ASWB MSW exam part 1 2025 Questions
and Answers
A social worker facilitates a group of men who are married to patients with breast
cancer. This group aims to help members cope with the stress of having a spouse with
cancer so they can effectively adapt to these changes. During group meetings, members
typically gather and discuss the effects of breast cancer on their spouses and how to cope
with those effects. This is most likely which of the following type of group? -
....ANSWER ...-Support group
There are many types of groups characterized by their unique purposes. Support groups
tend to help members cope with life changes, such as having a spouse with cancer, so
they can more effectively handle life events.
Educational groups are primarily meant to help members learn about themselves and
their society, such as a group about diabetes. Socialization groups aim to help members
with social skills and improve interpersonal relationships. Self-help groups, such as
Alcoholics Anonymous, are groups in which members lead the group and are the sole
providers of support.
Erica is a high school social worker. One of the students, a young girl named Lin, seems
to be having behavioral problems. She only seems to conform to expectations when
closely monitored, and does so chiefly out of a fear of being punished. Using Kohlberg's
stages of moral development, should Erica be concerned? - ....ANSWER ...-Yes,
because Lin appears to be operating at the preconventional stage of moral development
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, If Lin is truly behaving appropriately only because she is frightened of consequences,
she is operating at what Lawrence Kohlberg called the preconventional stage of moral
development, which is appropriate only for children younger than nine.
The conventional stage of moral development would be expected, as it encompasses
adolescent moral development, according to Kohlberg. If Lin were operating at the
postconventional stage of moral development, it would be unexpected but not
unwelcome, as this stage is something Kohlberg described as being too mature even for
most adults.
Alison has a client whose landlord is refusing to allow the client to have his service dog
in his apartment without paying a pet deposit. Alison calls the landlord and explains that
the law states landlords have to accept service animals without a pet deposit. What is
Alison doing for her client? - ....ANSWER ...-Advocating
Alison explains the law to the landlord and attempts to get him to abide by it so that her
client can have his service dog. This is similar to what a lawyer would do in this
situation, but without the legal background and the legal standing.
Mediating is incorrect because it is when one intervenes between two or more people to
settle a dispute. In this case, Alison is not working with both parties at the same time to
settle a dispute; she is talking to the landlord separately. Referring is incorrect because it
is the act of passing a matter to another individual with more expertise. Arbitrating is
incorrect because it is the act of making an authoritative decision to settle a dispute
between two or more individuals.
In systems theory, which term refers to a system served by a number of component
systems? - ....ANSWER ...-Suprasystem
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and Answers
A social worker facilitates a group of men who are married to patients with breast
cancer. This group aims to help members cope with the stress of having a spouse with
cancer so they can effectively adapt to these changes. During group meetings, members
typically gather and discuss the effects of breast cancer on their spouses and how to cope
with those effects. This is most likely which of the following type of group? -
....ANSWER ...-Support group
There are many types of groups characterized by their unique purposes. Support groups
tend to help members cope with life changes, such as having a spouse with cancer, so
they can more effectively handle life events.
Educational groups are primarily meant to help members learn about themselves and
their society, such as a group about diabetes. Socialization groups aim to help members
with social skills and improve interpersonal relationships. Self-help groups, such as
Alcoholics Anonymous, are groups in which members lead the group and are the sole
providers of support.
Erica is a high school social worker. One of the students, a young girl named Lin, seems
to be having behavioral problems. She only seems to conform to expectations when
closely monitored, and does so chiefly out of a fear of being punished. Using Kohlberg's
stages of moral development, should Erica be concerned? - ....ANSWER ...-Yes,
because Lin appears to be operating at the preconventional stage of moral development
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, If Lin is truly behaving appropriately only because she is frightened of consequences,
she is operating at what Lawrence Kohlberg called the preconventional stage of moral
development, which is appropriate only for children younger than nine.
The conventional stage of moral development would be expected, as it encompasses
adolescent moral development, according to Kohlberg. If Lin were operating at the
postconventional stage of moral development, it would be unexpected but not
unwelcome, as this stage is something Kohlberg described as being too mature even for
most adults.
Alison has a client whose landlord is refusing to allow the client to have his service dog
in his apartment without paying a pet deposit. Alison calls the landlord and explains that
the law states landlords have to accept service animals without a pet deposit. What is
Alison doing for her client? - ....ANSWER ...-Advocating
Alison explains the law to the landlord and attempts to get him to abide by it so that her
client can have his service dog. This is similar to what a lawyer would do in this
situation, but without the legal background and the legal standing.
Mediating is incorrect because it is when one intervenes between two or more people to
settle a dispute. In this case, Alison is not working with both parties at the same time to
settle a dispute; she is talking to the landlord separately. Referring is incorrect because it
is the act of passing a matter to another individual with more expertise. Arbitrating is
incorrect because it is the act of making an authoritative decision to settle a dispute
between two or more individuals.
In systems theory, which term refers to a system served by a number of component
systems? - ....ANSWER ...-Suprasystem
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