Social Work Exam Bachelor Level Exam
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A client who has recently retired tells a social worker that his life has always been consumed by
his job. He was focused on rising to the top of his industry and increasing his earnings. The client
feels that he would now like to "make a difference by giving back" and would like to donate his
time and money to helping others. This client is MOST likely:
A. Progressing through a typical psychosocial stage of development B. Worried about having
something productive to do now that he is retired
C. Wanting to teach others how to be successful in their chosen fields D. Experiencing a loss in
role functioning that often accompanies retirement - answer✔A. Progressing through a typical
psychosocial stage of development
According to Erik Erikson, contributing to society and doing things to benefit future generations
are important needs at the generativity versus stagnation stage of development. Generativity
refers to "making your mark" on the world through caring for others, creating things, and
accomplishing things that make the world a better place. Stagnation refers to the failure to find a
way to contribute, leaving individuals feeling disconnected or uninvolved with their community
and with society as a whole.
A social worker at a community mental health agency is doing a home visit to a client who has
not gotten his medication refilled as prescribed. The social worker learns that the client has not
been taking it for several weeks due to a belief that the drug is not helping to alleviate his
thought to "just end things." In order to assist the client, the social worker should FIRST:
A. Accompany the client to his next appointment with the psychiatrist to see if another
medication can be prescribed
B. Explain to the client the importance of taking the medication as prescribed
C. Conduct a suicide risk assessment
D. Ask the client if he has suggestions for other strategies that may assist him - answer✔C.
Conduct a suicide risk assessment
Specifically, this question focused on determining competency with regard to a client's right to
self-determination and balancing it against risk (KSA).
A social worker is asked to evaluate the effectiveness of a behavioral program aimed at
increasing social skills of children. While collecting baseline data, she asks a colleague to
independently record the number of social interactions observed prior to the start of the program.
The colleague's information is then compared to that obtained by the social worker. This
approach is MOST likely used by the social worker due to concerns about:
A. Validity of the research being conducted
B. Response bias due to social desirability
C. Reliability of the observations made
D. Homogeneity of the sample - answer✔C. Reliability of the observations made
Reliability is related to the consistency of data collected. When using observers to collect
information, there is always a concern about whether results are reliable or consistent. Observers
can be distracted or simply miss critical interactions. In order to determine whether all data were
gathered consistently, interobserver reliability (the use of independent observers to see whether
they record the same events) is needed.
What are some examples of reliability testing - answer✔1-interobserver (the use of independent
observers to see whether they record the same events)
2-test-retest reliability (assessing the consistency of a measure from one time to another)
3-parallel-forms reliability (comparing results of two tests assessing the same domain)
4-internal consistency reliability (examining the consistency of results across items within a test)
A process during which a conditioned response gradually stops occurring due to the withholding
of a reinforcer is known as:
A. Aversion therapy
B. Negative reinforcement
C. Extinction
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