LMSW Review Exam I: Direct & Indirect Social Work Practice Questions with Certified Answers

LMSW Review Exam I: Direct & Indirect Social Work Practice Questions with Certified Answers 1. In determining the appropriateness of a client for a therapy group the most important single factor is A) Major events in the life history of the client. B) Social relationships with the family. C) Physical or intellectual strengths. D) Attitudes toward him/herself, adaptive operations, perception of reality. Attitudes toward him/herself, adaptive operations, perception of reality. 2. Willard, age 13, comes from a family well known in the community for its members' involvement with drugs and alcohol. Willard's two brothers and his mother, though employed in marginal jobs have serious drug and alcohol problems. His father died from cirrhosis of the liver associated with massive alcohol abuse. Willard is in school, seems well cared for, and has been doing well, but he has recently started to cut classes. In planning a social work intervention with Willard, the social worker will need to consider A) How to help Willard's mother encourage him to continue to work hard. B) How to intervene with the entire family to help them manage their substance problems. C) That family substance abuse is a major factor in becoming a substance abuser and that Willard will need special help to avoid following in the family path. D) That an abuse report should be filed. That family substance abuse is a major factor in becoming a substance abuser and that Willard will need special help to avoid following in the family path. 3. During a first interview, a young married woman, who has recently given birth to her first child, complains of loss of appetite and inability to sleep. She seems somewhat disheveled and disorganized, displays a mournful demeanor, and says she feels unmotivated and overworked. The social worker's first activity would be to: A) Assess the suicidal risk B) Determine the frequency and duration symptoms C) Record a thorough history D) Provide reassurance now that the client has sought treatment Determine the frequency and duration of symptoms 4. When one individual in a family markedly improves another simultaneously deteriorates this would be recognized as an example of A) Role complementarily B) Pseudomutuality C) Family homeostasis D) Family fusion Family homeostasis 5. A social worker who uses behavioral techniques would be least interested in A) Operant conditioning B) A social work relationship C) Contract D) Model presentation A social work relationship 6. Social workers who work with cancer patient support groups use flexible contracts because A) The treatment circumstances of each member vary and influence both attendance and level of participation. B) Clearly established agreements raise issues of authority and control which interfere with a support group's autonomy. C) Support groups are not effective when contracting is defined and shaped by sponsoring agencies. D) Contracts that are flexible make it possible to compose groups of patients with a wider diversity of issues which strengthen mutual aid prosperities in the group. The treatment circumstances of each member varies and influences both attendance and level of participation. 7. The school social worker initiates an interview with Marie's family because of her poor grades. Now in fourth grade, Marie seems motivated and presents no behavioral problems. She lives in an intact, working-class family; the discussion with Marie's father makes it clear that he feels humiliated about her academic problems. During the interview, the mother says little. When she speaks, the father interrupts her. How should the worker first proceed? A) Make a report to the child protective services B) Note that Marie's performance problems are a reflection of the school's failure C) Reassure the parents that Marie's performance problems in school can be helped through cooperative effort by both the school and the family D) Refer the family for family treatment and parenting workshops Reassure the parents that Marie's performance problems in school can be helped 8. In a beginning interview with a client, the purpose of asking questions is to: A) Probe the client's unconscious feelings B) Obtain information about the presenting problem C) Direct and focus the client's conversation on their personal and family history D) Find out if the client really wants help Obtain information about the presenting problem A young father of 2 girls comes to a mental health clinic shortly after the death of his wife. He complains that he is usually energetic and optimistic, but since his wife's death he feels depressed and unmotivated. Now he is having problems at work, completing his job tasks. He is a single father with all child rearing activities that are taking up a lot of his time. 9. The wife's death is viewed as: A) The presenting problem B) A precipitating stress C) A tragedy D) Irrelevant to his functioning A precipitating stress 10. He's having trouble adjusting to his wife's death, his work responsibilities, and caring for his daughters. These are viewed as the A) Dynamics B) Presenting problem C) Diagnosis D) Treatment Modality E) Values and Ethics Presenting problem