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LMSW Review Exam I. Direct & Indirect Social Work Practice Questions with Solutions
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LMSW Review Exam I. Direct & IndirectSocial Work Practice
1. In determining the appropriateness of a client for a therapy group the most important
single factor is
A) Major events in the life history of the client.
B) Social relationships with the family.
C) Physical or intellectual strengths.
D) Attitudes toward him/herself, adaptive operations, perception of reality. -
answerAttitudes toward him/herself, adaptive operations, perception of reality.
2. Willard, age 13, comes from a family well known in the community for its members'
involvement with drugs and alcohol. Willard's two brothers and his mother, though
employed in marginal jobs have serious drug and alcohol problems. His father died from
cirrhosis of the liver associated with massive alcohol abuse. Willard is in school, seems
well cared for, and has been doing well, but he has recently started to cut classes. In
planning a social work intervention with Willard, the social worker will need to consider
A) How to help Willard's mother encourage him to continue to work hard.
B) How to intervene with the entire family to help them manage their substance
problems.
C) That family substance abuse is a major factor in becoming a substance abuser and
that Willard will need special help to avoid following in the family path.
D) That an abuse report should be filed. - answerThat family substance abuse is a
major factor in becoming a substance abuser and that Willard will need special help to
avoid following in the family path.
3. During a first interview, a young married woman, who has recently given birth to her
first child, complains of loss of appetite and inability to sleep. She seems somewhat
disheveled and disorganized, displays a mournful demeanor, and says she feels
unmotivated and overworked. The social worker's first activity would be to:
A) Assess the suicidal risk
B) Determine the frequency and duration symptoms
C) Record a thorough history
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