PREVIOUS TEST QUESTIONS 500 LEVEL SOWK (LATEST
UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED A
Social workers demonstrate ethical and professional behavior through all
of the following ways EXCEPT: Ans✓✓✓Making personal decisions
on behalf of clients in order to ensure that their needs are met
The intentional or unintentional act or process of placing restrictions on
an individual, group, or institution is known as: Ans✓✓✓oppression
Joseph is a social worker who has worked at the VA hospital in the
substance abuse program for over 30 years. His clients and colleagues
speak very highly of him. One day of his clients pulls him to the side
and is very distraught over learning that his 8 year old granddaughter
who he and his wife have custody of has been molested. He tells Joseph
that he is the only therapists he trusts and that he needs Joseph to see
her. Joseph tells him that he would be happy to make some phone calls
and assist Charlie in finding someone who specializes in children.
Charlies becomes very upset and states that he cannot believe that
Joseph is abandoning his granddaughter. Joseph explains that he does
not see children and cannot see his granddaughter as a patient at the VA.
He gives Charlies several agencies to contact and even offers to sit with
Charlie while he calls. This best demonstrates adherence to which social
work value? Ans✓✓✓Human Relationships
Critical thinking in social work is essential because of the following:
Ans✓✓✓It requires that you learn to question theories and assumptions
about people's behaviors and actions
,Taylor had a number of negative interactions as a child with his
grandmother. She was violent and verbally abusive. He is assigned to
work with a family, who is caring for their elderly grandmother. Taylor
immediately does not care for the grandmother. Taylor should:
Ans✓✓✓Consider his own experiences and seek to eliminate their
influence on his perception of the grandmother.
The ability of some people to fare well in the face of risk factors is
referred to as Ans✓✓✓resilience
A major theme of the life course perspective which suggests that
particular roles and behaviors are associated with particular age groups
based on biological age, psychological age, and spiritual age is:
Ans✓✓✓timing of lives
When doing a bio-psycho-social-spiritual assessment, the spiritual
section would include which of the following information:
Ans✓✓✓Religiosity, view of god/God, faith
A social worker seeks to find family counseling for a family with no
personal means of transportation. It becomes apparent during her search
that the closest agency to the shelter is a faith-based counseling agency.
The social worker has referred clients of all faiths to this agency in the
past and has never received a client complaint before. However, the
father of this particular family has made it clear that he and his family
are atheists. The best course of action for the social worker is to:
, Ans✓✓✓See if there ae mobile therapists from other agencies that
would be willing to come to their home.
A major theme of the life course perspective which suggests that human
lives are interdependent, and the family is the primary arena for
experiencing and interpreting wider historical, cultural, and social
phenomena is: Ans✓✓✓linked or interdependent lives
While working with a client: Ans✓✓✓Faith can be integrated into one's
practice work. It is important to consider the client's environment. How
the client progressed through developmental stages should be
considered. (All of the above)
Christine is a social worker in the local school system. In the past 2
years, she has noticed an influx of refugee children from Chile, many of
which did not speak English. On numerous occasions, children have
come to her office stating that they were not allowed to get lunch. When
Christine spoke with the cafeteria supervised, she was informed that
many of the children had paperwork that was incomplete or incorrectly
filled out and they would just have to go hungry until their parents
"figured it out...". Christine could not believe how her school was
handling this situation. Christine spoke with the local community center
and made arrangements for a meeting. Flyers were passed out in Spanish
inviting parents and children to attend. A translator was on site to assist
parents with completing all necessary paperwork for the school year.
Christine's actions are best described by which social work value.
Ans✓✓✓It is NOT Advocacy
Maybe Service, Social Justice or Dignity and Worth of the individual
UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
|100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED A
Social workers demonstrate ethical and professional behavior through all
of the following ways EXCEPT: Ans✓✓✓Making personal decisions
on behalf of clients in order to ensure that their needs are met
The intentional or unintentional act or process of placing restrictions on
an individual, group, or institution is known as: Ans✓✓✓oppression
Joseph is a social worker who has worked at the VA hospital in the
substance abuse program for over 30 years. His clients and colleagues
speak very highly of him. One day of his clients pulls him to the side
and is very distraught over learning that his 8 year old granddaughter
who he and his wife have custody of has been molested. He tells Joseph
that he is the only therapists he trusts and that he needs Joseph to see
her. Joseph tells him that he would be happy to make some phone calls
and assist Charlie in finding someone who specializes in children.
Charlies becomes very upset and states that he cannot believe that
Joseph is abandoning his granddaughter. Joseph explains that he does
not see children and cannot see his granddaughter as a patient at the VA.
He gives Charlies several agencies to contact and even offers to sit with
Charlie while he calls. This best demonstrates adherence to which social
work value? Ans✓✓✓Human Relationships
Critical thinking in social work is essential because of the following:
Ans✓✓✓It requires that you learn to question theories and assumptions
about people's behaviors and actions
,Taylor had a number of negative interactions as a child with his
grandmother. She was violent and verbally abusive. He is assigned to
work with a family, who is caring for their elderly grandmother. Taylor
immediately does not care for the grandmother. Taylor should:
Ans✓✓✓Consider his own experiences and seek to eliminate their
influence on his perception of the grandmother.
The ability of some people to fare well in the face of risk factors is
referred to as Ans✓✓✓resilience
A major theme of the life course perspective which suggests that
particular roles and behaviors are associated with particular age groups
based on biological age, psychological age, and spiritual age is:
Ans✓✓✓timing of lives
When doing a bio-psycho-social-spiritual assessment, the spiritual
section would include which of the following information:
Ans✓✓✓Religiosity, view of god/God, faith
A social worker seeks to find family counseling for a family with no
personal means of transportation. It becomes apparent during her search
that the closest agency to the shelter is a faith-based counseling agency.
The social worker has referred clients of all faiths to this agency in the
past and has never received a client complaint before. However, the
father of this particular family has made it clear that he and his family
are atheists. The best course of action for the social worker is to:
, Ans✓✓✓See if there ae mobile therapists from other agencies that
would be willing to come to their home.
A major theme of the life course perspective which suggests that human
lives are interdependent, and the family is the primary arena for
experiencing and interpreting wider historical, cultural, and social
phenomena is: Ans✓✓✓linked or interdependent lives
While working with a client: Ans✓✓✓Faith can be integrated into one's
practice work. It is important to consider the client's environment. How
the client progressed through developmental stages should be
considered. (All of the above)
Christine is a social worker in the local school system. In the past 2
years, she has noticed an influx of refugee children from Chile, many of
which did not speak English. On numerous occasions, children have
come to her office stating that they were not allowed to get lunch. When
Christine spoke with the cafeteria supervised, she was informed that
many of the children had paperwork that was incomplete or incorrectly
filled out and they would just have to go hungry until their parents
"figured it out...". Christine could not believe how her school was
handling this situation. Christine spoke with the local community center
and made arrangements for a meeting. Flyers were passed out in Spanish
inviting parents and children to attend. A translator was on site to assist
parents with completing all necessary paperwork for the school year.
Christine's actions are best described by which social work value.
Ans✓✓✓It is NOT Advocacy
Maybe Service, Social Justice or Dignity and Worth of the individual
