Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families Exam Bank
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of social work practice with individuals and families, emphasizing the development of skills necessary for effective assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Students will learn key theoretical frameworks and evidence-based approaches that guide work with diverse populations, addressing challenges such as mental health, trauma, family dynamics, and socioeconomic barriers. Through case studies, role-playing, and reflective exercises, the course prepares students to build therapeutic relationships, engage in culturally responsive practice, and advocate for client well-being within various practice settings. Ethical considerations and the importance of collaboration with other professionals and community resources are integrated throughout the curriculum.
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An Introduction to the Profession of Social Work 5th Edition by Elizabeth A. Segal
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Chapter 1: What Is Social Work
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Q1) Social workers must learn to tolerate some ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following is a theoretical framework commonly used by social workers?
A)Ethical Perspective
B)Strengths Perspective
C)Oppositional Perspective
D)Pyschoanalytic Perspective
Answer: B
Q3) If a human service worker has not completed an accredited social work program and met licensure or certification requirements, they are not professional social workers
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The History of the Social Welfare System and the
Social Work Profession
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Q1) Which of the following provisions were not part of the Social Security Act of 1935?
A)Retirement benefits
B)Unemployment insurance
C)Economic Regulations
D)Financial assistance based on need
Answer: B
Q2) The social and economic reforms that resulted from the Great Depression are known as _______________________.
Answer: The New Deal
Q3) Medicare refers to the medical insurance program established to help low income families.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The incremental development of the social welfare system has resulted in the fragmentation of services.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Poverty and Economic Disparity
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Q1) In the late 1990s, the disparity in wealth between the rich and the poor declined dramatically in the U.S., falling to its lowest level since the Great Depression.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The largest segment of the population currently in poverty in the United States are the elderly.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The feminization of poverty describes the concept that most of those working to end poverty are women.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) What is meant by the term the "juvenilization of poverty"?
Answer: The tendency that children are disproportionately among the ranks of those who are poor.
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Chapter 4: Human Rights and Social and Economic Justice
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Q1) The "melting pot" is a term used to describe the way groups are empowered to contribute their strengths to U.S. society.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is meant by the concept "institutional discrimination"? Provide an example of institutional discrimination.
Q3) Considering power imbalances is critical when looking for injustices.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is an example of oppression?
A)A person who treats people from a particular racial group differently from others
B)A person's perception that a particular group is less worthy
C)Lack of funding for school districts that serve poor communities
D)Services that exist in order to provide financial relief to those in need
Q5) Part of becoming a social worker is making a commitment to fight for social justice.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Dimensions of Diversity
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Q1) One social work mandate requires social workers to practice in a way that respects diversity and is free of discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Due to their greater need, studies show that social services are over utilized by people of color.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Social group memberships help form our values, worldviews and attitudes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Self-awareness is an absolute requirement for any social worker who seeks to build cultural competence in his or her practice.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly provide an argument for and against payment of reparations to descendants of African Americans who were enslaved.
Q6) What is meant by the term "social identity"?
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Chapter 6: Generalist Social Work Practice
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Q1) Community organizing is an example of macro social work practice.
A)True
B)False
Q2) List and describe at least three theories or models that have been influential in the development of social work practice with individuals?
Q3) Briefly explain what types of activities a case manager engages in when working with a client.
Q4) The client-worker relationship is a critical part of social work intervention emphasized in the psychosocial and problem-solving theories.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Functional organizing strives to empower and improve the lives of low-income, marginalized and oppressed people by bringing residents together to become more involved in the social and economic lives of their communities.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe the difference between micro and macro practice.
Q7) What does it mean to be a generalist practitioner?
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Chapter 7: Child Welfare: Working With Children and Their Families
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Q1) Programs and policies that exist for the main purpose of improving the well-being of children are part of what system?
Q2) Balancing the value of self-determination is especially complicated when working with children.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Social workers are not mandated to report an incident of child abuse that they hear about when they are off-duty.
A)True
B)False
Q4) As a social worker, when a friend in your neighborhood informs you that her husband is abusing their two children:
A)You must confirm these allegations and make a report
B)You are not obligated to respond to the situation
C)You are mandated to report the abuse to the child abuse hotline
D)You should confront the husband and ask for more details
Q5) Children often come to the attention of a social worker on their own.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Gerontology: Working With People Who Are Older
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Q1) The old-old or frail older people (85 and over) are projected to be the fastest-growing segment of the population in the 21st century.
A)True
B)False
Q2) During the 21st century, which of the following is not a primary reason for the predicted dramatic increase during the 21st century in the percentage of people who are older?
A)Fewer children being born
B)More children being born
C)Large number of baby boomers getting older
D)People are living longer
Q3) Social workers can assist older people by prescribing less medication to reduce the risk of drug interactions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The inability to afford prescription drugs is a major concern for many older Americans.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Health Care Services
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Q1) On average, people in lower socioeconomic groups have higher mortality (death) and morbidity (illness) rates than people in higher socioeconomic groups.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not a type of developmental disability?
A)Mental retardation
B)Autism
C)Parkinson's Disease
D)Epilepsy
E)Down syndrome
Q3) In 2010 Congress passed, and President Obama signed, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
A)True
B)False
Q4) Ambulatory care refers to care provided on an outpatient basis.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly explain why the medical model of health care can be described as a "deficit model."
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Chapter 10: Mental Health Services
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Q1) The Mental Health Parity Act does which of the following?
A)Forces people with a mental illness to accept treatment
B)Requires insurance companies to provide mental health coverage regardless of preexisting condition
C)Prohibits insurers from imposing lifetime- and annual-benefit limits on mental health services that are not imposed on physical health care
D)Requires insurance companies to provide the same mental health coverage to children that it provides to adults
Q2) A cognitive-behavioral approach is the only treatment that has been found to be effective in treating most kinds of mental illness.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List and briefly discuss three reasons why people who experience mental illness do not seek treatment.
Q4) Briefly explain why it can be difficult to assess and diagnosis mental disorders in older adults.
Q5) Briefly explain why defining "mental health" and "mental illness" is not a simple matter.
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Chapter 11: School Social Work
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Q1) The act of removing a child with a disability from special education classes and placing him or her in one or more regular education classes is known as which of the following?
A)Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
B)Open Schools
C)Mainstreaming
D)No Child Left Behind
Q2) Social workers can best address serious school-related challenges by focusing on evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is true of the D.A.R.E. program?
A)It is a program aimed at reducing teen pregnancy
B)It is widely used but has not been proven effective
C)It is a drug prevention program for high school students
D)It is a social work sponsored program focused on gang prevention
Q4) Traditionally schools have been funded solely through income taxes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List two micro and two macro activities that school social workers engage in.
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Chapter 12: Substance Abuse
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Q1) Briefly explain why it is important for all social workers to have an understanding of alcohol and drug related issues.
Q2) Which of the following statements is not true?
A)With more than 11,000 drug treatment facilities in the US, there is still a shortage.
B)Alcohol and drug issues commonly occur in combination with other mental health challenges.
C)The decision of where to place a client for treatment is often determined by the client's insurance coverage and availability of treatment programs.
D)It is hard to pay for treatment because substance abuse is not included in the American's with Disabilities Act.
Q3) Amphetamines distort visual and sensory perception, often creating prolonged episodes of emotionality that can resemble psychotic states.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Why do some people criticize the U.S. drug classification system?
Q5) Identify and briefly describe two explanations or theories of addiction?
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Chapter 13: Violence, Victims, and Criminal Justice
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Q1) Sociological explanations of criminal behavior hold individuals accountable, but also suggest that society and prison environments need to change.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Behaviors which are only illegal for people young enough to be considered minors are referred to as which of the following?
A)Delinquent Youth Offenses
B)Status Offenses
C)Misdemeanors
D)Petty Crimes
Q3) List three of the primary tasks that social workers have inside of correctional facilities.
Q4) Rehabilitation of offenders is the primary focus of the U.S. criminal justice system.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Crime statistics collected from police departments and compiled in the FBI uniform crime report (UCR) leaves out _____________________ crimes.
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Chapter 14: Crisis, Trauma, and Disasters
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Q1) Which of the following would not be classified as "positive stress":
A)Starting a new job
B)Purchasing a house
C)Meeting new people
D)Separation or Divorce
Q2) After witnessing or experiencing an event that involves actual or the threat of injury, death or serious danger, a person has experienced:
A)Post Traumatic Stress
B)Trauma
C)Crisis
D)Positive Stress
Q3) What are the basic differences between positive, tolerable, and toxic stress?
Q4) Define crisis and provide an example.
Q5) All trauma victims suffer from PTSD.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Define trauma and provide an example.
Q7) Emotional numbness and aggression are signs of PTSD.
A)True
B)False
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