HBSE Actual Questions and Correct Answers
Q1
Which theory of prejudice asserts people are socialized to think and behave in certain ways?
Answer: Social learning theory
Q2
Settlement houses did what?
Answer: Provided programs that met a range of needs such as education, health, day
care, etc Arose in early 1900s Method or attempt at abolishing poverty through
advocacy skills
Q3
Organizing community members and creating opportunities for change through activism"
describes which model of community practice?
Answer: Social Action Model
Q4
Which of the following is a basic premise of social justice?
Answer: All people should be treated fairly and without prejudice regardless of race,
gender, social status, religion, etc through administration of laws in a society Right to
live fulfilling lives, access to appropriate resources, decision-making opportunities,
and freedom from fear of persecution
Q5
Which model of community practice sees social workers as experts who take the lead in
developing change strategies?
Answer: Social planning model
Q6
Microassaults are?
Answer: Similar to individual racism. Subtle or explicit, deliberate, conscious, biased,
derogatory messages sent to target groups, either interpersonally or through the
environment. Name-calling, acts of violence, avoidant behaviors, telling or laughing at
jokes, or discriminatory practices meant to harm those in the target group
, Q7
Which theory of prejudice is characterized by rigidity, inflexibility, and conformity?
Answer: o Authoritarian personality
Q8
Environmental racism is?
Answer: o Institutional and structural policies and practices that differentially impact
the health and living conditions of racial and ethnic groups
Q9
Policies, programs, and procedures that systematically benefit members of certain racial groups
more than others are examples of?
Answer: o Institutional racism
Q10
Arguing that unequal distribution of resources and access to opportunities, as well as inequality
that is being maintained by societal values keeps families like Aisha's in poverty is part of which
theory?
Answer: o The Vicious Cycle
Q11
Those parts of society whose purposes are readily discernible are?
Answer: o Manifest function. Grades to give feedback on performance. Robert K.
Merton
Q12
Which theory asserts that we construct our reality based on our experiences?
Answer: o Social constructionism
Q13
Which strength of feminism has also been criticized as perhaps perpetuating inequality?
Answer: Exclusive focus on women actually perpetuates their oppression by
highlighting their special circumstances, thereby making them "separate" from men
and suggesting that they require special treatment Ignores plight of other minority
groups
Q1
Which theory of prejudice asserts people are socialized to think and behave in certain ways?
Answer: Social learning theory
Q2
Settlement houses did what?
Answer: Provided programs that met a range of needs such as education, health, day
care, etc Arose in early 1900s Method or attempt at abolishing poverty through
advocacy skills
Q3
Organizing community members and creating opportunities for change through activism"
describes which model of community practice?
Answer: Social Action Model
Q4
Which of the following is a basic premise of social justice?
Answer: All people should be treated fairly and without prejudice regardless of race,
gender, social status, religion, etc through administration of laws in a society Right to
live fulfilling lives, access to appropriate resources, decision-making opportunities,
and freedom from fear of persecution
Q5
Which model of community practice sees social workers as experts who take the lead in
developing change strategies?
Answer: Social planning model
Q6
Microassaults are?
Answer: Similar to individual racism. Subtle or explicit, deliberate, conscious, biased,
derogatory messages sent to target groups, either interpersonally or through the
environment. Name-calling, acts of violence, avoidant behaviors, telling or laughing at
jokes, or discriminatory practices meant to harm those in the target group
, Q7
Which theory of prejudice is characterized by rigidity, inflexibility, and conformity?
Answer: o Authoritarian personality
Q8
Environmental racism is?
Answer: o Institutional and structural policies and practices that differentially impact
the health and living conditions of racial and ethnic groups
Q9
Policies, programs, and procedures that systematically benefit members of certain racial groups
more than others are examples of?
Answer: o Institutional racism
Q10
Arguing that unequal distribution of resources and access to opportunities, as well as inequality
that is being maintained by societal values keeps families like Aisha's in poverty is part of which
theory?
Answer: o The Vicious Cycle
Q11
Those parts of society whose purposes are readily discernible are?
Answer: o Manifest function. Grades to give feedback on performance. Robert K.
Merton
Q12
Which theory asserts that we construct our reality based on our experiences?
Answer: o Social constructionism
Q13
Which strength of feminism has also been criticized as perhaps perpetuating inequality?
Answer: Exclusive focus on women actually perpetuates their oppression by
highlighting their special circumstances, thereby making them "separate" from men
and suggesting that they require special treatment Ignores plight of other minority
groups
