SOCIAL WORK EXAM GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
were incorporated into the laws of the American colonies and have had an important
influence on our current approaches to public assistance and other social legislation.
- ANSWER-Elizabethan Poor Law
a gap-filling or first-aid role - ANSWER-residual
social welfare programs are to be "accepted as a proper, legitimate function of
modern industrial society in helping individuals achieve self-fulfillment." - ANSWER-
institutional view
republican/conservative - ANSWER-residual
democratic/liberal - ANSWER-institutional
Who were the first paid social workers - ANSWER-executive secretaries for Charity
Organizations Societies
Founder of social work - ANSWER-Jane Addams
micro - ANSWER-individuals
mezzo - ANSWER-families
macro - ANSWER-organizations
ecological model - ANSWER-environmental factors
systems approach - ANSWER-perspective looking beyond
medical model - ANSWER-emotional/behavior medical labels
the process of helping individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
to increase their interpersonal, personal, political, and socioeconomic strengths so
that they can improve their circumstances. - ANSWER-empowerment
It emphasizes people's abilities, values, interests, beliefs, resources,
accomplishments, and aspirations. - ANSWER-strengths perspective
The agency for which Debra works is soon moving into new offices in an old
department store building that has recently been remodeled for office space. The
space is not optimal as far as worker safety is concerned and in a recent meeting,
supervisors distributed floor plans and suggested that, since they cannot yet practice
in the new offices, workers imagine themselves in potential dangerous situations and
think through what their responses might be. This technique is commonly called
_____. - ANSWER-mental rehearsal
, Caren is a student in an international social work program and has the opportunity to
complete an internship in a less-developed nation. Because she is particularly
interested in maternal health, Caren collects and reviews the maternal health policies
from several developed and less-developed nations. Such comparative social policy
analysis is useful in _____. - ANSWER-identifying policies developed in one nation
that may also be successful in another nation
According to the Council on Social Work Education, generalist social work practice in
grounded in _____ framework. - ANSWER-the person-in-environment
The _____ role involves intervention in disputes between parties to help them find
compromises, reconcile differences, or reach mutually satisfactory agreements. -
ANSWER-mediator
An essential skill and role of a social worker working with individuals is _____. -
ANSWER-counseling
Those services that must be operationalized when the family can no longer remain
intact are referred to as _____ services. - ANSWER-out-of-home
The focus of _____ groups is for members to acquire knowledge and learn more
complex skills. - ANSWER-education
According to Knopf, the _____ is a covert warrior who tells others, including clients,
politicians, and the news media, about how terrible the system is. - ANSWER-gossip
The _____ model seeks to involve a cross section of individuals (including the
disadvantaged and those high up in the power structure) in identifying and solving
problems. - ANSWER-locality development
Which competency includes the statement that social workers understand that every
person regardless of position in society has fundamental human rights such as
freedom, safety, privacy, an adequate standard of living, health care, and education?
- ANSWER-Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental
Justice
_____ means viewing and treating each person as unique and worthwhile. -
ANSWER-Individualization
The CSWE requires that an accredited baccalaureate program shall have as its
primary stated educational objective _____ - ANSWER-preparation for beginning
professional social work practice
helps individuals or groups to articulate their needs, to clarify and identify their
problems, to explore resolution strategies, to select and apply a strategy, and to
develop their capacities to deal with their own problems more effectively. -
ANSWER-enabler
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
were incorporated into the laws of the American colonies and have had an important
influence on our current approaches to public assistance and other social legislation.
- ANSWER-Elizabethan Poor Law
a gap-filling or first-aid role - ANSWER-residual
social welfare programs are to be "accepted as a proper, legitimate function of
modern industrial society in helping individuals achieve self-fulfillment." - ANSWER-
institutional view
republican/conservative - ANSWER-residual
democratic/liberal - ANSWER-institutional
Who were the first paid social workers - ANSWER-executive secretaries for Charity
Organizations Societies
Founder of social work - ANSWER-Jane Addams
micro - ANSWER-individuals
mezzo - ANSWER-families
macro - ANSWER-organizations
ecological model - ANSWER-environmental factors
systems approach - ANSWER-perspective looking beyond
medical model - ANSWER-emotional/behavior medical labels
the process of helping individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
to increase their interpersonal, personal, political, and socioeconomic strengths so
that they can improve their circumstances. - ANSWER-empowerment
It emphasizes people's abilities, values, interests, beliefs, resources,
accomplishments, and aspirations. - ANSWER-strengths perspective
The agency for which Debra works is soon moving into new offices in an old
department store building that has recently been remodeled for office space. The
space is not optimal as far as worker safety is concerned and in a recent meeting,
supervisors distributed floor plans and suggested that, since they cannot yet practice
in the new offices, workers imagine themselves in potential dangerous situations and
think through what their responses might be. This technique is commonly called
_____. - ANSWER-mental rehearsal
, Caren is a student in an international social work program and has the opportunity to
complete an internship in a less-developed nation. Because she is particularly
interested in maternal health, Caren collects and reviews the maternal health policies
from several developed and less-developed nations. Such comparative social policy
analysis is useful in _____. - ANSWER-identifying policies developed in one nation
that may also be successful in another nation
According to the Council on Social Work Education, generalist social work practice in
grounded in _____ framework. - ANSWER-the person-in-environment
The _____ role involves intervention in disputes between parties to help them find
compromises, reconcile differences, or reach mutually satisfactory agreements. -
ANSWER-mediator
An essential skill and role of a social worker working with individuals is _____. -
ANSWER-counseling
Those services that must be operationalized when the family can no longer remain
intact are referred to as _____ services. - ANSWER-out-of-home
The focus of _____ groups is for members to acquire knowledge and learn more
complex skills. - ANSWER-education
According to Knopf, the _____ is a covert warrior who tells others, including clients,
politicians, and the news media, about how terrible the system is. - ANSWER-gossip
The _____ model seeks to involve a cross section of individuals (including the
disadvantaged and those high up in the power structure) in identifying and solving
problems. - ANSWER-locality development
Which competency includes the statement that social workers understand that every
person regardless of position in society has fundamental human rights such as
freedom, safety, privacy, an adequate standard of living, health care, and education?
- ANSWER-Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental
Justice
_____ means viewing and treating each person as unique and worthwhile. -
ANSWER-Individualization
The CSWE requires that an accredited baccalaureate program shall have as its
primary stated educational objective _____ - ANSWER-preparation for beginning
professional social work practice
helps individuals or groups to articulate their needs, to clarify and identify their
problems, to explore resolution strategies, to select and apply a strategy, and to
develop their capacities to deal with their own problems more effectively. -
ANSWER-enabler
