SOCW 6311 UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
LATEST VERSION EXAM PREP
GUIDE
◉ Social insurance is based upon ___________________.
Answer: the value of collective responsibility for social well-being
◉ The key national social insurance program in the United States is
commonly known as ________________.
Answer: Social Security
◉ Which of the following was NOT associated with the causes of the
Great Depression of the 1930s?
Answer: Technological changes that put people out of work
◉ _____________ was/were a set of legislative reforms put forth by
President Franklin Roosevelt that set a new legislative tone for the
country, as a result of the Great Depression.
Answer: The New Deal
◉ Which of the following was NOT a basis or model for
recommendation by the Committee on Economic Security that
eventually led to the passage of the Social Security Act?
, Answer: Belief that the government should be firmly in control of social
welfare support programs
◉ Which of the following was not an ORIGINAL provision of the
Social Security Act of 1935?
Answer: Health insurance for the aged and disabled
◉ Which aspect of the original Social Security Act of 1935 was meant
to be only temporary?
Answer: Public assistance
◉ Which of the following Social Security programs is NOT an example
of a social insurance program?
Answer: Medicaid
◉ Which aspect of Social Security provides benefits for retired workers
who have paid taxes into the system while employed?
Answer: Old-age insurance
◉ Which aspect of Social Security provides benefits to regularly
employed members of the labor force when they involuntarily lose their
jobs?
Answer: Unemployment insurance
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
LATEST VERSION EXAM PREP
GUIDE
◉ Social insurance is based upon ___________________.
Answer: the value of collective responsibility for social well-being
◉ The key national social insurance program in the United States is
commonly known as ________________.
Answer: Social Security
◉ Which of the following was NOT associated with the causes of the
Great Depression of the 1930s?
Answer: Technological changes that put people out of work
◉ _____________ was/were a set of legislative reforms put forth by
President Franklin Roosevelt that set a new legislative tone for the
country, as a result of the Great Depression.
Answer: The New Deal
◉ Which of the following was NOT a basis or model for
recommendation by the Committee on Economic Security that
eventually led to the passage of the Social Security Act?
, Answer: Belief that the government should be firmly in control of social
welfare support programs
◉ Which of the following was not an ORIGINAL provision of the
Social Security Act of 1935?
Answer: Health insurance for the aged and disabled
◉ Which aspect of the original Social Security Act of 1935 was meant
to be only temporary?
Answer: Public assistance
◉ Which of the following Social Security programs is NOT an example
of a social insurance program?
Answer: Medicaid
◉ Which aspect of Social Security provides benefits for retired workers
who have paid taxes into the system while employed?
Answer: Old-age insurance
◉ Which aspect of Social Security provides benefits to regularly
employed members of the labor force when they involuntarily lose their
jobs?
Answer: Unemployment insurance
