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,BSW1501 OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2024
1. What is the focus of the developmental approach to social welfare?
A) Enhancing social security systems
B) Short-term intervention strategies
C) Integrating social and economic development with human rights principles
D) Focusing solely on economic development
Answer: C
2. Which body is responsible for regulating social workers in South
Africa?
A) South African Social Work Council
B) South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP)
C) National Social Services Association
D) South African Welfare Commission
Answer: B
3. Which of the following is a key principle of Ubuntu in the context of
social welfare?
A) Individualism
B) Social equality
C) "Being human through other people"
D) Capitalism
Answer: C
4. Which approach to social welfare emphasizes that services should only
be provided until the individual becomes self-sufficient?
A) Developmental approach
B) Residual approach
C) Institutional approach
D) Human rights approach
Answer: B
5. What is the purpose of social policy in South Africa?
A) To provide financial benefits only
, B) To address and redress inequities in social institutions
C) To manage the welfare of the wealthy
D) To reduce government spending on welfare
Answer: B
6. Which of the following best describes the role of social workers
according to South African law?
A) They only provide direct financial support
B) They are solely responsible for legal decisions regarding social issues
C) They implement and contribute to the development of social policies
D) They supervise governmental welfare agencies
Answer: C
7. What is the main goal of the White Paper for Social Welfare (1997)?
A) To establish an exclusive framework for governmental social welfare
services
B) To provide a comprehensive plan for social development and justice
C) To focus solely on the financial needs of vulnerable groups
D) To promote individual rights over collective social welfare
Answer: B
8. What does "social development" aim to achieve?
A) Social cohesion and empowerment of individuals
B) Development of private enterprise
C) Increased government control over social welfare
D) Reduction in the number of social workers
Answer: A
9. Which level of study must social work students register with the
SACSSP?
A) During their first year
B) During their second year
C) During their third year
D) During their fourth year
Answer: A
, 10. What is the primary function of social auxiliary workers in South Africa?
A) They provide legal representation for clients
B) They perform social work independently without supervision
C) They work under the guidance of social workers as part of a team
D) They manage financial aid programs
Answer: C
11. What principle does the developmental approach support regarding
social service delivery?
A) Accessibility and equity
B) Profit generation through welfare programs
C) Limiting government intervention
D) Focusing only on the most disadvantaged groups
Answer: A
12. What term is used to describe the process of decolonizing knowledge in
the context of social work?
A) Westernization
B) Globalization
C) Africanization
D) Indigenization
Answer: C
13. What does the term "social security" encompass?
A) Only financial assistance to the unemployed
B) Programs that provide both cash and in-kind benefits to improve social
well-being
C) Government policies that manage the welfare of the elderly
D) International agreements on social services
Answer: B
14. What does the "rights-based approach" in social welfare emphasize?
A) The importance of individual freedoms without any social intervention
B) The need for access to basic services for all individuals as a human right
C) Limiting resources for the most vulnerable populations
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,BSW1501 OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2024
1. What is the focus of the developmental approach to social welfare?
A) Enhancing social security systems
B) Short-term intervention strategies
C) Integrating social and economic development with human rights principles
D) Focusing solely on economic development
Answer: C
2. Which body is responsible for regulating social workers in South
Africa?
A) South African Social Work Council
B) South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP)
C) National Social Services Association
D) South African Welfare Commission
Answer: B
3. Which of the following is a key principle of Ubuntu in the context of
social welfare?
A) Individualism
B) Social equality
C) "Being human through other people"
D) Capitalism
Answer: C
4. Which approach to social welfare emphasizes that services should only
be provided until the individual becomes self-sufficient?
A) Developmental approach
B) Residual approach
C) Institutional approach
D) Human rights approach
Answer: B
5. What is the purpose of social policy in South Africa?
A) To provide financial benefits only
, B) To address and redress inequities in social institutions
C) To manage the welfare of the wealthy
D) To reduce government spending on welfare
Answer: B
6. Which of the following best describes the role of social workers
according to South African law?
A) They only provide direct financial support
B) They are solely responsible for legal decisions regarding social issues
C) They implement and contribute to the development of social policies
D) They supervise governmental welfare agencies
Answer: C
7. What is the main goal of the White Paper for Social Welfare (1997)?
A) To establish an exclusive framework for governmental social welfare
services
B) To provide a comprehensive plan for social development and justice
C) To focus solely on the financial needs of vulnerable groups
D) To promote individual rights over collective social welfare
Answer: B
8. What does "social development" aim to achieve?
A) Social cohesion and empowerment of individuals
B) Development of private enterprise
C) Increased government control over social welfare
D) Reduction in the number of social workers
Answer: A
9. Which level of study must social work students register with the
SACSSP?
A) During their first year
B) During their second year
C) During their third year
D) During their fourth year
Answer: A
, 10. What is the primary function of social auxiliary workers in South Africa?
A) They provide legal representation for clients
B) They perform social work independently without supervision
C) They work under the guidance of social workers as part of a team
D) They manage financial aid programs
Answer: C
11. What principle does the developmental approach support regarding
social service delivery?
A) Accessibility and equity
B) Profit generation through welfare programs
C) Limiting government intervention
D) Focusing only on the most disadvantaged groups
Answer: A
12. What term is used to describe the process of decolonizing knowledge in
the context of social work?
A) Westernization
B) Globalization
C) Africanization
D) Indigenization
Answer: C
13. What does the term "social security" encompass?
A) Only financial assistance to the unemployed
B) Programs that provide both cash and in-kind benefits to improve social
well-being
C) Government policies that manage the welfare of the elderly
D) International agreements on social services
Answer: B
14. What does the "rights-based approach" in social welfare emphasize?
A) The importance of individual freedoms without any social intervention
B) The need for access to basic services for all individuals as a human right
C) Limiting resources for the most vulnerable populations
