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An Introduction to Family Social Work Questionaire
Multiple Choice
1. Family social work embraces all but what objectives:
a. It reinforces family strengths to prepare families for long-term change (or intervention).
b. Create concrete changes in family functioning to sustain effective and satisfying daily
routines independent of formal helpers.
c. Address the crisis needs of the family in a timely fashion so they can effectively address
more long-standing issues.
d. Addresses the individual functioning of one member and treats them as a separate entity.
ANS: D PG: 3 ch1
2. Another name for the Person-In-Environment approach is:
a. Strength based approach
b. Behavioral approach
c. Ecological approach
d. Family systems theory
ANS: C PG: 7 ch1
3. What is the difference between family social work and family therapy?
a. Family therapy relies on office-based intervention to help families make systemic changes
while family social work can be both home-based and community based, often unfolding in
the same time and space as family life and focusing on such things as daily routines and
social environment.
b. Family therapy involves working in the community with family to assess their functioning
which family social work is in the office assessing a families functioning.
c. Family therapy involves working solely in the community to provide interventions to a family
while family social work relies on office-based intervention to help families make systemic
changes.
d. Family therapy relies on daily routines, skills and interactions while family social work
focuses on working with families on providing concrete services usually in an office setting.
ANS: A PG: 8 ch1
4. Who was the first family social worker pioneer?
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a. Virginia Satir
b. Alfred Adler
c. Mary Richmond
d. Abraham Maslow
ANS: C PG: 7 ch1
5. Why was Mary Richmond’s work so important to social work?
a. She helped social workers looked at each family members as individuals.
b. She propelled social workers look at issues surrounding gender biases.
c. She propelled social workers to think beyond the family by understanding that families
are also situated within broader communities and social systems.
d. Helped social workers place an emphasis on teaching parents appropriate parenting
skills.
ANS: C PG: 7 ch1
6. All but the following can be downsides to home- or community-based family work?
a. It is not as structured as office based work.
b. Seeing people in their living rooms increases the pressures of induction into a family’s
problematic patterns.
c. Families may likely feel more support than criticized.
d. The worker and the family might be tempted to make the professional boundaries
looser.
ANS: C PG: 11 ch1
7. Which of the following best describes central beliefs of family social work?
a. Most intrusive measure should first be used with families to ensure that the family is
demonstrated appropriate means of interacting.
b. If enough problematic interaction patterns can be addressed, the family’s future ability
to problem solve and thus meet the needs of members will be enhanced.
c. Family Social Work should only be done in crisis situations when families most need
support.
d. Family Social Workers often are observers only providing input from ‘behind the
scenes’.
ANS: C PG: 11 ch1
8. What is the dual aim of crisis intervention?
a. To immediately resolve the urgent problems and adaptation to disruptive life events
and the promotion of long-term skill building to reduce failure and maximize the ability
to deal with future crises.
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b. To conduct interventions several days after the concerns have arisen so that autonomy
maybe created with the family.
c. To work solely on abstract problems with the family while also dealing with all of the
families problems at once.
d. To spend a long number of hours on particular problems and try to fix as many problems
as possible.
ANS: A PG: 17 ch1
9. Several family workers stressed the importance of seeing families in their homes including:
a. Virginia Satir and Alfred Adler
b. Mary Richmond and Nathan Ackerman
c. Abraham Maslow and Monica McGoldrik
d. Aaron Beck and Erik Erickson
ANS: B PG: 13 ch1
10. What are some of the advantages of family work in the home?
a. Family social workers can receive direct information about family functioning and
develop a more complete picture about the family relationships as members interact
within a familiar environment.
b. The family social worker maybe able to better individualize the intervention based on a
family’s living situation.
c. New skills learned maybe easier applied when learned within the family’s natural setting
as opposed to an office setting.
d. Family social workers are often trained to conduct psychosocial therapies within the
home.
ANS: D PG: 13 ch1
11. A parenting and child management skills a Family Social Worker would not be responsible for
would be?
a. Reinforcing effective or desired behaviors
b. Helping family members deal with hurt and anger more effectively
c. Teaching parents how to observe and track children’s behavior
d. Teaching parents to use more intrusive means of parenting their children
ANS: D PG: 17 ch1
12. What does the book outline as the two main means that family social workers have to become
involved with families?
a. Social issues and emotional issues
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Introduction to Family Social Work
An Introduction to Family Social Work Questionaire
Multiple Choice
1. Family social work embraces all but what objectives:
a. It reinforces family strengths to prepare families for long-term change (or intervention).
b. Create concrete changes in family functioning to sustain effective and satisfying daily
routines independent of formal helpers.
c. Address the crisis needs of the family in a timely fashion so they can effectively address
more long-standing issues.
d. Addresses the individual functioning of one member and treats them as a separate entity.
ANS: D PG: 3 ch1
2. Another name for the Person-In-Environment approach is:
a. Strength based approach
b. Behavioral approach
c. Ecological approach
d. Family systems theory
ANS: C PG: 7 ch1
3. What is the difference between family social work and family therapy?
a. Family therapy relies on office-based intervention to help families make systemic changes
while family social work can be both home-based and community based, often unfolding in
the same time and space as family life and focusing on such things as daily routines and
social environment.
b. Family therapy involves working in the community with family to assess their functioning
which family social work is in the office assessing a families functioning.
c. Family therapy involves working solely in the community to provide interventions to a family
while family social work relies on office-based intervention to help families make systemic
changes.
d. Family therapy relies on daily routines, skills and interactions while family social work
focuses on working with families on providing concrete services usually in an office setting.
ANS: A PG: 8 ch1
4. Who was the first family social worker pioneer?
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Introduction to Family Social Work
a. Virginia Satir
b. Alfred Adler
c. Mary Richmond
d. Abraham Maslow
ANS: C PG: 7 ch1
5. Why was Mary Richmond’s work so important to social work?
a. She helped social workers looked at each family members as individuals.
b. She propelled social workers look at issues surrounding gender biases.
c. She propelled social workers to think beyond the family by understanding that families
are also situated within broader communities and social systems.
d. Helped social workers place an emphasis on teaching parents appropriate parenting
skills.
ANS: C PG: 7 ch1
6. All but the following can be downsides to home- or community-based family work?
a. It is not as structured as office based work.
b. Seeing people in their living rooms increases the pressures of induction into a family’s
problematic patterns.
c. Families may likely feel more support than criticized.
d. The worker and the family might be tempted to make the professional boundaries
looser.
ANS: C PG: 11 ch1
7. Which of the following best describes central beliefs of family social work?
a. Most intrusive measure should first be used with families to ensure that the family is
demonstrated appropriate means of interacting.
b. If enough problematic interaction patterns can be addressed, the family’s future ability
to problem solve and thus meet the needs of members will be enhanced.
c. Family Social Work should only be done in crisis situations when families most need
support.
d. Family Social Workers often are observers only providing input from ‘behind the
scenes’.
ANS: C PG: 11 ch1
8. What is the dual aim of crisis intervention?
a. To immediately resolve the urgent problems and adaptation to disruptive life events
and the promotion of long-term skill building to reduce failure and maximize the ability
to deal with future crises.
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Introduction to Family Social Work
b. To conduct interventions several days after the concerns have arisen so that autonomy
maybe created with the family.
c. To work solely on abstract problems with the family while also dealing with all of the
families problems at once.
d. To spend a long number of hours on particular problems and try to fix as many problems
as possible.
ANS: A PG: 17 ch1
9. Several family workers stressed the importance of seeing families in their homes including:
a. Virginia Satir and Alfred Adler
b. Mary Richmond and Nathan Ackerman
c. Abraham Maslow and Monica McGoldrik
d. Aaron Beck and Erik Erickson
ANS: B PG: 13 ch1
10. What are some of the advantages of family work in the home?
a. Family social workers can receive direct information about family functioning and
develop a more complete picture about the family relationships as members interact
within a familiar environment.
b. The family social worker maybe able to better individualize the intervention based on a
family’s living situation.
c. New skills learned maybe easier applied when learned within the family’s natural setting
as opposed to an office setting.
d. Family social workers are often trained to conduct psychosocial therapies within the
home.
ANS: D PG: 13 ch1
11. A parenting and child management skills a Family Social Worker would not be responsible for
would be?
a. Reinforcing effective or desired behaviors
b. Helping family members deal with hurt and anger more effectively
c. Teaching parents how to observe and track children’s behavior
d. Teaching parents to use more intrusive means of parenting their children
ANS: D PG: 17 ch1
12. What does the book outline as the two main means that family social workers have to become
involved with families?
a. Social issues and emotional issues
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