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ASWB Exam Prep) 2024/25 PracticeQuestions from the Behavioral Health App,
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Denise is a school social worker. One of her clients, Dawn, is a teenager who is doing
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extremely well academically, with perfect grades and participation in a wide variety of
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activities. However, Dawn reports to Denise that she does not feel good about herself,
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often thinks about death, and has trouble sleeping.
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Which of the classic parenting styles has MOST likely been applied to Dawn?
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Authoritarian
Uninvolved
Permissive
Authoritative - Correct Answers Authoritarian ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
ll Which of the following are types of research conducted by social workers as part of their
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ll ethical responsibilities to the profession?
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Needs assessment and program evaluation.
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Clinical research and ethics evaluation
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Client observation and participant observation
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Group and family therapy - Correct Answers Needs assessment and program evaluation
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ll Which form of feminist theory argues that gender is a social construct used to create power
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ll imbalances between men and women? ll ll ll ll ll
Socialist feminism ll
Radical feminism ll
Liberal feminism - Correct Answers Radical feminism
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Tiffany is a social worker who believes she has discovered an ethical dilemma involving a
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client. Tiffany has consulted the NASW Code of Ethics to determine which ethical
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standards are being compromised and what values may be at stake, and believes she has
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found the heart of the issue in that guidance.
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According to the NASW Code of Ethics, what should Tiffany do NEXT? ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
Weigh ethical issues in light of the NASW Code of Ethics
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Monitor for further ethical issues ll ll ll ll
Suggest and implement modifications in light of social work values
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Determine the presence of an ethical dilemma - Correct Answers Determine the ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
presence of an ethical dilemma
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, ll Which of the following types of program evaluation is mostly concerned with financial
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ll outcomes? ll
Cost-benefit analysis ll
Cost-effectiveness analysis ll
Outcome assessment ll
Cost-benefit ratio - Correct Answers Cost-benefit analysis ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
ll Kevin takes a photograph of his client to advertise for the agency's fundraiser without
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ll telling the client what the photograph would be used for. Which of the following rules is
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ll Kevin breaking? ll
Client's right to privacy ll ll ll
Informed consent required for disclosure ll ll ll ll
Client's right to confidentiality - Correct Answers Informed consent required for
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disclosure
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Dan is the sole caregiver for his elderly father. Recently, Dan has begun abusing his
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father.
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Which of the following is the BEST possible warning sign that abuse is occurring?
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Dan is showing signs of poor self-care
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Dan is expressing more emotion lately
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Dan is using drugs and alcohol - Correct Answers Dan is using drugs and alcohol
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ll A functional behavioral assessment may be completed on a student whose behavior has
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ll become inconsistent with his normal behavior. Which of the following is NOT a common
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ll element that a behavioral assessment generally analyzes? ll ll ll ll ll ll
Attendance records ll
Health assessments ll
Appearance - Correct Answers Appearance ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
ll Holly is going to meet a client for the first time. She plans to do a biopsychosocial history on
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ll the client in order to learn more about him. Holly asks her client to bring collateral data,
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ll such as medical records, pictures of family, and other information to their appointment.
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Why is collateral data important?
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It helps fill in gaps for the biopsychosocial history that a client might leave out.
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It provides information from family members to reveal their observations of the client.
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,It helps to show if the client is being honest during the biopsychosocial history. - Correct
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Answers It helps fill in gaps for the biopsychosocial history that a client might leave out.
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ll What is the MAIN purpose of conducting a reassessment of the sessions that have
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ll transpired between the client and the social worker? ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
To determine if services have been effective or if something needs to change.
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To prepare the client to transfer to a new social worker if the current one hasn't met the
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client's needs.
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To remind both the client and the social worker of the goals that they're working on. -
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Correct Answers To determine if services have been effective or if something needs to
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change.
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ll What are the four class statuses in the United States (in order from highest to lowest)?
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Upper class, upper middle class, lower middle class, underclass
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Upper class, middle class, working class, lower class
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Upper class, upper middle class, lower class, underclass - Correct Answers Upper class,
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middle class, working class, lower class
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ll Which of the following is the BEST way to handle cultural differences between a client and
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ll oneself as a practitioner? ll ll ll
Understand how the differences affect the process of problem-solving. ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
Develop a comprehensive understanding of all cultural differences
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Involve the client in a deep dialogue about cultural differences - Correct Answers
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Understand how the differences affect the process of problem-solving
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ll What assessment technique is often used to show how families operate with each other
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ll and within their community?
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Familial reviewing ll
Environmental mapping ll
Social network mapping ll ll
Political assessment - Correct Answers Social network mapping
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Dorothy, a social worker in a crisis center, is trying to help her client Norma understand her
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mental illness better. Norma, a young woman, is struggling with a new diagnosis of
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Schizophrenia. Through a few sessions, Dorothy attempts to teach Norma the basics in an
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effort to pass along information in a therapeutic way.
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, Which of the following techniques BEST describes what Dorothy is doing?
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Empowerment
Psychoeducation
Partializing
Task-centered strategy - Correct Answers Psychoeducation ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
ll Which of the following BEST describes what a social worker should do when receiving a
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ll subpoena? ll
Refuse to comply ll ll
Provide requested information ll ll
Respond and turn over records ll ll ll ll
Respond and claim privilege - Correct Answers Respond and claim privilege
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ll John and David have been together as a couple for some time. They have reached a point
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ll where they are able to accept each other's strengths and weaknesses, and are committed
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ll to staying together. In terms of the theory of couples development, which stage is this
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ll couple in? ll ll
Romance
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Stability ll
Co-creation - Correct Answers Commitment ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
ll A social worker is providing a client with stress inoculation therapy. Which of the following
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ll options BEST identifies what stress inoculation therapy involves?
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Helping clients acquire coping skills ll ll ll ll
Using breathing techniques ll ll
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Prescribing anxiety medications - Correct Answers Helping clients acquire coping skills ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
ll Brian has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). His social worker recommends that he
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ll join a treatment group with others who have OCD. In the group, he learns more about the
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ll disorder, completes assignments, and exchanges ideas with others in the group. What
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ll type of group is this?
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Therapy group ll
Growth group ll
Support group - Correct Answers Educational group ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll
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