MSW Comp Exam 2025 – Master of Social Work Comprehensive Exam Study Guide (Full
Curriculum Review and Exam Preparation Material)
institutional power - correct answer ✔✔The ability or official authority to decide what is best
for others. The ability to decide who will have access to resources. The capacity to exercise
control over others.
prejudice - correct answer ✔✔A judgement or opinion that is formed on insufficient grounds
before facts are known or in disregard of facts that contradict it. Prejudices are learned and can
be unlearned.
stereotype - correct answer ✔✔An exaggerated or distorted belief that attributes characteristics
to members of a particular group, simplistically lumping them together and refusing to
acknowledge differences among members of the group.
Social Security Act - correct answer ✔✔- 1935
- Created U.S. safety nets as well as welfare programs
- 3 Main: Federal Old-Age and Disability Insurance; TANF; Medicare
- Old age insurance from previous checks through work
- Unemployment insurance
- Single mothers and those who were blind/unable to see and couldn't work received govt.
relief
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - correct answer ✔✔- Federal program funded by general
tax revenue
- Designed to help the aged, blind, and disabled who have little/no income
- Provides cash to meet basic food, clothing, and shelter needs
- Must have limited income/limited resources, be US citizen or national, or a certain category of
"alien"
Curriculum Review and Exam Preparation Material)
institutional power - correct answer ✔✔The ability or official authority to decide what is best
for others. The ability to decide who will have access to resources. The capacity to exercise
control over others.
prejudice - correct answer ✔✔A judgement or opinion that is formed on insufficient grounds
before facts are known or in disregard of facts that contradict it. Prejudices are learned and can
be unlearned.
stereotype - correct answer ✔✔An exaggerated or distorted belief that attributes characteristics
to members of a particular group, simplistically lumping them together and refusing to
acknowledge differences among members of the group.
Social Security Act - correct answer ✔✔- 1935
- Created U.S. safety nets as well as welfare programs
- 3 Main: Federal Old-Age and Disability Insurance; TANF; Medicare
- Old age insurance from previous checks through work
- Unemployment insurance
- Single mothers and those who were blind/unable to see and couldn't work received govt.
relief
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - correct answer ✔✔- Federal program funded by general
tax revenue
- Designed to help the aged, blind, and disabled who have little/no income
- Provides cash to meet basic food, clothing, and shelter needs
- Must have limited income/limited resources, be US citizen or national, or a certain category of
"alien"
