SOCIAL WORK ASWB MASTERS PRACTICE TESTS part 4 Questions With Verified Answers
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g late for appointments.
--Limiting the amount of information revealed about the problem.
An example of cultural blindness in social work practice is - answerApplying helping
approaches universally to all clients without considering cultural diversity.
What are some examples of cultural compete...
SOCIAL WORK ASWB MASTERS
PRACTICE TESTS part 4 Questions With
Verified Answers
A social worker is contacted by the parents of a 12-year-old boy as they would like to see his
educational records based on the belief that they contain inaccurate information about his
academic achievements. Under federal law, these records are - answer✔Open to inspection and
review by the parents at any time.
Which of the following behaviors is NOT an indicator that a client is resistant or lacks readiness
to fully participate in services? - answer✔--Asking in detail about confidentiality practices and
procedures
Which of the following behaviors are indicators that a client is resistant or lacks readiness to
fully participate in services? - answer✔--Engaging in small talk about irrelevant topics.
--Regularly missing or being late for appointments.
--Limiting the amount of information revealed about the problem.
An example of cultural blindness in social work practice is - answer✔Applying helping
approaches universally to all clients without considering cultural diversity.
What are some examples of cultural competency in social work practice. - answer✔--Viewing
the needs of all clients, not just those in the dominant culture, as equally important.
--Identifying cultural norms that have impacted clients presenting problems.
--Advocating for the rights of all clients regardless of culture, race, and//or ethnicity.
According to the NASW Code of Ethics--Termination of Services, before social workers begin
termination of services for nonpayment of fee, the following criteria should be met: - answer✔--
The financial contractual arrangements have been made clear to clients, preferably in writing.
--Clients do not pose an imminent danger to self or others.
--The clinical and other consequences of the nonpayment (disruption of treatment/interruption of
services) have been discussed with clients.
Which criterion does not need to be met for social workers to be able to terminate clients for
nonpayment of fees? - answer✔Social workers have used sliding scales to make fees affordable
for clients.
Rationale:
When setting fee, social workers should ensure that they are fair, reasonable, and commensurate
with the services performed. Consideration should be given to clients ability to pay. However,
social worker do not need to institute sliding scales, or set fees based on clients incomes. Sliding
scales do not inherently make fees affordable. Fees can still be unfair and unreasonable even
when differentials are used to account for income.
A client is upset about the breakup of his marriage. He feels distraught and does not think that he
will ever have another intimate relationship. In this situation, the social worker can BEST
demonstrate empathy by - answer✔Listening attentively while looking at the client as he
describes his feelings.
A social worker receives a request for "all mental health records" of a client. The social worker
maintains psychotherapy notes of sessions in a separate locked location. After reviewing all of
the records and notes, the client signs a single authorization releasing all mental health
information. Based on this consent, the social worker should - answer✔Release only the
information in the record and not the psychotherapy notes.
Rationale:
HIPPA affords psychotherapy notes more confidentiality protection in certain circumstances.
Social workers should understand that a general consent or authorization to release all mental
health information in the record is not sufficient to disclose separately maintained psychotherapy
notes.
A social worker has just implemented a new agency practice to resolve an existing ethical issue.
According to the principles of ethical problem solving, the social worker should NEXT: -
answer✔Monitor the procedure to see if the problem is resolved and any new concerns emerge.
A social worker organizes and joins a group of community members for a "sit in" at a
government building. This demonstration, which is against the law, aims to put political pressure
on officials to act on pending legislation. The strategy employed is known as - answer✔Civil
disobedience.
A client who was hospitalized for hallucinations is being discharged with medication to address
these symptoms. The client is MOST likely being prescribed - answer✔Risperdal (risperidone)
Rationale:
Risperdal is an antipsychotic
A female social worker is part of a multidisciplinary team working with a Muslim male client.
When interacting with the client, the social worker should be aware that physical touch is
generally - answer✔Not accepted between members of the opposite gender unless they are
nonpublic interactions between close family members
A client is very concerned about information that has been shared with a social worker over the
years being "used against her." The client is trying to be appointed guardian of her elderly father
by the court despite the objections of her siblings. In this situation,the social worker should -
answer✔Review confidentiality procedures and their limits in order to alleviate the client's
concerns.
A client is upset because a boy who she recently kissed broke up with her. The client states that
she does not understand why the breakup occurred as the kiss indicted that he has strong feelings
toward her. The social worker explains that kissing may not have the same meaning for the boy.
The social worker's statement is rooted in which theoretical perspective? - answer✔Symbolic
interactionism
Symbolic Interactionism - answer✔is an approach that focuses on interpreting the meanings that
clients develop through their interaction with others. The central theme of symbolic
interactionism is that human life is lived in the symbolic domain. Symbols are culturally derived
social objects having shared meanings that are created and maintained in social interaction.
Through language and communication, symbols provide the means by which reality is
constructed. REality is primarily a social product and is dependent on symbolic interactions for
its existence. Even the physical environment is relevant to human conduct mainly as it is
interpreted through symbolic systems.
Symbolic interactionism is based on 3 basic premises - answer✔1. Humans act toward things on
the basis of the meanings that things have for them,
2. The meanings of things derive from social interactions
3. These meanings are dependent on, and modified by, an interpretive process of the people who
interact with one another.
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