LCSW Practice Exam Questions With
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This diagnosis is made when the ability to perform daily activities that require motor abilities is substantially below that expected for the person's age and intelligence. The disorder interferes in a significant way with academic achievement and daily living. Moreover, it is not the result of a medical condition. - Answer Developmental Coordination Disorder
Integrity vs. Despair - Answer A time when an older person reviews life accomplishments, deals with loss and prepares for death.
A 15-year-old comes to you on her own for treatment in a federally funded drug treatment program. You should: - Answer Treat the client
You are a social worker for at-risk teens. Joe, age 14, has been seeing you after an episode of shoplifting. He's doing well, and you plan to work toward ending therapy. How do you FIRST approach termination? - Answer Start reviewing Joe's successes in achieving his goals, and work with him to set a date for the last counseling session
All of these Assessment tools are applicable to Substance Use/Abuse/Dependence evaluation EXCEPT: - Answer Beck's Depression Inventory
Which of these situations illustrates a dual relationship? - Answer Dating and treating the client
Describe a scatter plot of data that are weakly, negatively correlated. - Answer Data points follow a general trend from top left to bottom right; points are loosely bunched together
Parents come to you with their 19 month-old daughter who presents with the following characteristics: (1) a loss of motor skills previously learned, (2) a decrease in sociability with siblings, (3) declining physical coordination, (4) problems with expressive needs and (5) lethargy. In conjunction, her medical file states that the client's head growth seems slowed/decelerated for her age. These symptoms began manifesting at approximately 12 months of age. With this information what diagnosis would be MOST appropriate? - Answer 299.80 Rett's Disorder
Which one of the following measurements would have the greatest reliability? - Answer Weight
At what age is conformity with peers MOST likely to be the highest? - Answer 8-10 Preadolescents typically value conformity with their peers. When a client threatens suicide the secondary concern is: - Answer Contracting a Safety Contract Agreement between the client and the social worker
An example of Piaget's Sensorimotor Developmental Stage would be: - Answer An infant putting a ball in her mouth
Gertrude wants to do a study on finishing times at her favorite roller derby. Which measure would report the difference in times between roller skaters as they cross the finish line? - Answer Interval reports the difference in finishing times between roller skaters.
Which of the following is associated with partialization? - Answer Prioritizing the goals and objectives of the patient and determining which need to be worked on first is partialization, the patient's objectives and goals are first prioritized so that they can be worked on separately and in sequence.
Which of the following theorists was primarily concerned with adult developmental issues? - Answer Dan Levinson postulated that development continues all through life. He delineated the stages of adult development into basic eras:
When a 5-year-old child begins wetting the bed twice a week after the birth of a sibling, you might consider which of the following diagnoses? - Answer Functional Enuresis
During a presentation at a conference on conduct disorders, a licensed social worker talks about several of her past clients. She is very conscious not to reveal any of their identities or information that would allow for their identification. Her actions are: - Answer Ethical
You meet with a potentially suicidal teen. What do you ask to evaluate his potential for suicide? - Answer Ask if he has considered suicide; if he has considered suicide, ask what plan he has or method he plans to use and if that method is available to him
You have been counseling a young woman who is a victim of domestic violence. She has been to a domestic violence shelter several times after her husband has attacked her. Each time, she returned home to her husband within 24 hours. How can you BEST intervene? - Answer Continue counseling the young woman to build her self-esteem, set
goals for financial independence and help her look at this pattern of behavior; try to help
her predict violence and go to the shelter before she is attacked
You work in a busy counseling center. Your supervisor is responsible for supervising an unlicensed MSW and signs off on her work. During your supervisor's maternity leave, she asks you to sign off on the supervisee's work but knows you are too busy to actually
meet with the supervisee for supervision. What is the BEST thing you can do? - Answer Tell your supervisor you cannot do this unless you are given time to provide supervision
Correct Answers 2023
This diagnosis is made when the ability to perform daily activities that require motor abilities is substantially below that expected for the person's age and intelligence. The disorder interferes in a significant way with academic achievement and daily living. Moreover, it is not the result of a medical condition. - Answer Developmental Coordination Disorder
Integrity vs. Despair - Answer A time when an older person reviews life accomplishments, deals with loss and prepares for death.
A 15-year-old comes to you on her own for treatment in a federally funded drug treatment program. You should: - Answer Treat the client
You are a social worker for at-risk teens. Joe, age 14, has been seeing you after an episode of shoplifting. He's doing well, and you plan to work toward ending therapy. How do you FIRST approach termination? - Answer Start reviewing Joe's successes in achieving his goals, and work with him to set a date for the last counseling session
All of these Assessment tools are applicable to Substance Use/Abuse/Dependence evaluation EXCEPT: - Answer Beck's Depression Inventory
Which of these situations illustrates a dual relationship? - Answer Dating and treating the client
Describe a scatter plot of data that are weakly, negatively correlated. - Answer Data points follow a general trend from top left to bottom right; points are loosely bunched together
Parents come to you with their 19 month-old daughter who presents with the following characteristics: (1) a loss of motor skills previously learned, (2) a decrease in sociability with siblings, (3) declining physical coordination, (4) problems with expressive needs and (5) lethargy. In conjunction, her medical file states that the client's head growth seems slowed/decelerated for her age. These symptoms began manifesting at approximately 12 months of age. With this information what diagnosis would be MOST appropriate? - Answer 299.80 Rett's Disorder
Which one of the following measurements would have the greatest reliability? - Answer Weight
At what age is conformity with peers MOST likely to be the highest? - Answer 8-10 Preadolescents typically value conformity with their peers. When a client threatens suicide the secondary concern is: - Answer Contracting a Safety Contract Agreement between the client and the social worker
An example of Piaget's Sensorimotor Developmental Stage would be: - Answer An infant putting a ball in her mouth
Gertrude wants to do a study on finishing times at her favorite roller derby. Which measure would report the difference in times between roller skaters as they cross the finish line? - Answer Interval reports the difference in finishing times between roller skaters.
Which of the following is associated with partialization? - Answer Prioritizing the goals and objectives of the patient and determining which need to be worked on first is partialization, the patient's objectives and goals are first prioritized so that they can be worked on separately and in sequence.
Which of the following theorists was primarily concerned with adult developmental issues? - Answer Dan Levinson postulated that development continues all through life. He delineated the stages of adult development into basic eras:
When a 5-year-old child begins wetting the bed twice a week after the birth of a sibling, you might consider which of the following diagnoses? - Answer Functional Enuresis
During a presentation at a conference on conduct disorders, a licensed social worker talks about several of her past clients. She is very conscious not to reveal any of their identities or information that would allow for their identification. Her actions are: - Answer Ethical
You meet with a potentially suicidal teen. What do you ask to evaluate his potential for suicide? - Answer Ask if he has considered suicide; if he has considered suicide, ask what plan he has or method he plans to use and if that method is available to him
You have been counseling a young woman who is a victim of domestic violence. She has been to a domestic violence shelter several times after her husband has attacked her. Each time, she returned home to her husband within 24 hours. How can you BEST intervene? - Answer Continue counseling the young woman to build her self-esteem, set
goals for financial independence and help her look at this pattern of behavior; try to help
her predict violence and go to the shelter before she is attacked
You work in a busy counseling center. Your supervisor is responsible for supervising an unlicensed MSW and signs off on her work. During your supervisor's maternity leave, she asks you to sign off on the supervisee's work but knows you are too busy to actually
meet with the supervisee for supervision. What is the BEST thing you can do? - Answer Tell your supervisor you cannot do this unless you are given time to provide supervision
