SOWK 2100 Final Exam questions with
accurate answers
A less serious type of crime usually not involving jail time? Ans✓✓✓
misdemeanor
Define disaster. Ans✓✓✓ an extraordinary event either natural or man
made that cause danger and damage to human life, health, and to
properties
Define domestic violence. Ans✓✓✓ pattern of assaultive behavior by
adults and juveniles against their families or intimate partner
Define PTSD. Ans✓✓✓ when a person experiences traumatic events
such a rape, natural disasters, abuse, car crashes and other stressful
experiences.
Do social workers believe that violent juvenile offenders be transferred
to criminal court and tried as adults? Ans✓✓✓ no
Efforts to prevent crime is... Ans✓✓✓ crime prevention
Figley in 1955 studied prolong exposure of social workers to people's
trauma. He developed a term that we still use today. What is it?
Ans✓✓✓ he believed social workers develop compassion stress.
, How does the murder rate in the US compare to other nations and are the
rates increasing or decreasing? Ans✓✓✓ decrease
How does the profession of social work believe crime can be reduced?
Ans✓✓✓ if society could Improve such a better jobs, housing, schools
etc.
How does the US rate of incarceration compare to other nations?
Ans✓✓✓ higher
How many people died as the result of Hurricane Katrina? Ans✓✓✓
about 2000
Mezzo Social Work Ans✓✓✓ working with groups and families
Micro Social Work Ans✓✓✓ direct practice with individuals
Review the interventions commonly used in cases of disaster. Ans✓✓✓
Risk prevention: taking measure to prevent or minimize financial loss or
health problems
Hazard Prevention: preparation for a possible natural disaster or efforts
to protect from a natural disaster
Crime Prevention: ways to stop criminal behaviors from happening
Preventive Medicine: behaviors that promote healthy living and the
prevention of illness and disease
accurate answers
A less serious type of crime usually not involving jail time? Ans✓✓✓
misdemeanor
Define disaster. Ans✓✓✓ an extraordinary event either natural or man
made that cause danger and damage to human life, health, and to
properties
Define domestic violence. Ans✓✓✓ pattern of assaultive behavior by
adults and juveniles against their families or intimate partner
Define PTSD. Ans✓✓✓ when a person experiences traumatic events
such a rape, natural disasters, abuse, car crashes and other stressful
experiences.
Do social workers believe that violent juvenile offenders be transferred
to criminal court and tried as adults? Ans✓✓✓ no
Efforts to prevent crime is... Ans✓✓✓ crime prevention
Figley in 1955 studied prolong exposure of social workers to people's
trauma. He developed a term that we still use today. What is it?
Ans✓✓✓ he believed social workers develop compassion stress.
, How does the murder rate in the US compare to other nations and are the
rates increasing or decreasing? Ans✓✓✓ decrease
How does the profession of social work believe crime can be reduced?
Ans✓✓✓ if society could Improve such a better jobs, housing, schools
etc.
How does the US rate of incarceration compare to other nations?
Ans✓✓✓ higher
How many people died as the result of Hurricane Katrina? Ans✓✓✓
about 2000
Mezzo Social Work Ans✓✓✓ working with groups and families
Micro Social Work Ans✓✓✓ direct practice with individuals
Review the interventions commonly used in cases of disaster. Ans✓✓✓
Risk prevention: taking measure to prevent or minimize financial loss or
health problems
Hazard Prevention: preparation for a possible natural disaster or efforts
to protect from a natural disaster
Crime Prevention: ways to stop criminal behaviors from happening
Preventive Medicine: behaviors that promote healthy living and the
prevention of illness and disease
