Social Work Exam Bachelor Level

A client who has recently retired tells a social worker that his life has always been consumed by his job. He was focused on rising to the top of his industry and increasing his earnings. The client feels that he would now like to "make a difference by giving back" and would like to donate his time and money to helping others. This client is MOST likely: A. Progressing through a typical psychosocial stage of development B. Worried about having something productive to do now that he is retired C. Wanting to teach others how to be successful in their chosen fields D. Experiencing a loss in role functioning that often accompanies retirement - Answer- A. Progressing through a typical psychosocial stage of development According to Erik Erikson, contributing to society and doing things to benefit future generations are important needs at the generativity versus stagnation stage of development. Generativity refers to "making your mark" on the world through caring for others, creating things, and accomplishing things that make the world a better place. Stagnation refers to the failure to find a way to contribute, leaving individuals feeling disconnected or uninvolved with their community and with society as a whole. A social worker at a community mental health agency is doing a home visit to a client who has not gotten his medication refilled as prescribed. The social worker learns that the client has not been taking it for several weeks due to a belief that the drug is not helping to alleviate his thought to "just end things." In order to assist the client, the social worker should FIRST: A. Accompany the client to his next appointment with the psychiatrist to see if another medication can be prescribed B. Explain to the client the importance of taking the medication as prescribed C. Conduct a suicide risk assessment D. Ask the client if he has suggestions for other strategies that may assist him - Answer- C. Conduct a suicide risk assessment Specifically, this question focused on determining competency with regard to a client's right to self-determination and balancing it against risk (KSA). A social worker is asked to evaluate the effectiveness of a behavioral program aimed at increasing social skills of children. While collecting baseline data, she asks a colleague to independently record the number of social interactions observed prior to the start of the program. The colleague's information is then compared to that obtained by the social worker. This approach is MOST likely used by the social worker due to concerns about: A. Validity of the research being conducted B. Response bias due to social desirability C. Reliability of the observations made D. Homogeneity of the sample - Answer- C. Reliability of the observations made