MSW Comprehensive Exam Review Questions and Answers 2024/2025
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MSW
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MSW
In working with clients from a racial or ethnic group different from their own, what are social
workers advised to do?
Avoid generalizations.
Kinship bonds and corresponding extended family forms are cultural dimensions that are
important to consider in family practice with diverse famili...
MSW Comprehensive Exam Review
Questions and Answers 2024/2025
In working with clients from a racial or ethnic group different from their own, what are social
workers advised to do?
Avoid generalizations.
Kinship bonds and corresponding extended family forms are cultural dimensions that are
important to consider in family practice with diverse families. Which of the following aspects
of practice may be most affected by how these dimensions are defined?
Confidentiality.
Defining family boundaries.
(Both a and b.)
A social worker is conducting an initial assessment with a client. What is the best way for the
social worker to inquire about the client's sexual orientation?
"What is your sexual orientation?"
Eduardo is a 60 year old Latino man who identifies as gay and is disabled due to a work-
related accident. These aspects of his identity illustrate which of the following terms?
Intersectionality.
Jason is an African American man who has just recently gained employment with an
advertising company. One of Jason's coworkers is resentful of Jason because he thinks Jason
was hired because of Affirmative Action and not because he is qualified for the position. This
did not offer the job to Mia because he believes women are inferior to men and do not
belong in the work force. Based on this information, Mia experienced which of the following?
Discrimination.
(Discrimination involves acting on prejudice, which the hiring official has done in this case. He is
discriminating against Mia H. on the basis of prejudice regarding her gender/discriminating
based on his sexism.)
Cultural humility includes all but which of the following ?
Focus on immigrants and minorities.
What term best describes unearned advantages that accrue to members of certain social
groups because of membership in those groups, and at the cost of corresponding marginalized
groups?
Privilege.
What theory/theories of poverty suggest that poverty is primarily based on the shortcomings
of those who are poor rather than lack of equal opportunities and access to resources?
Individual.
Statistics indicate that women, particularly those who are members of minority groups and are
serving as single heads of households, are more likely to report earnings that keep them
below the poverty line. They are paid less on average compared to their male counterparts
for doing the same jobs, and they have less access to jobs that offer a living wage. These
statements provide an example of which of the following?
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