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SWRK 1000 Final Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Psychology
Ans: The field with which social work has the most overlap
60%
Ans: The percentage of therapy provided by social workers.
Social work (NASW)
Ans: To enhance human well-being and help meet the basic
human needs of all people, with particular attention to the
needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable,
oppressed, and living in poverty. Fundamental to social work is
attention to the environmental forces that create, contribute
to, and address problems in living.
To help people become empowered in order to optimize their abilities
and quality of life.
Ans: Social work (global definition)
Mental health, physical health, and family/children's services
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Ans: Most common practice settings for direct practice social
workers.
A degree in social work
Ans: NASW requirement for being a social worker
BSW
Ans: Prepares for generalist practice
MSW
Ans: Prepares for specialist or advanced generalist practice
Ph.D. or DSW
Ans: Prepares for research, teaching, or advanced clinical
practice
Religious institutions
Ans: Origin of social work
"worthy" and "unworthy"
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Ans: Categories for those who were eligible or ineligible for
charity under the 1349 Statute of Laborers
The elderly and disabled
Ans: Those who were considered "worthy" under the 1349
Statute of Laborers
Henrician Poor Law of 1536
Ans: Developed regulations for the collection of tax revenue
for social welfare
The unemployable poor (monetary aid), the employable poor (work),
and orphaned and dependent children (apprenticeships)
Ans: Categories for those who received social services under
the Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601, along with what each
category received
Protestant Work Ethic
Ans: The idea that one should be self-sustaining through hard
work and not require assistance from others; often led to belief
that social service programs were immoral or unnecessary.
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1657
Ans: Year of the founding of the first American social welfare
agency and the first almshouse
The end of the Civil War and increased immigration
Ans: Causes of need for social workers in the late 19th century
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ans: Early social worker who helped found the NAACP
Indoor relief
Ans: The provision of services in an institution such as a
workhouse or asylum
Outdoor relief
Ans: The provision of services in the community, outside the
confines of an institutional setting
Settlement House Movement
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SWRK 1000 Final Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Psychology
Ans: The field with which social work has the most overlap
60%
Ans: The percentage of therapy provided by social workers.
Social work (NASW)
Ans: To enhance human well-being and help meet the basic
human needs of all people, with particular attention to the
needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable,
oppressed, and living in poverty. Fundamental to social work is
attention to the environmental forces that create, contribute
to, and address problems in living.
To help people become empowered in order to optimize their abilities
and quality of life.
Ans: Social work (global definition)
Mental health, physical health, and family/children's services
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Ans: Most common practice settings for direct practice social
workers.
A degree in social work
Ans: NASW requirement for being a social worker
BSW
Ans: Prepares for generalist practice
MSW
Ans: Prepares for specialist or advanced generalist practice
Ph.D. or DSW
Ans: Prepares for research, teaching, or advanced clinical
practice
Religious institutions
Ans: Origin of social work
"worthy" and "unworthy"
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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Ans: Categories for those who were eligible or ineligible for
charity under the 1349 Statute of Laborers
The elderly and disabled
Ans: Those who were considered "worthy" under the 1349
Statute of Laborers
Henrician Poor Law of 1536
Ans: Developed regulations for the collection of tax revenue
for social welfare
The unemployable poor (monetary aid), the employable poor (work),
and orphaned and dependent children (apprenticeships)
Ans: Categories for those who received social services under
the Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601, along with what each
category received
Protestant Work Ethic
Ans: The idea that one should be self-sustaining through hard
work and not require assistance from others; often led to belief
that social service programs were immoral or unnecessary.
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1657
Ans: Year of the founding of the first American social welfare
agency and the first almshouse
The end of the Civil War and increased immigration
Ans: Causes of need for social workers in the late 19th century
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ans: Early social worker who helped found the NAACP
Indoor relief
Ans: The provision of services in an institution such as a
workhouse or asylum
Outdoor relief
Ans: The provision of services in the community, outside the
confines of an institutional setting
Settlement House Movement
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
