Generalist Social Work Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions.
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Established in the Tarasoff case, ____________ compels a worker to break
confidentiality in certain situations.
a. informed consent
b. paternalism
c. mandatory reporting
d. duty to warn - Correct Answer d. duty to warn
A client...
Generalist Social Work Final Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions.
Established in the Tarasoff case, ____________ compels a worker to break
confidentiality in certain situations.
a. informed consent
b. paternalism
c. mandatory reporting
d. duty to warn - Correct Answer d. duty to warn
A client divulges to a social worker that he plans to wire his former boss's car so that it will
explode when the starter is activated. Given possession of this information, the
practitioner is obligated to:
a. advise the client's kin to initiate commitment proceedings
b. talk the client out of it
c. tell the client that future threats will necessitate calling the police
d. notify the former boss of the threat - Correct Answer d. notify the former boss of the
threat
After a long and busy day, a social worker takes a much-needed 10-minute break,
leaving client information displayed on the computer screen. This situation is a violation
of:
a. confidentiality
b. informed consent
c. fiduciary responsibility
d. self-determination - Correct Answer a. confidentiality
Which of the following is NOT true regarding informed consent?
a. clients should be informed when services are provided by a student
b. once clients give consent they surrender the right to revoke it later
c. professionals should use clear, understandable language in explaining potential risks
and benefits to research subjects
,d. when clients are not competent to render consent, the social worker must assure that
the party giving consent is acting in the best interests of the client - Correct Answer b.
once clients give consent they surrender the right to revoke it later
In an effort to maintain maximum confidentiality, even when client records are
subpoenaed, which of the following should not be placed in client files?
a. records from referral sources
b. demographic information
c. treatment plans
d. process recordings - Correct Answer d. process recordings
When a social worker has reason to believe a child has been abused, the social worker
should first:
a. report the suspicions to child protective services
b. explore the circumstances in the home to determine if they are generally positive
c. give the family a chance to improve their parenting practices
d. assess the impact of reporting the abuse on the therapeutic relationship - Correct
Answer a. report the suspicions to child protective services
What situation below would be considered to be a clear breach of confidentiality?
a. when a social worker has reason to believe that a client is suicidal
b. the supervisor asks the social worker to describe what happened in an interview
c. a client asks a social worker to testify in a court case about progress in treatment
d. the social worker, when asked, tells a client's partner how the client is progressing in
treatment - Correct Answer d. the social worker, when asked, tells a client's partner how
the client is progressing in treatment
Which of the following is NOT one of the cardinal values of the social work profession?
a. competence
b. self-esteem
c. integrity
d. dignity and worth of the individual - Correct Answer b. self-esteem
, When working with a client from a culture that values practices that you would consider
immoral and unethical by Western standards, you should do all of the following except:
a. Discuss value tensions with the client and seek to educate yourself as well as the client
about cultural difference
b. Practice "moderate universalism" where equal rights and protection are promoted as
well as diversity
c. Ensure that your work with the individual respects the culture and is appropriate for the
cultural group to which s/he belongs
d. Explain the differences in cultural values to assist the client in adopting a new culture
and set of norms - Correct Answer d. Explain the differences in cultural values to assist
the client in adopting a new culture and set of norms
Which of the following statements about minors' rights is true?
a. Parents have the right to know what issues were raised during therapy and to review
the treatment record
b. Under no circumstance should a minor be treated without parental consent.
c. Minors do not have the legal right to consent to services at any time.
d. Youth seeking substance-abuse services are not protected by the same level of
confidentiality as other clients. - Correct Answer a. Parents have the right to know what
issues were raised during therapy and to review the treatment record
Using a systems oriented perspective, social workers analyze and explain patters of
interaction by assessing:
a. Dysfunction
b. Causality
c. Sequence
d. Antecedents - Correct Answer c. Sequence
Homeostasis refers to the family systems tendency to:
a. Maintain balance
b. Govern behavior
c. Evaluation change
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