SW205 Introduction to Social Work: final exam FA 2014 Name:______________________________________________________________________________ 1. The “service learning” assignment in this Intro to Social Work Course is based upon which of the six core values of social work? A. Engagement B. Assessment C. Planning D. Implementation E. Advocacy 2. Professionals are best characterized as individuals who: A. Have advanced university degrees that affirm their knowledge B. Choose a course of action based upon professed knowledge, appropriate to the circumstances. C. Profess to always knowing what to do. D. Are professionally licensed to practice. 3. Of the “Seven Core Functions of Social Work,” which one function consists primarily of these behaviors: “Outreach, forming alliances, screening, intake, & resource development.” A. assessment B. engagement C. implementation & coordination D. assessment 4. The phrase, “practice based evidence and evidence based practice” best reflects which of the following “Seven Core Functions of Social Work:” A. Disengagement B. Graduated disengagement C. Reassessment and evaluation D. Implementation and coordination 5. Effective advocacy in professional social work practice may consist of: A. Working to improve the effectiveness & accessibility of social welfare systems. B. Discouraging individuals from undertaking tasks they might fail at. C. Redistribution of earned income from the rich to minority populations. D. Preventing unqualified low income people from having children they can’t properly care for. 6. A Strengths Based Assessment &Personal Wellness / Recovery Plan: A. is a means of tracking an individuals’ motivations and progress towards achieving their personal goals. B. should not include target dates as this could contribute undue stress and hardship for an already distressed individual. C. is completed primarily to provide evidence to insurance companies of a treatment plan. D. is best when developed by the social worker for a patient. 7. The empowerment model strongly encourages which of the following: A. Assuring that people have access to basic dietary, hygienic & shelter needs. B. Self-advocacy to address and resolve current as well as future challenges. C. Controlling the finances of the disabled to protect them from exploitation. D. Cheery institutions in which the disabled & disadvantaged can live happily. 8. A Clinically Licensed Social Worker (LCSW or LSCSW) has met a minimum requirement of: A. a bachelor’s degree in social work BSW with 5 years’ experience B. a master’s degree in social work that includes the completion of a 550 professionally supervised internship. C. a master’s degree in social work plus two years of supervised clinical practice D. a PhD or DSW (Doctorate of Social Work) & passage of the licensing exam 9. Professional licensure and certification of social workers is primarily implemented to accomplish all but one of the following: A. Regulate professi ...

1. SW205 Introduction to Social Work:
final exam FA 2014
Name:_______________________________________________
_______________________________
1. The “service learning” assignment in this Intro to Social
Work Course is based upon which of the six core values of
social work?
A. Engagement
B. Assessment
C. Planning
D. Implementation
E. Advocacy
2. Professionals are best characterized as individuals who:
A. Have advanced university degrees that affirm their
knowledge
B. Choose a course of action based upon professed knowledge,
appropriate to the circumstances.
C. Profess to always knowing what to do.
D. Are professionally licensed to practice.
3. Of the “Seven Core Functions of Social Work,” which one
function consists primarily of these behaviors: “Outreach,
forming alliances, screening, intake, & resource development.”
A. assessment
B. engagement
C. implementation & coordination
D. assessment

2. 4. The phrase, “practice based evidence and evidence based
practice” best reflects which of the following “Seven Core
Functions of Social Work:”
A. Disengagement
B. Graduated disengagement
C. Reassessment and evaluation
D. Implementation and coordination
5. Effective advocacy in professional social work practice may
consist of:
A. Working to improve the effectiveness & accessibility of
social welfare systems.
B. Discouraging individuals from undertaking tasks they might
fail at.
C. Redistribution of earned income from the rich to minority
populations.
D. Preventing unqualified low income people from having
children they can’t properly care for.
6. A Strengths Based Assessment &Personal Wellness /
Recovery Plan:
A. is a means of tracking an individuals’ motivations and
progress towards achieving their personal goals.
B. should not include target dates as this could contribute
undue stress and hardship for an already distressed individual.
C. is completed primarily to provide evidence to insurance
companies of a treatment plan.
D. is best when developed by the social worker for a patient.
7. The empowerment model strongly encourages which of the
following:
A. Assuring that people have access to basic dietary, hygienic &
shelter needs.

3. B. Self-advocacy to address and resolve current as well as
future challenges.
C. Controlling the finances of the disabled to protect them from
exploitation.
D. Cheery institutions in which the disabled & disadvantaged
can live happily.
8. A Clinically Licensed Social Worker (LCSW or LSCSW) has
met a minimum requirement of:
A. a bachelor’s degree in social work BSW with 5 years’
experience
B. a master’s degree in social work that includes the completion
of a 550 professionally supervised internship.
C. a master’s degree in social work plus two years of supervised
clinical practice
D. a PhD or DSW (Doctorate of Social Work) & passage of the
licensing exam
9. Professional licensure and certification of social workers is
primarily implemented to accomplish all but one of the
following:
A. Regulate professional salaries.
B. Generate additional revenues for the state.
C. To assure a mechanism that responds to allegations of
professional misconduct.
D. Assure relevant professional preparation and performance.
10. Attention to “integrity” is one of the six core values
identified in the NASW Code of Ethics. This call for “Integrity”
includes all but which one of the following:
A. Ethical Practice
B. A foundation of professional education
C. Ongoing “continuing professional education”

4. D. A willingness to responsibly accept low pay while working
in challenging circumstances.
11. The profession of social work is especially attuned to issues
that concern women because:
A. of the impending passage of the Equal Rights Amendment
to the US Constitution
B. Women now hold a majority of the administrative positions
in social work.
C. The profession is comprised to a significant majority by
women, and serves a wide
range of vulnerable client populations disproportionately
made up of women and
dependent children.
D. All of the above.
12. Social workers, teachers, physicians, nurses, police, and
para-medics are “mandated reporters.” Under State and federal
law, mandated reporters must report:
A. Only the abuse of children or elderly about whom they have
factual evidence of abuse.
B. Their thoughtful suspicion that a child, or elder is being
abused or neglected.
C. Only abuse that is likely to cause permanent physical injury
to a child or elder.
D. Any abuse that leaves a mark on the victim, regardless of
age.
13. When a social work case manager accompanies a participant
to a meeting and speaks on the clients behalf, that is an example
of:
A. Advocacy

5. B. Empowerment
C. Intimacy
D. Coordination
14. Stress is generally thought of as a negative experience. So
when a stressful experience has been overcome:
A. Future performance in similar situations may be enhanced
B. Anticipatory anxiety is most often escalated
C. Individual resilience is diminished
D. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common
consequence.
15. All but one of the following represent a core value promoted
by the social work profession:
A. Regard for individual worth and dignity
B. The right of people to participate in the helping process
C. A politically liberal, eco-systems perspective
D. An individuals’ right to make and influence decisions that
will affect them
16. The primary goal of a child protection worker is to:
A. Identify and punish child abusers
B. Remove children from unqualified parents
C. Investigate foster homes
D. Preserve families while assuring safe environments for
children
17. Attentions to matters of “Social Justice” is one of the six
core values identified in the NASW Code of Ethics. Which of
the following is not a social justice issue:
A. Domestic violence
B. Immigration laws
C. Hunger

6. D. Chronic and persistent unemployment
E. The right to openly carry firearms.
18. All of the following social forces contributed to the
emergence of social work as a profession in the late 1800s,
except:
A. Urbanization
B. Industrialization
C. De-institutionalization
D. Immigration
19. Social Works ethic of cultural competence and attention to
social diversity means social workers should seek knowledge
about the nature of diversity & oppression with respect to:
A. Race & ethnicity
B. National origin
C. Sexual orientation
D. All the above
20. Kansas & Missouri state laws both describe possible
examples of elder abuse as:
A. Sexual abuse
B. Physical abuse
C. Emotional abuse
D. Self-abuse
E. Financial exploitation
F. All of the above
21. Habitat for Humanity, Harvesters and Hope House, are
examples of community agencies that:
A. Provide shelter to people in need
B. Are government run social service agencies
C. Are non-profit social service agencies

7. D. Rely exclusively upon volunteers for their daily operation
22. Social work with victims of natural disasters includes:
A. Helping to establish emergency shelters
B. Counseling the emotionally distressed and grieving
C. Helping people impacted by the disaster reconnect with
“naturally occurring supports” such as family, friends and faith
D. Organizing volunteer services.
E. All of the above.
23. Social workers practicing with military veterans and their
families may typically be asked to do all of the following except
:
A. help resolve interpersonal & familial differences aggravated
by time apart.
B. help to clarify benefit eligibility.
C. adapt to physical and emotional challenges resulting from
war & trauma.
D. Understand that war has been “with us” through the
millennia and that “traumatic stress” is ultimately a social
construct that weakens the nation’s security.
24. The principle of “self determination” means:
A. Individuals are legally obligated to make decisions in some
circumstance. Whether they want to or not.
B. Individuals seeking social service are not required to meet
any financial standards before a determination of eligibility
C. Individuals have a freedom of choice about what they do,
when they do it and how they do it. (while generally subject of
course, to the laws of the land.)
D. Social workers are prohibited from making decisions on
behalf of service participants.
25. “Ecosystems theory” (or perspective) promotes the
examination of human behavior based upon:
A. Influences of the social environment
B. Influences of an individual’s family

8. C. Influences of one’s genetic composition
D. All of the above
26. Theories of human behavior:
A. Help explain behavior we’ve encountered
B. Help us predict likely human responses to stimuli
C. Often represent ideological social constructs
D. All of the above
True / False
1. _____The professional values of social work guide and define
ethical practice.
2. ____The strengths perspective leads naturally to the idea of
empowering people.
3. ____ Per our “core competencies:” Each person, regardless of
place in society, has basic human rights, but the assurance of
such rights is to be limited by established social and legal
standards.
4. ____ Generalist Practice is grounded in the liberal arts as
well as the “person in / and environment” construct.
5. ____ Social work practitioners understand that policy affects
service delivery, but acknowledge that “macro” practice
demands specialized training to preclude political
consequences.
6. ____ Social workers may seek to limit an individuals’ right
to self-determination when, in the social workers’ professional
judgment, the participants actions or potential actions pose a
serious, foreseeable, and imminent risk to themselves or others.
7. ____The CSWE identifies a series of ten competencies that

9. graduating social work students are expected to demonstrate
though their academic and field education experience.
8. ____Social workers who have graduated from an accredited
university and successfully qualified for professional licensure
are exempt from having to complete further educational
requirements.
9. _____Privatization is the transfer of direct services from
government organizations to private sector, for-profit
organizations and/or non-profit organizations.
10. ____Social workers are generally obligated to work towards
making social institutions more humane and responsive to
human needs.
11. ____ A foundation of liberal arts courses is intended to
establish a broad basis of knowledge potentially useful for the
generalist focus of baccalaureate social work education.
12. ____ The first year curriculum in a typical 2 year MSW
program is so similar to BSW level senior coursework, that
most graduate schools will offer BSW graduates the opportunity
to by-pass the first year of MSW courses.
13. ____Child protection social workers routinely encounter
ethical dilemmas in their practice.
14. ____Clincal social workers need to have a solid generalist
preparation, as difficulties often need to be addressed at
multiple levels of practice.
15. ____Due to a predominantly conservative political agenda
in the United States, there is likely to be a significant decline in
the employment opportunities for social workers over the next
10 years.

10. 16. ____One of the contributions potentially provided by social
workers employed in hospitals and nursing homes is
recognition and influence of the patient’s cultural environment.
17. ____ The phrase “graduated disengagement” suggests that
the practice of social work is inherently dangerous and that we
should always be on guard and prepared to escape should the
situation arise
18. ____ The “NASW” is a voluntary membership organization
that advocates for the advancement and recognition of
professional social work practitioners.
19. ____ Social Work programs seeking national accreditation
must complete a comprehensive self- study assessing the
“practice behaviors” of students that reflect attainment of ten
specified core competencies.
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