Comprehensive Exam UK MSW
questions n answers 100% correct
Inform the client about the limits of confidentiality. - correct answer ✔✔A social worker is
meeting with her client for a first therapy session. What is the first ethical responsibility she is
obligated to meet in this session?
Conflict of interest. - correct answer ✔✔A social worker employed by a community-based
organization finds her professional decision-making to be influenced by elements other than
concern about the client. What ethical issue is this social worker facing?
Dignity and worth of a person. - correct answer ✔✔What core value of the social work
profession is violated when a client is coerced into consenting to treatment?
Duty to warn per the Tarasoff decision and confidentiality. - correct answer ✔✔During a
counseling session at a mental health center, a social worker is told by their client that the client
intends to shoot a specific relative after leaving the session. What professional duties are in
conflict in this situation?
Talk to the client about whether they want any information disclosed and the possible
implications of disclosure. - correct answer ✔✔A 16 year old has become a client of an
outpatient clinical social worker after surviving a sexual assault by the sibling of a classmate at
her school. The client's parents have signed a release of information allowing the social worker
to communicate directly with school staff. The social worker is contacted by one of the teachers
who is concerned that the client's school work has declined drastically. The teacher wants to
know if something has happened to the client. What should the social worker do in this
situation?
Assess the situation for risk of potential harm or exploitation of the client. - correct answer
✔✔Adele, a social worker employed by a program serving at-risk youth at a local YMCA in an
, urban community, lives in an apartment complex within walking distance of her work. An avid
reader, she frequently visits the local library and has joined a monthly reading group. At her
most recent visit, the group welcomed a new member who happens to be the mother of one of
the youths in her program. To determine how to respond to this situation, what should Adele do
first?
Report the situation to your supervisor. - correct answer ✔✔During a counseling session, a
client with a history of relationship problems shares a text she received from one of your co-
workers inviting her to a social event as their date. Your co-worker is part of the treatment team
that regularly reviews client cases (including your client) and evaluates their progress. The client
is seeking your advice about whether to accept the date and attend the event. What should you
do?
The participant must be compensated either financially or by directly benefiting from the study.
- correct answer ✔✔According to the Nuremberg Code, which provides the basis for
Institutional Review Boards' requirements for human subjects research, voluntary consent to
participate in research activities is an imperative. Which of the following statements does not
meet the criteria defining voluntary informed consent?
Pause the consent process and arrange for a professional interpreter. - correct answer ✔✔A
social worker experiences a language barrier with a client during the process of obtaining
informed consent. The social worker has a limited ability to speak the client's language. To best
ensure that the client understands the information the social worker is providing, what should
the social worker do?
If feasible, discuss concerns with the colleague and assist them in getting help. - correct answer
✔✔When a social worker has first-hand information of a colleague's impairment due to
substance abuse or mental health difficulties that may be interfering with the effectiveness of
their practice, what should the social worker do first?
In working with clients from a racial or ethnic group different from their own, what are social
workers advised to do? - correct answer ✔✔In working with clients from a racial or ethnic group
different from their own, what are social workers advised to do?
questions n answers 100% correct
Inform the client about the limits of confidentiality. - correct answer ✔✔A social worker is
meeting with her client for a first therapy session. What is the first ethical responsibility she is
obligated to meet in this session?
Conflict of interest. - correct answer ✔✔A social worker employed by a community-based
organization finds her professional decision-making to be influenced by elements other than
concern about the client. What ethical issue is this social worker facing?
Dignity and worth of a person. - correct answer ✔✔What core value of the social work
profession is violated when a client is coerced into consenting to treatment?
Duty to warn per the Tarasoff decision and confidentiality. - correct answer ✔✔During a
counseling session at a mental health center, a social worker is told by their client that the client
intends to shoot a specific relative after leaving the session. What professional duties are in
conflict in this situation?
Talk to the client about whether they want any information disclosed and the possible
implications of disclosure. - correct answer ✔✔A 16 year old has become a client of an
outpatient clinical social worker after surviving a sexual assault by the sibling of a classmate at
her school. The client's parents have signed a release of information allowing the social worker
to communicate directly with school staff. The social worker is contacted by one of the teachers
who is concerned that the client's school work has declined drastically. The teacher wants to
know if something has happened to the client. What should the social worker do in this
situation?
Assess the situation for risk of potential harm or exploitation of the client. - correct answer
✔✔Adele, a social worker employed by a program serving at-risk youth at a local YMCA in an
, urban community, lives in an apartment complex within walking distance of her work. An avid
reader, she frequently visits the local library and has joined a monthly reading group. At her
most recent visit, the group welcomed a new member who happens to be the mother of one of
the youths in her program. To determine how to respond to this situation, what should Adele do
first?
Report the situation to your supervisor. - correct answer ✔✔During a counseling session, a
client with a history of relationship problems shares a text she received from one of your co-
workers inviting her to a social event as their date. Your co-worker is part of the treatment team
that regularly reviews client cases (including your client) and evaluates their progress. The client
is seeking your advice about whether to accept the date and attend the event. What should you
do?
The participant must be compensated either financially or by directly benefiting from the study.
- correct answer ✔✔According to the Nuremberg Code, which provides the basis for
Institutional Review Boards' requirements for human subjects research, voluntary consent to
participate in research activities is an imperative. Which of the following statements does not
meet the criteria defining voluntary informed consent?
Pause the consent process and arrange for a professional interpreter. - correct answer ✔✔A
social worker experiences a language barrier with a client during the process of obtaining
informed consent. The social worker has a limited ability to speak the client's language. To best
ensure that the client understands the information the social worker is providing, what should
the social worker do?
If feasible, discuss concerns with the colleague and assist them in getting help. - correct answer
✔✔When a social worker has first-hand information of a colleague's impairment due to
substance abuse or mental health difficulties that may be interfering with the effectiveness of
their practice, what should the social worker do first?
In working with clients from a racial or ethnic group different from their own, what are social
workers advised to do? - correct answer ✔✔In working with clients from a racial or ethnic group
different from their own, what are social workers advised to do?
