MSW Licensure Practice Exam Questions
with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
Upon intake, a client who professes to be "health conscious"
reports that she smokes cigarettes. when asked by the SOWO
if she is aware of health risks associated with smoking, the
client states that " the reports are filled with misinformation
and the hazards are not that great." The client's assertion
MOST likely results from: - Correct Answers ✅Cognitive
dissonance
A client is upset about the breakup of his marriage. He feels
distraught and does not think that he will ever have another
intimate relationship. In this situation, the social worker can
BEST demonstrate empathy by: - Correct Answers
✅Listening attentively while looking at the client as he
describes his feelings.
A client is upset because a boy whom she recently kissed
broke up with her. The client states that she does not
understand why the breakup occurred, as the kiss indicated
that he has strong feelings toward her. The SOWO explains
that kissing may not have
the same meaning for the boy. The social worker's statement
is rooted in which theoretical perspective? - Correct
Answers ✅Symbolic interactionism
A child who is receiving services from a child protection
agency due to physical abuse is referred to a school social
worker because of bullying behavior. In the last month, the
child has hit several of his peers while in school. The child is
, MSW Licensure Practice Exam Questions
with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
MOST likely using which defense mechanism? - Correct
Answers ✅Displacement
Ecomaps are BEST defined as visual tools to: - Correct
Answers ✅Explore clients' relationships with other people
and entities in their environments
A client in his early 20s meets with a social worker to discuss
his decision to have predictive testing for Huntington's
disease, which occurs later in life. It is not curable, but he
thinks it will be useful in making decisions about getting
married and starting a family. He states that he does not
want anyone to have to care for him so he would not get
married or have children if it is found that he will eventually
develop the disease. In order to best assist the client, the
social worker should: - Correct Answers ✅Discuss the
implications of the testing for him and his family
A client who is discriminated against due to his or her
national origin and/or culture is being judged based on: -
Correct Answers ✅Ethnicity
Trauma bonding helps to explain why victims of abuse: -
Correct Answers ✅Stay in relationships with their
perpetrators
with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
Upon intake, a client who professes to be "health conscious"
reports that she smokes cigarettes. when asked by the SOWO
if she is aware of health risks associated with smoking, the
client states that " the reports are filled with misinformation
and the hazards are not that great." The client's assertion
MOST likely results from: - Correct Answers ✅Cognitive
dissonance
A client is upset about the breakup of his marriage. He feels
distraught and does not think that he will ever have another
intimate relationship. In this situation, the social worker can
BEST demonstrate empathy by: - Correct Answers
✅Listening attentively while looking at the client as he
describes his feelings.
A client is upset because a boy whom she recently kissed
broke up with her. The client states that she does not
understand why the breakup occurred, as the kiss indicated
that he has strong feelings toward her. The SOWO explains
that kissing may not have
the same meaning for the boy. The social worker's statement
is rooted in which theoretical perspective? - Correct
Answers ✅Symbolic interactionism
A child who is receiving services from a child protection
agency due to physical abuse is referred to a school social
worker because of bullying behavior. In the last month, the
child has hit several of his peers while in school. The child is
, MSW Licensure Practice Exam Questions
with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
MOST likely using which defense mechanism? - Correct
Answers ✅Displacement
Ecomaps are BEST defined as visual tools to: - Correct
Answers ✅Explore clients' relationships with other people
and entities in their environments
A client in his early 20s meets with a social worker to discuss
his decision to have predictive testing for Huntington's
disease, which occurs later in life. It is not curable, but he
thinks it will be useful in making decisions about getting
married and starting a family. He states that he does not
want anyone to have to care for him so he would not get
married or have children if it is found that he will eventually
develop the disease. In order to best assist the client, the
social worker should: - Correct Answers ✅Discuss the
implications of the testing for him and his family
A client who is discriminated against due to his or her
national origin and/or culture is being judged based on: -
Correct Answers ✅Ethnicity
Trauma bonding helps to explain why victims of abuse: -
Correct Answers ✅Stay in relationships with their
perpetrators
