Practice Questions (ASWB Exam Prep) 2024 100% Correct Answers
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Denise is a school social worker. One of her clients, Dawn, is a teenager who is doing extremely well academically, with perfect grades and participation in a wide variety of activities. However, Dawn reports to Denise that she does not feel good about herself, often thinks about death, and has tro...
Practice Questions (ASWB Exam Prep)
2024 100% Correct Answers
Denise is a school social worker. One of her clients, Dawn, is a teenager who is doing extremely
well academically, with perfect grades and participation in a wide variety of activities. However,
Dawn reports to Denise that she does not feel good about herself, often thinks about death, and
has trouble sleeping.
Which of the classic parenting styles has MOST likely been applied to Dawn?
Authoritarian
Uninvolved
Permissive
Authoritative - ANS Authoritarian
Which of the following are types of research conducted by social workers as part of their ethical
responsibilities to the profession?
Needs assessment and program evaluation.
Clinical research and ethics evaluation
Client observation and participant observation
Group and family therapy - ANS Needs assessment and program evaluation
Which form of feminist theory argues that gender is a social construct used to create power
imbalances between men and women?
Socialist feminism
Radical feminism
Liberal feminism - ANS Radical feminism
Tiffany is a social worker who believes she has discovered an ethical dilemma involving a client.
Tiffany has consulted the NASW Code of Ethics to determine which ethical standards are being
compromised and what values may be at stake, and believes she has found the heart of the
issue in that guidance.
According to the NASW Code of Ethics, what should Tiffany do NEXT?
Weigh ethical issues in light of the NASW Code of Ethics
,Monitor for further ethical issues
Suggest and implement modifications in light of social work values
Determine the presence of an ethical dilemma - ANS Determine the presence of an ethical
dilemma
Which of the following types of program evaluation is mostly concerned with financial
outcomes?
Cost-benefit analysis
Cost-effectiveness analysis
Outcome assessment
Cost-benefit ratio - ANS Cost-benefit analysis
Kevin takes a photograph of his client to advertise for the agency's fundraiser without telling the
client what the photograph would be used for. Which of the following rules is Kevin breaking?
Client's right to privacy
Informed consent required for disclosure
Client's right to confidentiality - ANS Informed consent required for disclosure
Dan is the sole caregiver for his elderly father. Recently, Dan has begun abusing his father.
Which of the following is the BEST possible warning sign that abuse is occurring?
Dan is showing signs of poor self-care
Dan is expressing more emotion lately
Dan is using drugs and alcohol - ANS Dan is using drugs and alcohol
A functional behavioral assessment may be completed on a student whose behavior has
become inconsistent with his normal behavior. Which of the following is NOT a common element
that a behavioral assessment generally analyzes?
Attendance records
Health assessments
Appearance - ANS Appearance
Holly is going to meet a client for the first time. She plans to do a biopsychosocial history on the
client in order to learn more about him. Holly asks her client to bring collateral data, such as
medical records, pictures of family, and other information to their appointment.
Why is collateral data important?
It helps fill in gaps for the biopsychosocial history that a client might leave out.
,It provides information from family members to reveal their observations of the client.
It helps to show if the client is being honest during the biopsychosocial history. - ANS It
helps fill in gaps for the biopsychosocial history that a client might leave out.
What is the MAIN purpose of conducting a reassessment of the sessions that have transpired
between the client and the social worker?
To determine if services have been effective or if something needs to change.
To prepare the client to transfer to a new social worker if the current one hasn't met the client's
needs.
To remind both the client and the social worker of the goals that they're working on. - ANS
To determine if services have been effective or if something needs to change.
What are the four class statuses in the United States (in order from highest to lowest)?
Upper class, middle class, working class, lower class
Upper class, upper middle class, lower class, underclass - ANS Upper class, middle class,
working class, lower class
Which of the following is the BEST way to handle cultural differences between a client and
oneself as a practitioner?
Understand how the differences affect the process of problem-solving.
Develop a comprehensive understanding of all cultural differences
Involve the client in a deep dialogue about cultural differences - ANS Understand how the
differences affect the process of problem-solving
What assessment technique is often used to show how families operate with each other and
within their community?
Familial reviewing
Environmental mapping
Social network mapping
Political assessment - ANS Social network mapping
, Dorothy, a social worker in a crisis center, is trying to help her client Norma understand her
mental illness better. Norma, a young woman, is struggling with a new diagnosis of
Schizophrenia. Through a few sessions, Dorothy attempts to teach Norma the basics in an effort
to pass along information in a therapeutic way.
Which of the following techniques BEST describes what Dorothy is doing?
Empowerment
Psychoeducation
Partializing
Task-centered strategy - ANS Psychoeducation
Which of the following BEST describes what a social worker should do when receiving a
subpoena?
Refuse to comply
Provide requested information
Respond and turn over records
Respond and claim privilege - ANS Respond and claim privilege
John and David have been together as a couple for some time. They have reached a point
where they are able to accept each other's strengths and weaknesses, and are committed to
staying together. In terms of the theory of couples development, which stage is this couple in?
Romance
Commitment
Stability
Co-creation - ANS Commitment
A social worker is providing a client with stress inoculation therapy. Which of the following
options BEST identifies what stress inoculation therapy involves?
Helping clients acquire coping skills
Using breathing techniques
Teaching social skills
Prescribing anxiety medications - ANS Helping clients acquire coping skills
Brian has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). His social worker recommends that he join a
treatment group with others who have OCD. In the group, he learns more about the disorder,
completes assignments, and exchanges ideas with others in the group. What type of group is
this?
Educational group
Therapy group
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