CMN 554 EXAM 2026/27|| 169
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
Name the four kinds of reinforcement used in operant conditioning theory,
as established by B.F. Skinner
a. positive reinforcement, conditioned stimulus, consequence response,
and negative reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement, punishment, conditioned responses, and
antecedent events
c. consequence responses, deprivation responses, rewards, and time-out
responses
d. positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, and
extinction - ANSWER-d. positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement,
punishment, and extinction
Fritz Perls gestalt theory agrees with Freud's psychoanalytic theory in
which of the following ways?
a. issues and problems are integral to personal experiences
b. behavior is not driven by unconscious drives
c. personality development is idiosyncratic, not step-wise
d. actions are conscious and immediately controllable - ANSWER-a. issues
and problems are integral to personal experiences
According to Lawrence Kohlberg, the stage in which an individual fully
appreciates the need to conform to social rules and laws is
a. the conventional level, stage 4
b. the preconventional level, stage 2
c. the postconventional level, stage 5
d. the conventional level, stage 3 - ANSWER-a. the conventional level,
stage 4
In a conversation with a case manager she describes some of her
caseload as consisting of "numerous schizophrenics, several bipolars, and
some borderlines," after which she proceeds to discuss some of the
unique challenges the caseload presents. A primary problem with
describing a caseload in this way is that it
a. depersonalizes the clients
b. stereotypes the clients
c. diminishes the clients
d. all of the above - ANSWER-d. all of the above
A young man with autism shows swift improvement when he is paired
with a horse and starts learning to ride. His parents remove him from the
program, citing an inability to drive him to the stables, and they refuse to
,allow the social worker to provide alternative transportation. The man
speedily reverts to his self harming behaviors and has to be hospitalized.
From a systems standpoint, what is the MOST likely explanation for his
parents decision?
a. they simply could not provide the transportation
b. systems cannot tolerate change
c. the parents were protecting their son from outside influence
d. the parents were unconsciously reestablishing the homeostasis of their
system - ANSWER-d. the parents were unconsciously reestablishing the
homeostasis of their system
According to social learning theory, one of the best ways to teach
individuals better relationship skills is withe
a. diagrammatic illustration
b. structured lectures
c. rehearsal
d. role play - ANSWER-d. role play
A practice framework that approaches a client's issue or presenting
problem from the perspective of gender, sex roles, and related
stereotyping and discrimination, along with the influence that these
elements may bring to bear on the issue or presenting problem, is called a
a. gender framework
b. roles framework
c. strengths framework
d. feminist framework - ANSWER-d. feminist framework
A very shy client works with an abusive heckling unkind coworker. The
client wishes to be more assertive and defensive of himself, but his
shyness prevents him from taking any self-protective action. Instead, he
feels anger at himself for perceived cowardice. He's taken to biting his
inner lip in frustration, berating himself when alone, and his anger is fast
turning inward into depression and despair. From the perspective of
gestalt therapy the client is experiencing
a. confluence
b. retroflection
c. projection
d. introjection - ANSWER-b. retroflection
According to Piaget, a child develops the capacity for abstract thinking
during which developmental stage?
a. Formal operational
b. Sensorimotor
c. Pre-operational
d. Concrete operational - ANSWER-a. Formal operational
This social worker is working on a project with a coworker who persists in
berating the social worker for missing a meeting scheduled when the
social worker had to deal with the client emergency. The social worker
,needs to ask for information but realizes this will give the co-worker
another opportunity to complain. Which of the following exemplifies the
most effective assertive communication?
a. Can you review the data with me so I can get up to date?
b. I'm so sorry that I missed the meeting, but can you review the data with
me?
c. I realize I missed the meeting and that was inconvenient for you, but
what did the data show?
d. I'll try to review the data before we meet again. - ANSWER-c. I realize I
missed the meeting and that was inconvenient for you, but what did the
data show?
A client reports his fear of the local television station and his belief that it
is transmitting harmful sound waves. What he's likely experiencing would
be called a
a. Hallucination
b. Delusion
c. Somatic hallucination
d. Gustatory delusion - ANSWER-b. Delusion
In cognitive behavioral therapy, what is NOT part of thought switching?
a. Saying "stop" to negative thoughts
b. Distracting oneself from rumination
c. Practicing relaxation
d. Substituting positive thoughts for negative ones - ANSWER-b.
Distracting oneself from rumination
What psychodynamic construct is considered to be the basis of
homophobia?
a. Homophily
b. Homoeroticism
c. Latent homosexuality
d. The id - ANSWER-c. Latent homosexuality
An emergency room social worker is called to assist a young male adult
with acute appendicitis. The appendix has not yet ruptured, but if it does
the condition will be life threatening. For nonemergency surgeries,
administration dictates that patients produce proof of insurance or pay up
front. For life threatening conditions, the law requires treatment. The
student is a black male from Africa and is legally in the country on a
student visa. If the student was illegally in the country, the surgery would
be provided under current state law, but as he entered on a valid visa,
state assistance is not available. The medical staff is frustrated, as they do
not want the condition to progress, endangering the patient and resulting
in a more complex surgery. Which of the following would NOT be a proper
response? - ANSWER-a. Pursue possible Hill-Burton (Title XVI) funding on
his behalf
b. Request a reevaluation and reconsideration of the patient's condition in
light of EMTALA regulations
, c. pursue funding via his country's embassy
d. TELL MEDICAL STAFF THAT NO HELP IS AVAILABLE
A social worker has been asked to evaluate program effectiveness at
multiple community senior day care centers. The most effective approach
to take would be
a. action research
b. self-evaluation
c. point-specific research
d. cluster evaluation - ANSWER-d. cluster evaluation
A type of record keeping that consolidates and reports all information
(including progress interventions and conclusions) in an ongoing story
form is called
a. descriptive recording
b. journaling
c. narrative recording
d. summary recording - ANSWER-c. narrative recording
A key difference between the theorists Wilhelm Wundt and William James
regarding cognitive and emotional responses to experiences is
a. James felt cognitive processing proceeds emotions while Wundt felt that
emotions emerge prior to cognitive understanding
b. James felt emotional reactions precede cognitive processing while
Wundt felt that cognitive processing precedes emotional reactions
c. James felt that cognitive processing and emotions occur simultaneously
while Wundt felt that emotions emerge before cognitive processing
d. James felt that cognitive processing proceeds emotions while Wundt felt
that cognitive processing and emotions occur simultaneously - ANSWER-a.
James felt cognitive processing proceeds emotions while Wundt felt that
emotions emerge prior to cognitive understanding
Heinz Hartmann developed the theory of ego psychology to explain how
individuals use the Ego portion of personality to accommodate the
external environment (either changing the self or acting upon the
environment). He proposed that the ego has how many major functions?
a. 12
b. 24
c. 8
d. 36 - ANSWER-c. 8
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has established a clear
position with regard to undocumented (illegal) immigrants. The position
includes all of the following EXCEPT
a. Advocating for rights and services for undocumented residents
b. Transitioning undocumented immigrants back to their homeland
c. Opposing any mandatory immigration reporting by social workers
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
Name the four kinds of reinforcement used in operant conditioning theory,
as established by B.F. Skinner
a. positive reinforcement, conditioned stimulus, consequence response,
and negative reinforcement
b. negative reinforcement, punishment, conditioned responses, and
antecedent events
c. consequence responses, deprivation responses, rewards, and time-out
responses
d. positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, and
extinction - ANSWER-d. positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement,
punishment, and extinction
Fritz Perls gestalt theory agrees with Freud's psychoanalytic theory in
which of the following ways?
a. issues and problems are integral to personal experiences
b. behavior is not driven by unconscious drives
c. personality development is idiosyncratic, not step-wise
d. actions are conscious and immediately controllable - ANSWER-a. issues
and problems are integral to personal experiences
According to Lawrence Kohlberg, the stage in which an individual fully
appreciates the need to conform to social rules and laws is
a. the conventional level, stage 4
b. the preconventional level, stage 2
c. the postconventional level, stage 5
d. the conventional level, stage 3 - ANSWER-a. the conventional level,
stage 4
In a conversation with a case manager she describes some of her
caseload as consisting of "numerous schizophrenics, several bipolars, and
some borderlines," after which she proceeds to discuss some of the
unique challenges the caseload presents. A primary problem with
describing a caseload in this way is that it
a. depersonalizes the clients
b. stereotypes the clients
c. diminishes the clients
d. all of the above - ANSWER-d. all of the above
A young man with autism shows swift improvement when he is paired
with a horse and starts learning to ride. His parents remove him from the
program, citing an inability to drive him to the stables, and they refuse to
,allow the social worker to provide alternative transportation. The man
speedily reverts to his self harming behaviors and has to be hospitalized.
From a systems standpoint, what is the MOST likely explanation for his
parents decision?
a. they simply could not provide the transportation
b. systems cannot tolerate change
c. the parents were protecting their son from outside influence
d. the parents were unconsciously reestablishing the homeostasis of their
system - ANSWER-d. the parents were unconsciously reestablishing the
homeostasis of their system
According to social learning theory, one of the best ways to teach
individuals better relationship skills is withe
a. diagrammatic illustration
b. structured lectures
c. rehearsal
d. role play - ANSWER-d. role play
A practice framework that approaches a client's issue or presenting
problem from the perspective of gender, sex roles, and related
stereotyping and discrimination, along with the influence that these
elements may bring to bear on the issue or presenting problem, is called a
a. gender framework
b. roles framework
c. strengths framework
d. feminist framework - ANSWER-d. feminist framework
A very shy client works with an abusive heckling unkind coworker. The
client wishes to be more assertive and defensive of himself, but his
shyness prevents him from taking any self-protective action. Instead, he
feels anger at himself for perceived cowardice. He's taken to biting his
inner lip in frustration, berating himself when alone, and his anger is fast
turning inward into depression and despair. From the perspective of
gestalt therapy the client is experiencing
a. confluence
b. retroflection
c. projection
d. introjection - ANSWER-b. retroflection
According to Piaget, a child develops the capacity for abstract thinking
during which developmental stage?
a. Formal operational
b. Sensorimotor
c. Pre-operational
d. Concrete operational - ANSWER-a. Formal operational
This social worker is working on a project with a coworker who persists in
berating the social worker for missing a meeting scheduled when the
social worker had to deal with the client emergency. The social worker
,needs to ask for information but realizes this will give the co-worker
another opportunity to complain. Which of the following exemplifies the
most effective assertive communication?
a. Can you review the data with me so I can get up to date?
b. I'm so sorry that I missed the meeting, but can you review the data with
me?
c. I realize I missed the meeting and that was inconvenient for you, but
what did the data show?
d. I'll try to review the data before we meet again. - ANSWER-c. I realize I
missed the meeting and that was inconvenient for you, but what did the
data show?
A client reports his fear of the local television station and his belief that it
is transmitting harmful sound waves. What he's likely experiencing would
be called a
a. Hallucination
b. Delusion
c. Somatic hallucination
d. Gustatory delusion - ANSWER-b. Delusion
In cognitive behavioral therapy, what is NOT part of thought switching?
a. Saying "stop" to negative thoughts
b. Distracting oneself from rumination
c. Practicing relaxation
d. Substituting positive thoughts for negative ones - ANSWER-b.
Distracting oneself from rumination
What psychodynamic construct is considered to be the basis of
homophobia?
a. Homophily
b. Homoeroticism
c. Latent homosexuality
d. The id - ANSWER-c. Latent homosexuality
An emergency room social worker is called to assist a young male adult
with acute appendicitis. The appendix has not yet ruptured, but if it does
the condition will be life threatening. For nonemergency surgeries,
administration dictates that patients produce proof of insurance or pay up
front. For life threatening conditions, the law requires treatment. The
student is a black male from Africa and is legally in the country on a
student visa. If the student was illegally in the country, the surgery would
be provided under current state law, but as he entered on a valid visa,
state assistance is not available. The medical staff is frustrated, as they do
not want the condition to progress, endangering the patient and resulting
in a more complex surgery. Which of the following would NOT be a proper
response? - ANSWER-a. Pursue possible Hill-Burton (Title XVI) funding on
his behalf
b. Request a reevaluation and reconsideration of the patient's condition in
light of EMTALA regulations
, c. pursue funding via his country's embassy
d. TELL MEDICAL STAFF THAT NO HELP IS AVAILABLE
A social worker has been asked to evaluate program effectiveness at
multiple community senior day care centers. The most effective approach
to take would be
a. action research
b. self-evaluation
c. point-specific research
d. cluster evaluation - ANSWER-d. cluster evaluation
A type of record keeping that consolidates and reports all information
(including progress interventions and conclusions) in an ongoing story
form is called
a. descriptive recording
b. journaling
c. narrative recording
d. summary recording - ANSWER-c. narrative recording
A key difference between the theorists Wilhelm Wundt and William James
regarding cognitive and emotional responses to experiences is
a. James felt cognitive processing proceeds emotions while Wundt felt that
emotions emerge prior to cognitive understanding
b. James felt emotional reactions precede cognitive processing while
Wundt felt that cognitive processing precedes emotional reactions
c. James felt that cognitive processing and emotions occur simultaneously
while Wundt felt that emotions emerge before cognitive processing
d. James felt that cognitive processing proceeds emotions while Wundt felt
that cognitive processing and emotions occur simultaneously - ANSWER-a.
James felt cognitive processing proceeds emotions while Wundt felt that
emotions emerge prior to cognitive understanding
Heinz Hartmann developed the theory of ego psychology to explain how
individuals use the Ego portion of personality to accommodate the
external environment (either changing the self or acting upon the
environment). He proposed that the ego has how many major functions?
a. 12
b. 24
c. 8
d. 36 - ANSWER-c. 8
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has established a clear
position with regard to undocumented (illegal) immigrants. The position
includes all of the following EXCEPT
a. Advocating for rights and services for undocumented residents
b. Transitioning undocumented immigrants back to their homeland
c. Opposing any mandatory immigration reporting by social workers
