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ASWB LCSW PRACTICE Exam 2024/2025 With 100% Correct Answers1: A social worker meets with a 75-year-old client whose spouse died six months
ago. In the intake interview, the client reports losing weight, having very little
energy, and having difficulty getting motivated to do things. What should the social
worker do FIRST?
A . Complete a suicide risk assessment of the client
B . Explore available family and community resources
C . Suggest that the client schedule an appointment with a doctor
D . Refer the client to a local bereavement group - ✔✔A . Complete a suicide risk
assessment of the client
4: A social worker who leads a therapy group plans to begin an extended leave. What
should the social worker discuss with the group FIRST?
A . Arrangements for continuity of the group
B . The group's progress to date
C . Options for transferring to other groups
D . Detailed reasons for the leave - ✔✔A . Arrangements for continuity of the group
9: A social work director is revising the process of orienting new staff to the agency.
The revised process includes a day of training. The training will include time to tour
the agency and review agency policies and procedures. To be MOST effective in
helping new staff to succeed, what should the training program include?
A . Time to meet with a board member
B . Group discussion about treatment methods
C . A session on clinical documentation requirements
D . Presentation of the agency's philosophy and values - ✔✔D . Presentation of the
agency's philosophy and values
,10: A social worker is working with a client who has been told that he must lose
weight because his health is being affected. He reports that diets have not worked
because he lacks the willpower to control his eating. He ends by saying how lonely
he feels even with family and friends. He says that he feels like a "big fat failure."
What should the social worker do FIRST?
A . Encourage the client to set up a realistic exercise program
B . Refer the client for a nutrition consultation
C . Suggest that the client join a self-help group
D . Help the client explore the dynamics of the eating problem - ✔✔D . Help the
client explore the dynamics of the eating problem
11: A social worker is working with a family whose adolescent son who is acting
out. During the assessment, the mother confides that she was sexually abused as a
child. She has never addressed her past abuse and is interested in treatment. What
type of group would be most helpful to the mother at this time?
A . A structured therapy group focusing on trauma issues
B . An extended family therapy group to help the mother confront her abuser
C . A mutual aid group for parents with adolescents
D . A psychodynamic therapy group focusing on current relationships - ✔✔A . A
structured therapy group focusing on trauma issues
17: A client is housed temporarily in a domestic violence shelter with her children.
The client is planning to return home where the perpetrator still lives. What should
the social worker do FIRST?
A . Accept the client's decision to return home
B . Encourage the client to end the abusive relationship
C . Explain the effects of domestic violence on children
D . Report the client to child protective services - ✔✔C . Explain the effects of
domestic violence on children
, 19: Upon beginning treatment with a new client, a social worker encourages the
client to spend an extended period of time talking about past personal history and
problems. During this time, the social worker asks some questions but is focused
mainly on listening to the client. What is the social worker's MOST likely purpose
for doing this?
A . Gathering diagnostic information
B . Assessing for communication style
C . Developing a treatment plan
D . Determining appropriateness for treatment - ✔✔A . Gathering diagnostic
information
23: A client who has hepatitis C is confined to a wheelchair in a nursing care facility.
As the illness progresses, the client becomes increasingly depressed and angry. One
day the client abruptly cuts herself and attempts to bleed on several staff members.
The social worker is consulted about how to handle the situation. What should the
social worker do NEXT?
A . Refer the client for a psychiatric evaluation
B . Encourage the staff to press charges against the client
C . Work with the administration to have the client transferred
D . Provide an in-service training for the staff on blood-borne pathogens - ✔✔A .
Refer the client for a psychiatric evaluation
28: A social worker meets with a 34-year-old client who is in recovery from cocaine
addiction. The client has made progress and has shown improved social functioning.
Recently, the client has been expressing self-pity and sorrow for what he has lost
over the years of his substance abuse. The social worker notices that the client is
increasingly depressed. What should the social worker do NEXT?
A . Refer the client to a 12-step program
B . Complete a suicide risk assessment
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