MSW Exam (questions and answers)
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Adult Protective Services receives an anonymous call reporting that an elderly man is being
abused by his son. A caseworker visits the elderly man's home while his son is not there so she
can talk to the man alone. He tells the caseworker that his son insults him and threatens to
withhold care or to put him in a nursing facility. What type of abuse or neglect is this? - correct
answer ✔✔Psychological Abuse
What are normative ethics - correct answer ✔✔!!! -Attempts to apply ethical theories and
principles to actual ethical dilemmas
-Ethics that are based on common knowledge and common sense
-An ethical theory that states the exact specifications for how SW should behave with other
professionals
-Attempts to take ethical dilemmas and find acceptable solutions for them
Beginning in the 1930s and lasting 40 years, what highly publicized research project was
determined to be unethical, enraged the public, and led the field of social work to develop
strong rules to protect research participants? - correct answer ✔✔-Ellis Study
-Willowbrook Study
!!!-Tuskegee Study
-Stewart Study
The phrase "social workers should work toward the maintenance and promotion of high
standards of practice" falls under what standard of practice in the NASW Code of Ethics? -
correct answer ✔✔-Social Justice
!!!-Integrity of the profession
-Evaluation and Research
, -Solicitations
Who developed the system of social work values and categorized them into four groups
(societal, organizational and institutional, professional, and human service practice values)? -
correct answer ✔✔-Lee Frankel
!!!-Charles Levy
-Muriel Pumphrey
-David Gordon
Though we shouldn't make stereotypes of assumptions, some characteristics are recognized as
being more prevalent than others in certain groups. In which of the following groups is
spirituality polytheistic, with the belief that spirits are found in nonhuman beings and objects? -
correct answer ✔✔- Asian
!!! -Native Hawaiian
-Hispanic/Latino
-African American
Aziz, who until recently led a very sheltered life in his own culture, has gone to college and been
challenged by experiences of difference, some good and some bad. He has considered the
issues deeply and sought out further encounters in order to learn more. Now he finds himself
more comfortable with his own identity in relationship to that of others. In which stage of
cultural identity search does Aziz currently find himself? - correct answer ✔✔!!!-Internalization
and commitment
-Encounter
-Immersion-Emersion
-Pre-counter
Which of the follow diagnoses doesn't belong to the class of disorders called Obsessive-
Compulsive and Related Disorders? - correct answer ✔✔-Hoarding Disorder
-Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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Adult Protective Services receives an anonymous call reporting that an elderly man is being
abused by his son. A caseworker visits the elderly man's home while his son is not there so she
can talk to the man alone. He tells the caseworker that his son insults him and threatens to
withhold care or to put him in a nursing facility. What type of abuse or neglect is this? - correct
answer ✔✔Psychological Abuse
What are normative ethics - correct answer ✔✔!!! -Attempts to apply ethical theories and
principles to actual ethical dilemmas
-Ethics that are based on common knowledge and common sense
-An ethical theory that states the exact specifications for how SW should behave with other
professionals
-Attempts to take ethical dilemmas and find acceptable solutions for them
Beginning in the 1930s and lasting 40 years, what highly publicized research project was
determined to be unethical, enraged the public, and led the field of social work to develop
strong rules to protect research participants? - correct answer ✔✔-Ellis Study
-Willowbrook Study
!!!-Tuskegee Study
-Stewart Study
The phrase "social workers should work toward the maintenance and promotion of high
standards of practice" falls under what standard of practice in the NASW Code of Ethics? -
correct answer ✔✔-Social Justice
!!!-Integrity of the profession
-Evaluation and Research
, -Solicitations
Who developed the system of social work values and categorized them into four groups
(societal, organizational and institutional, professional, and human service practice values)? -
correct answer ✔✔-Lee Frankel
!!!-Charles Levy
-Muriel Pumphrey
-David Gordon
Though we shouldn't make stereotypes of assumptions, some characteristics are recognized as
being more prevalent than others in certain groups. In which of the following groups is
spirituality polytheistic, with the belief that spirits are found in nonhuman beings and objects? -
correct answer ✔✔- Asian
!!! -Native Hawaiian
-Hispanic/Latino
-African American
Aziz, who until recently led a very sheltered life in his own culture, has gone to college and been
challenged by experiences of difference, some good and some bad. He has considered the
issues deeply and sought out further encounters in order to learn more. Now he finds himself
more comfortable with his own identity in relationship to that of others. In which stage of
cultural identity search does Aziz currently find himself? - correct answer ✔✔!!!-Internalization
and commitment
-Encounter
-Immersion-Emersion
-Pre-counter
Which of the follow diagnoses doesn't belong to the class of disorders called Obsessive-
Compulsive and Related Disorders? - correct answer ✔✔-Hoarding Disorder
-Body Dysmorphic Disorder
