You know it or you don't
Which of the following substances has the HIGHEST probability of death as a result of detoxification/withdrawal without close medical supervision?
A. Methamphetamine
B. Heroin
C. Cocaine
D. Alcohol
D. Alcohol
A hospital social worker interviews a couple whose six month old infant has recently been hospitalized for cystic fibrosis. The social worker notices that the parents are reluctant to touch the child. Based on this information, the social worker's FIRST intervention should be to:
A. explore the parent's reaction to the child illness
B. refer the couple to a support group
C. evaluate the situation for out-of-home placement
D. provide the couple with information
A. explore the parent's reaction to child illness
The primary function of the super ego is:
A. A home for unconscious desires and lustful urges
B. Resolution of resolved conflicts
C. Incorporate parental and societal values and standards
D. Mediate between pleasure desires and anger
C. Incorporate parental and societal values and standards
You have been hired as a social work case manager for an urban based agency. Your mission is to assess the needs of the client, the client's family, and to arrange for, coordinate, monitor, evaluate and advocate for a package of multiple services to meet the specific client’s complex needs. Social work case management is distinct from other forms of case management because it addresses all of the following EXCEPT:
A) the client's Biopsychosocial status and the state of the social system in which the client
operates.
B) the need for the client to accept the services provided because they are identified as necessary by the social work case manager.
C) intervention occurs at both client (micro) and system (macro) levels.
D) the need for the social worker to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship with the client.
B. the need for the client to accept the services provided because they are identified as necessary by the social work case manager.
How many multiple choice questions are on the exam?
170
A client with a Social Anxiety Disorder will MOST likely be prescribed which of the following medications to take on an ongoing basis?
A. Zoloft (sertraline)
B. Mellaril (thioridazine)
C. Thorazine (chlorpromazine)
D. Valium (diazepam)
A. Zoloft (sertraline)
A social worker is counseling a 16 year old boy who has been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). The social worker begins to describe the use of the cognitive behavior therapy for GAD. The boy quickly becomes irate saying "I can't follow you". The social worker should first:
A. Discuss the boy's inappropriate tone
B. Apologize for using clinical jargon and retry the explanation in more lay terminology
C. Ask the boy to process his anxiety at this point
D. Assess for suicide risk
B. Apologize for using clinical jargon and retry the explanation in more lay terminology
A client's husband just asked her for a divorce and instead of talking about her feelings she analyzes what had gone wrong in her marriage. What type of defense mechanism is the client MOST likely using?
A. Intellectualization
B. Projection
C. Conversion
D. Displacement
A. Intellectualization
All defense mechanisms share two common properties:
1. they often appear unconsciously
2. They tend to distort, transform, or otherwise falsify reality
Intellectualization is a defense mechanism in which the individual ignores feelings and analyzes problems as objectively as possible.
Which of the following is NOT an essential step in ethical problem solving?
A. Identifying the ethical standards that may be compromised
B. Determining whether there is an ethical dilemma
C. Weighing ethical issues in light of social work values and principles
D. Asking a supervisor to monitor practice to identify new ethical issues or dilemmas
D. Asking a supervisor to monitor practice to identify new ethical issues or dilemmas
True or False statement:
The exam of questions that are clearly marked and organized to fit the four content areas.
False.
The exam will have random questions from the four content areas.
You are seeing a client who brings in a plastic bag full of prescription bottles. Most are
empty but you locate one which is half full. You realize, from this prescription the client
probably is being treated for a seizure disorder. The medication you discovered was...
A) Oxycontin
B) Depakote
C) Zoloft
D) Abilify
B. Depakote
A 37 year old woman in a relationship with a physically abusive man reports to a domestic violence shelter with bruises from a recent beating. The woman refuses to allow the social worker completing the intake to file a police report. The social worker should:
A. Inform the woman that as a social worker they are a mandatory reporter and must call the police
B. Respect the woman's wishes but educate her about the benefits of filing a report with the police
C. Contact the husband and request he report to the police
D. Call the police when the woman leaves intake
B. Respect the woman's wishes but educate her about the benefits of filing a report with the police
A 21 year old gay man originally from Japan presents to a social worker in a community mental health clinic in San Francisco, CA. The social worker asks the young man which community does he feel most at home; to which he states "I see myself living in both worlds; the American Gay Community as well as the Japanese American Community".
A. Assimilation
B. Acculturation
C. Integration
D. Recidivism
C. Integration
A family arrives at your office for therapy. The parents appear to have a rigid control over their children, who seem to be following strict behavioral rules. As therapy progresses, you find that the children have low self-esteem and do not seem to be very happy, though they are not in behavioral trouble at school and are good academic performers. Which of the following parenting styles BEST matches the circumstances?
A. Permissive parenting
B. Authoritative parenting
C. Authoritarian parenting
D. Uninvolved parenting
C. Authoritarian parenting
If you are asked to select between four listed terms, diagnoses, or theories, and you do not know with certainty what all the terms listed mean or the criteria for all of the named diagnoses, you should:
A. make your best guess
B. choose between b or c (it has the highest probability of being correct)
C. try and recall the information
D. only choose between those that you know.
D. only choose between those that you know.
If a client admits that he/she does not like to be touched and becomes anxious if it appears someone is going to touch him/her, what is the client MOST likely suffering from?
A. Algophobia
B. Acrophobia
C. Haphephobia
D. Agoraphobia
C. Haphephobia
Fear of being touched
George is working with his client Brian in a substance abuse treatment center. In forming a treatment plan for Brian, George has heard Brian describe his circumstances and has obtained some data from other providers and medical history. What should George do NEXT?
A. Establish rapport
B. Plan with the patient
C. Question the patient
D. Perform an assessment
D. Perform an assessment
You have been working with a client who has been describing a behavior which causes them to feel uncomfortable, distressed, and burdened. According the tenets of Ego psychology, this type of behavior would be BEST described as…
A) Ego Synthesis
B) Ego Dystonic
C) Ego Syntonic
D) Ego Harmonic
B. Ego Dystonic
Denoting aspects of a person's thoughts, impulses, and behavior that are felt to be repugnant, distressing, unacceptable, or inconsistent with the self-conception.
Which of the following options is an example as to when family therapy is NOT recommended?
A. When there is a pattern of secrets between family members
B. When boundaries are violated between family members
C. When deceit is apparent between family members
D. When the family members are resistant or unmotivated
C. When deceit is apparent between family members
When family members are deceitful toward one another, it is thought to be impossible for a social worker to work with them
In order to be prepared for the exam, it is a good idea to do all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Read a study guide
B. Read your textbooks
C. Study the DSM V
B. Read your textbooks
Limit your study items
You have been hired, by a private, non-profit agency, which works with the HIV/AIDS population. The primary function of your unit is to educate sexually active individuals about the disease and to help them understand the importance of testing, life-style changes and treatment if necessary. What is the BEST way to describe your agency’s type of
prevention?
A) crisis intervention
B) tertiary prevention
C) secondary prevention
D) primary prevention
C. Secondary prevention
A client enters a social worker’s office and is outraged at an interaction that has just taken place with another agency staff member. The client is indignant and demands that the social worker “do something.” In this situation, the social worker should FIRST:
A. Explain to the client that it would be best for the client to address the issue directly with the staff member
B. Get the staff member so that the client can speak to him or her and resolve the issue immediately
C. Tell the client to go to the agency director who is in a position to take action
D. Listen to the client’s account of the situation
D. Listen to the client’s account of the situation
You are working with an adult female who is experiencing difficult relationships plagued by feelings of abandonment, idealization and devaluation of others with high positive regard and heavy disappointment or dislike. You believe this problem with relationships deals with unstable childhood experiences. Of the following treatment models, which would provide the BEST chance of success in therapy.
A) Reality Therapy
B) Person-Centered Intervention
C) Solution-Focused Intervention
D) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
D. Dialectical Behavior Therapy
First you must understand you are dealing with a person suffering from a personality disorder, more specifically a cluster B (dramatic) disorder. All the current research indicates the best response for the Cluster B's comes from Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, a type of therapy created my Marsha Linehan.
Deanna has been diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. She is infuriated at having to wait in line for anything because of her sense of importance. Her self-expressions are extremely melodramatic and "over the top". When she fails a quiz of minor significance in a college elective, she is extremely upset with herself. When she is not the center of attention, she becomes very uncomfortable and impatient. Deanna is obsessed with her dream of becoming the most glamorous, successful fashion designer in the world. Which of the above thoughts and behaviors is LEAST like Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
A. Dramatic self-expression
B. Attention-seeking
C. Exaggerated self-importance
D. Oversensitivity to failure
A. Dramatic self-expression
What is the correct order of the tasks for the "what do you do next" questions?
A. Assess, Refer, Feelings, Educate, Advocate, Facilitate, Intervene
B. Feelings, Assess, Educate, Intervene, Reassess, Refer, Facilitate
C. Feelings, Assess, Refer, Educate, Advocate, Facilitate, Intervene
D. Rapport, Facilitate, Feelings, Assess, Refer, Educate, Advocate
C. Feelings, Assess, Refer, Educate, Advocate, Facilitate, Intervene
Farmer Aladdin Raises Expensive Apples From India