CWEL EXAM PRACTICE TEST 2025 NEW
VERSION WITH ALL QUESTIONS FROM
ACTUAL PAST EXAM AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWER
Child welfare history includes all of the following important
events, except:
a. Placing children out through the orphan train movement
b. Development of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children following intervention attempts on Mary
Ellen's behalf
c. The development of the first federal agency (The
Children's Bureau) concerned with the welfare of children
d. The creation of the Department of Children and Family
Services in January of 1964
e. None of the above Correct Answer e. None of the
above
The mission of the Department of Children and Family
Services states that DCFS will:
a. Protect children reported to be abused and neglected
and to increase their families' capacity to safety care for
them
b. Provide for the well-being of children in our care
c. Provide appropriate, permanent families as quickly as
possible for those children who cannot safely return home
d. Support early intervention and child abuse prevention
activities
,e. Work in partnership with communities to fulfill this
mission
f. All of the above Correct Answer f. All of the above
Which type of law does not directly affect Illinois public
child welfare?
a. Constitutional Law
b. Domestic Law
c. Federal Law
d. State Law
e. Consent Decrees Correct Answer b. Domestic Law
1. Which act defines "abused", "neglected" children, lists
"mandated reporters" as well as establishes the duties and
responsibilities of DCFS?
a. Interethnic Placement Act of 1996
b. Multi-Ethnic Placement Act of 1994
c. Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (ANCRA)
d. Interstate Compact Act Correct Answer c. Abused and
Neglected Child Reporting Act (ANCRA)
Which of these practices does IEPA not promote?
a. Decreasing the time children wait to be adopted
b. Development of a diverse pool of foster and adoptive
families
c. Operation under the guidance of strengths-based
planning
d. Prevention of discrimination on the basis of color race
or national origin when selecting foster and adoptive
placements Correct Answer c. Operation under the
guidance of strengths-based planning
,a. Parents leave their children in the care of an adult
relative for a period of time
b. Parents depend on spiritual means through prayer
alone for the treatment or cure of disease
c. Children do not attend school in accordance with the
requirements of the School code
d. All of the above Correct Answer d. All of the above
1. Confidentiality:
a. Is not applicable to child welfare cases
b. Allows certain people to have access to records in
accord to providing protective services & safety to children
c. Does not allow child protective investigators to secure
hospital records due to HIPAA requirements
d. Prohibits testimony by mandated reporters as it would
breach their anonymity Correct Answer b. Allows certain
people to have access to records in accord to providing
protective services & safety to children
Individuals who can take protective custody of children
are:
a. Permanency workers
b. Officers of local law enforcement agencies
c. Child protection workers
d. Any person in a supervisory or managerial role
e. b & c Correct Answer e. b & c
The four service goals of the Department are:
a. Permanency, safety, well-being and caretaking
, b. Family preservation, family reunification, youth
development and adoptions/attainment of permanent living
arrangements
c. Investigations intact services, foster care and adoption
d. Protection, remediation, intervention and after care
Correct Answer b. Family preservation, family
reunification, youth development and adoptions/attainment
of permanent living arrangements
1. In Illinois:
a. Child welfare services are provided by both public and
private agencies
b. Child welfare services includes licensing and
contracting with other service providers
c. Child welfare practice is delivered in accordance to
rules and procedures which are codified through the
Illinois legislature
d. All of the above Correct Answer d. All of the above
The forms of DCFS Rules and Procedures include:
a. Rules, policy guides, administrative procedures and
interpretations
b. Bes practice standards and OIG reports
c. Guidelines issued by the Child Care Association
d. Guidelines issued by the NASW, specific to child
welfare Correct Answer a. Rules, policy guides,
administrative procedures and interpretations
The federal law which provides federal foster care
reimbursement to the State of Illinois is:
a. Social Security Act - Title IV-B
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