LMSW Exam (681 & 682) Questions and Answers 2024
An Asian couple comes to speak with a social worker regarding their son, age 15. who has been acting out at school and at home. The couple gives only brief answers to the social worker's questions. The MOST KIELY reason for this is
Language barri...
An Asian couple comes to speak with a social worker regarding their son, age 15. who
has been acting out at school and at home. The couple gives only brief answers to the
social worker's questions. The MOST KIELY reason for this is
Language barrier
Cultural differences
Their embarrassment
Reluctance to talk with someone who is not family - answerCultural Differences
Response Feedback:
The behavior of clients in counseling situations of often a function of their culture.
While holding a first session for a group of newly divorced clients, a woman begins
discussing her anger with men in general. One man in the group begins to appear
uncomfortable, while another starts to argue with the woman. What is the MOST
LIKELY reason for the mens' responses?
Response Feedback:
Transference-It is likely that the men's responses to the woman represent a shifting of
emotions they experienced with a significant woman from their past, like a mother, to
the female member of the group who is expressing anger with men.
A client expresses her aggravation with her mother-in-law because of her interference
with the raising of the grandchildren. The client and her husband have rules that their
children must follow and one of the rules is no ice cream. One of the children is lactose
intolerant and suffers a severe reaction if he eats milk products. The other children are
not allowed to eat ice cream because it would be unfair. When the children's
grandmother takes them out for the day she lets them all eat ice cream and asks them
not to tell their parents. Which of the following defense mechanisms is the grandmother
using?
A. Compensation
B. Passive-Aggression
C. Rationalization
, D. Reaction Formation - answerB. Passive-Aggression
Response Feedback:
The grandmother is expressing her disagreement and hostility toward the parents in an
indirect and unassertive manner to avoid confrontation.
A 7-year-old child is refusing to sleep in his own bed at night. When the parents sit with
him in his room, he is fine. When they leave the room, he begins to cry. When they
come back in, he stops crying. This is an example of:
Response Feedback:
Operant conditioning occurs when behavior is followed by a reinforcer or when
reinforcement is withheld. In the scenario above, the child's difficulties at bedtime are
being reinforced by the parent's response to the child's tears. The child's tears are
reinforced by the parents' return to sit with the child.
An 18-year-old Native American male from the Ute Tribe is seeking help from a social
worker to deal with his alcohol use issues. His mother and grandmother make an
appointment to talk with the social worker and express their concern about his seeing a
social worker. They indicate that this is an embarrassment to the family and the tribe
and they would like the social worker to stop seeing the man. What is the FIRST course
of action the social worker should take?
A. She should tell the mother and grandmother that she will talk to the client and
encourage him to get help on the reservation
B. She should respect the family's culture and discontinue seeing the man
C. She should acknowledge the family's concerns and explain that the client is an adult
and has the right to make his own decisions
D. She should contact the Ute Tribal Council for direction - answerC. She should
acknowledge the family's concerns and explain that the client is an adult and has the
right to make his own decisions
The court refers a young man to a social worker for harassing women whose shoes,
according to his claims, turn him on. The medical term for this is
A. Frotteuristic Disorder
B. Fetishistic Disorder
C. Transvestic Disorder
D. Exhibitionistic Disorder - answerFetishistic Disorder
Which of the following DMS disorder is more commonly diagnosed in males?
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