UKY MSW Final Exam questions well
answered to pass
Systematic random sampling - correct answer ✔✔The director of the MSW program is
conducting a survey of recent MSW program graduates to determine what elective courses they
found most useful and relevant to practice. About a quarter of the recent graduates need to be
surveyed in order to have the desired sample size. The director gets a list of all the MSW alumni
who graduated in the past two years, randomly picks a name on the list as the starting point and
then selects every fourth student on the list to be in the study sample. What type of sampling is
being used?
Promote universal values. - correct answer ✔✔Most group leaders/group therapists will have
group members from diverse cultural backgrounds. What is not a good way for group leaders to
become culturally competent?
A-assessment data - correct answer ✔✔In the SOAP note method of documentation, which
section includes the social worker's professional opinion of the problem and needs of the client,
including possible areas of further inquiry or testing?
Making warm introductions, using encouraging non-verbal communication. - correct answer
✔✔According to most textbooks on social work practice, social workers accomplish the
engagement component of the helping process by which of the following activities?
Avoid generalizations. - correct answer ✔✔In working with clients from a racial or ethnic group
different from their own, what are social workers advised to do?
Elitism. - correct answer ✔✔The Five Faces of Oppression include all but which of the
following?
, No relationship between two or more study variables. - correct answer ✔✔What does a null
hypothesis predict?
Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). - correct answer ✔✔Lisa
is pregnant and receives vouchers to purchase nutritional food such as milk and eggs. Lisa also
receives nutrition education and health services aimed at improving her health and that of her
newborn baby. Based on this information, what is the program in which Lisa is a participant?
Jane Addams. - correct answer ✔✔Who of the following is most associated with the Settlement
House Movement?
Reliability. - correct answer ✔✔What term refers to the consistency of a measure and its
dependability?
Complete a suicide risk assessment. - correct answer ✔✔A client with a diagnosis of borderline
personality disorder is verbalizing destructive thoughts directed at herself. While she does admit
to depression, she denies any intention to act on the thoughts. What should the social worker
do FIRST?
The one-group pre-test/post-test design. - correct answer ✔✔If a social worker is measuring her
therapy group members' scores on a symptomatology scale at admission and again upon
discharge from an intervention program, what type of design is she using to determine if there
has been a change in her clients' scores?
Incrementalism in policy making. - correct answer ✔✔In 2013, the Violence Against Women Act
was expanded to include specific protections for Native American women. Which policy making
approach would this change appear to follow?
Needs assessment, activating command structure, resource assessment and resource
deployment. - correct answer ✔✔During a natural disaster, what macro-level social work
activities are best when practicing early intervention?
answered to pass
Systematic random sampling - correct answer ✔✔The director of the MSW program is
conducting a survey of recent MSW program graduates to determine what elective courses they
found most useful and relevant to practice. About a quarter of the recent graduates need to be
surveyed in order to have the desired sample size. The director gets a list of all the MSW alumni
who graduated in the past two years, randomly picks a name on the list as the starting point and
then selects every fourth student on the list to be in the study sample. What type of sampling is
being used?
Promote universal values. - correct answer ✔✔Most group leaders/group therapists will have
group members from diverse cultural backgrounds. What is not a good way for group leaders to
become culturally competent?
A-assessment data - correct answer ✔✔In the SOAP note method of documentation, which
section includes the social worker's professional opinion of the problem and needs of the client,
including possible areas of further inquiry or testing?
Making warm introductions, using encouraging non-verbal communication. - correct answer
✔✔According to most textbooks on social work practice, social workers accomplish the
engagement component of the helping process by which of the following activities?
Avoid generalizations. - correct answer ✔✔In working with clients from a racial or ethnic group
different from their own, what are social workers advised to do?
Elitism. - correct answer ✔✔The Five Faces of Oppression include all but which of the
following?
, No relationship between two or more study variables. - correct answer ✔✔What does a null
hypothesis predict?
Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). - correct answer ✔✔Lisa
is pregnant and receives vouchers to purchase nutritional food such as milk and eggs. Lisa also
receives nutrition education and health services aimed at improving her health and that of her
newborn baby. Based on this information, what is the program in which Lisa is a participant?
Jane Addams. - correct answer ✔✔Who of the following is most associated with the Settlement
House Movement?
Reliability. - correct answer ✔✔What term refers to the consistency of a measure and its
dependability?
Complete a suicide risk assessment. - correct answer ✔✔A client with a diagnosis of borderline
personality disorder is verbalizing destructive thoughts directed at herself. While she does admit
to depression, she denies any intention to act on the thoughts. What should the social worker
do FIRST?
The one-group pre-test/post-test design. - correct answer ✔✔If a social worker is measuring her
therapy group members' scores on a symptomatology scale at admission and again upon
discharge from an intervention program, what type of design is she using to determine if there
has been a change in her clients' scores?
Incrementalism in policy making. - correct answer ✔✔In 2013, the Violence Against Women Act
was expanded to include specific protections for Native American women. Which policy making
approach would this change appear to follow?
Needs assessment, activating command structure, resource assessment and resource
deployment. - correct answer ✔✔During a natural disaster, what macro-level social work
activities are best when practicing early intervention?
