UKY MSW FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The director of the MSW program is conducting a survey of recent MSW program
graduates to determine what elective courses they found most useful and relevant to
practice. About a quarter of the recent graduates need to be surveyed in order to have
the desired sample size. The director gets a list of all the MSW alumni who graduated in
the past two years, randomly picks a name on the list as the starting point and then
selects every fourth student on the list to be in the study sample. What type of sampling
is being used? - Correct Answers -Systematic random sampling
A social worker is conducting an initial assessment with a client. What is the best way
for the social worker to inquire about the client's sexual orientation? - Correct Answers
-"What is your sexual orientation?"
What does process evaluation (program monitoring/patterns of use evaluation) focus
on? - Correct Answers -Whether a practice, policy, or program is implemented as
planned or required.
What term best describes unearned advantages that accrue to members of certain
social groups because of membership in those groups, and at the cost of corresponding
marginalized groups? - Correct Answers -Privilege.
Bernice H. is a family social worker. The divorced mother of the family with whom she is
working says, "I am going to make my daughter leave the house. She doesn't follow my
rules or listen to anything I say. I am over it! She can go live with her father!" Which of
the following responses would demonstrate the highest level of empathy from Bernice
H. ? - Correct Answers -"It sounds like you feel angry and hurt that your daughter isn't
listening to you."
Most group leaders/group therapists will have group members from diverse cultural
backgrounds. What is not a good way for group leaders to become culturally
competent? - Correct Answers -Promote universal values.
In the SOAP note method of documentation, which section includes the social worker's
professional opinion of the problem and needs of the client, including possible areas of
further inquiry or testing? - Correct Answers -A-assessment data
According to most textbooks on social work practice, social workers accomplish the
engagement component of the helping process by which of the following activities? -
AND ANSWERS
The director of the MSW program is conducting a survey of recent MSW program
graduates to determine what elective courses they found most useful and relevant to
practice. About a quarter of the recent graduates need to be surveyed in order to have
the desired sample size. The director gets a list of all the MSW alumni who graduated in
the past two years, randomly picks a name on the list as the starting point and then
selects every fourth student on the list to be in the study sample. What type of sampling
is being used? - Correct Answers -Systematic random sampling
A social worker is conducting an initial assessment with a client. What is the best way
for the social worker to inquire about the client's sexual orientation? - Correct Answers
-"What is your sexual orientation?"
What does process evaluation (program monitoring/patterns of use evaluation) focus
on? - Correct Answers -Whether a practice, policy, or program is implemented as
planned or required.
What term best describes unearned advantages that accrue to members of certain
social groups because of membership in those groups, and at the cost of corresponding
marginalized groups? - Correct Answers -Privilege.
Bernice H. is a family social worker. The divorced mother of the family with whom she is
working says, "I am going to make my daughter leave the house. She doesn't follow my
rules or listen to anything I say. I am over it! She can go live with her father!" Which of
the following responses would demonstrate the highest level of empathy from Bernice
H. ? - Correct Answers -"It sounds like you feel angry and hurt that your daughter isn't
listening to you."
Most group leaders/group therapists will have group members from diverse cultural
backgrounds. What is not a good way for group leaders to become culturally
competent? - Correct Answers -Promote universal values.
In the SOAP note method of documentation, which section includes the social worker's
professional opinion of the problem and needs of the client, including possible areas of
further inquiry or testing? - Correct Answers -A-assessment data
According to most textbooks on social work practice, social workers accomplish the
engagement component of the helping process by which of the following activities? -
