discussing painful issues. In addition, Key (D) is not indicate, because there is no evidence of crisis call or an expressed need for emergency sessions. A social worker would be most concerned if a client began to exhibit sign of school phobia when she was (blank) years old. A. 5 B. 7. C. 10 D. 13 - The correct answer is Key (D). This question asks you to identify at what age school phobia (an acute and irrational fear of going to school) is most serious. According to Rosenhan and Seligman (198)4), when school phobia occurs during adolescence, it is often an early sign of depression or more severe disorder. Kohlberg's theory of moral development views it as being: A. The result of parental expectations. B. Biologically innate and universal. C. The result of school and church teachings. D. Promoted by peer interactions. - Answer (D) is the correct answer. Rationale: Kohlberg was concerns with how children think about moral issues and emphasized the role of interactions with the environment in mora development. According to Kohlberg, although children may learn values and moral rules from adults, peers help each other judge and interpret what they are learning at their own level of cognitive development . A social worker is providing disaster relief services to families following extensive loss of lives and property due to flooding in their area. What is the MOST important thing for the social worker to hep the families understand ? A. That a crisis will continue indefinably without therapeutic intervention. B. The persons involved in a crisis will try to achieve a degree of equilibrium. C. That resolution of feelings related to this crisis will prevent recurrence of disequilibrium. D. That they will be unable to return to the pre-crisis level of functioning. - Key (B) is correct. Crisis tend to be self-limiting, thus making option (A) Incorrect. Resolution of feelings related to a current crisis will help restore a sense of equilibrium and may provide skills for resolution of future crisis, but it will not prevent disequilibrium from occurring. Option (C) is incorrect. With approprite intervention, people can return to pre-level of functioning or perhaps achieve a higher level of functioning. (D) is incorrect. According to the crisis theory, those involved in a crisis will try various methods to achieve a sense of equilibrium, since previous coping measures may not be helpful. Therefore, Option (B) is the best option.