Illinois PEL Study Material (Illinois School
Social Worker Exam) Questions With
Complete Solutions
A committee of general education and special
education teachers has been charged with
identifying strategies for enhancing school success
for students with disabilities. The school social
worker will be leading the committee's work. The
social worker can best promote the success of this
collaborative effort by:
A. putting in place a system to ensure that each
committee member has an opportunity to
contribute to discussions and decisions
B. requesting that committee members suggest
topics to be addressed in each meeting
C. asking the school administrators to participate in
committee activities to serve as final authority over
decisions of the group
D. selecting a different committee member to
facilitate discussions at each meeting Correct
Answers A. putting in place a system to ensure
that each committee member has an opportunity
to contribute to discussions and decisions
,A conflict-resolution strategy in which students
spontaneously enact situations of conflict and
analyze the enactment with the help of other
students and the school social worker is best
described as:
A. Peer mediation
B. Decision making
C. Role-playing
D. Problem Solving Correct Answers C. Role-
playing
A curriculum that is designed to teach students
about conflict resolution would most likely include
which of the following?
a. Emphasis on the fact that conflict is a normal
part of life
b. Training students to value diversity
c. Role-playing to practice conflict resolution
strategies
d. All of the above Correct Answers d. All of the
above
,A first-grade student raises a hand to answer a
teacher's question. The teacher calls on the
student to answer and then compliments the
student on the answer. The student continues to
raise a hand during future lessons. This scenario
most clearly illustrates which of the following
theoretical concepts?
A. social constructivism
B. cognitive equilibrium
C. functional contextualism
D. operant conditioning Correct Answers D.
operant conditioning
A fourth grade teacher is planning a lesson on
family history. Knowing that families have different
structures, the teacher is concerned about having
the class make family trees and has asked the
school social worker for advice. Which of the
following suggestions would be the most
appropriate for the school social worker to offer in
this case?
a. make the assignment and ignore the family
differences
, b. give some children a parallel project to complete
while others make their family trees
c. use a different activity that will accommodate a
variety of family constellations.
d. ask children to write about their families and
read their work aloud for the class Correct
Answers c. use a different activity that will
accommodate a variety of family constellations.
A group of school social workers at the middle
school level are engaged in a process of
selfassessment to improve their professional
practice. The social workers have analyzed
student, educator, and system data as well as
personal performance data. Which of the following
steps should the social worker take next?
A. establishing professional goals
B. identifying benchmark indicators for growth
C. summarizing current strengths
D. selecting professional development activities
Correct Answers A. establishing professional goals
A high school junior tells the school social worker
that he is feeling stressed by all of the decisions
Social Worker Exam) Questions With
Complete Solutions
A committee of general education and special
education teachers has been charged with
identifying strategies for enhancing school success
for students with disabilities. The school social
worker will be leading the committee's work. The
social worker can best promote the success of this
collaborative effort by:
A. putting in place a system to ensure that each
committee member has an opportunity to
contribute to discussions and decisions
B. requesting that committee members suggest
topics to be addressed in each meeting
C. asking the school administrators to participate in
committee activities to serve as final authority over
decisions of the group
D. selecting a different committee member to
facilitate discussions at each meeting Correct
Answers A. putting in place a system to ensure
that each committee member has an opportunity
to contribute to discussions and decisions
,A conflict-resolution strategy in which students
spontaneously enact situations of conflict and
analyze the enactment with the help of other
students and the school social worker is best
described as:
A. Peer mediation
B. Decision making
C. Role-playing
D. Problem Solving Correct Answers C. Role-
playing
A curriculum that is designed to teach students
about conflict resolution would most likely include
which of the following?
a. Emphasis on the fact that conflict is a normal
part of life
b. Training students to value diversity
c. Role-playing to practice conflict resolution
strategies
d. All of the above Correct Answers d. All of the
above
,A first-grade student raises a hand to answer a
teacher's question. The teacher calls on the
student to answer and then compliments the
student on the answer. The student continues to
raise a hand during future lessons. This scenario
most clearly illustrates which of the following
theoretical concepts?
A. social constructivism
B. cognitive equilibrium
C. functional contextualism
D. operant conditioning Correct Answers D.
operant conditioning
A fourth grade teacher is planning a lesson on
family history. Knowing that families have different
structures, the teacher is concerned about having
the class make family trees and has asked the
school social worker for advice. Which of the
following suggestions would be the most
appropriate for the school social worker to offer in
this case?
a. make the assignment and ignore the family
differences
, b. give some children a parallel project to complete
while others make their family trees
c. use a different activity that will accommodate a
variety of family constellations.
d. ask children to write about their families and
read their work aloud for the class Correct
Answers c. use a different activity that will
accommodate a variety of family constellations.
A group of school social workers at the middle
school level are engaged in a process of
selfassessment to improve their professional
practice. The social workers have analyzed
student, educator, and system data as well as
personal performance data. Which of the following
steps should the social worker take next?
A. establishing professional goals
B. identifying benchmark indicators for growth
C. summarizing current strengths
D. selecting professional development activities
Correct Answers A. establishing professional goals
A high school junior tells the school social worker
that he is feeling stressed by all of the decisions
