LSW Exam Practice Questions With
Correct Answers
Alcohol is a: | |
A. Hallucinogen
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B. Stimulant
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C. Depressant
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D. hypnotic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C - depressant
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Which of the following drugs is a depressant?
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a. cocaine
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b. caffeine
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c. LSD
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d. alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D - alcohol
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In setting goals for service, it is MOST important to establish goals that are:
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a. agreed upon by the client and the social worker
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b. compatible with the social worker's area of expertise
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c. appropriate to address the client's presenting problem
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d. short-term and easily obtainable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A - agreed upon by
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the client and the social worker
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, A social worker has been assigned to interview a client with a previous history of
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resistance and antagonism toward the agency. Which approach will be the MOST
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effective in engaging the client and beginning a productive relationship?
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a. taking the client's biopsychosocial history, including former treatment by the
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agency
b. focusing on what the client presents as the problem
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c. exploring the client's feelings about prior experiences with the agency
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d. providing needed concrete services to the client - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B -
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focusing on what the client presents as the problem
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The family of an unemployed worker is experiencing stressful family relationships
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as a result of financial problems. Initially, the family will benefit MOST from
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information provided by the social worker about:| | | | | |
a. family counseling
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b. financial services
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c. job opportunities
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d. vocational rehabilitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B - financial services
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During a relapse counseling session, an older adolescent client expresses remorse
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about sexual activities engaged in while drunk. In explaining to the client that
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sexual promiscuity while intoxicated is a symptom of alcoholism, the social
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worker is engaging in: | | | |
A. Education
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B. Confrontation
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Correct Answers
Alcohol is a: | |
A. Hallucinogen
|
B. Stimulant
|
C. Depressant
|
D. hypnotic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C - depressant
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Which of the following drugs is a depressant?
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a. cocaine
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b. caffeine
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c. LSD
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d. alcohol - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D - alcohol
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In setting goals for service, it is MOST important to establish goals that are:
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a. agreed upon by the client and the social worker
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b. compatible with the social worker's area of expertise
| | | | | | | |
c. appropriate to address the client's presenting problem
| | | | | | |
d. short-term and easily obtainable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A - agreed upon by
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the client and the social worker
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, A social worker has been assigned to interview a client with a previous history of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
resistance and antagonism toward the agency. Which approach will be the MOST
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effective in engaging the client and beginning a productive relationship?
| | | | | | | | |
a. taking the client's biopsychosocial history, including former treatment by the
| | | | | | | | | | |
agency
b. focusing on what the client presents as the problem
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c. exploring the client's feelings about prior experiences with the agency
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d. providing needed concrete services to the client - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B -
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focusing on what the client presents as the problem
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The family of an unemployed worker is experiencing stressful family relationships
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as a result of financial problems. Initially, the family will benefit MOST from
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information provided by the social worker about:| | | | | |
a. family counseling
| |
b. financial services
| |
c. job opportunities
| |
d. vocational rehabilitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B - financial services
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During a relapse counseling session, an older adolescent client expresses remorse
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about sexual activities engaged in while drunk. In explaining to the client that
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sexual promiscuity while intoxicated is a symptom of alcoholism, the social
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worker is engaging in: | | | |
A. Education
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B. Confrontation
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