MSW COMP EXAM LATEST UPDATED
2024-2025
cultural humility - ANSWER encompasses a lifelong commitment to self-
evaluation and self-critique, redressing power inequalities in the patient-
clinician dynamic, and creating mutually beneficial and advocacy collaborations
with communities on behalf of individuals and designated populations.
Asexual means having no sexual desire to others.
Pansexual - ANSWER: Sexual choice is not limited by biological sex, gender,
or gender identity.
Economic Justice - ANSWER A set of moral principles for establishing
economic institutions; the goal is to provide each person with the opportunity to
lead a dignified, productive, and creative life.
Assimilation - ANSWER: Pressuring members of minority groups to abandon
their culture and differences and become mirrors of the dominant culture.
internalized oppression - ANSWER Internalizing negative judgments of being
"the other," resulting in self-hatred, melancholy, despair, and self-abuse
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly in 1948, recognized human rights as protected.
Example: Equal pay for equal work, etc.
Environmental justice - ANSWER Fair treatment and meaningful participation
of all people, regardless of race, colour, country origin, or income, in the
development process... Enforcement of environmental laws.
For example, having clean water and ensuring that the neighbourhood is safe
from risks.
Social justice entails ensuring that vital human needs are satisfied and essential
human rights are maintained for all people.
,Macro-Level Advocacy - ANSWER focuses on social transformation through
social welfare policy and community development.
Engage in an informed discussion of the universal dimensions of human rights
and environmental justice to find long-term solutions to humanity's
environmental predicament.
COMPETENCY 3.
Individual and family therapy is the focus of micro-level advocacy - ANSWER.
Advocacy is based on self-determination and should be done in collaboration
with clients rather than for them.
Includes three pillars of SW.
1. practice-oppression
2. empowerment
3. Strength perspective
COMPETENCY 3.
What are the three pillars of micro-level social work advocacy? - ANSWER 1.
practice-oppression
2. empowerment
3. Strengths connect to having access to resources and being treated with
dignity.
COMPETENCY 3.
,a research strategy in which an experimental group is administered a treatment
and the outcome is compared to a control group that does not receive the
treatment.
Randomized and most rigorous.
Types of Research:
Quasi-Experimental - ANSWER: Randomization is not practical nor
practicable. The study includes interventions and comparison groups, however,
group assignment is not random.
Types of Research:
Single Subject - ANSWER Determines whether an intervention has the
anticipated effect on one or more customers who form a group. Pre- and post-
tests are the most usual, as is the single-care student. Example: ABA, AB.
Internal validity - ANSWER evaluates the extent to which causal inferences can
be drawn between the intervention and the targeted behavior.
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External validity - ANSWER How generalizable are those judgments to the
general population?
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ANSWER: Qualitative research usually involves gathering information. Using
unstructured interviews, observations, and/or focus groups.
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ANSWER collects data primarily through the input of replies to research tools
such as questionnaires, online/mail surveys, phone surveys, and interviews.
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, Secondary data is information that has already been acquired for other purposes
and exists elsewhere.
Can save money but also pose a risk because the reliability and ethics of data
collecting are unknown!
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What is the FLAIR model? - ANSWER FORMULATE= A question that can be
answered based on the needs of the client or business.
LOCATE = best available to answer the query.
Assessing the quality of evidence and its relevance.
INTEGRATE= Combine evidence with client/social context, practitioner
experience, and judgment.
REVIEW = Evaluate the solution's efficacy and efficiency.
What does HIPAA stand for, and how was it implemented? ANSWER Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Protects all individually identifiable health information stored or transferred by
a covered entity or its business affiliates in any type or medium, including
electronic, paper, or oral.
If you receive a subpoena, you must not reveal the client's file. - ANSWER: If
you receive a subpoena, you must CLAIM PRIVILEGE and not release the
client's file.
2024-2025
cultural humility - ANSWER encompasses a lifelong commitment to self-
evaluation and self-critique, redressing power inequalities in the patient-
clinician dynamic, and creating mutually beneficial and advocacy collaborations
with communities on behalf of individuals and designated populations.
Asexual means having no sexual desire to others.
Pansexual - ANSWER: Sexual choice is not limited by biological sex, gender,
or gender identity.
Economic Justice - ANSWER A set of moral principles for establishing
economic institutions; the goal is to provide each person with the opportunity to
lead a dignified, productive, and creative life.
Assimilation - ANSWER: Pressuring members of minority groups to abandon
their culture and differences and become mirrors of the dominant culture.
internalized oppression - ANSWER Internalizing negative judgments of being
"the other," resulting in self-hatred, melancholy, despair, and self-abuse
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly in 1948, recognized human rights as protected.
Example: Equal pay for equal work, etc.
Environmental justice - ANSWER Fair treatment and meaningful participation
of all people, regardless of race, colour, country origin, or income, in the
development process... Enforcement of environmental laws.
For example, having clean water and ensuring that the neighbourhood is safe
from risks.
Social justice entails ensuring that vital human needs are satisfied and essential
human rights are maintained for all people.
,Macro-Level Advocacy - ANSWER focuses on social transformation through
social welfare policy and community development.
Engage in an informed discussion of the universal dimensions of human rights
and environmental justice to find long-term solutions to humanity's
environmental predicament.
COMPETENCY 3.
Individual and family therapy is the focus of micro-level advocacy - ANSWER.
Advocacy is based on self-determination and should be done in collaboration
with clients rather than for them.
Includes three pillars of SW.
1. practice-oppression
2. empowerment
3. Strength perspective
COMPETENCY 3.
What are the three pillars of micro-level social work advocacy? - ANSWER 1.
practice-oppression
2. empowerment
3. Strengths connect to having access to resources and being treated with
dignity.
COMPETENCY 3.
,a research strategy in which an experimental group is administered a treatment
and the outcome is compared to a control group that does not receive the
treatment.
Randomized and most rigorous.
Types of Research:
Quasi-Experimental - ANSWER: Randomization is not practical nor
practicable. The study includes interventions and comparison groups, however,
group assignment is not random.
Types of Research:
Single Subject - ANSWER Determines whether an intervention has the
anticipated effect on one or more customers who form a group. Pre- and post-
tests are the most usual, as is the single-care student. Example: ABA, AB.
Internal validity - ANSWER evaluates the extent to which causal inferences can
be drawn between the intervention and the targeted behavior.
PAGE 257
External validity - ANSWER How generalizable are those judgments to the
general population?
PAGE 257
ANSWER: Qualitative research usually involves gathering information. Using
unstructured interviews, observations, and/or focus groups.
PAGE 257
ANSWER collects data primarily through the input of replies to research tools
such as questionnaires, online/mail surveys, phone surveys, and interviews.
PAGE 257
, Secondary data is information that has already been acquired for other purposes
and exists elsewhere.
Can save money but also pose a risk because the reliability and ethics of data
collecting are unknown!
PAGE 257
What is the FLAIR model? - ANSWER FORMULATE= A question that can be
answered based on the needs of the client or business.
LOCATE = best available to answer the query.
Assessing the quality of evidence and its relevance.
INTEGRATE= Combine evidence with client/social context, practitioner
experience, and judgment.
REVIEW = Evaluate the solution's efficacy and efficiency.
What does HIPAA stand for, and how was it implemented? ANSWER Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Protects all individually identifiable health information stored or transferred by
a covered entity or its business affiliates in any type or medium, including
electronic, paper, or oral.
If you receive a subpoena, you must not reveal the client's file. - ANSWER: If
you receive a subpoena, you must CLAIM PRIVILEGE and not release the
client's file.
