MSW Licensure Exam questions with
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Research the historical problems that led to the policies - correct answer ✔✔What should a
social worker do FIRST if asked to analyze new social welfare policies that will affect the
community?
parallel play - correct answer ✔✔activity in which children play side by side without interacting.
(Usually occurs after their first birthday - "Typical at 2 years old")
Bipolar II Disorder - correct answer ✔✔hypomania with at least one major depressive episode
Informed consent - correct answer ✔✔Decisions made by the client after receiving all relevant
information
Culturagram - correct answer ✔✔A social worker wants to assess the impact of heritage and
belief systems on a family's interactions. What form BEST accomplishes this? (tool for assessing
a family within the context of their culture)
The child's right to medical treatment supersedes the parents right to refuse treatment - correct
answer ✔✔A hospital social worker meets with the parents of a 3 year old child who had a
seizure disorder. Because of their religious beliefs the parents refuse a test that the medical
team feels strongly could put the child at imminent risk without it. What statement should
guide the social workers response?
Countertransference - correct answer ✔✔Redirection of a therapist's feelings toward a patient,
or more generally, as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a patient.
, Intimacy - correct answer ✔✔A social worker meets with parents of an adolescent to educate
on how the parents can intervene to reduce sexual exploitation of their children. What
developmental need is most important for a social worker to discuss with the parents?
Discuss the issue with the group next session - correct answer ✔✔A group deals almost
exclusively with one couples loss and other group members report frustration. What should the
SW do next?
Histrionic - correct answer ✔✔Personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive
emotionality and attention seeking
Antisocial - correct answer ✔✔Personality disorder characterized by a pattern of disregard for
and violation of the rights of others
Schizoid - correct answer ✔✔Personality disorder characterized by a restricted range of
emotional experience and expression
Tuskegee Study - correct answer ✔✔An unethical study about syphilis in which subjects were
denied treatment so that the effects of the disease could be studied. This enraged the public
and led the SW field to develop strong rules to protect research participants. (1930s, lasting 40
years)
Six core values of the SW profession - correct answer ✔✔Service, social justice, dignity and
worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.
Benzodiazepines - correct answer ✔✔Most versatile of the listed drugs - able to treat anxiety as
well as many other conditions.
Needs assessment and program evaluation - correct answer ✔✔Types of research conducted by
social workers as part of their ethical responsibilities to the profession.
verified answers passed
Research the historical problems that led to the policies - correct answer ✔✔What should a
social worker do FIRST if asked to analyze new social welfare policies that will affect the
community?
parallel play - correct answer ✔✔activity in which children play side by side without interacting.
(Usually occurs after their first birthday - "Typical at 2 years old")
Bipolar II Disorder - correct answer ✔✔hypomania with at least one major depressive episode
Informed consent - correct answer ✔✔Decisions made by the client after receiving all relevant
information
Culturagram - correct answer ✔✔A social worker wants to assess the impact of heritage and
belief systems on a family's interactions. What form BEST accomplishes this? (tool for assessing
a family within the context of their culture)
The child's right to medical treatment supersedes the parents right to refuse treatment - correct
answer ✔✔A hospital social worker meets with the parents of a 3 year old child who had a
seizure disorder. Because of their religious beliefs the parents refuse a test that the medical
team feels strongly could put the child at imminent risk without it. What statement should
guide the social workers response?
Countertransference - correct answer ✔✔Redirection of a therapist's feelings toward a patient,
or more generally, as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a patient.
, Intimacy - correct answer ✔✔A social worker meets with parents of an adolescent to educate
on how the parents can intervene to reduce sexual exploitation of their children. What
developmental need is most important for a social worker to discuss with the parents?
Discuss the issue with the group next session - correct answer ✔✔A group deals almost
exclusively with one couples loss and other group members report frustration. What should the
SW do next?
Histrionic - correct answer ✔✔Personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive
emotionality and attention seeking
Antisocial - correct answer ✔✔Personality disorder characterized by a pattern of disregard for
and violation of the rights of others
Schizoid - correct answer ✔✔Personality disorder characterized by a restricted range of
emotional experience and expression
Tuskegee Study - correct answer ✔✔An unethical study about syphilis in which subjects were
denied treatment so that the effects of the disease could be studied. This enraged the public
and led the SW field to develop strong rules to protect research participants. (1930s, lasting 40
years)
Six core values of the SW profession - correct answer ✔✔Service, social justice, dignity and
worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.
Benzodiazepines - correct answer ✔✔Most versatile of the listed drugs - able to treat anxiety as
well as many other conditions.
Needs assessment and program evaluation - correct answer ✔✔Types of research conducted by
social workers as part of their ethical responsibilities to the profession.
