Generalist Social Work Practice Final
Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Stacked questions - CORRECT ANSWER ones that come one right after another with
no space in between that gives the other person a chance to answer
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California - CORRECT ANSWER a case in
which the Supreme Court of California held that mental health professionals have a duty to
protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by a patient
4 components of S-L-A-P - CORRECT ANSWER S- specificity of plan
L- lethality of means
A- availability of means
P- proximity to helping resources/social support
Seeking concreteness - CORRECT ANSWER Using techniques to assist clients in
revealing specific information related to their experiences and feelings
Ecological Systems Model - CORRECT ANSWER Individuals' relationships within
communities and the wider society
Cognitive reconstructing - CORRECT ANSWER a cognitive procedural technique that
aims to change client's thoughts, feelings, or overt behaviors that contribute and maintain
problem behavior; centers around CBT
Open-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER a question that cannot be answered with
a "yes" or "no" response
Transference - CORRECT ANSWER the redirection to a substitute, usually a therapist,
of emotions that were originally felt in childhood
, Countertransference - CORRECT ANSWER redirection of a therapist's feelings toward
a patient, or more generally, as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a patient
Micro-level social work - CORRECT ANSWER practice with individuals
Mezzo-level social work - CORRECT ANSWER happens on an intermediate scale,
involving neighborhoods, institutions or other smaller groups
Macro-level social work - CORRECT ANSWER interventions provided on a large
scale that affect entire communities and systems of care
E.g., community organization, research, etc.
Ecomap - CORRECT ANSWER enables you to focus on the social contexts of families
an interaction between the family and larger society
Genogram - CORRECT ANSWER assess internal family functioning including
mapping, structure, history and relationships
When can confidentiality be broken? - CORRECT ANSWER A patient gives the
clinician permission to disclose
Suspected child abuse, elder abuse, or abuse of the disabled
Threat to self (suicidal)
Threat to others (homicidal)
Court order/subpoena
Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Stacked questions - CORRECT ANSWER ones that come one right after another with
no space in between that gives the other person a chance to answer
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California - CORRECT ANSWER a case in
which the Supreme Court of California held that mental health professionals have a duty to
protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by a patient
4 components of S-L-A-P - CORRECT ANSWER S- specificity of plan
L- lethality of means
A- availability of means
P- proximity to helping resources/social support
Seeking concreteness - CORRECT ANSWER Using techniques to assist clients in
revealing specific information related to their experiences and feelings
Ecological Systems Model - CORRECT ANSWER Individuals' relationships within
communities and the wider society
Cognitive reconstructing - CORRECT ANSWER a cognitive procedural technique that
aims to change client's thoughts, feelings, or overt behaviors that contribute and maintain
problem behavior; centers around CBT
Open-ended questions - CORRECT ANSWER a question that cannot be answered with
a "yes" or "no" response
Transference - CORRECT ANSWER the redirection to a substitute, usually a therapist,
of emotions that were originally felt in childhood
, Countertransference - CORRECT ANSWER redirection of a therapist's feelings toward
a patient, or more generally, as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a patient
Micro-level social work - CORRECT ANSWER practice with individuals
Mezzo-level social work - CORRECT ANSWER happens on an intermediate scale,
involving neighborhoods, institutions or other smaller groups
Macro-level social work - CORRECT ANSWER interventions provided on a large
scale that affect entire communities and systems of care
E.g., community organization, research, etc.
Ecomap - CORRECT ANSWER enables you to focus on the social contexts of families
an interaction between the family and larger society
Genogram - CORRECT ANSWER assess internal family functioning including
mapping, structure, history and relationships
When can confidentiality be broken? - CORRECT ANSWER A patient gives the
clinician permission to disclose
Suspected child abuse, elder abuse, or abuse of the disabled
Threat to self (suicidal)
Threat to others (homicidal)
Court order/subpoena
