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Clinical Social Work Licensure Exam
2025
Governance structures - Correct Ans-Governance concerns those structures, functions,
processes, and customs that exist within an organization to ensure it operates in a way
that achieves its objectives, and does so in an effective and transparent manner. It is a
framework of accountability to clients, stakeholders, and the wider community, within
which organizations make decisions and control their functions and resources to
achieve their objectives.
Social workers should advocate within and outside their agencies for adequate
resources to meet clients' needs and for resource allocation procedures that are open
and fair. When not all clients' needs can be met, an allocation procedure should be
developed that is nondiscriminatory, appropriate, and consistent.
Indicators of normal & abnormal physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral - Correct
Ans-See supplemental material
Basic human needs - Correct Ans-Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs-
Maslow theorized that human needs could be described in the form of a hierarchy with
the base of the pyramid representing the most basic needs and the higher layers
representing loftier goals and needs. Unless the basic needs are met, a person cannot
move on to higher needs
Physiological, safety, love/belonging/ self-esteem & self-actualization
Attachment & bonding theories - Correct Ans-Bowlby Attachment Styles
- secure attachment
- dismissive/avoidant attachment
- fearful/avoidant attachment
- anxious/preoccupied attachment
Effect of aging on biopsychosocial functioning - Correct Ans-Biological aging- physical
changes
Psychological aging- changes in personality, cognitive ability, adaptive ability &
perception
Social aging- changes in relationships
Gerontology - Correct Ans-Study of biological, cognitive, and psychological features of
the aging process
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Personality theories - Correct Ans-William Sheldon- mesomorph & endomorph (see
supplemental material)
Gordon Allport- trait theory of personality development
Freud-personality was composed of the id, ego, and superego
Carl Rogers- humanistic theory of personality development
B.F Skinner- persona is developed as a result of classical or operant conditioning
Factors influencing self-image - Correct Ans-culture, race/ethnicity, religion, spirituality,
age, disability, trauma
Body image & its impact - Correct Ans-can be associated with low self-esteem,
depression, anxiety, sexual risk-taking, impaired relationship satisfaction, withdrawal
from activities where one's body may be visible & development of eating disorders
Parenting styles - Correct Ans-authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, uninvolved
Basic principles of human genetics - Correct Ans-biopsychosocial assessments,
providing assistance to clients with genetic disorders by identifying and/or developing
programs for them, providing risks-benefits counseling before a client undergoes
genetic testing, providing post-test counseling following diagnosis of a disorder,
providing counseling related to family planning & providing adoption-related counseling
pertaining to implications of an adoptee's genetic information
Family life cycle - Correct Ans-theories assume that, as members of a family unit,
individuals pass through different stages of life
- unattached young adult
- newly-married couple
- family w/young children
- family w/adolescents
- launching family
- family in later years
Systems & ecological perspectives & theories - Correct Ans-Systems theory- refers to
the view that human behavior is explained by the influence of the various systems to
which individuals belong
All systems are seen as possessing interrelated parts and exerting influence on each
other
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ecological systems perspective- concerned with the transactions between systems;
people and families must be considered within cultural and societal contexts, which also
necessitates examining the events that have occurred in an individual's life
General systems theory is what it says it is, a number of concepts and principles that
can be applied to any systematic process of understanding any field of knoeledge.
Ecological theory is (mostly) a systematic approach to understanding the interactions of
life and the physical environment.Nov 16, 2020
Strengths-based & resiliency theories - Correct Ans-Strength's perspective- approach to
social work that puts the strengths and resources of people, communities, and their
environments, rather than their problems and pathologies, at the center of the helping
process
resiliency theory- addresses the strengths that people and systems demonstrate that
enable them to rise above adversity
Dynamics & effects of loss, separation, & grief - Correct Ans-5 stages of grief
- denial
- anger
- bargaining
- depression
- acceptance
Person-in-environment (PIE) theory - Correct Ans-The idea that a person's environment
has an impact on the way that they live and the decisions that they make
Family dynamics & functioning and the effects on individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities - Correct Ans-Family dynamics often have a strong
influence on the way young people see themselves, others and the world, and influence
their relationships, behaviors and their wellbeing
Dynamics of interpersonal relationships - Correct Ans-Reciprocal social and emotional
interactions between the patient and other persons in the environment
Characteristics of perpetrators of abuse, neglect, & exploitation - Correct Ans-- having
experienced or witnessed abuse during childhood
- lack of coping skills to manage anger and frustration
- isolation or lack of a substantial support system
- immaturity with poor regulation of emotions
- abuse of alcohol or other substances
- inappropriate expectations for the behavior of others
- poor social skills
Social
Clinical Social Work Licensure Exam
2025
Governance structures - Correct Ans-Governance concerns those structures, functions,
processes, and customs that exist within an organization to ensure it operates in a way
that achieves its objectives, and does so in an effective and transparent manner. It is a
framework of accountability to clients, stakeholders, and the wider community, within
which organizations make decisions and control their functions and resources to
achieve their objectives.
Social workers should advocate within and outside their agencies for adequate
resources to meet clients' needs and for resource allocation procedures that are open
and fair. When not all clients' needs can be met, an allocation procedure should be
developed that is nondiscriminatory, appropriate, and consistent.
Indicators of normal & abnormal physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral - Correct
Ans-See supplemental material
Basic human needs - Correct Ans-Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs-
Maslow theorized that human needs could be described in the form of a hierarchy with
the base of the pyramid representing the most basic needs and the higher layers
representing loftier goals and needs. Unless the basic needs are met, a person cannot
move on to higher needs
Physiological, safety, love/belonging/ self-esteem & self-actualization
Attachment & bonding theories - Correct Ans-Bowlby Attachment Styles
- secure attachment
- dismissive/avoidant attachment
- fearful/avoidant attachment
- anxious/preoccupied attachment
Effect of aging on biopsychosocial functioning - Correct Ans-Biological aging- physical
changes
Psychological aging- changes in personality, cognitive ability, adaptive ability &
perception
Social aging- changes in relationships
Gerontology - Correct Ans-Study of biological, cognitive, and psychological features of
the aging process
Social
,Social
Personality theories - Correct Ans-William Sheldon- mesomorph & endomorph (see
supplemental material)
Gordon Allport- trait theory of personality development
Freud-personality was composed of the id, ego, and superego
Carl Rogers- humanistic theory of personality development
B.F Skinner- persona is developed as a result of classical or operant conditioning
Factors influencing self-image - Correct Ans-culture, race/ethnicity, religion, spirituality,
age, disability, trauma
Body image & its impact - Correct Ans-can be associated with low self-esteem,
depression, anxiety, sexual risk-taking, impaired relationship satisfaction, withdrawal
from activities where one's body may be visible & development of eating disorders
Parenting styles - Correct Ans-authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, uninvolved
Basic principles of human genetics - Correct Ans-biopsychosocial assessments,
providing assistance to clients with genetic disorders by identifying and/or developing
programs for them, providing risks-benefits counseling before a client undergoes
genetic testing, providing post-test counseling following diagnosis of a disorder,
providing counseling related to family planning & providing adoption-related counseling
pertaining to implications of an adoptee's genetic information
Family life cycle - Correct Ans-theories assume that, as members of a family unit,
individuals pass through different stages of life
- unattached young adult
- newly-married couple
- family w/young children
- family w/adolescents
- launching family
- family in later years
Systems & ecological perspectives & theories - Correct Ans-Systems theory- refers to
the view that human behavior is explained by the influence of the various systems to
which individuals belong
All systems are seen as possessing interrelated parts and exerting influence on each
other
Social
, Social
ecological systems perspective- concerned with the transactions between systems;
people and families must be considered within cultural and societal contexts, which also
necessitates examining the events that have occurred in an individual's life
General systems theory is what it says it is, a number of concepts and principles that
can be applied to any systematic process of understanding any field of knoeledge.
Ecological theory is (mostly) a systematic approach to understanding the interactions of
life and the physical environment.Nov 16, 2020
Strengths-based & resiliency theories - Correct Ans-Strength's perspective- approach to
social work that puts the strengths and resources of people, communities, and their
environments, rather than their problems and pathologies, at the center of the helping
process
resiliency theory- addresses the strengths that people and systems demonstrate that
enable them to rise above adversity
Dynamics & effects of loss, separation, & grief - Correct Ans-5 stages of grief
- denial
- anger
- bargaining
- depression
- acceptance
Person-in-environment (PIE) theory - Correct Ans-The idea that a person's environment
has an impact on the way that they live and the decisions that they make
Family dynamics & functioning and the effects on individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities - Correct Ans-Family dynamics often have a strong
influence on the way young people see themselves, others and the world, and influence
their relationships, behaviors and their wellbeing
Dynamics of interpersonal relationships - Correct Ans-Reciprocal social and emotional
interactions between the patient and other persons in the environment
Characteristics of perpetrators of abuse, neglect, & exploitation - Correct Ans-- having
experienced or witnessed abuse during childhood
- lack of coping skills to manage anger and frustration
- isolation or lack of a substantial support system
- immaturity with poor regulation of emotions
- abuse of alcohol or other substances
- inappropriate expectations for the behavior of others
- poor social skills
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