Empowerment Series The Skills of Helping Individuals, Families, Groups, and Communities, Shulman - Complete test bank - exam questions - quizzes (updated 2022)

1. The social work profession was created through the merger of which two basic streams of
thought about the helping process?
a. addressing issues of social change and fulfilling individual needs.

b. addressing issues of social instability and fulfilling individual needs.

c. addressing issues of social change and fulfilling societal needs.

d. none of the above

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: 29

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.1c



2. The case of the Elderly Client and his Adult Child illustrates:
a. an ethical policy

b. a moral decision

c. an ethical dilemma

d. NASW standards

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: 43

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.2b



3. The belief that both the individual and the system contain within them the strength to
implement the mutuality of symbiosis is referred to as:
a. Assumption of motivation for change

b. Assumption of strength for change

c. Mutual dependence

, d. Ethical value stance

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: 26

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.9a



4. The four steps to the medical model are:
a. study, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation

b. study, diagnosis, treatment, and termination

c. diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and evaluation

d. assessment, formulation, treatment plan, and evaluation

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: 8

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.7a



5. All of the following are FALSE except:
a. The relationship between feelings and action is reciprocal.

b. The relationship between feelings and action is mutual.

c. The relationship between feelings and action is fixed.

d. The relationship between feelings and action is ambivalent.

ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: 34

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.0b

,6. The term symbiotic is used to describe:
a. the mutual needs of children and their mothers.

b. the mutual needs of individuals and the systems that matter to them.

c. the mutual needs of infants and the systems that matter to them.

d. the core dynamic of the oppression psychology.

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: 18

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.7a



7. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Social work practice is value free.

b. Social workers must be knowledgeable about ethical decision making.

c. Social workers must seek legal help to make ethical decisions.

d. All of the above.

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: 45

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.2a



8. The four phases of work are termed:
a. Preliminary, Joining, Middle and Ending and Transition

b. Preparatory, Joining, Middle and Ending and Transition

c. Preliminary, Joining, Work and Ending and Transition

, d. Preliminary, Beginning, Middle and Ending and Transition

ANSWER: d

REFERENCES: 37

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.0b



9. The VISA Center example illustrates the following:
a. dynamic systems theory

b. the interactional perspective

c. a&b

d. none of the above

ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: 11

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.7b



10. The relationship among client, systems and worker is graphically depicted as:
a. a timeline

b. a triangle

c. a flow chart

d. all of the above

ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: 32

QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice

NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - EPAS: 2.1.5a