MSW Exam Review Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Adult Protective Services receives an anonymous call reporting that an elderly man is being abused by his son. A caseworker visits the elderly man's home while his son is not there so she can talk to the man alone. He tells the caseworker that his ...
Adult Protective Services receives an anonymous call reporting that an elderly man is being abused by
his son. A caseworker visits the elderly man's home while his son is not there so she can talk to the man
alone. He tells the caseworker that his son insults him and threatens to withhold care or to put him in a
nursing facility. What type of abuse or neglect is this? - ANSWERSPsychological Abuse
What are normative ethics - ANSWERS!!! -Attempts to apply ethical theories and principles to actual
ethical dilemmas
-Ethics that are based on common knowledge and common sense
-An ethical theory that states the exact specifications for how SW should behave with other professionals
-Attempts to take ethical dilemmas and find acceptable solutions for them
Beginning in the 1930s and lasting 40 years, what highly publicized research project was determined to
be unethical, enraged the public, and led the field of social work to develop strong rules to protect
research participants? - ANSWERS-Ellis Study
-Willowbrook Study
!!!-Tuskegee Study
-Stewart Study
The phrase "social workers should work toward the maintenance and promotion of high standards of
practice" falls under what standard of practice in the NASW Code of Ethics? - ANSWERS-Social Justice
!!!-Integrity of the profession
-Evaluation and Research
-Solicitations
Who developed the system of social work values and categorized them into four groups (societal,
organizational and institutional, professional, and human service practice values)? - ANSWERS-Lee
Frankel
, !!!-Charles Levy
-Muriel Pumphrey
-David Gordon
Though we shouldn't make stereotypes of assumptions, some characteristics are recognized as being
more prevalent than others in certain groups. In which of the following groups is spirituality polytheistic,
with the belief that spirits are found in nonhuman beings and objects? - ANSWERS- Asian
!!! -Native Hawaiian
-Hispanic/Latino
-African American
Aziz, who until recently led a very sheltered life in his own culture, has gone to college and been
challenged by experiences of difference, some good and some bad. He has considered the issues deeply
and sought out further encounters in order to learn more. Now he finds himself more comfortable with
his own identity in relationship to that of others. In which stage of cultural identity search does Aziz
currently find himself? - ANSWERS!!!-Internalization and commitment
-Encounter
-Immersion-Emersion
-Pre-counter
Which of the follow diagnoses doesn't belong to the class of disorders called Obsessive-Compulsive and
Related Disorders? - ANSWERS-Hoarding Disorder
-Body Dysmorphic Disorder
!!! -Illness Anxiety Disorder
-Trichotillomania
Which of the following would be least effective in working with an involuntary client? - ANSWERS-
showing empathy to the client
-acknowledging the client's circumstances
-rewarding positives shown by the client
!!! -Asserting the therapeutic structure
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