LSW EXAM QUESTIONS INTERVENTIONS
A social worker is conducting an intake interview with an individual who has come to his
agency requesting services. The main purpose of the intake interview is to:
Select one:
A. gather a social history.
B. clarify expectations.
C. formulate the problem.
D. determine eligibility. - Answers -D
A recently widowed woman seeks counseling to help her deal with her son's grief. The
boy seems very sad, the woman says, but they have been having difficulty talking about
their feelings and memories of her husband. She doesn't know what to do and hopes
that the social worker can provide her with advice so that she can help her son cope
better. Based on what he learns in the interview, the social worker believes that the
woman also needs assistance in dealing with her own grief. What is the social worker's
BEST course of action?
Select one:
A. Discuss this with the woman.
B. Build this help for the woman into the treatment she has asked for.
C. Offer to provide family therapy.
D. See the son for individual therapy and refer the woman to a support group for newly
single parents. - Answers -A
In the policy process, which of the following activities would occur before the others?
Select one:
A. Identifying key decision makers.
B. Determining resources needed to implement a new policy.
C. Conducting a needs assessment.
D. Making specific policy recommendations. - Answers -C
A client seeks therapy two weeks after being fired from a job that she held for five years.
The client says she's having difficulty dealing with this stressful event, in part, because it
was "completely unexpected." She thought that her job was safe because she recently
received a positive performance evaluation. Of the following additional factors, which
one is likely to have the greatest effect on the client's reaction to this stressful event?
Select one:
A. Her capacity to cope with stress.
B. Her beliefs regarding her ability to cope with stress.
C. Whether the client experiences a second stressful event. - Answers -B
The research goal of formative evaluation is to obtain information to:
Select one:
A. determine whether a program should continue or close.
B. measure the programs effects.
, C. identify what modifications are needed so that a program achieves its goal and
objectives.
D. identify the needs of a target population. - Answers -C
Ordinarily termination should be discussed for the first time with a client:
Select one:
A. when she has met her treatment goals.
B. during treatment planning.
C. when she brings it up.
D. when she is no longer benefitting from the services. - Answers -B
A social worker is conducting the first interview with a client who recently divorced her
husband. When the social worker mentions the divorce, the client becomes
uncomfortable and begins talking about the problems she is having with her school-age
son. What is the social worker's BEST course of action?
Select one:
A. Allow the client to continue talking about her son if she is not ready yet to talk about
her divorce.
B. Refocus the interview to explore the clients reaction to the topic of her divorce and
unwillingness to talk about it.
C. Use the skill of funneling to bring focus to the interview and enable the client to
describe her concerns with greater specificity.
D. Respect the clients right to focus on her son rather than her divorce by providing
education about the effects of divorce on school-age children. - Answers -A
Which statement best represents the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
stance on political action by Social Workers?
Select one:
A. Social workers should promote polices that support the expansion of cultural
knowledge and social justice.
B. Social workers should avoid taking political positions that conflict with the NASW.
C. Social workers should critically examine and keep current with emerging knowledge
relevant to social work and fully use evaluation and research evidence in their
professional practice.
D. Social workers should engage in social and political action to ensure that all people
have access to the resources they require to meeting their basic human needs. -
Answers -D
A social worker working in individual therapy with a depressed client decides to use
Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy. Using Beck's cognitive therapy means that the social
worker will rely heavily on which of the following techniques to bring about desired
change?
Select one:
A. Interpretation.
B. Socratic questioning.
C. Reflection.
A social worker is conducting an intake interview with an individual who has come to his
agency requesting services. The main purpose of the intake interview is to:
Select one:
A. gather a social history.
B. clarify expectations.
C. formulate the problem.
D. determine eligibility. - Answers -D
A recently widowed woman seeks counseling to help her deal with her son's grief. The
boy seems very sad, the woman says, but they have been having difficulty talking about
their feelings and memories of her husband. She doesn't know what to do and hopes
that the social worker can provide her with advice so that she can help her son cope
better. Based on what he learns in the interview, the social worker believes that the
woman also needs assistance in dealing with her own grief. What is the social worker's
BEST course of action?
Select one:
A. Discuss this with the woman.
B. Build this help for the woman into the treatment she has asked for.
C. Offer to provide family therapy.
D. See the son for individual therapy and refer the woman to a support group for newly
single parents. - Answers -A
In the policy process, which of the following activities would occur before the others?
Select one:
A. Identifying key decision makers.
B. Determining resources needed to implement a new policy.
C. Conducting a needs assessment.
D. Making specific policy recommendations. - Answers -C
A client seeks therapy two weeks after being fired from a job that she held for five years.
The client says she's having difficulty dealing with this stressful event, in part, because it
was "completely unexpected." She thought that her job was safe because she recently
received a positive performance evaluation. Of the following additional factors, which
one is likely to have the greatest effect on the client's reaction to this stressful event?
Select one:
A. Her capacity to cope with stress.
B. Her beliefs regarding her ability to cope with stress.
C. Whether the client experiences a second stressful event. - Answers -B
The research goal of formative evaluation is to obtain information to:
Select one:
A. determine whether a program should continue or close.
B. measure the programs effects.
, C. identify what modifications are needed so that a program achieves its goal and
objectives.
D. identify the needs of a target population. - Answers -C
Ordinarily termination should be discussed for the first time with a client:
Select one:
A. when she has met her treatment goals.
B. during treatment planning.
C. when she brings it up.
D. when she is no longer benefitting from the services. - Answers -B
A social worker is conducting the first interview with a client who recently divorced her
husband. When the social worker mentions the divorce, the client becomes
uncomfortable and begins talking about the problems she is having with her school-age
son. What is the social worker's BEST course of action?
Select one:
A. Allow the client to continue talking about her son if she is not ready yet to talk about
her divorce.
B. Refocus the interview to explore the clients reaction to the topic of her divorce and
unwillingness to talk about it.
C. Use the skill of funneling to bring focus to the interview and enable the client to
describe her concerns with greater specificity.
D. Respect the clients right to focus on her son rather than her divorce by providing
education about the effects of divorce on school-age children. - Answers -A
Which statement best represents the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
stance on political action by Social Workers?
Select one:
A. Social workers should promote polices that support the expansion of cultural
knowledge and social justice.
B. Social workers should avoid taking political positions that conflict with the NASW.
C. Social workers should critically examine and keep current with emerging knowledge
relevant to social work and fully use evaluation and research evidence in their
professional practice.
D. Social workers should engage in social and political action to ensure that all people
have access to the resources they require to meeting their basic human needs. -
Answers -D
A social worker working in individual therapy with a depressed client decides to use
Aaron Beck's cognitive therapy. Using Beck's cognitive therapy means that the social
worker will rely heavily on which of the following techniques to bring about desired
change?
Select one:
A. Interpretation.
B. Socratic questioning.
C. Reflection.
