SOWK120 QUIZ/EXAM

1. Social work as a profession encompasses many fields of practice.

True

False

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Explanation

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2. As far as social workers are concerned, all citizens of a society should enjoy the full benefits that society has to offer, regardless of age, sex, or religious affiliation.

True

False

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Explanation

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4. Universal basic needs include needs for physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual growth.

True

False

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Explanation

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5. Empowerment is:

Usually done once by social workers and then taken over by clients.

None of the above

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Explanation

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6. Which of the following is NOT a foundational knowledge base for social work?

Philosophy and history of social work

Knowledge of self

Computer science

Culture and Liberal arts

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Explanation

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7. Which of the following is NOT a goal of the social wokrer?

Linking clients with needed resources

Answering phone calls and sending emails on behalf of clients

Promoting social justice through the development of social policy

Enhancing people's capacities to resolve problems, cope, and function effectively

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9. Family preservation, family counselling, foster care and adoption, day care, prevention of child abuse and neglect, and prevention of domestic violence. These are all functions of:

Gerontological services

Community development

Mental Health

Family and children's services

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11. Mezzolevel social work intervention represents interactions with formal groups and complex organizations.

True

False

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Explanation

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12. Social welfare:

Addresses the general well-being needs of individuals and meets the universal needs of the population.

Is hardly any different from social work that it's not even worth mentioning

Can be classified as independant of social work activities and is usually seen as a hinderance to sustained social functioning

All of the above

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Explanation

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13. The dual focus of social work refers to __________

Promoting individual change an dengaging in social reform

The use of professionals and volunteers

Public and private agencies

Children and their families

14. Casework _________.

Focuses on analyzing case records

Involves work with individuals

Emphasizes reforming individuals' moral character

Never includes working with families

15. The relationship between social work and society can be understood in terms of four possible patterns. Which of the following is NOT included in this category?

Social work as a hinderance to social functioning within society

Social work as seperate from society

Social work as a reformer of society

Social work as an intermediary between individuals and society

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Explanation

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16. The purpose of social work as defined by the NASW is to "pomote or resore a mutually beneficial interation between individuals and society, except in cases where the social worker's values conflict with client's."

True

False

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Explanation

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17. Social workers most often use a _____________ when assessing client's needs.

Developmental perspective

Strength's perspective

System's perspective

Value-based perspective

18. Generalist social work practice does all BUT WHICH of the following?

Ulilizes generic practice processes to organize work with client systems

Recognizes the potential for change at multiple system levels - within human systems, between systems, and among environmental systems

Focuses on macro-level intervention at the community, agency, and policy levels of practice

Integrates direct practice with social policy and social work research activities

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Explanation

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19. With respect to systems, which of the follwoing is LEAST likely true?

Boundaries separate one system from another

All systems are a part of larger systems

Highly organized systems have characteristically independent and autonomous subparts

All systems are made up of smaller systems

20. The social worker's greatest tool is:

His or her knowledge of the profession

Self

The social work code of ethics

Their Christian belief system

Sowk120 Quiz/Exam

1. Social work as a profession encompasses many fields of practice.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. As far as social workers are concerned, all citizens of a society should enjoy the full benefits that society has to offer, regardless of age, sex, or religious affiliation.

3. What does COS stand for?

4. Universal basic needs include needs for physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual growth.

5. Empowerment is:

6. Which of the following is NOT a foundational knowledge base for social work?

7. Which of the following is NOT a goal of the social wokrer?

8. What does JASW stand for?

9. Family preservation, family counselling, foster care and adoption, day care, prevention of child abuse and neglect, and prevention of domestic violence. These are all functions of:

10. What does CSWE stand for?

11. Mezzolevel social work intervention represents interactions with formal groups and complex organizations.

12. Social welfare:

13. The dual focus of social work refers to __________

14. Casework _________.

15. The relationship between social work and society can be understood in terms of four possible patterns. Which of the following is NOT included in this category?

16. The purpose of social work as defined by the NASW is to "pomote or resore a mutually beneficial interation between individuals and society, except in cases where the social worker's values conflict with client's."

17. Social workers most often use a _____________ when assessing client's needs.

18. Generalist social work practice does all BUT WHICH of the following?

19. With respect to systems, which of the follwoing is LEAST likely true?

20. The social worker's greatest tool is: