answer verified to pass 2025/2026
profession - correct answer ✔an organization of specialists that emphasizes the use of specialized
knowledge, values, and skills to serve the public
knowledge - correct answer ✔observations about the world and man which have been verified or are
capable of verification
skills - correct answer ✔the ability to use knowledge readily in execution and/or PERFORMANCE
1. Values and Ethics
2. Diversity
3. Populations at Risk and Social and Economic Justice
4. Human Behavior and the Social Environment
5. Social Welfare Policy and Services
6. Social Work Practice
7. Research
8. Field Education - correct answer ✔List 3 of the 8 core curriculum content areas in the social work
knowledge base:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - correct answer ✔this credential is awarded to a social worker
with a MSW who has had 2 years of supervised clinical experience and who has passed a review and
examination process
1. relationship
2. communication
, 3. problem-solving
4. networking
5. stress-management - correct answer ✔List the 5 core professional skills of social work:
1. enabler/counselor
2. broker
3. advocate
4. activist
5. case manager
6. mediator
7. educator - correct answer ✔List 3 examples of the 7 social work roles:
enabler/facilitator - correct answer ✔in this role, a worker helps the client to articulate their needs, to
clarify and identify their problems, to explore resolution strategies, to select and apply a strategy, and to
develop their capabilities to deal with their problems more effectively
broker - correct answer ✔in this role, a worker links clients who need help but do no know where help
is available with community services
advocate - correct answer ✔in this role, the worker provides leadership for collecting information, for
arguing the correctness of the client's need to request, and for challenging an institution's decision not
to provide services
activist - correct answer ✔In this role, a worker seeks basic institutional change; often the objective
involves a shift in power and resources to a disadvantaged group
case manager - correct answer ✔in this role, the worker coordinates the services from different
agencies to avoid duplication and to prevent the diverse services from having conflicting objectives