LMSW EXAM SCRIPT BUNDLE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Communication Skills. Answer: Non-Verbal Prompt
Minimal Prompts
Paraphrase
Reflexive Listening
Accurate Empathy
Summarization
Ethnic Note: Convey Acceptance with/without Approval
◉ Motivational Interviewing 5 Steps. Answer: 1. Use empathy to
establish a connection
2. Note discrepancies between clients' behavior and their goals
3. Avoid Arguments- stay out of power struggles
4. Roll with Resistance- Acknowledge clients' reluctance to change
5. Support Self-Efficacy- Acknowledge that clients are in charge of
their own lives
◉ Contact Phase:
,Problem Identification and Definition. Answer: -Problem as the
client sees it
-Problem as defined by significant systems with which the client
system is in interaction
-Problem as the worker sees it
-Problem-for-work (place of beginning together)
◉ Abreaction. Answer: Psychoanalytic term for reliving an
experience in order to purge it's emotional distress
◉ Aichmophobia. Answer: A specific phobia that focuses on the fear
of sharp objects
◉ Amenorrhea. Answer: Most commonly diagnosed when a woman
misses three or more periods in a row.
◉ Anamnesis. Answer: Remembering past events. A clients medical
or psychiatric history
Process of memory
◉ Antecedent Behavior. Answer: Stimulus that elicits a behavior.
What happens just prior to the behavior you are observing
,◉ Classical Conditioning. Answer: A form of learning in which
existing responses are attached to new stimuli by paring those
stimuli with those that naturally elicit the response. Also can be
thought of as stimulus response in that the same as respondent
stimulus elicits a response
◉ Complementary. Answer: Relational form denoting a
complementary functioning together such as dominant submission
pattern. These functional roles are not always healthy
◉ Conscious Use Of Self. Answer: Necessitates a high level of self-
awareness. Process of knowingly using the relationship in a manner
that is a positive experience for the client
◉ Contingency. Answer: Relationship, usually casual, between two
events in which one is usually followed by another
◉ Contingency Contract/ Management. Answer: Specifying which
behaviors are expected and what reinforcers will follow
◉ Cooptation. Answer: A community organizer's strategy for
minimizing anticipated opposition by absorbing or including the
opponent in the group membership
◉ Defense Mechanism. Answer: Narcissistic Type
, Immature Type
Neurotic Type
Mature Type
◉ Narcissistic Defenses. Answer: Unconscious Projection
Denial
Distortion
◉ Immature Defense Mechanisms. Answer: Acting Out
Blocking
Hypochondriasis
Introjection
Projection
Somatization
◉ Neurotic Defense Mechanisms. Answer: Controlling
Displacement
Dissociation
Intellectualization
Isolation
Rationalization
Reaction Formation
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Communication Skills. Answer: Non-Verbal Prompt
Minimal Prompts
Paraphrase
Reflexive Listening
Accurate Empathy
Summarization
Ethnic Note: Convey Acceptance with/without Approval
◉ Motivational Interviewing 5 Steps. Answer: 1. Use empathy to
establish a connection
2. Note discrepancies between clients' behavior and their goals
3. Avoid Arguments- stay out of power struggles
4. Roll with Resistance- Acknowledge clients' reluctance to change
5. Support Self-Efficacy- Acknowledge that clients are in charge of
their own lives
◉ Contact Phase:
,Problem Identification and Definition. Answer: -Problem as the
client sees it
-Problem as defined by significant systems with which the client
system is in interaction
-Problem as the worker sees it
-Problem-for-work (place of beginning together)
◉ Abreaction. Answer: Psychoanalytic term for reliving an
experience in order to purge it's emotional distress
◉ Aichmophobia. Answer: A specific phobia that focuses on the fear
of sharp objects
◉ Amenorrhea. Answer: Most commonly diagnosed when a woman
misses three or more periods in a row.
◉ Anamnesis. Answer: Remembering past events. A clients medical
or psychiatric history
Process of memory
◉ Antecedent Behavior. Answer: Stimulus that elicits a behavior.
What happens just prior to the behavior you are observing
,◉ Classical Conditioning. Answer: A form of learning in which
existing responses are attached to new stimuli by paring those
stimuli with those that naturally elicit the response. Also can be
thought of as stimulus response in that the same as respondent
stimulus elicits a response
◉ Complementary. Answer: Relational form denoting a
complementary functioning together such as dominant submission
pattern. These functional roles are not always healthy
◉ Conscious Use Of Self. Answer: Necessitates a high level of self-
awareness. Process of knowingly using the relationship in a manner
that is a positive experience for the client
◉ Contingency. Answer: Relationship, usually casual, between two
events in which one is usually followed by another
◉ Contingency Contract/ Management. Answer: Specifying which
behaviors are expected and what reinforcers will follow
◉ Cooptation. Answer: A community organizer's strategy for
minimizing anticipated opposition by absorbing or including the
opponent in the group membership
◉ Defense Mechanism. Answer: Narcissistic Type
, Immature Type
Neurotic Type
Mature Type
◉ Narcissistic Defenses. Answer: Unconscious Projection
Denial
Distortion
◉ Immature Defense Mechanisms. Answer: Acting Out
Blocking
Hypochondriasis
Introjection
Projection
Somatization
◉ Neurotic Defense Mechanisms. Answer: Controlling
Displacement
Dissociation
Intellectualization
Isolation
Rationalization
Reaction Formation
