SOWK 287 Final Exam questions well
answered to pass
Social Work Core Values - correct answer ✔✔-Service
-Social Justice
-Dignity and Worth
-Importance of Human Relationships
-Integrity
-Competence
What Agencies Govern the Practice of Social Work? - correct answer ✔✔-Council on Social
Work Education (CSWE)
-National Association of Social Work (NASW)
What is the Social Work Mission? - correct answer ✔✔-Enhancing human well-being and
helping meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and
empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty
What are ethics? - correct answer ✔✔-generate standards that direct one's conduct
-tell us what is right/wrong
-values in action
Code of Ethics:
-guides social work practice
-holds social work profession accountable
-ethical principals and standards
, Social Justice - correct answer ✔✔-based on the concepts of human rights and equality
-the way in which human rights are manifested in the everyday lives of people at every level of
society
-view that everyone deserves equal economic, political, and social rights and opportunities
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔-negative impressions and bias towards members of a minority
group based on their physical or social characteristics
-bias towards minorities
What percentage of adults want to remain in their own homes when they age? - correct answer
✔✔90%
Standpoint Theory - correct answer ✔✔-the standpoint of the observer is the main lens through
which people view and evaluate their world and give meaning to events in their own lives and
the lives of others
-means that no one is culturally neutral, we all see individuals through different lens
-strives to understand the world from the standpoint of others, including marginalized groups in
society
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - correct answer ✔✔-Physiological, safety, love/belonging,
esteem, self-actualization
-basic needs must be met first
Oppression - correct answer ✔✔-collective injustice perpetuated by those who dominate by
controlling resources and opportunities
Social Welfare - correct answer ✔✔-social institutions (the family, educational, economic,
political, religious, and social welfare)
-addressed the general well-being needs of individuals and the universal needs of a population
answered to pass
Social Work Core Values - correct answer ✔✔-Service
-Social Justice
-Dignity and Worth
-Importance of Human Relationships
-Integrity
-Competence
What Agencies Govern the Practice of Social Work? - correct answer ✔✔-Council on Social
Work Education (CSWE)
-National Association of Social Work (NASW)
What is the Social Work Mission? - correct answer ✔✔-Enhancing human well-being and
helping meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and
empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty
What are ethics? - correct answer ✔✔-generate standards that direct one's conduct
-tell us what is right/wrong
-values in action
Code of Ethics:
-guides social work practice
-holds social work profession accountable
-ethical principals and standards
, Social Justice - correct answer ✔✔-based on the concepts of human rights and equality
-the way in which human rights are manifested in the everyday lives of people at every level of
society
-view that everyone deserves equal economic, political, and social rights and opportunities
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔-negative impressions and bias towards members of a minority
group based on their physical or social characteristics
-bias towards minorities
What percentage of adults want to remain in their own homes when they age? - correct answer
✔✔90%
Standpoint Theory - correct answer ✔✔-the standpoint of the observer is the main lens through
which people view and evaluate their world and give meaning to events in their own lives and
the lives of others
-means that no one is culturally neutral, we all see individuals through different lens
-strives to understand the world from the standpoint of others, including marginalized groups in
society
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - correct answer ✔✔-Physiological, safety, love/belonging,
esteem, self-actualization
-basic needs must be met first
Oppression - correct answer ✔✔-collective injustice perpetuated by those who dominate by
controlling resources and opportunities
Social Welfare - correct answer ✔✔-social institutions (the family, educational, economic,
political, religious, and social welfare)
-addressed the general well-being needs of individuals and the universal needs of a population
