INTRO TO SOCIAL WORK EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED AND GRADED A++
Each of the following is considered the business of social welfare except:
a)Telling people how to live their lives.
b)Ending all types of discrimination and oppression.
c)Providing child-care services for parents who work outside the home.
d)Rehabilitating people who are addicted to alcohol or drugs
Telling people how to live their lives.
____ is the study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins,
organizations, institutions, and the development of human society.
a.Social welfare
b.Sociology
c.Social work
d.Cultural anthropology
Sociology
Social welfare overlaps with sociology and psychology on a:
a. Knowledge-base level
b. Functional level
c. Practice level
Knowledge-base level
Which of the following statements is consistent with the residual view of social
welfare?
a) Recipients are viewed as being entitled to social services and financial help.
b) Social services and financial help should be provided to an individual on a
short-term basis, primarily during emergencies.
c) It is associated with the belief that an individual's difficulties are due to causes
largely beyond his or her control.
d) There is no stigma attached to receiving funds or services. In this view, when
,difficulties arise, causes are sought in the society, and efforts are focused on
improving the social institutions within which the individual functions.
Social services and financial help should be provided to an individual on a short-term
basis, primarily during emergencies.
The ____ of social welfare advocates social interventions that contribute
positively to economic development. It focuses on integrating economic and
social development for the benefit of all members of society.
a)Liberal perspective
b)Conservative perspective
c)Developmental perspective
d) Strengths perspective
Developmental perspective
Which of the following views asserted that the economy and society in general
would best prosper if businesses and industries were permitted to do whatever
they desired to make a profit?
a) Social Darwinism
B) The laissez-faire economic theory
C) Protestant ethic
D) Compassionate conservatism
The laissez-faire economic theory
Before 1930 social services and financial assistance for people in need were
provided primarily by ____
a) Churches and voluntary organizations
B) Federal and state institutions
C) Richer European countries
D) The military
Churches and voluntary organizations
President Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress abolished Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in 1996 and replaced it with:
a) Welfare Services for Single Mothers
B) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
,C) Conditional Aid to Single Parents
D) Assistance for Poor Families
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Stinnet and Walters reviewed the research literature on step parenthood and
came to the conclusion that:
a. Integration tends to be easier in families that have been split by death rather
than by divorce
b. Adolescents have greater difficulty accepting a stepparent than do young
children
c. Children tend to see a stepparent of the same sex as playing favorites with
them
d. Female children tend more readily to accept a stepparent, particularly if the
new parent is a male
Adolescents have greater difficulty accepting a stepparent than do young children
The residual view of social welfare generally attaches a stigma to receiving
services and funds
a. True
b. False
True
Settlement houses emphasized
a. Poverty reduction
b. Gardening and canning
c. Environmental reform
d. Job creation
Environmental reform
In the 1920's, social workers switched their emphasis from reform to:
a. Therapy
b. Poverty reduction
c. Veterans services
d. Public health
Therapy
, Social workers typically do not work in administration.
a. True
b. False
True
In the 1960's, social workers embraced the medical model
a. True
b. False
False
The _____ model explores both internal and external factors
a. Systems
b. Ecological
c. Medical
d. Strengths
Ecological
According to Saleeby's Strengths Perspective, social workers best serve clients
by:
a. Advocating for them
b. Teaching them new skills
c. Collaborating with them
d. Developing new social service programs
Collaborating with them
Given challenging federal and state budgets, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
projects the job outlook for social workers to reduce by 13% between 2012 and
2022.
a. True
b. False
False
Who published the first social work textbook in 1917?
a. Jane Adams
b. Mary Richmond
c. Richard Cabot
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% VERIFIED AND GRADED A++
Each of the following is considered the business of social welfare except:
a)Telling people how to live their lives.
b)Ending all types of discrimination and oppression.
c)Providing child-care services for parents who work outside the home.
d)Rehabilitating people who are addicted to alcohol or drugs
Telling people how to live their lives.
____ is the study of human social behavior, especially the study of the origins,
organizations, institutions, and the development of human society.
a.Social welfare
b.Sociology
c.Social work
d.Cultural anthropology
Sociology
Social welfare overlaps with sociology and psychology on a:
a. Knowledge-base level
b. Functional level
c. Practice level
Knowledge-base level
Which of the following statements is consistent with the residual view of social
welfare?
a) Recipients are viewed as being entitled to social services and financial help.
b) Social services and financial help should be provided to an individual on a
short-term basis, primarily during emergencies.
c) It is associated with the belief that an individual's difficulties are due to causes
largely beyond his or her control.
d) There is no stigma attached to receiving funds or services. In this view, when
,difficulties arise, causes are sought in the society, and efforts are focused on
improving the social institutions within which the individual functions.
Social services and financial help should be provided to an individual on a short-term
basis, primarily during emergencies.
The ____ of social welfare advocates social interventions that contribute
positively to economic development. It focuses on integrating economic and
social development for the benefit of all members of society.
a)Liberal perspective
b)Conservative perspective
c)Developmental perspective
d) Strengths perspective
Developmental perspective
Which of the following views asserted that the economy and society in general
would best prosper if businesses and industries were permitted to do whatever
they desired to make a profit?
a) Social Darwinism
B) The laissez-faire economic theory
C) Protestant ethic
D) Compassionate conservatism
The laissez-faire economic theory
Before 1930 social services and financial assistance for people in need were
provided primarily by ____
a) Churches and voluntary organizations
B) Federal and state institutions
C) Richer European countries
D) The military
Churches and voluntary organizations
President Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress abolished Aid to
Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) in 1996 and replaced it with:
a) Welfare Services for Single Mothers
B) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
,C) Conditional Aid to Single Parents
D) Assistance for Poor Families
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Stinnet and Walters reviewed the research literature on step parenthood and
came to the conclusion that:
a. Integration tends to be easier in families that have been split by death rather
than by divorce
b. Adolescents have greater difficulty accepting a stepparent than do young
children
c. Children tend to see a stepparent of the same sex as playing favorites with
them
d. Female children tend more readily to accept a stepparent, particularly if the
new parent is a male
Adolescents have greater difficulty accepting a stepparent than do young children
The residual view of social welfare generally attaches a stigma to receiving
services and funds
a. True
b. False
True
Settlement houses emphasized
a. Poverty reduction
b. Gardening and canning
c. Environmental reform
d. Job creation
Environmental reform
In the 1920's, social workers switched their emphasis from reform to:
a. Therapy
b. Poverty reduction
c. Veterans services
d. Public health
Therapy
, Social workers typically do not work in administration.
a. True
b. False
True
In the 1960's, social workers embraced the medical model
a. True
b. False
False
The _____ model explores both internal and external factors
a. Systems
b. Ecological
c. Medical
d. Strengths
Ecological
According to Saleeby's Strengths Perspective, social workers best serve clients
by:
a. Advocating for them
b. Teaching them new skills
c. Collaborating with them
d. Developing new social service programs
Collaborating with them
Given challenging federal and state budgets, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
projects the job outlook for social workers to reduce by 13% between 2012 and
2022.
a. True
b. False
False
Who published the first social work textbook in 1917?
a. Jane Adams
b. Mary Richmond
c. Richard Cabot
