SOWK Final Exam Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers
Professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their
capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal - Answer:
Social work
A nation's system of programs, benefits, and services that help people meet those social,
economic, educational and health needs that are fundamental to the maintenance of society -
Answer: Social welfare
Relationship between Social Work & Social Welfare - Answer: Social welfare encompasses social
work
While the term social welfare refers more generally to the well-being of groups and individuals
as well as the system of social service delivery, the term social work refers more specifically to
the professional practice of delivering these social services
*Strengths perspective (five primary underlying principles)*
What is this? - Answer: • Every _____ has strengths (individual, group, community, etc.)
• Trauma, etc. may be injurious but may also be a source of challenge and opportunity
• Assume you do NOT know the upper limits of client's capacity to grow and change
*• Best serve clients by collaborating*
• Every environment is full of resources
,Have to take into account everything about a person; focus on client as a person, not just to
solve the problem
Person-in-environment - Answer: • Environmental and historical context
o Culture
o Historic time
• Multiple system levels
o Assessment
o Intervention
♣ Micro
♣ Mezzo
♣ Macro
BASW - Answer: • BSW/BASW (at CNU) is entry-level degree
o Generalist social work
o Field work
MSW - Answer: • MSW provides advanced, specialized training
o Specialization
o Advanced standing
Regulations of Social Work: - Answer: • Licensing is conducted by each state
• Licensing more rigorous than credentialing in terms of requirements and enforcement
• Needed for:
o Consumer protection
, o Professional standards and quality control
o Third party payments
Social Work Roles: - Answer: Counselor
Educator
Broker
Mobilizer
Mediator
Facilitator
Advocate
Case Manager
Supervisor
Manager
3M, 2C, E, B, F, A, S
Counselor - Answer: • Guidance
• Assist in planned change process
• Emotional support
o No matter what role you go into, you will be a counselor to some extent
Educator - Answer: • Gives information
• Teaches skills
Broker - Answer: • Links client systems to needed resources
Questions (Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers
Professional activity of helping individuals, groups, or communities enhance or restore their
capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal - Answer:
Social work
A nation's system of programs, benefits, and services that help people meet those social,
economic, educational and health needs that are fundamental to the maintenance of society -
Answer: Social welfare
Relationship between Social Work & Social Welfare - Answer: Social welfare encompasses social
work
While the term social welfare refers more generally to the well-being of groups and individuals
as well as the system of social service delivery, the term social work refers more specifically to
the professional practice of delivering these social services
*Strengths perspective (five primary underlying principles)*
What is this? - Answer: • Every _____ has strengths (individual, group, community, etc.)
• Trauma, etc. may be injurious but may also be a source of challenge and opportunity
• Assume you do NOT know the upper limits of client's capacity to grow and change
*• Best serve clients by collaborating*
• Every environment is full of resources
,Have to take into account everything about a person; focus on client as a person, not just to
solve the problem
Person-in-environment - Answer: • Environmental and historical context
o Culture
o Historic time
• Multiple system levels
o Assessment
o Intervention
♣ Micro
♣ Mezzo
♣ Macro
BASW - Answer: • BSW/BASW (at CNU) is entry-level degree
o Generalist social work
o Field work
MSW - Answer: • MSW provides advanced, specialized training
o Specialization
o Advanced standing
Regulations of Social Work: - Answer: • Licensing is conducted by each state
• Licensing more rigorous than credentialing in terms of requirements and enforcement
• Needed for:
o Consumer protection
, o Professional standards and quality control
o Third party payments
Social Work Roles: - Answer: Counselor
Educator
Broker
Mobilizer
Mediator
Facilitator
Advocate
Case Manager
Supervisor
Manager
3M, 2C, E, B, F, A, S
Counselor - Answer: • Guidance
• Assist in planned change process
• Emotional support
o No matter what role you go into, you will be a counselor to some extent
Educator - Answer: • Gives information
• Teaches skills
Broker - Answer: • Links client systems to needed resources
