ASWB Masters Exam 2019 -100% Correct Answers & Explanations
A female client comes to see a social worker to discuss her relationship issues. According to the psychosocial perspective, the social worker should:
a. have her tell you about the issues affecting her life
b. begin training behavio...
A female client comes to see a social worker to discuss her relationship issues. According to the
psychosocial perspective, the social worker should:
a. have her tell you about the issues affecting her life
b. begin training behavioral techniques
c. provide a referral to a psychologist for testing
d. refer to a marriage and family therapist Correct Answer: a. have her tell you about the issues
affecting her life
Always take time to listen and explore your clients' needs and feelings. Exploration and learning are vital
parts of the beginning of therapy. Clients often needs to feel heard and understood. Often, you may be
the only person in their life who will listen and hear their feelings, thoughts, ideas, etc.
As a new clinical social worker you find yourself being told by your supervisor you need to be more
confrontational. This seems at odds with the social work mission, until your supervisor explains the
primary purpose of confrontation is to:
a. demonstrate accurate understanding
b. help a client change her view of a problem
c. make a client aware of inconsistencies
d. help the client identify alternatives to her present behavior Correct Answer: c. make a client aware of
inconsistencies
Clients often have inconsistent views and values concerning a specific problem. This is a HUMAN
problem we all fight with. Conflicts between what a client 'thinks' should be the solution and what the
actual solution will be is the bread and butter of therapy. Just because we know we should do
something does not mean we will act in the appropriate manner.
You have been hired by a private, non-profit agency, which works with the HIV/AIDS population. The
primary function of your unit is to educate sexually active individuals about the disease and to help
them understand the importance of testing, life- style changes, and treatment if necessary. What is the
BEST way to describe your agency's type of prevention?
a. crisis intervention
b. tertiary prevention
c. secondary prevention
d. primary prevention Correct Answer: C. secondary prevention
Secondary prevention, also called "screening", refers to measures that detect disease before it is
symptomatic. The goal of secondary prevention is to identify and detect disease in its earliest stages,
before noticeable symptoms develop, when it is most likely to be treated successfully. With early
detection and diagnosis, it may be possible to cure a disease, slow its progression, prevent or minimize
complications, and limit disability.
, Crisis intervention is a particular type of intervention geared towards a specific circumstance, which can
overwhelm the client. Crisis intervention, may be provided a the Primary, Secondary, or event Tertiary
levels of intervention. Crisis intervention is not limited to scope.
Tertiary prevention efforts focus on people already affected by disease and attempt to reduce resultant
disability and restore functionality.
Tertiary prevention programs aim to improve the quality of life for people with various diseases by
limiting complications and disabilities, reducing the severity and progression of disease, and providing
prevention, tertiary prevention involves actual treatment of the disease and is conducted primarily by
health care providers, rather than public health agencies.
Primary prevention is the inhibition of the development of disease before it occurs.
Primary prevention measures fall into two categories. The first category includes actions to protect
against disease and disability, such as getting immunizations, ensuring the supply of safe drinking water,
applying dental sealants to prevent tooth decay, and guarding against accidents.
General action to promote health is the other category of primary prevention measures. Health
promotion includes the basic activities of a healthy lifestyle: good nutrition and hygiene, adequate
exercise and rest, and avoidance of environmental and health risks.
You have been hired as a social work case manager for an urban based agency. Your mission is to assess
the needs of the client, the client's family, and to arrange for, coordinate, monitor, evaluate and
advocate for a package of multiple services to meet the specific client's complex needs. Social work case
management is distinct from other forms of case management because it address all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. the client's Biopsychosocial status and the state of the social system in which the client operates
b. the need for the client to accept the services provided because they are identified as necessary by the
social work case manager
c. intervention occurs at both client (micro) and system (macro) levels
d. the need for the social worker to develop and maitain a therapeutic relationship with the client
Correct Answer: b. the need for the client to accept the services provided because they are identified as
necessary by the social work case manager
Social Work always allows the client the right of self- determination. Just because you (the professional
social worker) believes the client needs a certain service does not obligate the client to accept or utilize
that service. The client is always in control.
You are sitting in a case staffing meeting at your agency while several other social workers are discussing
their new cases and receiving feedback and suggestions. Of the four following situations, which one
WOULD NOT lend itself to family therapy...?
a. A 17 year-old son who needs to separate psychologically from his family
b. A couple with two children that has decided to divorce
c. A separated couple with two children, one child in the family has an eating disorder
d. An enmeshed family, where improvement in one member is likely to cause distress in the other
members Correct Answer: A. A 17 year-old son who needs to separate psychologically from his family
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