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LMSW Exam Questions and Correct
Answers
Question: F.A.R.E.A.F.I.
Answer: First/Next questions
F: Feeling of client to be acknowledged/building rapport
A: Assess
R: Refer
E: Educate
A: Advocate
F: Facilitate
I: Intervene
Question: A.A.S.P.I.R.I.N.S.
Answer: Best/Most likely questions
A: Acknowledge the client/build rapport
A: Assess
S: Start where the client is
P: Protect life
I: Intoxicated - do not treat, refer
R: Rule out medical issue
I: Informed consent
N: Nonjudgemental stance
S: Support self-determination
Question: E.I.A.G.I.E.T.
Emily Is Always Getting Into Extraordinary Trouble
Answer: Use during treatment procedures/case management
E: Engage/build rapport
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I: Information gathering
A: Assess
G: Goal-setting/treatment planning
I: Intervention
E: Evaulation
T: Termination
Question: A long-term client who has severe bi-polar disorder tells you
she's tired of taking her medications that modulate her mood and
behavior. She misses the euphoric high energy she routinely has when
not taking medications for 7-10 days. She is under court ordered
treatment to see you and her psychiatrist since she abandoned her two
teenage children last year. (She had been off medications for 2 weeks and
impulsively left home for an acting job on the west coast).
As you talk wit her what will you need to try to accomplish before she
leaves the office.
A. Inform her that you must call the Dr. and the court-designated worker
about her impulsivity.
B. Inform her that you will petition a mental inquest warrant against her
(involuntary hospitalization) if she does not continue to take her
medications.
C. Tell her you will call her physician and coordinate subsequent plan of
action w/doctor.
D. Encourage her to follow her d
Answer: D. Encourage her to follow her doctor's recommendations. Make
an appointment to see her in the next 5 days and then decide the next
step based upon her condition.
Question: A social worker at a residential facility for the
developmentally disabled is meeting for the first time with the mother of
a child recently admitted to the facility. The social worker encourages the
mother to express her feelings about the child's placement. The client
talks at length instead about her own health concerns. In response, the
social worker should FIRST:
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LMSW Exam Questions and Correct
Answers
Question: F.A.R.E.A.F.I.
Answer: First/Next questions
F: Feeling of client to be acknowledged/building rapport
A: Assess
R: Refer
E: Educate
A: Advocate
F: Facilitate
I: Intervene
Question: A.A.S.P.I.R.I.N.S.
Answer: Best/Most likely questions
A: Acknowledge the client/build rapport
A: Assess
S: Start where the client is
P: Protect life
I: Intoxicated - do not treat, refer
R: Rule out medical issue
I: Informed consent
N: Nonjudgemental stance
S: Support self-determination
Question: E.I.A.G.I.E.T.
Emily Is Always Getting Into Extraordinary Trouble
Answer: Use during treatment procedures/case management
E: Engage/build rapport
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I: Information gathering
A: Assess
G: Goal-setting/treatment planning
I: Intervention
E: Evaulation
T: Termination
Question: A long-term client who has severe bi-polar disorder tells you
she's tired of taking her medications that modulate her mood and
behavior. She misses the euphoric high energy she routinely has when
not taking medications for 7-10 days. She is under court ordered
treatment to see you and her psychiatrist since she abandoned her two
teenage children last year. (She had been off medications for 2 weeks and
impulsively left home for an acting job on the west coast).
As you talk wit her what will you need to try to accomplish before she
leaves the office.
A. Inform her that you must call the Dr. and the court-designated worker
about her impulsivity.
B. Inform her that you will petition a mental inquest warrant against her
(involuntary hospitalization) if she does not continue to take her
medications.
C. Tell her you will call her physician and coordinate subsequent plan of
action w/doctor.
D. Encourage her to follow her d
Answer: D. Encourage her to follow her doctor's recommendations. Make
an appointment to see her in the next 5 days and then decide the next
step based upon her condition.
Question: A social worker at a residential facility for the
developmentally disabled is meeting for the first time with the mother of
a child recently admitted to the facility. The social worker encourages the
mother to express her feelings about the child's placement. The client
talks at length instead about her own health concerns. In response, the
social worker should FIRST:
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