MSW 550 EXAM 1 /ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RATED
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What is research? - ANSWER✔✔-a process to discover new knowledge
Define Social Work Research - ANSWER✔✔--Knowledge building for social work
practice (broadly defined)
-Compassionate, problem-solving, and practical endeavor
-Infused with social work values
Why is SW research important? Why learn research methods? - ANSWER✔✔--To be
better social workers
-Effectiveness
-Methods of research may be used in practice
-Ethical Duty
What are Ethics? - ANSWER✔✔--Standards of conduct to ensure moral behavior
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, -Standards to determine what is proper and improper behavior, right, correct
-People agree and disagree on values, moral principles, what is good, desirable
-Ethics: "codes or guidelines that help resolve value conflicts"
What are the Belmont Principles? - ANSWER✔✔--Respect for persons (autonomy)
-Beneficence (reduce harm and maximize benefit)
-Justice (fairness in benefits and burdens)
What resulted in the Belmont Principles? - ANSWER✔✔-Tuskegee Syphilis Study
where many poor and uneducated African-American men were targeted for their
vulnerability and suffered or died as the result of withheld medical treatment for
syphilis
What is an Institutional Review Board (IRB)? - ANSWER✔✔-An independent panel of
professionals that sets guidelines for human subject experimentation
What are the 3 review pathways from the IRB? - ANSWER✔✔-Exempt (low), Expedited
(medium), Full (high)
Review path determined by:
-Level of risk to subjects associated with the project
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RATED
100% CORRECT/NEWEST UPDATE
What is research? - ANSWER✔✔-a process to discover new knowledge
Define Social Work Research - ANSWER✔✔--Knowledge building for social work
practice (broadly defined)
-Compassionate, problem-solving, and practical endeavor
-Infused with social work values
Why is SW research important? Why learn research methods? - ANSWER✔✔--To be
better social workers
-Effectiveness
-Methods of research may be used in practice
-Ethical Duty
What are Ethics? - ANSWER✔✔--Standards of conduct to ensure moral behavior
COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY OLIVIA GREENWAYS, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
, -Standards to determine what is proper and improper behavior, right, correct
-People agree and disagree on values, moral principles, what is good, desirable
-Ethics: "codes or guidelines that help resolve value conflicts"
What are the Belmont Principles? - ANSWER✔✔--Respect for persons (autonomy)
-Beneficence (reduce harm and maximize benefit)
-Justice (fairness in benefits and burdens)
What resulted in the Belmont Principles? - ANSWER✔✔-Tuskegee Syphilis Study
where many poor and uneducated African-American men were targeted for their
vulnerability and suffered or died as the result of withheld medical treatment for
syphilis
What is an Institutional Review Board (IRB)? - ANSWER✔✔-An independent panel of
professionals that sets guidelines for human subject experimentation
What are the 3 review pathways from the IRB? - ANSWER✔✔-Exempt (low), Expedited
(medium), Full (high)
Review path determined by:
-Level of risk to subjects associated with the project
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