6/14/25, 9:09 PM LMSW LICENSING EXAM
LMSW LICENSING ACTUAL EXAM 2025-2026 \NEWEST
VERSION \COMPLETE VERSION WITH UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
\ACCURATE ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+|BRAND
NEW!!
1) A
35-year-old individual has B. Potential for suicidal behavior
recently
experienced the death of a Rationale: FIRST, the social worker would act to
parent and the loss of a job determine the client's safety. The only option that
and has increased addresses the client's safety is (Key B.) Options a, C,
consumption of alcohol. & D may be appropriate later, once the safety of
Which of the the client has been addressed.
following areas should be
assessed FIRST by the
social worker?
A. Financial resource
availability
B. Potential for suicidal
behavior
C. Need for grief counseling
D. Extent of substance abuse
2) The ability to keep C. Professional Boundaries
personal feelings and needs
separate from work Rationale: This requires knowledge of the definition of
relationships professional boundaries (key C). Since the question asks
BEST represents which social for the BEST response, the secondary responsibilities in
work ethical standard? the other options are not correct.
A. Professional discretion
B. Responsibility to the
profession
C. Professional Boundaries
D. Responsibility to colleagues
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3. A social worker has been A. Consult with an agency supervisor about the case
treating a client for two
months in an agency setting Rationale: Consulting with a supervisor (key A) is the
and is experiencing intense BEST response because it assists in helping to
sexual attraction understand and address the situation. Options (B) & (D)
toward the client. The social are clearly unethical. Transferring the client (C) may be
worker's BEST response is done later, but it is unclear if this action is required at
to: this point and there is not enough information in the
stem to conclude this.
A. Consult with an agency
supervisor about the case
B. Reveal the attraction to the
client
C. Transfer the client to
another agency worker
D. Work toward ending the
client's services at the
agency
4. In a routine review of C. Provide staff training about culturally competent social work
case records at a mental practice.
health center, a social
worker
supervisor discovers that
case managers routinely
after all Native
American/First Nations
clients to either Alcoholics
Anonymous or Al-Anon. In
discussing this practice with
the case managers, the
supervisor learns that the
referrals are made without
obtaining information about
the clients' use or abuse of
substances.
How can the supervisor
effectively address the
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practice?
A. Reprimand case
managers about
providing client
services based on
stereotyping
B. Educate the staff about
services
provided by Alcoholics
Anonymous and Al- Anon
C. Provide staff training
in culturally
competent social
work practice.
D. Allow no referrals to be
made without approval
from the supervisor
5. At an intake session, a C. Obtain more information about the client's use of alcohol
client requests
medication for sleep. Rationale: While options A, B & D may all be appropriate
Since becoming actions for the social worker to take, none would be the
unemployed, the client has first. As a part of the assessment process, the social
used alcohol as a sedative. worker needs to FIRST further explore the issue of
The client is worried about alcohol use (key C).
finances and is afraid of
being evicted. The social
worker should FIRST:
A. Refer the client for
evaluation for sleep
medication
B. Refer the client to public
assistance
C. Obtain more
information about the
client's use of alcohol
D. Refer the client
to the local
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unemployment
office
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LMSW LICENSING ACTUAL EXAM 2025-2026 \NEWEST
VERSION \COMPLETE VERSION WITH UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
\ACCURATE ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+|BRAND
NEW!!
1) A
35-year-old individual has B. Potential for suicidal behavior
recently
experienced the death of a Rationale: FIRST, the social worker would act to
parent and the loss of a job determine the client's safety. The only option that
and has increased addresses the client's safety is (Key B.) Options a, C,
consumption of alcohol. & D may be appropriate later, once the safety of
Which of the the client has been addressed.
following areas should be
assessed FIRST by the
social worker?
A. Financial resource
availability
B. Potential for suicidal
behavior
C. Need for grief counseling
D. Extent of substance abuse
2) The ability to keep C. Professional Boundaries
personal feelings and needs
separate from work Rationale: This requires knowledge of the definition of
relationships professional boundaries (key C). Since the question asks
BEST represents which social for the BEST response, the secondary responsibilities in
work ethical standard? the other options are not correct.
A. Professional discretion
B. Responsibility to the
profession
C. Professional Boundaries
D. Responsibility to colleagues
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3. A social worker has been A. Consult with an agency supervisor about the case
treating a client for two
months in an agency setting Rationale: Consulting with a supervisor (key A) is the
and is experiencing intense BEST response because it assists in helping to
sexual attraction understand and address the situation. Options (B) & (D)
toward the client. The social are clearly unethical. Transferring the client (C) may be
worker's BEST response is done later, but it is unclear if this action is required at
to: this point and there is not enough information in the
stem to conclude this.
A. Consult with an agency
supervisor about the case
B. Reveal the attraction to the
client
C. Transfer the client to
another agency worker
D. Work toward ending the
client's services at the
agency
4. In a routine review of C. Provide staff training about culturally competent social work
case records at a mental practice.
health center, a social
worker
supervisor discovers that
case managers routinely
after all Native
American/First Nations
clients to either Alcoholics
Anonymous or Al-Anon. In
discussing this practice with
the case managers, the
supervisor learns that the
referrals are made without
obtaining information about
the clients' use or abuse of
substances.
How can the supervisor
effectively address the
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practice?
A. Reprimand case
managers about
providing client
services based on
stereotyping
B. Educate the staff about
services
provided by Alcoholics
Anonymous and Al- Anon
C. Provide staff training
in culturally
competent social
work practice.
D. Allow no referrals to be
made without approval
from the supervisor
5. At an intake session, a C. Obtain more information about the client's use of alcohol
client requests
medication for sleep. Rationale: While options A, B & D may all be appropriate
Since becoming actions for the social worker to take, none would be the
unemployed, the client has first. As a part of the assessment process, the social
used alcohol as a sedative. worker needs to FIRST further explore the issue of
The client is worried about alcohol use (key C).
finances and is afraid of
being evicted. The social
worker should FIRST:
A. Refer the client for
evaluation for sleep
medication
B. Refer the client to public
assistance
C. Obtain more
information about the
client's use of alcohol
D. Refer the client
to the local
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unemployment
office
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