Part I GRADE A Q&A
The standardized social work licensing examinations used throughout the 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and several Canadian
provinces are developed under the aegis of and sponsored by the - (correct answer)b.
Association of Social Work Boards.--
c. National Association of Social Workers.
d. Council on Social Work Education.
Before meetings, contacts, and interviews with individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities, social workers commonly engage in __________. -
(correct answer)preliminary planning
Social workers sometimes have an opportunity to talk with referral sources or previous
helpers before meeting clients for the first time. - (correct answer)preparatory exploring.
During the early phases of practice, social workers sometimes seek to gather specific
information. For example, in some circumstances, a social worker might ask questions
such as, "What is your phone number?" "What's your address?" "What's your date of
birth?" Such questions would best be characterized as - (correct answer)data-gathering.
As it had for the preceding several years, the federal minimum wage for 2015 remained
at __________ per hour. - (correct answer)$7.25
During the previous meeting, a client agreed to engage in a specific goal-directed
behavior at least once each day. In today's meeting, the social worker says, "Last time
we met, you said that each day before you went to sleep, you would get out your
notebook and write down five things that you're grateful for. How did that work out?" In
this situation, the social worker is probably using the skill of - (correct answer)b.
reviewing action steps.
c. evaluating.
d. focusing
,As human beings, we tend to see what we hope or expect to see and find what we hope
or expect to find. In research, these human tendencies may lead to misapplication of
research designs or misinterpretation of data such that the anticipated findings are
"discovered." When such tendencies are not controlled or managed in some way,
researchers would likely be subject to the effects of - (correct answer)a. confirmation
bias.
The overall dependency ratio in the United States is expected to __________ from
60.25 in 2014 to __________ in 2060. - (correct answer)b. increase; 76.37
Occasionally, social workers and clients wander away from the agreed-upon issues and
goals. These diversions are sometimes productive, leading to greater understanding
and improving the chances for effective change. At other times, however, such
departures are clearly unproductive. When social workers redirect attention and energy
to relevant topics, we are probably using the skill of - (correct answer)a. focusing.
In which stage of Cross et al. 's Cultural Competency Continuum (1989) do individuals,
families, groups, organizations, and communities actively respect, affirm, and value the
culture of diverse others through their beliefs, attitudes, policies, practices, words, and
behaviors? - (correct answer)Stage 5
_________ includes formal and informal relations and activities that address and often
meet significant human needs for inclusion, social identity, socialization, understanding,
and encouragement. - (correct answer)Social support
Five categories of common, nonspecific factors account for much of the variation in
counseling and psychotherapy outcomes. These categories include (1) client and
situational factors, (2) helper and relationship factors, (3) __________, (4) technique
and allegiance factors, and (5) evaluative feedback factors. - (correct answer)hope and
expectancy factors
If researchers do not obtain favorable findings through the statistical procedures
incorporated as part of the original research design, they may obtain credible results by
running the figures through a series of various other statistical procedures to determine
, if the anticipated findings can be established through one or more of them. - (correct
answer)false
A group of agency social workers are consulting with each other to improve the quality
of their service to clients. One social worker discusses a family she's serving. She
describes a situation in which three young children were physically and sexually abused
by their mother's boyfriend. The boyfriend is now in jail. Which of the following would be
the most accurate way for the social worker to refer to the boyfriend? - (correct
answer)"He abused the children."
During a meeting with a social worker, a client makes a commitment to undertake an
action step during the next 7 days. In order to increase the probability of completion, the
social worker engages the client in - (correct answer)rehearsing the action step.
Genogram with father being X out to daughter - (correct answer)the biological father of
a female child is deceased.
A(n) __________ is a simple graphical representation that reflects, in shorthand
fashion, important events or experiences in chronological order during a designated
period. - (correct answer)timeline
The idea that individual happiness is based, in part, upon genetic and biological factors,
and tends to remain quite stable over time may lead to a hypothesis that each person
has a - (correct answer)a. happiness ceiling.
c. happiness floor.
d. happiness set-point.
To encourage others to express themselves as fully and as freely as possible, social
workers typically seek to communicate nonverbally that we are open, nonjudgmental,
and interested in and accepting of them as people. This process is commonly referred
to as - (correct answer)attending
The standardized social work licensing examinations used throughout the 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and several Canadian
provinces are developed under the aegis of and sponsored by the - (correct answer)b.
Association of Social Work Boards.--
c. National Association of Social Workers.
d. Council on Social Work Education.
Before meetings, contacts, and interviews with individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities, social workers commonly engage in __________. -
(correct answer)preliminary planning
Social workers sometimes have an opportunity to talk with referral sources or previous
helpers before meeting clients for the first time. - (correct answer)preparatory exploring.
During the early phases of practice, social workers sometimes seek to gather specific
information. For example, in some circumstances, a social worker might ask questions
such as, "What is your phone number?" "What's your address?" "What's your date of
birth?" Such questions would best be characterized as - (correct answer)data-gathering.
As it had for the preceding several years, the federal minimum wage for 2015 remained
at __________ per hour. - (correct answer)$7.25
During the previous meeting, a client agreed to engage in a specific goal-directed
behavior at least once each day. In today's meeting, the social worker says, "Last time
we met, you said that each day before you went to sleep, you would get out your
notebook and write down five things that you're grateful for. How did that work out?" In
this situation, the social worker is probably using the skill of - (correct answer)b.
reviewing action steps.
c. evaluating.
d. focusing
,As human beings, we tend to see what we hope or expect to see and find what we hope
or expect to find. In research, these human tendencies may lead to misapplication of
research designs or misinterpretation of data such that the anticipated findings are
"discovered." When such tendencies are not controlled or managed in some way,
researchers would likely be subject to the effects of - (correct answer)a. confirmation
bias.
The overall dependency ratio in the United States is expected to __________ from
60.25 in 2014 to __________ in 2060. - (correct answer)b. increase; 76.37
Occasionally, social workers and clients wander away from the agreed-upon issues and
goals. These diversions are sometimes productive, leading to greater understanding
and improving the chances for effective change. At other times, however, such
departures are clearly unproductive. When social workers redirect attention and energy
to relevant topics, we are probably using the skill of - (correct answer)a. focusing.
In which stage of Cross et al. 's Cultural Competency Continuum (1989) do individuals,
families, groups, organizations, and communities actively respect, affirm, and value the
culture of diverse others through their beliefs, attitudes, policies, practices, words, and
behaviors? - (correct answer)Stage 5
_________ includes formal and informal relations and activities that address and often
meet significant human needs for inclusion, social identity, socialization, understanding,
and encouragement. - (correct answer)Social support
Five categories of common, nonspecific factors account for much of the variation in
counseling and psychotherapy outcomes. These categories include (1) client and
situational factors, (2) helper and relationship factors, (3) __________, (4) technique
and allegiance factors, and (5) evaluative feedback factors. - (correct answer)hope and
expectancy factors
If researchers do not obtain favorable findings through the statistical procedures
incorporated as part of the original research design, they may obtain credible results by
running the figures through a series of various other statistical procedures to determine
, if the anticipated findings can be established through one or more of them. - (correct
answer)false
A group of agency social workers are consulting with each other to improve the quality
of their service to clients. One social worker discusses a family she's serving. She
describes a situation in which three young children were physically and sexually abused
by their mother's boyfriend. The boyfriend is now in jail. Which of the following would be
the most accurate way for the social worker to refer to the boyfriend? - (correct
answer)"He abused the children."
During a meeting with a social worker, a client makes a commitment to undertake an
action step during the next 7 days. In order to increase the probability of completion, the
social worker engages the client in - (correct answer)rehearsing the action step.
Genogram with father being X out to daughter - (correct answer)the biological father of
a female child is deceased.
A(n) __________ is a simple graphical representation that reflects, in shorthand
fashion, important events or experiences in chronological order during a designated
period. - (correct answer)timeline
The idea that individual happiness is based, in part, upon genetic and biological factors,
and tends to remain quite stable over time may lead to a hypothesis that each person
has a - (correct answer)a. happiness ceiling.
c. happiness floor.
d. happiness set-point.
To encourage others to express themselves as fully and as freely as possible, social
workers typically seek to communicate nonverbally that we are open, nonjudgmental,
and interested in and accepting of them as people. This process is commonly referred
to as - (correct answer)attending
