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1. Which of the following is NOT true about motivation to change?
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A. Motivation fluctuates from one time to another.
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B. Motivation can be increased by working to remove barriers to change.
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C. Motivation is driven by hope or the belief that life can be different.
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D. Motivation that is imposed by external forces is more salient than that which is intrinsic. -
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correct answer...✔✔D
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Motivation is a state of readiness or eagerness to change, which fluctuates from one time to
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another. The role of the social worker is to create an atmosphere that is conducive to chang
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e and to increase a client's intrinsic motivation, so that change arises from within rather than
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being imposed from without. If a client is driven to change internally, it is much more likely th
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at the change effort will be sustained. A technique to increase motivation is to work to remov
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e barriers and instill hope or the belief that life can be different.
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2. Evidence-based social work practice can BEST be defined as:
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A. Interventions that a social worker has gained training and experience in delivering
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B. Treatment that yields the most cost-effective outcomes according to a cost-
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benefit analysis k k
C. Decision making based on the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of research kno
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wledge, clinical expertise, social work values, and client wishes
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D. Practice evaluations that adhere to scientific principles - correct answer...✔✔C
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) combines well- k k k k
researched interventions with clinical experience and ethics, as well as client preferences a
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nd culture, to guide and inform the delivery of treatments and services. Social workers, clie
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nts, and others must work together in order to identify what works, for whom, and under wha
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t conditions. This approach ensures that the treatments and services, when used as intend
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ed, will have the most effective outcomes as demonstrated by the research.
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3. What are the stages of change in sequential order?
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A. Precontemplation, preparation, contemplation, action, maintenance, and relapse
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B. Preparation, action, precontemplation, contemplation, maintenance, and relapse
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C. Preparation, precontemplation, contemplation, action, maintenance, and relapse
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D. Precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and relapse -
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correct answer...✔✔D
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Precontemplation is denial or ignorance of the problem. It is followed by contemplation in w k k k k k k k k k k k k k k
hich there is ambivalence about making change. Then comes preparation or experimentin
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g with small changes. Action moves toward achieving a goal, whereas maintenance sustai
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ns a new behavior and avoids relapse, which can lead to feelings of frustration and failure.
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4. Which of the following is NOT an essential step in ethical problem solving?
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A. Identifying the ethical standards that may be compromised
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B. Determining whether there is an ethical dilemma
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,C. Weighing ethical issues in light of social work values and principles
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D. Asking a supervisor to monitor practice to identify new ethical issues or dilemmas -
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correct answer...✔✔D
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A social worker, not his or her supervisor, should monitor practice to identify whether new is
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sues or dilemmas arise. k k k
5. A young boy is stopped by a police officer and claims that he is a member of the armed for
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ces, though it is obvious that he is not. This assertion by the boy is MOST likely a:
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A. Comorbid thought
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B. Dissociation
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C. Folie à deux
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D. Delusion - correct answer...✔✔D
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A delusion is a false, fixed belief despite evidence to the contrary (i.e., believing something t
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hat is not true). Comorbid means existing at the same time. Dissociation is a change in me
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mory, perception, or consciousness. Folie à deux is a shared delusion.
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6. A social work administrator is having trouble finding a group home manager for a new pro
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gram scheduled to open in 2 weeks. Further delays in locating staff will delay clients from m
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oving into the program. The administrator temporarily hires her niece, who just graduated w
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ith a social work degree, for this position. This action is:
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A. Ethical because the niece is clearly qualified for the position
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B. Unethical because this is a conflict of interest
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C. Ethical because the position is temporary and ensures clients get the services needed
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D. Unethical because clients will experience staff turnover when a new manager is hired -
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kcorrect answer...✔✔B k k
Social workers should avoid situations interfering with impartial judgment. Hiring a family m
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ember creates a dual relationship and should be avoided.
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7. A social worker is interested in seeing the extent to which current clients are satisfied with
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ka new relapse prevention program. The social worker distributes a client satisfaction surve
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y to those in the program. The social worker then collects the surveys and analyzes the resu
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lts that are presented to a management team in the agency. The social worker is conductin
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g which type of evaluation?
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A. Summativek k
B. Experimental
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C. Quasi-experimental
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D. Formative - correct answer...✔✔D
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Formative evaluations examine the process of delivering services, whereas summative ev
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aluations examine the outcomes. Formative evaluations are ongoing processes that allow f
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or feedback to be implemented during service delivery. These types of evaluations allow so
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cial workers to make changes as needed to help achieve program goals. Summative evalu
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ations occur at the end of services and provide an overall description of their effectiveness.
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Summative evaluation examines outcomes to determine whether objectives were met.
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The design described is not experimental—
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which requires a control group and randomization of assignment—or quasi-
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,experimental, which does not require randomization, but has more support for causal infere k k k k k k k k k k k k
nces than does preexperimental designs.
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8. Which of the following is an example of social stratification?
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A. A child is not included in group activities in school because of his or her poor social skills.
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B. Children who are violent need to be segregated from their peers.
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C. A child with social deficits is assumed to be delayed in cognition without additional asses
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sment. k
D. Children from affluent households receive a better public education than those from low-
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income households. - correct answer...✔✔D k k k k k
Stratification refers to structured inequality of entire categories of people in society who hav
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e unequal access to social rewards. Stratification applies to individuals based on ethnic and
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kracial background, social status, and/or other factors.
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9. During an intake interview, a client reports that she is extremely depressed and has self-
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destructive thoughts. She has had prior suicide attempts, but tells the social worker not to w
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orry as she won't "do it again." The social worker should FIRST:
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A. Tell the client that her decision not to harm herself is a good one
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B. Explore with the client what is causing her depression
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C. Conduct a safety assessment
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D. Refer the client to a psychiatrist for a medication evaluation - correct answer...✔✔C
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Despite the client's report that she will not act on her thoughts, she is at risk because she ha
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s had these feelings and has acted on them in the past. The case vignette does not describe
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the social worker taking any action yet. A safety assessment will determine the severity of t
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he depression and whether the client is at risk for a suicide attempt. It must be done FIRST
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before any other action is taken. k k k k k
10. A client with a Social Anxiety Disorder will MOST likely be prescribed which of the follow
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ing medications to take on an ongoing basis?
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A. Zoloft (sertraline)
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B. Mellaril (thioridazine)
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C. Thorazine (chlorpromazine)
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D. Valium (diazepam) - correct answer...✔✔
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A The primary medications used to treat social anxiety disorder are selective serotonin reu
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ptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which were first developed to treat depression. They have been fo
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und to be effective in the treatment of a wider range of disorders. Zoloft (sertraline) is an SS
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RI. k
Benzodiazepines, such as Valium (diazepam), reduce levels of anxiety. However, they are k k k k k k k k k k k k
habit-forming and sedating, so they are typically prescribed for only short-term use. k k k k k k k k k k k k
Mellaril (thioridazine) and Thorazine (chlorpromazine) are antipsychotic medications for th
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e treatment of psychosis.
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11. A social worker is appointed by the court to conduct a child custody evaluation for a cou
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ple that is divorcing. The mother reports that her husband is verbally abusive, controlling, a
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, nd neglects the children when they are in his care. She reports that the children have misse
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d a lot of school when staying with their father because he does not assist with getting them
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ready for school or doing their homework. The father states that his wife is lazy, irresponsibl
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e, and cannot meet the children's basic needs. He reports that the school frequently has to
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provide lunch for the children because the mother does not supply it when they are in her ca
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re. In order to BEST evaluate the legitimacy of the information, the social worker should:
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A. Ask the husband and wife to put their allegations in writing and sign them, attesting to thei
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r accuracy
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B. Determine whether the husband or wife have had any past instances with bein -
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Collateral information is often used when the credibility and validity of information obtained
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from a client or others is questionable. For example, child custody cases are inherently char
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acterized by biased data within an adversarial process. Social workers should use data fro
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m neutral parties, such as the school, because this information has higher integrity.
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12. A social worker is facilitating a psychotherapy group for individuals who are in recovery f
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rom substance abuse. After group, a client mentions that she has been having problems de
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aling with job stress without the use of substances. In order to meet this client's needs, the s
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ocial worker should: A. Recommend that the client see the social worker individually in addi
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tion to the group therapy because she appears to need some additional support
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B. Suggest that the client bring this topic up in the group next week to see if others are havin
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g similar problems
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C. Evaluate whether group therapy is the best treatment modality for the client due to the iss
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ue being mentioned to the social worker outside of the group context
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D. Determine if there is an employee assistance program in the client's work setting to assis
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t - correct answer...✔✔B
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In group therapy, the group is the major helping agent. Issues should be brought back to the
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kgroup to address. There is no need for the client to see the social worker for individual thera
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py. Contacting an employee assistance program would breach confidentiality.
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13. An 11-year- k k
old child would like to start helping around the house with chores. She approaches her moth
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er many times, but is told she cannot assist because "she won't do it right." During several at
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tempts to do things on her own, she is scolded. According to psychosocial development the
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ory, she may experience doubts in her abilities due to a crisis in which of the following stage
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A. Industry versus inferiority
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B. Initiative versus guilt
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C. Autonomy versus shame/doubt
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D. Generativity versus stagnation - correct answer...✔✔A
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Industry versus inferiority— k k
From age 6 to puberty, children begin to develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments.
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If children are encouraged and reinforced for their initiative, they begin to feel industrious an
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d feel confident in their ability to achieve goals. If this initiative is not encouraged and is restr
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icted, children begin to feel inferior, doubting their abilities.
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