SSI ITC MIDTERM 2026 PRACTICE TEST SHEET
FULL SOLUTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
PREPARATION SET
◉ The function of social welfare is
Answer: to provide benefits to people to meet their basic life needs.
◉ What political ideology would be most likely to support an
expansion of Social Security benefits?
Answer: Liberalism.
◉ All of the following are examples of in-kind benefits except
Answer: public assistance.
◉ American social welfare programs are
Answer: regulated primarily by states
◉ The American social welfare system is
Answer: in transition and moving in a conservative direction.
,◉ While working for a public social services agency processing
intake applications, you notice that a large number of applicants
have full-time jobs, but still qualify for assistance. As a result, you
join the Universal Living Wage Campaign. Your action would best be
described as congruent with the tradition associated with:
Answer: the Social Gospel
◉ The major responsibility for meeting the needs of early England
rested with
Answer: the church
◉ All of the following are true about jewish charity customs, except
Answer: they exclude the traveling poor
◉ All are true about Elizabethan poor laws, except
Answer: they provided early substance abuse treatment services for
"drunkards".
◉ The Protestant work ethic has been credited with helping to build
America into the world's strongest national economy. From a social
welfare perspective, what would you say is the most damaging
legacy of the Protestant work ethic?
Answer: Poverty is a sign of God's displeasure
, ◉ After graduation, you receive a job offer from a faith-based
organization that wants you to teach psychoeducational classes on
fatherhood and parenting to adults with low incomes. This work
would be best described as congruent with the tradition associated
with:
Answer: Charity Organization Societies
◉ Early social workers were predominately?
Answer: women connected to a church.
◉ An early advocate in mental health, who lobbied for federal
intervention to reform mental health services, was
Answer: Dorothea Dix.
◉ An early program that set an important precedent for federal
involvement in human services was
Answer: The Freedmen's Bureau.
◉ Social workers
Answer: assisted in creating the New Deal.
◉ According to the University of Michigan's Panel Study of Income
Dynamics, the most common events impacting the poverty status of
FULL SOLUTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
PREPARATION SET
◉ The function of social welfare is
Answer: to provide benefits to people to meet their basic life needs.
◉ What political ideology would be most likely to support an
expansion of Social Security benefits?
Answer: Liberalism.
◉ All of the following are examples of in-kind benefits except
Answer: public assistance.
◉ American social welfare programs are
Answer: regulated primarily by states
◉ The American social welfare system is
Answer: in transition and moving in a conservative direction.
,◉ While working for a public social services agency processing
intake applications, you notice that a large number of applicants
have full-time jobs, but still qualify for assistance. As a result, you
join the Universal Living Wage Campaign. Your action would best be
described as congruent with the tradition associated with:
Answer: the Social Gospel
◉ The major responsibility for meeting the needs of early England
rested with
Answer: the church
◉ All of the following are true about jewish charity customs, except
Answer: they exclude the traveling poor
◉ All are true about Elizabethan poor laws, except
Answer: they provided early substance abuse treatment services for
"drunkards".
◉ The Protestant work ethic has been credited with helping to build
America into the world's strongest national economy. From a social
welfare perspective, what would you say is the most damaging
legacy of the Protestant work ethic?
Answer: Poverty is a sign of God's displeasure
, ◉ After graduation, you receive a job offer from a faith-based
organization that wants you to teach psychoeducational classes on
fatherhood and parenting to adults with low incomes. This work
would be best described as congruent with the tradition associated
with:
Answer: Charity Organization Societies
◉ Early social workers were predominately?
Answer: women connected to a church.
◉ An early advocate in mental health, who lobbied for federal
intervention to reform mental health services, was
Answer: Dorothea Dix.
◉ An early program that set an important precedent for federal
involvement in human services was
Answer: The Freedmen's Bureau.
◉ Social workers
Answer: assisted in creating the New Deal.
◉ According to the University of Michigan's Panel Study of Income
Dynamics, the most common events impacting the poverty status of
