GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
The last stage of group development is characterized by ALL of the following
EXCEPT:
a. Pulling together
b. Evaluation
c. Separating
d. Planning for the future - ANSWER-a. Pulling together
The structure of a family may be observed in their:
a. Communication styles
b. Interaction patterns
c. Power distribution
Enmeshed alliances - ANSWER-b. Interaction patterns
explicit rules - ANSWER-rules that family members readily recognize and can
articulate (expectations for behavior, negotiated agreements); express family values
implicit rules - ANSWER-rules that are hidden away from family members'
awareness; govern how family members unwittingly collaborate to maintain status
quo
When a worker leaves an agency prior to completing work with clients, clients often
react with a sense of:
a. futility
b. satisfaction
c. indignation
d. betrayal - ANSWER-d. betrayal
When a worker imposes termination on a client because of lack of progress, the
social worker should discuss with the client:
a. factors preventing attaining more favorable results
b. whether roles in the helping process were clarified
c. ways in which a different attitude can affect change
d. frustrations resulting from the lack of motivation - ANSWER-a. factors preventing
attaining more favorable results
Graduation ceremonies, as a part of the termination process, are most appropriate
when clients:
a. experience a reluctance to end
b. wish to mark their transition
c. desire to introduce problems
d. achieve the desired outcomes - ANSWER-b. wish to mark their transition
Social workers should terminate services in which of the following situations?
,a. when there is limited occurrence of new problems
b. when a follow-up session is not indicated
c. when the targeted concern has been resolved
d. when a level of progress has been achieved - ANSWER-c. when the targeted
concern has been resolved
A lack of a positive support system for a client following termination may have an
adverse affect on their ability to:
a. confront changes
b. monitor success
c. learn skills
d. maintain gains - ANSWER-d. maintain gains
Which of the following is an inadvisable ending ritual, regardless of setting?
a. "Graduation" ceremonies
b. Memory books
c. Token gifts
d. A special dinner alone with the worker - ANSWER-d. A special dinner alone with
the worker
Emotional reactions to termination may be less of a concern for clients who are
participants in which of the following groups?
a. task
b. family
c. crisis
d. support - ANSWER-a. task
Of the following, which is NOT one of the tasks in the terminal phase of the helping
process?
a. reflecting on whether it was necessary to pursue treatment in the first place
b. evaluating the service provided and the extent to which goals were accomplished
c. addressing emotional reactions to termination
d. planning to maintain progress and to achieve continued growth - ANSWER-a.
reflecting on whether it was necessary to pursue treatment in the first place
All of the following are strategies for consolidating gains and planning maintenance
strategies EXCEPT:
a. reviewing client's problems and analyzing the steps they followed in resolving
them
b. asking clients to identify difficulties they expect to encounter in seeking to maintain
changes
c. employing booster interviews
d. summarizing gains and reassuring clients that they will not need additional help in
the future - ANSWER-d. summarizing gains and reassuring clients that they will not
need additional help in the future
Using a systems oriented perspective, social workers analyse and explain patters of
interaction by assessing:
a. Dysfunction
b. Causality
, c. Sequence
d. Antecedents - ANSWER-c. Sequence
Homeostasis refers to the family systems tendency to:
a. Maintain balance
b. Govern behavior
c. Evaluation change
d. Pursue goals - ANSWER-a. Maintain balance
Which of the following statements about families in poverty is TRUE?
a. Policies that stress the importance of personal responsibility are the most effective
measures for eradicating poverty
b. Children are most affected by poverty due to its association with out-of-home
placement and the impact of poverty on child development
c. Families living in poverty have significant personal deficits that limit their potential
for achievement
Benefits supplied by the Temporary Aid to Needy Families program provide enough
resources for a family and are instrumental to eliminating poverty - ANSWER-b.
Children are most affected by poverty due to its association with out-of-home
placement and the impact of poverty on child development
In using systems theory to assess families, the social worker's assessment should
initially focus on:
a. Internal and external factors
b. Identified problem individuals
c. Inflexible rules and goals
d. Alliances between coalitions - ANSWER-a. Internal and external factors
Observing who speaks for whom, who makes decisions, whose ideas are adopted,
and who speaks most often is an assessment of:
a. Power structure
b. Family strengths
c. Involvement with external systems
d. Internal boundaries and subsystems - ANSWER-a. Power structure
You're working with an elderly male client who has just moved into his daughter's
home after his wife passed. He discusses his discomfort in relying on his daughter
and her family and becoming a burden on them. This challenge is mostly likely due
to:
a. Symmetrical roles
b. Interrole conflict
c. Disengagement
d. Role transition - ANSWER-d. Role transition
Making observations about the way a group member interacts with others refers to
which concept?
a. Dysfunctional behavior
b. Process
c. Content
d. Functional Behavior - ANSWER-b. Process
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
The last stage of group development is characterized by ALL of the following
EXCEPT:
a. Pulling together
b. Evaluation
c. Separating
d. Planning for the future - ANSWER-a. Pulling together
The structure of a family may be observed in their:
a. Communication styles
b. Interaction patterns
c. Power distribution
Enmeshed alliances - ANSWER-b. Interaction patterns
explicit rules - ANSWER-rules that family members readily recognize and can
articulate (expectations for behavior, negotiated agreements); express family values
implicit rules - ANSWER-rules that are hidden away from family members'
awareness; govern how family members unwittingly collaborate to maintain status
quo
When a worker leaves an agency prior to completing work with clients, clients often
react with a sense of:
a. futility
b. satisfaction
c. indignation
d. betrayal - ANSWER-d. betrayal
When a worker imposes termination on a client because of lack of progress, the
social worker should discuss with the client:
a. factors preventing attaining more favorable results
b. whether roles in the helping process were clarified
c. ways in which a different attitude can affect change
d. frustrations resulting from the lack of motivation - ANSWER-a. factors preventing
attaining more favorable results
Graduation ceremonies, as a part of the termination process, are most appropriate
when clients:
a. experience a reluctance to end
b. wish to mark their transition
c. desire to introduce problems
d. achieve the desired outcomes - ANSWER-b. wish to mark their transition
Social workers should terminate services in which of the following situations?
,a. when there is limited occurrence of new problems
b. when a follow-up session is not indicated
c. when the targeted concern has been resolved
d. when a level of progress has been achieved - ANSWER-c. when the targeted
concern has been resolved
A lack of a positive support system for a client following termination may have an
adverse affect on their ability to:
a. confront changes
b. monitor success
c. learn skills
d. maintain gains - ANSWER-d. maintain gains
Which of the following is an inadvisable ending ritual, regardless of setting?
a. "Graduation" ceremonies
b. Memory books
c. Token gifts
d. A special dinner alone with the worker - ANSWER-d. A special dinner alone with
the worker
Emotional reactions to termination may be less of a concern for clients who are
participants in which of the following groups?
a. task
b. family
c. crisis
d. support - ANSWER-a. task
Of the following, which is NOT one of the tasks in the terminal phase of the helping
process?
a. reflecting on whether it was necessary to pursue treatment in the first place
b. evaluating the service provided and the extent to which goals were accomplished
c. addressing emotional reactions to termination
d. planning to maintain progress and to achieve continued growth - ANSWER-a.
reflecting on whether it was necessary to pursue treatment in the first place
All of the following are strategies for consolidating gains and planning maintenance
strategies EXCEPT:
a. reviewing client's problems and analyzing the steps they followed in resolving
them
b. asking clients to identify difficulties they expect to encounter in seeking to maintain
changes
c. employing booster interviews
d. summarizing gains and reassuring clients that they will not need additional help in
the future - ANSWER-d. summarizing gains and reassuring clients that they will not
need additional help in the future
Using a systems oriented perspective, social workers analyse and explain patters of
interaction by assessing:
a. Dysfunction
b. Causality
, c. Sequence
d. Antecedents - ANSWER-c. Sequence
Homeostasis refers to the family systems tendency to:
a. Maintain balance
b. Govern behavior
c. Evaluation change
d. Pursue goals - ANSWER-a. Maintain balance
Which of the following statements about families in poverty is TRUE?
a. Policies that stress the importance of personal responsibility are the most effective
measures for eradicating poverty
b. Children are most affected by poverty due to its association with out-of-home
placement and the impact of poverty on child development
c. Families living in poverty have significant personal deficits that limit their potential
for achievement
Benefits supplied by the Temporary Aid to Needy Families program provide enough
resources for a family and are instrumental to eliminating poverty - ANSWER-b.
Children are most affected by poverty due to its association with out-of-home
placement and the impact of poverty on child development
In using systems theory to assess families, the social worker's assessment should
initially focus on:
a. Internal and external factors
b. Identified problem individuals
c. Inflexible rules and goals
d. Alliances between coalitions - ANSWER-a. Internal and external factors
Observing who speaks for whom, who makes decisions, whose ideas are adopted,
and who speaks most often is an assessment of:
a. Power structure
b. Family strengths
c. Involvement with external systems
d. Internal boundaries and subsystems - ANSWER-a. Power structure
You're working with an elderly male client who has just moved into his daughter's
home after his wife passed. He discusses his discomfort in relying on his daughter
and her family and becoming a burden on them. This challenge is mostly likely due
to:
a. Symmetrical roles
b. Interrole conflict
c. Disengagement
d. Role transition - ANSWER-d. Role transition
Making observations about the way a group member interacts with others refers to
which concept?
a. Dysfunctional behavior
b. Process
c. Content
d. Functional Behavior - ANSWER-b. Process
