SCWK 300 EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
T/F The Food Stamp Program was minimized and reduced during the Nixon era.
True
Early social workers were predominately:
A. Older male legislators
B. Lower class
C. Paid employees
D. Women connected to a church
D. Women connected to a church
T/F It is not really that important to understand the history of a policy, b cause decision
makers are just going to do whatever they want anyway.
False
An early advocate in mental health, who lobbied for federal intervention to reform mental
services was:
A. Jane Addams
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Milton Friedman
C. Dorothea Dix
An early program that set an important precedent for federal involvement in human
services was:
A. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
B. The Freedman's Bureau
C. Charity Organizations Societies
D. Settlement Houses
B. The Freedman's Bureau
, Social Workers:
A. Wanted a less secular approach to New Deal legislation
B. Were against the New Deal on moral grounds
C. Assisted in creating the New Deal
D. Were not involved in New Deal legislation due to the NASW Code of Ethics
C. Assisted in creating the New Deal
T/F One of the biggest criticisms about the No Child Left Behind Act passed in the George
W Bush presidential administration was that schools were not given adequate resources to
meet the policy goals.
True
The Protestant work ethic has been credited with helping to build America into the world's
strongest national economy. From a social welfare perspective, what would you say is the
most damaging legacy of the Protestant work ethic?
A. America is a strong work-oriented society
B. There is dignity in work
C. Poverty is a sign of God's displeasure
D. The federal government should be the great almoner of public charity
C. Poverty is a sign of God's displeasure
T/F The Civil Right's Act of 1965 primarily targeted barriers that prevented African
Americans from voting.
True
All are true about the Elizabethan Poor Laws, except:
A. They required local governments to assume responsibility for the needy
B. They provided early substance abuse treatment services for "drunkards"
C. They were meant to control the poor who were unable to obtain employment
D. They separated the "deserving" from the "undeserving"
B. They provided early substance abuse treatment services for "drunkards"
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
T/F The Food Stamp Program was minimized and reduced during the Nixon era.
True
Early social workers were predominately:
A. Older male legislators
B. Lower class
C. Paid employees
D. Women connected to a church
D. Women connected to a church
T/F It is not really that important to understand the history of a policy, b cause decision
makers are just going to do whatever they want anyway.
False
An early advocate in mental health, who lobbied for federal intervention to reform mental
services was:
A. Jane Addams
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Milton Friedman
C. Dorothea Dix
An early program that set an important precedent for federal involvement in human
services was:
A. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
B. The Freedman's Bureau
C. Charity Organizations Societies
D. Settlement Houses
B. The Freedman's Bureau
, Social Workers:
A. Wanted a less secular approach to New Deal legislation
B. Were against the New Deal on moral grounds
C. Assisted in creating the New Deal
D. Were not involved in New Deal legislation due to the NASW Code of Ethics
C. Assisted in creating the New Deal
T/F One of the biggest criticisms about the No Child Left Behind Act passed in the George
W Bush presidential administration was that schools were not given adequate resources to
meet the policy goals.
True
The Protestant work ethic has been credited with helping to build America into the world's
strongest national economy. From a social welfare perspective, what would you say is the
most damaging legacy of the Protestant work ethic?
A. America is a strong work-oriented society
B. There is dignity in work
C. Poverty is a sign of God's displeasure
D. The federal government should be the great almoner of public charity
C. Poverty is a sign of God's displeasure
T/F The Civil Right's Act of 1965 primarily targeted barriers that prevented African
Americans from voting.
True
All are true about the Elizabethan Poor Laws, except:
A. They required local governments to assume responsibility for the needy
B. They provided early substance abuse treatment services for "drunkards"
C. They were meant to control the poor who were unable to obtain employment
D. They separated the "deserving" from the "undeserving"
B. They provided early substance abuse treatment services for "drunkards"
