Social Work ASWB Masters Exam Guide
1.) Which of the subsequent is NOT real approximately motivation to trade?
A. Motivation fluctuates from one time to every other
B. Motivation can be accelerated via running to do away with limitations to alternate
C. Motivation is pushed via desire or the notion that lifestyles can be one-of-a-kind
D. Motivation that is imposed by way of outside forces is more salient than that which is intrinsic
- ANS-D.
2.) Evidence-primarily based social work practice can BEST be defined as:
A. Interventions that a social employee has gained education and enjoy in delivering
B. Treatment that yields the maximum cost-effective effects according to a value-gain evaluation
C. Decision making based totally on the conscientious, specific, and really apt use of studies
expertise, medical information, social paintings values, and patron needs
D. Practice evaluations that adhere to medical ideas - ANS-C
3.) What are the levels of alternate in sequential order?
A. Precontemplation, guidance, contemplation, movement, upkeep, and relapse
B. Preparation, movement, precontemplation, contemplation, protection, and relapse
C. Preparation, precontemplation, contemplation, movement, protection, and relapse
D. Precontemplation, contemplation, practise, action, renovation, and relapse - ANS-D
4.) Which of the following is NOT an vital step in ethical trouble-fixing?
A. Identifying the ethical requirements that may be compromised
B. Determining whether or not there may be an ethical quandary
C. Weighing moral troubles in light of social paintings values and ideas
D. Asking a supervisor to monitor exercise to discover new ethical problems or dilemmas -
ANS-D
five.) A young boy is stopped via a police officer and claims that he is a member of the defense
force, even though it is obvious that he isn't. This statement by means of the boy is MOST likely
a:
A. Comorbid concept
B. Dissociation
C. Folie a deux
D. Delusion - ANS-D
6.) A social work administrator is having problem locating a set domestic supervisor for a new
software scheduled to open in two weeks. Further delays in finding personnel will delay clients
from getting into this system. The administrator briefly hires her niece, who just graduated with a
social work degree, for this function. This movement is:
A. Ethical due to the fact the niece is clearly qualified for the position
B. Unethical because this is a battle of hobby
C. Ethical due to the fact the placement is transient and guarantees clients get the offerings
wished
, D. Unethical because customers will enjoy workforce turnover whilst a brand new supervisor is
hired - ANS-B
7.) A social worker is interested by seeing the volume to which contemporary clients are glad
with a brand new relapse prevention application. The social worker distributes a purchaser pride
survey to the ones in the application. The social worker then collects the surveys and analyzes
the results which can be presented to a control crew in the agency. The social worker is
accomplishing which type of evaluation?
A. Summative
B. Experimental
C. Quasi-experimental
D. Formative - ANS-D
8.) Which of the following is an instance of social stratification?
A. A baby isn't included in institution activities in college because of his or her terrible social
abilities
B. Children who're violent need to be segregated from their friends
C. A child with social deficits is believed to be delayed in cognition without extra evaluation
D. Children from affluent families receive a better public education than those from low-income
families - ANS-D
nine.) During an consumption interview, a consumer reports that she is extremely depressed
and has self-unfavorable mind. She has had earlier suicide attempts, but tells the social worker
no longer to fear as she may not "do it once more." The social worker must FIRST:
A. Tell the customer that her choice not to harm herself is a good one
B. Explore with the consumer what is inflicting her melancholy
C. Conduct a protection evaluation
D. Refer the customer to a psychiatrist for a medicinal drug evaluation - ANS-C
10.) A client with a Social Anxiety Disorder will MOST probably be prescribed which of the
following medicinal drugs to take on an ongoing foundation?
A. Zoloft (sertraline)
B. Mellaril (thioridazine)
C. Thorazine (chlorpromazine)
D. Valium (diazepam) - ANS-A
11.) A social worker is appointed via the courtroom to conduct a baby custody assessment for a
pair that is divorcing. The mother reports that her husband is verbally abusive, controlling, and
neglects the kids when they're in his care. She reviews that the kids have overlooked a variety
of faculty while staying with their father because he does now not assist with getting them
geared up for school or doing their homework. The father states that his spouse is lazy,
irresponsible, and can not meet the kid's fundamental wishes. He reports that the college often
has to offer lunch for the youngsters due to the fact the mom does no longer deliver it while they
may be in her care. In order to BEST compare the legitimacy of the information, the social
worker must:
A. Ask the husband and spouse to put their allegations in writing and sign them, attesting to
their accuracy
B. Determine whether the husband or wife have had any past instances with being - ANS-D
1.) Which of the subsequent is NOT real approximately motivation to trade?
A. Motivation fluctuates from one time to every other
B. Motivation can be accelerated via running to do away with limitations to alternate
C. Motivation is pushed via desire or the notion that lifestyles can be one-of-a-kind
D. Motivation that is imposed by way of outside forces is more salient than that which is intrinsic
- ANS-D.
2.) Evidence-primarily based social work practice can BEST be defined as:
A. Interventions that a social employee has gained education and enjoy in delivering
B. Treatment that yields the maximum cost-effective effects according to a value-gain evaluation
C. Decision making based totally on the conscientious, specific, and really apt use of studies
expertise, medical information, social paintings values, and patron needs
D. Practice evaluations that adhere to medical ideas - ANS-C
3.) What are the levels of alternate in sequential order?
A. Precontemplation, guidance, contemplation, movement, upkeep, and relapse
B. Preparation, movement, precontemplation, contemplation, protection, and relapse
C. Preparation, precontemplation, contemplation, movement, protection, and relapse
D. Precontemplation, contemplation, practise, action, renovation, and relapse - ANS-D
4.) Which of the following is NOT an vital step in ethical trouble-fixing?
A. Identifying the ethical requirements that may be compromised
B. Determining whether or not there may be an ethical quandary
C. Weighing moral troubles in light of social paintings values and ideas
D. Asking a supervisor to monitor exercise to discover new ethical problems or dilemmas -
ANS-D
five.) A young boy is stopped via a police officer and claims that he is a member of the defense
force, even though it is obvious that he isn't. This statement by means of the boy is MOST likely
a:
A. Comorbid concept
B. Dissociation
C. Folie a deux
D. Delusion - ANS-D
6.) A social work administrator is having problem locating a set domestic supervisor for a new
software scheduled to open in two weeks. Further delays in finding personnel will delay clients
from getting into this system. The administrator briefly hires her niece, who just graduated with a
social work degree, for this function. This movement is:
A. Ethical due to the fact the niece is clearly qualified for the position
B. Unethical because this is a battle of hobby
C. Ethical due to the fact the placement is transient and guarantees clients get the offerings
wished
, D. Unethical because customers will enjoy workforce turnover whilst a brand new supervisor is
hired - ANS-B
7.) A social worker is interested by seeing the volume to which contemporary clients are glad
with a brand new relapse prevention application. The social worker distributes a purchaser pride
survey to the ones in the application. The social worker then collects the surveys and analyzes
the results which can be presented to a control crew in the agency. The social worker is
accomplishing which type of evaluation?
A. Summative
B. Experimental
C. Quasi-experimental
D. Formative - ANS-D
8.) Which of the following is an instance of social stratification?
A. A baby isn't included in institution activities in college because of his or her terrible social
abilities
B. Children who're violent need to be segregated from their friends
C. A child with social deficits is believed to be delayed in cognition without extra evaluation
D. Children from affluent families receive a better public education than those from low-income
families - ANS-D
nine.) During an consumption interview, a consumer reports that she is extremely depressed
and has self-unfavorable mind. She has had earlier suicide attempts, but tells the social worker
no longer to fear as she may not "do it once more." The social worker must FIRST:
A. Tell the customer that her choice not to harm herself is a good one
B. Explore with the consumer what is inflicting her melancholy
C. Conduct a protection evaluation
D. Refer the customer to a psychiatrist for a medicinal drug evaluation - ANS-C
10.) A client with a Social Anxiety Disorder will MOST probably be prescribed which of the
following medicinal drugs to take on an ongoing foundation?
A. Zoloft (sertraline)
B. Mellaril (thioridazine)
C. Thorazine (chlorpromazine)
D. Valium (diazepam) - ANS-A
11.) A social worker is appointed via the courtroom to conduct a baby custody assessment for a
pair that is divorcing. The mother reports that her husband is verbally abusive, controlling, and
neglects the kids when they're in his care. She reviews that the kids have overlooked a variety
of faculty while staying with their father because he does now not assist with getting them
geared up for school or doing their homework. The father states that his spouse is lazy,
irresponsible, and can not meet the kid's fundamental wishes. He reports that the college often
has to offer lunch for the youngsters due to the fact the mom does no longer deliver it while they
may be in her care. In order to BEST compare the legitimacy of the information, the social
worker must:
A. Ask the husband and spouse to put their allegations in writing and sign them, attesting to
their accuracy
B. Determine whether the husband or wife have had any past instances with being - ANS-D
