ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
LMSW Exam (word-definition) Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers for Accuracy
Triangulation
✓✓ Triangulation is using multiple information sources.
Method used to have accurate accounts in order to make
assessments or base interventions. (Pg. 136)
Problem Identification
✓✓ Problem identification is determining the issue in exact
definable terms, when it occurs, and its magnitude. The
problem should always be considered in the person-in-
environment perspective using a strengths-based approach.
(Pg. 136)
Strength
✓✓ Strength is the capacity to cope with difficulties, maintain
functioning under stress, return to equilibrium when faced with
significant trauma, use external challenges to promote growth,
and be resilient by using social supports. (Pg. 137)
BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY
✓✓ BDI (BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY) is 21-item test,
presented in multiple choice formats, which assess the presence
and degree of depression in adolescents and adults. (Pg. 139)
THE MINNESOTA MULTIPLASIC PERSONALITY
INVENTORY
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ MMPI (THE MINNESOTA MULTIPLASIC PERSONALITY
INVENTORY) is an objective verbal inventory designed as a
personality test for the assessment of psychopathology
consisting of 550 statements; 16 are repeated. (Pg. 139)
MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
✓✓ MBTI (MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR) is a forced-
choice, self-report inventory that attempts to classify
individuals along four theoretically independent dimensions.
The first dimension is a general attitude toward the world,
either extroverted (E) or Introverted (I). The second dimension,
perception, is divided between sensation (S) and Intuition (N).
The third dimension is that of processing. Once information is
recieved, it is processed in either a thinking (T) or feeling (F)
style. The final dimension is judging (J) versus perceiving (P).
(Pg. 139)
RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST
✓✓ In a RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST, client responses to
inkblots are used to assess perceptual reactions and other
psychological functioning. It is one of the most widely used
projective tests. (Pg. 139)
STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE
✓✓ The Standford-Binet Intelligence Scale is designed for the
testing of cognitive abilities. It provides verbal, performance,
and full scale scores for children and adults. (Pg. 139)
THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ TAT (THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST) is a projective
test. It consists of a series of pictures of ambiguous scenes,
Clients are asked to make up stories/fantasies concerning what
is happening, has happened, and is going to happen in the
scenes, along with a description of their thoughts and feelings.
The TAT provides info on a client's perceptions and
imagination for use in the understanding of a client's current
needs, motives, emotions, and conflicts, both conscious and
unconscious. (Pg. 140)
WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE
✓✓ WISC (WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE) is designed
as a measure of a child's intellectual and cognitive ability. It has
four index scales and a full-scale score. (Pg. 140)
When storing client information, include:
✓✓ Stored client information should include:
(1) demographic info and intake materials,
(2) assessments, quarterly reviews, and reassessments,
(3) service plan(s) with goals,
(4) a discharge plan,
(5) releases of information and referrals, and
(6) correspondence. (Pg. 140)
SOAP format (used in healthcare settings)
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ SOAP format stands for:
"Subjective" component is a client's report of how she/he has
been doing since the last visit and/or what brought a client into
treatment.
"Objective" includes vital signs, documentation of any physical
examinations, and results of laboratory tests (health care
setting); it can also include other objective indicators of
problems such as disorientation, failing school, legal issues, etc
(other settings).
"Assessment" is putting the subjective and objective findings
together and consolidating them into a short assessment.
"Plan" includes what will be done as a consequence of the
assessment. (Pg. 141).
*Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder
✓✓ Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder is having
impaired social verbal and nonverbal communication. (Pg.
142).
*Autism Spectrum Disorder
✓✓ Autism Spectrum Disorder incorporates Aspergers,
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, and Pervasive
Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS).
(Pg. 142).
*Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
LMSW Exam (word-definition) Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers for Accuracy
Triangulation
✓✓ Triangulation is using multiple information sources.
Method used to have accurate accounts in order to make
assessments or base interventions. (Pg. 136)
Problem Identification
✓✓ Problem identification is determining the issue in exact
definable terms, when it occurs, and its magnitude. The
problem should always be considered in the person-in-
environment perspective using a strengths-based approach.
(Pg. 136)
Strength
✓✓ Strength is the capacity to cope with difficulties, maintain
functioning under stress, return to equilibrium when faced with
significant trauma, use external challenges to promote growth,
and be resilient by using social supports. (Pg. 137)
BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY
✓✓ BDI (BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY) is 21-item test,
presented in multiple choice formats, which assess the presence
and degree of depression in adolescents and adults. (Pg. 139)
THE MINNESOTA MULTIPLASIC PERSONALITY
INVENTORY
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ MMPI (THE MINNESOTA MULTIPLASIC PERSONALITY
INVENTORY) is an objective verbal inventory designed as a
personality test for the assessment of psychopathology
consisting of 550 statements; 16 are repeated. (Pg. 139)
MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
✓✓ MBTI (MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR) is a forced-
choice, self-report inventory that attempts to classify
individuals along four theoretically independent dimensions.
The first dimension is a general attitude toward the world,
either extroverted (E) or Introverted (I). The second dimension,
perception, is divided between sensation (S) and Intuition (N).
The third dimension is that of processing. Once information is
recieved, it is processed in either a thinking (T) or feeling (F)
style. The final dimension is judging (J) versus perceiving (P).
(Pg. 139)
RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST
✓✓ In a RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST, client responses to
inkblots are used to assess perceptual reactions and other
psychological functioning. It is one of the most widely used
projective tests. (Pg. 139)
STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE
✓✓ The Standford-Binet Intelligence Scale is designed for the
testing of cognitive abilities. It provides verbal, performance,
and full scale scores for children and adults. (Pg. 139)
THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ TAT (THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST) is a projective
test. It consists of a series of pictures of ambiguous scenes,
Clients are asked to make up stories/fantasies concerning what
is happening, has happened, and is going to happen in the
scenes, along with a description of their thoughts and feelings.
The TAT provides info on a client's perceptions and
imagination for use in the understanding of a client's current
needs, motives, emotions, and conflicts, both conscious and
unconscious. (Pg. 140)
WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE
✓✓ WISC (WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE) is designed
as a measure of a child's intellectual and cognitive ability. It has
four index scales and a full-scale score. (Pg. 140)
When storing client information, include:
✓✓ Stored client information should include:
(1) demographic info and intake materials,
(2) assessments, quarterly reviews, and reassessments,
(3) service plan(s) with goals,
(4) a discharge plan,
(5) releases of information and referrals, and
(6) correspondence. (Pg. 140)
SOAP format (used in healthcare settings)
, ACCURACY IS GUARANTEED
✓✓ SOAP format stands for:
"Subjective" component is a client's report of how she/he has
been doing since the last visit and/or what brought a client into
treatment.
"Objective" includes vital signs, documentation of any physical
examinations, and results of laboratory tests (health care
setting); it can also include other objective indicators of
problems such as disorientation, failing school, legal issues, etc
(other settings).
"Assessment" is putting the subjective and objective findings
together and consolidating them into a short assessment.
"Plan" includes what will be done as a consequence of the
assessment. (Pg. 141).
*Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder
✓✓ Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder is having
impaired social verbal and nonverbal communication. (Pg.
142).
*Autism Spectrum Disorder
✓✓ Autism Spectrum Disorder incorporates Aspergers,
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, and Pervasive
Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS).
(Pg. 142).
*Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
