ASWB Bachelors Questions And
Answers.
A patient whose hand was severed in an accident is referred to the hospital social
worker. What should the social worker do first?
A. Present available rehabilitation options
B. Evaluate the patient's social supports
C. Assess the patient's emotional reaction
D. Gather social history information -
\C. Assess the patient's emotional reaction
Rational: In the aftermath of a life changing event such as the described loss of a hand,
an assessment of the patients emotional response must come first
A social worker works with a large number of clients who are gay or lesbian. The social
worker notices many of the clients have a common issue of low self-esteem stemming
from the perception that society labels them as bad people. What is the social worker's
best response?
A. Lobby for new laws to fight homophobia
B. Educate community members on gay and lesbian issues
C. Refer the clients to a gay or lesbian therapist
D. Offer a gay and lesbian support group -
\D. Offer a gay and lesbian support group
Rational: The offer of a support group is the best response because it creates
immediate impact to provide support for an often marginalized population.
What is the most effective way for a social worker to determine the relationship between
environmental variables and the client's presenting problem?
A. Observing the client's living arrangements
B. Obtaining psychosocial information
C Evaluating the client's social skills.
D. Interviewing collateral sources -
\B. Obtaining psychosocial information
Rational: Observing the client's living arrangements (A) and interviewing collateral
sources (D) give the social worker information. However, interacting with the client to
gain psychosocial insight (key B) is the most effective path for the social worker. (C)
would not be helpful,
What does knowledge of family life cycle theory enable social workers to do?
A. Predict the psychosocial development of individual family members
B. Determine levels of family member task accomplishment
, C. Assess dysfunctional family interactions
D. Explain family violence risk -
\B. Determine levels of family member task accomplishment
Rational: Family life cycle theory looks at the progression of the family from stage to
stage as it achieves developmental tasks.
A couple experiencing marital conflict meets with a social worker. They begin by
describing their division of household duties. She works outside of the home while he
maintains the household. What should the social worker explore first?
A. Satisfaction with gender roles
B. Sexual relationship
C. Relationship history
D. Cultural backgrounds -
\A. Satisfaction with gender roles
Rational: In this vignette, the couple experiencing conflict bring up household duties
first, making it important for the social worker to first address their feelings around the
way these duties are handled and the relationship to perceived gender roles.
A social worker plans to meet with a client for an intake interview. Referral information
indicates the client is hard of hearing. What should the social worker do first?
A. Determine the client's preference for communicating
B. Arrange for an interpreter for the client during the interview
C. Ask the client to bring a family member to the interview
D. Review literature on deaf culture -
\A. Determine the client's preference for communicating
Rational: This item requires the test taker to understand culturally competent practice, in
which this scenario requires the social worker to first learn the client's communication
preference
What is the most effective intervention strategy used by social workers with older clients
who experience negative stereotypes, age-based discrimination, exploitation, and/or
compromising of their rights?
A. Empowerment
B. Containment
C. Empathy
D. Confrontation -
\A. Empowerment
A parent brings her 4-year-old to meet with a social worker. The parent expresses
concern that her child does not play with others on the playground at daycare. The
social worker observes that the child does not reciprocate interaction with the parent.
What should the social worker do?
A. Explain that the 4-year-old is too young to play interactively
Answers.
A patient whose hand was severed in an accident is referred to the hospital social
worker. What should the social worker do first?
A. Present available rehabilitation options
B. Evaluate the patient's social supports
C. Assess the patient's emotional reaction
D. Gather social history information -
\C. Assess the patient's emotional reaction
Rational: In the aftermath of a life changing event such as the described loss of a hand,
an assessment of the patients emotional response must come first
A social worker works with a large number of clients who are gay or lesbian. The social
worker notices many of the clients have a common issue of low self-esteem stemming
from the perception that society labels them as bad people. What is the social worker's
best response?
A. Lobby for new laws to fight homophobia
B. Educate community members on gay and lesbian issues
C. Refer the clients to a gay or lesbian therapist
D. Offer a gay and lesbian support group -
\D. Offer a gay and lesbian support group
Rational: The offer of a support group is the best response because it creates
immediate impact to provide support for an often marginalized population.
What is the most effective way for a social worker to determine the relationship between
environmental variables and the client's presenting problem?
A. Observing the client's living arrangements
B. Obtaining psychosocial information
C Evaluating the client's social skills.
D. Interviewing collateral sources -
\B. Obtaining psychosocial information
Rational: Observing the client's living arrangements (A) and interviewing collateral
sources (D) give the social worker information. However, interacting with the client to
gain psychosocial insight (key B) is the most effective path for the social worker. (C)
would not be helpful,
What does knowledge of family life cycle theory enable social workers to do?
A. Predict the psychosocial development of individual family members
B. Determine levels of family member task accomplishment
, C. Assess dysfunctional family interactions
D. Explain family violence risk -
\B. Determine levels of family member task accomplishment
Rational: Family life cycle theory looks at the progression of the family from stage to
stage as it achieves developmental tasks.
A couple experiencing marital conflict meets with a social worker. They begin by
describing their division of household duties. She works outside of the home while he
maintains the household. What should the social worker explore first?
A. Satisfaction with gender roles
B. Sexual relationship
C. Relationship history
D. Cultural backgrounds -
\A. Satisfaction with gender roles
Rational: In this vignette, the couple experiencing conflict bring up household duties
first, making it important for the social worker to first address their feelings around the
way these duties are handled and the relationship to perceived gender roles.
A social worker plans to meet with a client for an intake interview. Referral information
indicates the client is hard of hearing. What should the social worker do first?
A. Determine the client's preference for communicating
B. Arrange for an interpreter for the client during the interview
C. Ask the client to bring a family member to the interview
D. Review literature on deaf culture -
\A. Determine the client's preference for communicating
Rational: This item requires the test taker to understand culturally competent practice, in
which this scenario requires the social worker to first learn the client's communication
preference
What is the most effective intervention strategy used by social workers with older clients
who experience negative stereotypes, age-based discrimination, exploitation, and/or
compromising of their rights?
A. Empowerment
B. Containment
C. Empathy
D. Confrontation -
\A. Empowerment
A parent brings her 4-year-old to meet with a social worker. The parent expresses
concern that her child does not play with others on the playground at daycare. The
social worker observes that the child does not reciprocate interaction with the parent.
What should the social worker do?
A. Explain that the 4-year-old is too young to play interactively
