MSW comp exam UKY Actual
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Inform the client about the limits of confidentiality. - ✔✔A social worker is meeting
with her client for a first therapy session. What is the first ethical responsibility she is
obligated to meet in this session?
Conflict of interest. - ✔✔A social worker employed by a community-based organization
finds her professional decision-making to be influenced by elements other than concern
about the client. What ethical issue is this social worker facing?
Dignity and worth of a person. - ✔✔What core value of the social work profession is
violated when a client is coerced into consenting to treatment?
Duty to warn per the Tarasoff decision and confidentiality. - ✔✔During a counseling
session at a mental health center, a social worker is told by their client that the client
intends to shoot a specific relative after leaving the session. What professional duties
are in conflict in this situation?
Talk to the client about whether they want any information disclosed and the possible
implications of disclosure. - ✔✔A 16 year old has become a client of an outpatient
clinical social worker after surviving a sexual assault by the sibling of a classmate at her
school. The client's parents have signed a release of information allowing the social
worker to communicate directly with school staff. The social worker is contacted by one
of the teachers who is concerned that the client's school work has declined drastically.
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,The teacher wants to know if something has happened to the client. What should the
social worker do in this situation?
Assess the situation for risk of potential harm or exploitation of the client. - ✔✔Adele, a
social worker employed by a program serving at-risk youth at a local YMCA in an
urban community, lives in an apartment complex within walking distance of her work.
An avid reader, she frequently visits the local library and has joined a monthly reading
group. At her most recent visit, the group welcomed a new member who happens to be
the mother of one of the youths in her program. To determine how to respond to this
situation, what should Adele do first?
Report the situation to your supervisor. - ✔✔During a counseling session, a client with
a history of relationship problems shares a text she received from one of your co-
workers inviting her to a social event as their date. Your co-worker is part of the
treatment team that regularly reviews client cases (including your client) and evaluates
their progress. The client is seeking your advice about whether to accept the date and
attend the event. What should you do?
The participant must be compensated either financially or by directly benefiting from
the study.
There is generally no guarantee that subjects will directly benefit from participation in
research. In order to provide informed consent, before they agree to participate
potential subjects should be informed of the potential risks and benefits and whether or
not they will receive some compensation for their participation in a study. -
✔✔According to the Nuremberg Code, which provides the basis for Institutional
Review Boards' requirements for human subjects research, voluntary consent to
participate in research activities is an imperative. Which of the following statements
does not meet the criteria defining voluntary informed consent?
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,Avoid generalizations.
To provide culturally responsive evaluation and treatment planning, counselors and
programs must understand and incorporate relevant cultural factors into the process
while avoiding a stereotypical or "one-size-fits-all" approach to treatment. - ✔✔In
working with clients from a racial or ethnic group different from their own, what are
social workers advised to do?
"What is your sexual orientation?"
Asked in a non-judgmental manner, this clearly asks for specific information without
being as open-ended as "tell me about your sexuality" or as limiting and discriminatory
as the other responses. - ✔✔A social worker is conducting an initial assessment with a
client. What is the best way for the social worker to inquire about the client's sexual
orientation?
Intersectionality.
Intersectionality is a framework for conceptualizing a person, group of people, or social
problem as affected by a number of discriminations and disadvantages. It takes into
account people's overlapping identities and experiences in order to understand the
complexity of prejudices they face. - ✔✔Eduardo is a 60 year old Latino man who
identifies as gay and is disabled due to a work-related accident. These aspects of his
identity illustrate which of the following terms?
Prejudice.
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, Prejudice is based on feeling, but in this scenario it is not followed by action. - ✔✔Jason
is an African American man who has just recently gained employment with an
advertising company. One of Jason's coworkers is resentful of Jason because he thinks
Jason was hired because of Affirmative Action and not because he is qualified for the
position. This same coworker also assumes that Jason is not as smart as their colleagues
because of his minority status. What term best describes the attitude of the coworker?
Promote universal values.
Promoting universal values is a valid goal in some situations, but does not promote
cultural competence. - ✔✔Most group leaders/group therapists will have group
members from diverse cultural backgrounds. What is not a good way for group leaders
to become culturally competent?
Explore the mourning rituals of the client's family.
The social worker needs to understand the client's reaction from a cultural perspective.
It is often more difficult to "start where the client is" with a client of another culture,
because of lack of comprehension. With this client, discussing mourning rituals is a first
step in gaining understanding, especially if the social worker doesn't really know if the
client's reactions are unusual for a person of the Latino culture. The other options might
be logical in terms of some cultures, but not others. Exploring the cultural context of the
client's reaction is the first order of business. - ✔✔A social worker conducts a home visit
to a 45 year old Latino client whose young son was killed in a recent automobile
accident. The social worker observes that a large altar has been made. It contains many
candles and pictures of the boy and other deceased relatives. The client sobs throughout
the interview and tells the social worker that the boy has been communicating to the
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Inform the client about the limits of confidentiality. - ✔✔A social worker is meeting
with her client for a first therapy session. What is the first ethical responsibility she is
obligated to meet in this session?
Conflict of interest. - ✔✔A social worker employed by a community-based organization
finds her professional decision-making to be influenced by elements other than concern
about the client. What ethical issue is this social worker facing?
Dignity and worth of a person. - ✔✔What core value of the social work profession is
violated when a client is coerced into consenting to treatment?
Duty to warn per the Tarasoff decision and confidentiality. - ✔✔During a counseling
session at a mental health center, a social worker is told by their client that the client
intends to shoot a specific relative after leaving the session. What professional duties
are in conflict in this situation?
Talk to the client about whether they want any information disclosed and the possible
implications of disclosure. - ✔✔A 16 year old has become a client of an outpatient
clinical social worker after surviving a sexual assault by the sibling of a classmate at her
school. The client's parents have signed a release of information allowing the social
worker to communicate directly with school staff. The social worker is contacted by one
of the teachers who is concerned that the client's school work has declined drastically.
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,The teacher wants to know if something has happened to the client. What should the
social worker do in this situation?
Assess the situation for risk of potential harm or exploitation of the client. - ✔✔Adele, a
social worker employed by a program serving at-risk youth at a local YMCA in an
urban community, lives in an apartment complex within walking distance of her work.
An avid reader, she frequently visits the local library and has joined a monthly reading
group. At her most recent visit, the group welcomed a new member who happens to be
the mother of one of the youths in her program. To determine how to respond to this
situation, what should Adele do first?
Report the situation to your supervisor. - ✔✔During a counseling session, a client with
a history of relationship problems shares a text she received from one of your co-
workers inviting her to a social event as their date. Your co-worker is part of the
treatment team that regularly reviews client cases (including your client) and evaluates
their progress. The client is seeking your advice about whether to accept the date and
attend the event. What should you do?
The participant must be compensated either financially or by directly benefiting from
the study.
There is generally no guarantee that subjects will directly benefit from participation in
research. In order to provide informed consent, before they agree to participate
potential subjects should be informed of the potential risks and benefits and whether or
not they will receive some compensation for their participation in a study. -
✔✔According to the Nuremberg Code, which provides the basis for Institutional
Review Boards' requirements for human subjects research, voluntary consent to
participate in research activities is an imperative. Which of the following statements
does not meet the criteria defining voluntary informed consent?
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,Avoid generalizations.
To provide culturally responsive evaluation and treatment planning, counselors and
programs must understand and incorporate relevant cultural factors into the process
while avoiding a stereotypical or "one-size-fits-all" approach to treatment. - ✔✔In
working with clients from a racial or ethnic group different from their own, what are
social workers advised to do?
"What is your sexual orientation?"
Asked in a non-judgmental manner, this clearly asks for specific information without
being as open-ended as "tell me about your sexuality" or as limiting and discriminatory
as the other responses. - ✔✔A social worker is conducting an initial assessment with a
client. What is the best way for the social worker to inquire about the client's sexual
orientation?
Intersectionality.
Intersectionality is a framework for conceptualizing a person, group of people, or social
problem as affected by a number of discriminations and disadvantages. It takes into
account people's overlapping identities and experiences in order to understand the
complexity of prejudices they face. - ✔✔Eduardo is a 60 year old Latino man who
identifies as gay and is disabled due to a work-related accident. These aspects of his
identity illustrate which of the following terms?
Prejudice.
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, Prejudice is based on feeling, but in this scenario it is not followed by action. - ✔✔Jason
is an African American man who has just recently gained employment with an
advertising company. One of Jason's coworkers is resentful of Jason because he thinks
Jason was hired because of Affirmative Action and not because he is qualified for the
position. This same coworker also assumes that Jason is not as smart as their colleagues
because of his minority status. What term best describes the attitude of the coworker?
Promote universal values.
Promoting universal values is a valid goal in some situations, but does not promote
cultural competence. - ✔✔Most group leaders/group therapists will have group
members from diverse cultural backgrounds. What is not a good way for group leaders
to become culturally competent?
Explore the mourning rituals of the client's family.
The social worker needs to understand the client's reaction from a cultural perspective.
It is often more difficult to "start where the client is" with a client of another culture,
because of lack of comprehension. With this client, discussing mourning rituals is a first
step in gaining understanding, especially if the social worker doesn't really know if the
client's reactions are unusual for a person of the Latino culture. The other options might
be logical in terms of some cultures, but not others. Exploring the cultural context of the
client's reaction is the first order of business. - ✔✔A social worker conducts a home visit
to a 45 year old Latino client whose young son was killed in a recent automobile
accident. The social worker observes that a large altar has been made. It contains many
candles and pictures of the boy and other deceased relatives. The client sobs throughout
the interview and tells the social worker that the boy has been communicating to the
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