ASWB BACHELORS COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS HIGH SCORE SET
◉ What is the MOST effective intervention strategy used by SW's
with older adult clients who experience negative stereotypes, age
based discrimination, exploitation, and/or compromising of their
rights?
A. Empowerment
B. Containment
C. Empathy
D. Confrontation. Answer: A. Empowerment.
◉ During a family session, a teen complains that the parents are
nosy and nagging. The parents complain that the teen does not clean
and ignores curfew. What should the SW explore FIRST?
A. The parents' inability to exercise parental discipline
B. The struggle for control between the parents and teen
C. The teen's struggle to establish autonomy
D. The dysfunctional parent-child relationship. Answer: B. The
struggle for control between the parents and teen.
,◉ In SW practice, the MOST important reason for obtaining a client's
social history it to provide a better understanding of the client and
to determine:
A. Community resources that can provide needed services
B. Previous SW services used by the client
C. Details about the client's background
D. Services needed by the client. Answer: D. Services needed by the
client.
◉ A court mandated client meets with a SW for the first time. The
client denies needing services. After ackowledging the client's
feelings, what should the SW do NEXT?
A. Contact the court to report the client's resistance
B. Terminate the interview until the client is ready to engage
C. Review the court mandate with the client
D. Contact the client's support system for assistance. Answer: C.
Review the court mandate with the client.
◉ A group of citizens who live in public housing asks a SW what the
group can do about changing certain unjust housing policies. The
group tried to bring about change through the appeal process but
was unsuccessful. What is the SW's BEST action?
A. Offer to provide expert testimony
B. Involve influential people in the group's cause
, C. Teach confrontation and negotiation skills to the group
D. File a class action lawsuit against housing authorities. Answer: C.
Teach confrontation and negotiation skills to the group.
◉ What is the BEST description of empathy?
A. Communication of the SW's desire to help
B. Nonjudgmental acceptance of client behavior
C. A compassionate feeling toward another person's suffering
D. An insightful understanding of another person's thoughts and
emotions. Answer: D. An insightful understanding of another
person's thoughts and emotions.
◉ A SW whose practice experience has been with a child welfare
agency on a Native American/Indigenous peoples reservation is
transferred to a similar agency on a reservation of another tribe.
What is the SW's ethical responsibility?
A. Questioning the appropriateness of the transfer on cultural
grounds
B. Employing general knowledge regarding Native
Americans/Indigenous people
C. Gaining knowledge of the cultural uniqueness of the other tribe
D. Acknowledging that child welfare services embrace the generalist
model. Answer: C. Gaining knowledge of the cultural uniqueness of
the other tribe.
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS HIGH SCORE SET
◉ What is the MOST effective intervention strategy used by SW's
with older adult clients who experience negative stereotypes, age
based discrimination, exploitation, and/or compromising of their
rights?
A. Empowerment
B. Containment
C. Empathy
D. Confrontation. Answer: A. Empowerment.
◉ During a family session, a teen complains that the parents are
nosy and nagging. The parents complain that the teen does not clean
and ignores curfew. What should the SW explore FIRST?
A. The parents' inability to exercise parental discipline
B. The struggle for control between the parents and teen
C. The teen's struggle to establish autonomy
D. The dysfunctional parent-child relationship. Answer: B. The
struggle for control between the parents and teen.
,◉ In SW practice, the MOST important reason for obtaining a client's
social history it to provide a better understanding of the client and
to determine:
A. Community resources that can provide needed services
B. Previous SW services used by the client
C. Details about the client's background
D. Services needed by the client. Answer: D. Services needed by the
client.
◉ A court mandated client meets with a SW for the first time. The
client denies needing services. After ackowledging the client's
feelings, what should the SW do NEXT?
A. Contact the court to report the client's resistance
B. Terminate the interview until the client is ready to engage
C. Review the court mandate with the client
D. Contact the client's support system for assistance. Answer: C.
Review the court mandate with the client.
◉ A group of citizens who live in public housing asks a SW what the
group can do about changing certain unjust housing policies. The
group tried to bring about change through the appeal process but
was unsuccessful. What is the SW's BEST action?
A. Offer to provide expert testimony
B. Involve influential people in the group's cause
, C. Teach confrontation and negotiation skills to the group
D. File a class action lawsuit against housing authorities. Answer: C.
Teach confrontation and negotiation skills to the group.
◉ What is the BEST description of empathy?
A. Communication of the SW's desire to help
B. Nonjudgmental acceptance of client behavior
C. A compassionate feeling toward another person's suffering
D. An insightful understanding of another person's thoughts and
emotions. Answer: D. An insightful understanding of another
person's thoughts and emotions.
◉ A SW whose practice experience has been with a child welfare
agency on a Native American/Indigenous peoples reservation is
transferred to a similar agency on a reservation of another tribe.
What is the SW's ethical responsibility?
A. Questioning the appropriateness of the transfer on cultural
grounds
B. Employing general knowledge regarding Native
Americans/Indigenous people
C. Gaining knowledge of the cultural uniqueness of the other tribe
D. Acknowledging that child welfare services embrace the generalist
model. Answer: C. Gaining knowledge of the cultural uniqueness of
the other tribe.
