MSW Exam Terms Questions and
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What does the code of ethics not do? - ✔✔provide a decision-making framework
value one standard over another
what is the code of ethics? - ✔✔provides guidelines and standards for practice
provides standards to which the public hold social workers accountable
help to indoctrinate new social workers into the profession
What are the six social work values? - ✔✔service, social justice, dignity and worth of a
person, importance of human relationships, integrity, competence
What are ethical responsibilities to the client? - ✔✔commitment to clients, self-
determination, informed consent, competence, cultural awareness and social diversity,
conflicts of interest, privacy and confidentiality
what are important responsibilities in social work? - ✔✔voluntary, involuntary,
confidentiality
what is a conflict of interest? - ✔✔when someones personal interests interfere
what is dignity and worth of a person - ✔✔respecting their self
What is the Tarasoff decision? - ✔✔states that psychiatrists have an obligation to warn
individuals against whom their patient in contemplating violence/harm
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,If there is a situation with a teen and her parents say you can tell Eveyrone her business
what do you do? - ✔✔Talk to the client about it
Competency 2 - ✔✔Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
Competency 1 - ✔✔Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior
what does competency 2 mean? - ✔✔identifying and addressing personal biases and
their influences on perceptions and social oppression
What is the theory of assimilation? - ✔✔Assimilation, sometimes known as integration
or incorporation, is the process by which the characteristics of members of immigrant
groups and host societies come to resemble one another.
what is the theory of acculturation? - ✔✔the process of cultural change that occurs
when individuals from different cultural backgrounds come into prolonged,
continuous, first-hand contact with each other.
What is the theory of socialization? - ✔✔process through which an individual learned
their society's norms, values, beliefs, and customs
What is oppression? - ✔✔the act of authority or power in a cruel manner
What is discrimination? - ✔✔Biased actions against an individual or group
What is prejudice? - ✔✔preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual
experience
What is the feminist theory? - ✔✔focuses on social inequalities that take place on the
basis of gender
What is intersectionality? - ✔✔the interconnected nature of social categorizations such
as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as
creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
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, What is universalization? - ✔✔the generalization or normalization of behavior
Competency 3 - ✔✔Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and environmental
justice
What are the five faces of oppression? - ✔✔violence, exploitation, marginalization,
powerlessness, and cultural imperialism
What is the feminization of poverty? - ✔✔The concept that poverty is most common
among female-headed families.
What is the empowerment perspective? - ✔✔seeks to empower individuals and
communities to gain personal, interpersonal, and political power to better their lives
What is redlining? - ✔✔The practice of a lender to refuse to lend in a specific area, often
based on the minority makeup of the area
What is living wage theory? - ✔✔theoretical income level that allows individuals or
families to afford adequate shelter, food, and other necessities
What are inter-social treatment? - ✔✔involves treatment of a group of other people
based on personally held biases and prejudices
include: race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion
what is Unequal Government Regulation? - ✔✔involves laws and regulations that
purposefully or otherwise create conditions that obstruct limit, or deny a group access
to the same opportunities and resources
include: voting laws, policing laws, health care laws
What is institutional power? - ✔✔The ability or official authority to decide what is best
for others. The ability to decide who will have access to resources. The capacity to
exercise control over others.
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Answers 100% Pass
What does the code of ethics not do? - ✔✔provide a decision-making framework
value one standard over another
what is the code of ethics? - ✔✔provides guidelines and standards for practice
provides standards to which the public hold social workers accountable
help to indoctrinate new social workers into the profession
What are the six social work values? - ✔✔service, social justice, dignity and worth of a
person, importance of human relationships, integrity, competence
What are ethical responsibilities to the client? - ✔✔commitment to clients, self-
determination, informed consent, competence, cultural awareness and social diversity,
conflicts of interest, privacy and confidentiality
what are important responsibilities in social work? - ✔✔voluntary, involuntary,
confidentiality
what is a conflict of interest? - ✔✔when someones personal interests interfere
what is dignity and worth of a person - ✔✔respecting their self
What is the Tarasoff decision? - ✔✔states that psychiatrists have an obligation to warn
individuals against whom their patient in contemplating violence/harm
© EMILY CHARLENE YEAR 2025-2026, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,If there is a situation with a teen and her parents say you can tell Eveyrone her business
what do you do? - ✔✔Talk to the client about it
Competency 2 - ✔✔Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
Competency 1 - ✔✔Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior
what does competency 2 mean? - ✔✔identifying and addressing personal biases and
their influences on perceptions and social oppression
What is the theory of assimilation? - ✔✔Assimilation, sometimes known as integration
or incorporation, is the process by which the characteristics of members of immigrant
groups and host societies come to resemble one another.
what is the theory of acculturation? - ✔✔the process of cultural change that occurs
when individuals from different cultural backgrounds come into prolonged,
continuous, first-hand contact with each other.
What is the theory of socialization? - ✔✔process through which an individual learned
their society's norms, values, beliefs, and customs
What is oppression? - ✔✔the act of authority or power in a cruel manner
What is discrimination? - ✔✔Biased actions against an individual or group
What is prejudice? - ✔✔preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual
experience
What is the feminist theory? - ✔✔focuses on social inequalities that take place on the
basis of gender
What is intersectionality? - ✔✔the interconnected nature of social categorizations such
as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as
creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
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, What is universalization? - ✔✔the generalization or normalization of behavior
Competency 3 - ✔✔Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and environmental
justice
What are the five faces of oppression? - ✔✔violence, exploitation, marginalization,
powerlessness, and cultural imperialism
What is the feminization of poverty? - ✔✔The concept that poverty is most common
among female-headed families.
What is the empowerment perspective? - ✔✔seeks to empower individuals and
communities to gain personal, interpersonal, and political power to better their lives
What is redlining? - ✔✔The practice of a lender to refuse to lend in a specific area, often
based on the minority makeup of the area
What is living wage theory? - ✔✔theoretical income level that allows individuals or
families to afford adequate shelter, food, and other necessities
What are inter-social treatment? - ✔✔involves treatment of a group of other people
based on personally held biases and prejudices
include: race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion
what is Unequal Government Regulation? - ✔✔involves laws and regulations that
purposefully or otherwise create conditions that obstruct limit, or deny a group access
to the same opportunities and resources
include: voting laws, policing laws, health care laws
What is institutional power? - ✔✔The ability or official authority to decide what is best
for others. The ability to decide who will have access to resources. The capacity to
exercise control over others.
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