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Social Work MSW Licensing exam Questions and Answers |100% Pass D. Determine the nature of the danger - Answer-A woman who is 5 months pregnant speaks with a social worker at an adoption agency to request information. The woman explains that she lives with her sister and that her sister's boyfr...

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Social Work MSW Licensing exam
Questions and Answers |100% Pass

D. Determine the nature of the danger - Answer✔✔-A woman who is 5 months pregnant speaks with a

social worker at an adoption agency to request information. The woman explains that she lives with her

sister and that her sister's boyfriend is threatening to force her out of the home. She says she does not

feel safe. What should the social worker do FIRST?


A. Focus on directly engaging the client - Answer✔✔-A social worker meets with a new client who is

diagnosed with depression. The social worker observes that the client is ambivalent, non-trusting, and

passive. What should the social worker do NEXT?


B. Teach clients how to disclose their background proactively when offered a job - Answer✔✔-A social

worker provides treatment to clients on the sex offender registry. Some clients are discouraged when

they are fired from their job after their sex offender status becomes known. What should the social

worker do to BEST support clients?


D. Self Disclosure in group treatment contradicts behavioral expectations of prison culture - Answer✔✔-

A social worker at a correctional facility is providing a treatment group for substance abusers who are

inmates at the prison. A prison classification committee has selected 12 group participants of various

racial and ethnic backgrounds. During the first 3 weeks of group, the social worker notices that very few

participants seem willing to speak. What statement MOST LIKELY explains the participants reluctance to

talk in the group?




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C. Initiate a mental status examination - Answer✔✔-A CPS social worker meets with a parent who has

allegedly been neglectful. The parent talks about being overwhelmed by the needs of her child. She

describes having trouble sleeping because she needs to stay alert for messages from a favorite talk show

host. The parent also shares beliefs that the child's teacher is against her. What should the social worker

do NEXT?


B. Plan to discuss the issue with the group at the next session - Answer✔✔-After the death of their child,

a couple attend a bereavement group led by a social worker. The group meeting deals almost exclusively

with this couple's loss. After the session, other group members report that this caused them to feel

frustrated and uncomfortable. What should the social worker do NEXT?


B. Talk with the client about the situation - Answer✔✔-A social worker meets with a new client who was

recently reunited with the spouse who is an injured soldier. The client is struggling with assisting the

spouse to cope with the injury, but the spouse responds with irritation. What should the social worker

do FIRST?


D. Ask to have the client transferred to another therapist - Answer✔✔-A new social worker is working at

a community mental health center with adult sex offenders. The social worker is assigned to a client who

disgusts and repels him. When meeting with the client, the social worker finds himself unable to be

sympathetic or empathic. The social worker realizes that his intense feelings are not changing. After a

month of discussion on this issue in supervision, there is still no improvement. What action should the

social worker take NEXT?


B. Explain why the gift basket cannot be accepted - Answer✔✔-A social worker meets with a client for a

termination session. The client has frequently expressed gratitude for the social worker's assistance



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during past sessions. During the session, the client presents the social worker with an expensive gift

basket. After expressing gratitude, what should the social worker do NEXT?


C. Help the client clarify her goals - Answer✔✔-Your new client is a self-referred woman who is

recovering from a schizophrenic breakdown and mildly depressed. The client tells you that she is finally

ready to begin her life and hopes that you can help her. She says she wants to find a good job, save

money to buy a house, and begin dating regularly so that she can get married and start a family. What

would be your INITIAL step in providing treatment for this client?


C. Gather information to identify her needs and concerns - Answer✔✔-You are referred a client who is

physically disabled and you will serve as her case manager. What would you do FIRST with this client?


C. Verify that the client can perform the essential functions of the job he interviewed for. - Answer✔✔-

You help a severely hearing-impaired client secure a job interview for a position as a computer

technician at a local company. The client has experience as a computer technician but has been

unemployed for about a year. During the job interview, the company's manager tells the client that he is

concerned about hiring him because no one at the company knows American Sign Language. The client

reports this to you. How would you proceed?


B. Judgement - Answer✔✔-During the mental status exam of a new client, you ask the client what

factors led him to decide to quit his job two weeks ago. Apparently, you are interested in evaluating the

client's:


A. There has been a progressive decline in his cognitive functioning - Answer✔✔-The family of an elderly

man reports that the man has been experiencing some troubling symptoms, including cognotive




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problems. Which of the following, if present, would suggest that the man has dementia rather than

depression?


D. Lower-than-average intelligence, facial malformations, growth deficiencies - Answer✔✔-What are the

common symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)?


A. A pattern of deceit - Answer✔✔-You are attempting to determine whether a teenage boy has conduct

disorder or oppositional defiant disorder. Which of the following is associated with conduct disorder but

not oppositional defiant disorder?


A. Memory loss - Answer✔✔-Which of the following characteristics is shared by both delirium and

dementia?


C. Erotomanic - Answer✔✔-A client reports that she and a famous actor who lives in her city have fallen

in love with each other. She says she sends him many letters and often watches his films to express her

love, but he doesn't respond because he wants to avoid the publicity that would result since he is

married and many years younger than she is. You determine that the client has delusional disorder. What

subtype does the client have?


D. A major depressive episode - Answer✔✔-Unlike bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder must include

which of the following?


B. Research the historical problems that led to the policies - Answer✔✔-A social worker is asked to

analyze new social welfare policies that will affect the community. What should the social worker do

FIRST?




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