ASWB Social Work Practice Questions &
Answers 2025
The research design most often used by social workers to improve their
practice is:
a. experimental design
b. single-subject design
c. longitudinal design
d. quasi-experimental design - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. single
subject design
A 26 yr/old female client shares with her male social worker that she is
becoming attached to him and often has sexual fantasies about him.
She also shares that she would like to see him socially. What should be
the social worker's first responsibility?
a. discuss the client's feelings about her sexual fantasies
b. immediatly refer the client to a female social worker
c. clarify the professional nature of the social worker-client relationship
d. discuss the client's pas relationships. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c.
clarify the professional nature of the social worker-client relationship.
The primary purpose of a service plan is to
a. establish goals
b. assess the home situation
c. monitor behavioral changes
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Answers 2025
d. evaluate client progress - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. establish
goals
In treating a client in crisis, the caseworker should focus on...
a. the immediate presenting problem
b. a few specific problems in day-to-day functioning
c. a wide range of problems in day to day functioning
d. underlying personality problems - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. the
immediate presenting problem
When faced by a hostile client in an agency setting, it is best for the
social worker to
a. suggest that the client's attitude is making the situation worse
b. accept the client's hostility and talk about non-threatening topics
c. set limits and structure on the interview session
d. acknowledge the client's feelings and encourage discussion of them -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. acknowledge the client's feelings and
encourage discussion of them
You are a social worker in an outpatient setting. A new client arrives for
her first session with you. The client has noticeable hair loss and tells
you that she is very tense and is having problems in her relationship
with her boyfriend. Your first diagnosis would likely be
,ASWB Social Work Practice Questions &
Answers 2025
A. Borderline personality disorder
B. generalized anxiety disorder
C. Schizophrenia
D. Trichotillomania - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Trichotillomania
A social worker who attempts to impose their judgement on clients is
most likely to elicit the client's
a. acquiescence
b. cooperation
c. resistance
d. appreciation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. resistance
Establishing rapport with a client is essential in the initial stages of
counseling. All of the following techniques are effective except
a. moderate levels of self-disclosure
b. admitting your mistakes
c. sharing personal experience
d. responding to a client's nonverbal messages - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔c. sharing personal experience
A social worker meets with a refugee couple in the hospital soon after
the birth of their baby. The infant has Down syndrome and cardiac
, ASWB Social Work Practice Questions &
Answers 2025
problems. The couple asks that the child be allowed to die. The social
worker should first:
a. report the case ot child protection services becuause of the at-risk
nature of the situation
b. offer the parents the option of relinquishing the child for adoption
c. encourage the parents to meet with other parents of Down
syndrome children
d. perform a biopsychosocial assessment including cultural, religious
and familial factors. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. perform a
biopsychosocial assessment including cultural, religious and familial
factors
The youngest child of a single parent is hospitalized for the second time
in four months because of lead poisoning. The child is now ready for
discharge, but the doctor refuses to go ahead with the release, citing an
unsafe home environment. When interviewed by the hospital social
worker, the parent says that the landlord will no have their apartment
repainted or make other necessary repairs. The parent wants to move,
but is unable to afford living arrangements that will also allow four
children. After reporting the situation to child welfare authorities, the
social worker should
a. advise the parent to withhold rent until repair work is done.
b. advocate for the child to return home with the parent
c. refer the parent to a resource that can help locate suitable housing
Answers 2025
The research design most often used by social workers to improve their
practice is:
a. experimental design
b. single-subject design
c. longitudinal design
d. quasi-experimental design - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔b. single
subject design
A 26 yr/old female client shares with her male social worker that she is
becoming attached to him and often has sexual fantasies about him.
She also shares that she would like to see him socially. What should be
the social worker's first responsibility?
a. discuss the client's feelings about her sexual fantasies
b. immediatly refer the client to a female social worker
c. clarify the professional nature of the social worker-client relationship
d. discuss the client's pas relationships. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c.
clarify the professional nature of the social worker-client relationship.
The primary purpose of a service plan is to
a. establish goals
b. assess the home situation
c. monitor behavioral changes
,ASWB Social Work Practice Questions &
Answers 2025
d. evaluate client progress - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. establish
goals
In treating a client in crisis, the caseworker should focus on...
a. the immediate presenting problem
b. a few specific problems in day-to-day functioning
c. a wide range of problems in day to day functioning
d. underlying personality problems - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. the
immediate presenting problem
When faced by a hostile client in an agency setting, it is best for the
social worker to
a. suggest that the client's attitude is making the situation worse
b. accept the client's hostility and talk about non-threatening topics
c. set limits and structure on the interview session
d. acknowledge the client's feelings and encourage discussion of them -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. acknowledge the client's feelings and
encourage discussion of them
You are a social worker in an outpatient setting. A new client arrives for
her first session with you. The client has noticeable hair loss and tells
you that she is very tense and is having problems in her relationship
with her boyfriend. Your first diagnosis would likely be
,ASWB Social Work Practice Questions &
Answers 2025
A. Borderline personality disorder
B. generalized anxiety disorder
C. Schizophrenia
D. Trichotillomania - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Trichotillomania
A social worker who attempts to impose their judgement on clients is
most likely to elicit the client's
a. acquiescence
b. cooperation
c. resistance
d. appreciation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c. resistance
Establishing rapport with a client is essential in the initial stages of
counseling. All of the following techniques are effective except
a. moderate levels of self-disclosure
b. admitting your mistakes
c. sharing personal experience
d. responding to a client's nonverbal messages - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔c. sharing personal experience
A social worker meets with a refugee couple in the hospital soon after
the birth of their baby. The infant has Down syndrome and cardiac
, ASWB Social Work Practice Questions &
Answers 2025
problems. The couple asks that the child be allowed to die. The social
worker should first:
a. report the case ot child protection services becuause of the at-risk
nature of the situation
b. offer the parents the option of relinquishing the child for adoption
c. encourage the parents to meet with other parents of Down
syndrome children
d. perform a biopsychosocial assessment including cultural, religious
and familial factors. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d. perform a
biopsychosocial assessment including cultural, religious and familial
factors
The youngest child of a single parent is hospitalized for the second time
in four months because of lead poisoning. The child is now ready for
discharge, but the doctor refuses to go ahead with the release, citing an
unsafe home environment. When interviewed by the hospital social
worker, the parent says that the landlord will no have their apartment
repainted or make other necessary repairs. The parent wants to move,
but is unable to afford living arrangements that will also allow four
children. After reporting the situation to child welfare authorities, the
social worker should
a. advise the parent to withhold rent until repair work is done.
b. advocate for the child to return home with the parent
c. refer the parent to a resource that can help locate suitable housing
