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CWEL ILLINOIS EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
1. Much like building rapport, the initial stage of the interview
process allows the professional to relate to family members on a
more human, person to person level. This stage of interviewing is
called:
a. Problem definition
b. Focus
c. Closure
d. Social - ANSWER-d. social
The stage of interviewing in which the child welfare professional
works to center the family's concerns while integrating concerns
regarding the child's well-being is:
a. Data Gathering
b. Focus
c. Determining Outcomes
d. Problem definition/needs identification - ANSWER-b. Focus
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The child welfare professional uses the skill of
________________________ when he/she communicates to the
family that they are being heard.
a. Accommodating
b. Paraphrasing
c. Unconditional Positive Regard
d. Active Listening - ANSWER-b. Paraphrasing
1. Solution focused questions are derived from solution focused
therapy. Which of the following are true about solution focused
questions?
a. They help the client picture a preferred alternate future
b. They help emphasize that every person has potential
c. There are five different types of solution focused questions
d. All of the above
e. a and b only - ANSWER-e. a and b only
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1. Critical thinking has six specific steps to guide the process.
Some of these steps are:
a. Determining what I am being asked to believe and whether it is
reliable and valid
b. Using reflection of feeling and content to gain additional
understanding
c. Determining if additional evidence is necessary to evaluate
alternatives
d. Identifying a conclusion that is most reasonably based on the
evidence and the number of alternative explanations
e. All of the above
f. a, c & d only - ANSWER-f. a, c & d only
1. Collaboration and teamwork are essential in providing
intervention in the child welfare system. Team membership should
include:
a. The Judge, States Attorney and Public Defender
b. The OIG, Quality Assurance Personnel and Supervisors
c. The worker, supervisor and foster parents
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d. The parent, child, worker, supervisor and foster parent -
ANSWER-d. The parent, child, worker, supervisor and foster
parent
1. An behavioral indicator of emotional maltreatment is:
a. Constant fatigue, listless or falling asleep in class
b. A child who is afraid to go home
c. Being cut off from normal social relationships and/or engaging
in anti-social and destructive behavior
d. Unwillingness to change for gym or participate in physical
education class - ANSWER-c. Being cut off from normal social
relationships and/or engaging in anti-social and destructive
behavior
1. Investigations have many phases which may include:
a. Initial investigation, background clearance, observation of a
child and investigation of incident and injury
b. Shelter care, adjudication and disposition
c. Engagement, assessment and intervention
CWEL ILLINOIS EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
1. Much like building rapport, the initial stage of the interview
process allows the professional to relate to family members on a
more human, person to person level. This stage of interviewing is
called:
a. Problem definition
b. Focus
c. Closure
d. Social - ANSWER-d. social
The stage of interviewing in which the child welfare professional
works to center the family's concerns while integrating concerns
regarding the child's well-being is:
a. Data Gathering
b. Focus
c. Determining Outcomes
d. Problem definition/needs identification - ANSWER-b. Focus
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The child welfare professional uses the skill of
________________________ when he/she communicates to the
family that they are being heard.
a. Accommodating
b. Paraphrasing
c. Unconditional Positive Regard
d. Active Listening - ANSWER-b. Paraphrasing
1. Solution focused questions are derived from solution focused
therapy. Which of the following are true about solution focused
questions?
a. They help the client picture a preferred alternate future
b. They help emphasize that every person has potential
c. There are five different types of solution focused questions
d. All of the above
e. a and b only - ANSWER-e. a and b only
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1. Critical thinking has six specific steps to guide the process.
Some of these steps are:
a. Determining what I am being asked to believe and whether it is
reliable and valid
b. Using reflection of feeling and content to gain additional
understanding
c. Determining if additional evidence is necessary to evaluate
alternatives
d. Identifying a conclusion that is most reasonably based on the
evidence and the number of alternative explanations
e. All of the above
f. a, c & d only - ANSWER-f. a, c & d only
1. Collaboration and teamwork are essential in providing
intervention in the child welfare system. Team membership should
include:
a. The Judge, States Attorney and Public Defender
b. The OIG, Quality Assurance Personnel and Supervisors
c. The worker, supervisor and foster parents
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d. The parent, child, worker, supervisor and foster parent -
ANSWER-d. The parent, child, worker, supervisor and foster
parent
1. An behavioral indicator of emotional maltreatment is:
a. Constant fatigue, listless or falling asleep in class
b. A child who is afraid to go home
c. Being cut off from normal social relationships and/or engaging
in anti-social and destructive behavior
d. Unwillingness to change for gym or participate in physical
education class - ANSWER-c. Being cut off from normal social
relationships and/or engaging in anti-social and destructive
behavior
1. Investigations have many phases which may include:
a. Initial investigation, background clearance, observation of a
child and investigation of incident and injury
b. Shelter care, adjudication and disposition
c. Engagement, assessment and intervention
