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SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL WELFARE, AND AMERICAN SOCIETY
9TH EDITION
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Pick the best possible answer from each of the four options provided with each question.
Difficulty: 1 = Easy; 2 = Moderate; 3 = Challenging
1. The highest level of social work licensing is:
a) The licensed Baccalauerate Social Worker (LBSW)
b) The licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
c) The licensed Social Worker (LSW)
d) The licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
Answer:
B
Difficulty:
1
2. Social workers address social problems that include:
a) Mental health
b) Criminal justice
c) Homelessness
d) All of the above
Answer D
Difficulty: 1
,3. Social Work distinguishes itself from other helping professions based on:
a) Its use of diagnostic testing
b) Its use of drug therapy
c) Its person-in-environment perspective
d) Its focus on educational and career planning
Answer C
Difficulty: 2
4. An important anti-poverty programs that many social work clients rely on is:
a) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, food stamps)
b) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
c) Supplemental Security Incomes
d) All of the above
Answer C
Difficulty: 2
5. Given that social work is a value-based profession:
a) Social workers have no interest in or need for social scientific research findings
b) Social workers must be liberals to be effective
c) Only people with certain political ideologies can be social workers
d) Social workers use a combination of social science and values to guide their work
Answer D
Difficulty: 3
6. Studies have found that
a) All social workers are liberal
b) Social workers are more likely to be liberal than the general public
c) Only a tiny minority of social workers identify as politically moderate or conservative
, d) Social workers have a conservative bias
Answer B
Difficulty: 3
7. Social work salaries
a) Tend to be underestimated as they include salaries of individuals who do not have social
work degrees
b) Are some of the highest professional salaries
c) Are reasonable for those with professional credentials
d) None of the above
Answer A
Difficulty: 2
8. Macro social work can include:
a) working in administration
b) working in policy
c) working in program evaluation
d) all of the above
Answer D
Difficulty: 2
9) Micro/direct practice social workers
a) only work in private practice
b) only work in agency settings
c) can work in a variety of setting including agencies and private practice
d) do not need to be licensed
Answer C
Difficulty: 3
, 10. Social workers can engage in
a) community organizing
b) mental health counseling
c) child welfare advocacy
d) All of the above
Answer D
Difficulty: 3
Essay Questions
1. Describe the different levels and types of social workers.
Difficulty=2
2. Discuss how and why social work differs from allied helping professions?
Difficulty=2
3. Discuss social work’s status as a values-based profession and its relationship to different
political ideologies.
Difficulty=3
SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL WELFARE, AND AMERICAN SOCIETY
9TH EDITION
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Pick the best possible answer from each of the four options provided with each question.
Difficulty: 1 = Easy; 2 = Moderate; 3 = Challenging
1. The highest level of social work licensing is:
a) The licensed Baccalauerate Social Worker (LBSW)
b) The licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
c) The licensed Social Worker (LSW)
d) The licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
Answer:
B
Difficulty:
1
2. Social workers address social problems that include:
a) Mental health
b) Criminal justice
c) Homelessness
d) All of the above
Answer D
Difficulty: 1
,3. Social Work distinguishes itself from other helping professions based on:
a) Its use of diagnostic testing
b) Its use of drug therapy
c) Its person-in-environment perspective
d) Its focus on educational and career planning
Answer C
Difficulty: 2
4. An important anti-poverty programs that many social work clients rely on is:
a) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, food stamps)
b) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
c) Supplemental Security Incomes
d) All of the above
Answer C
Difficulty: 2
5. Given that social work is a value-based profession:
a) Social workers have no interest in or need for social scientific research findings
b) Social workers must be liberals to be effective
c) Only people with certain political ideologies can be social workers
d) Social workers use a combination of social science and values to guide their work
Answer D
Difficulty: 3
6. Studies have found that
a) All social workers are liberal
b) Social workers are more likely to be liberal than the general public
c) Only a tiny minority of social workers identify as politically moderate or conservative
, d) Social workers have a conservative bias
Answer B
Difficulty: 3
7. Social work salaries
a) Tend to be underestimated as they include salaries of individuals who do not have social
work degrees
b) Are some of the highest professional salaries
c) Are reasonable for those with professional credentials
d) None of the above
Answer A
Difficulty: 2
8. Macro social work can include:
a) working in administration
b) working in policy
c) working in program evaluation
d) all of the above
Answer D
Difficulty: 2
9) Micro/direct practice social workers
a) only work in private practice
b) only work in agency settings
c) can work in a variety of setting including agencies and private practice
d) do not need to be licensed
Answer C
Difficulty: 3
, 10. Social workers can engage in
a) community organizing
b) mental health counseling
c) child welfare advocacy
d) All of the above
Answer D
Difficulty: 3
Essay Questions
1. Describe the different levels and types of social workers.
Difficulty=2
2. Discuss how and why social work differs from allied helping professions?
Difficulty=2
3. Discuss social work’s status as a values-based profession and its relationship to different
political ideologies.
Difficulty=3
