SOWK EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS|2025/2026|A+|ACCURATE AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Key social work values - ANSWER-1. access to resources
2. dignity and worth
3. interpersonal relationships
4. integrity
5. value of competence
Definition of sowk value: access to resources - ANSWER-everyone deserve access to
resources they need to improve or get help
Definition of sowk value: dignity and worth - ANSWER-everyone has dignity and worth and
deserves respect
Definition of sowk value: interpersonal relationships - ANSWER-interpersonal relationships
are imp for wellbeing
Definition of sowk value: integrity - ANSWER-sowk should behave in a trustworthy manner
Definition of sowk value: the value of competence - ANSWER-sowk should practice only
within their area of expertise
Transference - ANSWER-when client consciously or unconsciously associates sowk w past
experiences --> affects interaction w sowk
Countertransference - ANSWER-the ways a sowk's experiences influence their perceptions of
interactions w a client
Self-determination - ANSWER-the right that clients have to make their own decisions
, Confidentiality - ANSWER-assurance that sowk will not reveal personal matters of client to
others
Sowk's response if they suspect a child is being maltreated? - ANSWER-alert client that u will
have to breach confidentiality, report matter to child welfare authorities (don't mention
unrelated content)
What issues did the Tarasoff case include and decide? - ANSWER-issues: confidentiality,
safety of others
decision: mental health practitioners are obligated to protect clients' intended victims
What skills are essential for creating facilitative conditions? - ANSWER-empathy, respect
(non-posessive warmth), authenticity / genuineness
Traits of empathic responding pg 97-98 - ANSWER-understanding the person's feelings
without taking their side
Identify apparent feelings and probable deeper feelings of client in this statement:
"The system is against people like me. People think we drink, beat our kids, lay up on
welfare, and take drugs." - ANSWER-apparent feelings: frustrated, angry, bitter
deeper feelings: depressed, discouraged, hopeless
Appropriate reciprocal responses - ANSWER-use the framework: you feel _______ about
________ because ________
- could it be that...
ANSWERS|2025/2026|A+|ACCURATE AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Key social work values - ANSWER-1. access to resources
2. dignity and worth
3. interpersonal relationships
4. integrity
5. value of competence
Definition of sowk value: access to resources - ANSWER-everyone deserve access to
resources they need to improve or get help
Definition of sowk value: dignity and worth - ANSWER-everyone has dignity and worth and
deserves respect
Definition of sowk value: interpersonal relationships - ANSWER-interpersonal relationships
are imp for wellbeing
Definition of sowk value: integrity - ANSWER-sowk should behave in a trustworthy manner
Definition of sowk value: the value of competence - ANSWER-sowk should practice only
within their area of expertise
Transference - ANSWER-when client consciously or unconsciously associates sowk w past
experiences --> affects interaction w sowk
Countertransference - ANSWER-the ways a sowk's experiences influence their perceptions of
interactions w a client
Self-determination - ANSWER-the right that clients have to make their own decisions
, Confidentiality - ANSWER-assurance that sowk will not reveal personal matters of client to
others
Sowk's response if they suspect a child is being maltreated? - ANSWER-alert client that u will
have to breach confidentiality, report matter to child welfare authorities (don't mention
unrelated content)
What issues did the Tarasoff case include and decide? - ANSWER-issues: confidentiality,
safety of others
decision: mental health practitioners are obligated to protect clients' intended victims
What skills are essential for creating facilitative conditions? - ANSWER-empathy, respect
(non-posessive warmth), authenticity / genuineness
Traits of empathic responding pg 97-98 - ANSWER-understanding the person's feelings
without taking their side
Identify apparent feelings and probable deeper feelings of client in this statement:
"The system is against people like me. People think we drink, beat our kids, lay up on
welfare, and take drugs." - ANSWER-apparent feelings: frustrated, angry, bitter
deeper feelings: depressed, discouraged, hopeless
Appropriate reciprocal responses - ANSWER-use the framework: you feel _______ about
________ because ________
- could it be that...
