program evaluation
This challenge occurs when participants drop out of a program before the evaluation is complete.
what is attrition?
A social worker is advocating for a child with a learning disability. Which federal law ensures that the child receives appropriate educational accommodations?
A. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
B. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
C. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
D. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
B Rationale: IDEA ensures that children with disabilities receive free and appropriate public education, including individualized education plans (IEPs).
A clinical social worker is evaluating a friendly, 5-year-old child who has difficulty making friends in school. He is very verbal, but has ahard time answering questions about his feelings. He is eager to talk about all the different types of reptiles and knows all about them. What should be the social worker’s next step:
A. Diagnose him with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
B. Use play therapy to try to connect with him on different topics.
C. Refer him to a social skills group.
C
The main issue is his inability to make friends and talk about his feelings, so a socialskills group is clearly indicated.
A social worker is conducting a study on the effectiveness of group therapy in decreasing depression in teenagers recently diagnosed with diabetes. Which of the follow refers to the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and people?
A. External Validity
B. Internal Validity
C. Reliability
D. Statistical Significance
A
RATIONALE: This is a factual recall question. External validity refers to the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other settings. B, C, and D would all be described differently.
A client with a history of severe depression reports hypersomnolence and decreased appetite. The client reports having discontinued his prescribed medication because he didn’t think he needed it anymore. The social worker should FIRST:
A. Question the client as to the other reasons for discontinuing the medication
B. Instruct the client to resume the medication
C. Encourage to the client to speak to his psychiatrist
D. Discuss alternative treatment options
C
RATIONALE: The increase in symptoms is likely to be directly related to the discontinuation of medication and the client should be encouraged to go back to his psychiatrist. Because they have already stopped taking their meds, the expectation for the exam is that we refer them back to their psychiatrist immediately; this is a medical issue that needs to be addressed
This term refers to the consistency and stability of a measurement tool over time.
what is reliability?
A 6-year-old child has recently lost a parent to cancer. The child begins to ask repeatedly when the parent will return. How should the social worker respond?
A. Avoid discussing the loss to prevent further distress
B. Explain death in concrete terms and reassure the child
C. Tell the child to focus on happy memories
D. Redirect the child’s attention to other activities
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Children need clear, age-appropriate explanations about death and reassurance to process grief effectively.
A woman has been going to therapy for the past two months. Whenever the therapist brings up emotional material the woman dismisses it and says she isn't interested in talking about those subjects. She talks a lot about her day to day life and says she think she is ready to terminate. What should the therapist do next?
A. The client seems like she is doing fine and feels she is ready to terminate so the therapist should start the termination process.
B. The therapist should address the client's resistance in discussing the emotional material.
C. The therapist should give the client two more sessions to see if she still feels ready for termination.
B RATIONALE: A client expressing disinterest in discussing emotional material is likely a sign of resistance. Nothingindicates a readiness for termination. The question stem states the client is dismissive, and it does not state that anygoals have been met or that progress has been made.
A gay couple who say they are both in long-term recovery for cocaine addictions request couples’ therapy. The couple reports frequentarguments and an increased sense of distance in their relationship. The social worker should FIRST
A. Teach the couple communication skills.
B. Assess for a drug relapse in either partner.
C. Assign the couple intimacy exercises as homework.
D. Teach the couple anger management skills.
B
RATIONALE: B is the best answer because this needs to be assessed first. This is about what to do FIRST, in the moment with the couple. The question specifies they are both in recovery and that there has been a decrease in intimacy and an increase in arguments. This may be a sign that one partner has relapsed, putting stress on the relationship. So we want to first assess whether there has been a relapse in either partner that could be leading to the presenting issues.
A social worker at a day treatment facility for teens with mood disorders is asked to provide crisis intervention following the suicide of aprogram participant. The social wo
A. Refrain from sharing information due to confidentiality.
B. Contact the residents’ parents to inform them of the situation.
C. Facilitate a group session to discuss the incident with the other participants.
D. Have individual meetings with each participant to discuss the incident.
C
RATIONALE: You would want to host a group meeting to ensure that all members hear the same information at the same time so C is the best thing to do first.
This research design compares outcomes between a group that receives the intervention and a group that does not.
What is experimental design?
Which of the following is a primary developmental task for children in Erik Erikson’s stage of "industry vs. inferiority"?
A. Developing a sense of trust in caregivers
B. Learning to initiate activities and assert control
C. Acquiring skills and competencies through school and social interactions
D. Forming a clear sense of identity
C
Rationale: Erikson’s "industry vs. inferiority" stage (ages 6–12) focuses on children developing competence through learning and social interactions.
A 10-year-old boy is placed with a foster family that has different religious beliefs than the child. The foster parents want the fosterchild to follow their religious practices. What is the social worker’s BEST course of action in this situation?
A. Tell the family to follow the child’s religion.
B. Instruct the child to follow the family’s religion.
C. Tell the child not to practice any religion to avoid conflict.
D. Identify alternate placement for the child.
D
All the other options go against honoring the diversity of the people. Some people may not pick this because they think that another option would not be available, but if it is an option on the exam then it is available
A. Depersonalization
B. Derealization
C. Delirium
D. Dissociation
D is the best answer, because engaging in activities with no consciousness or memory of the activities isa form of dissociation;
A 55-year-old female client is in therapy with a male social worker for help with her relationships with her grown sons. The socialworker perceives that a good working relationship has been established, but in the eighth session, the client announces that she wants a new social worker. She states that the social worker is too young and inexperienced to help with her particular problem. The socialworker should FIRST:
A. Encourage the client to discuss her feelings about their relationship.
B. Review his professional experience to reassure the client.
C. Help the client to differentiate the social worker from her grown sons.
D. Offer a list of older social workers and facilitate a referral
A
because the social worker should be discussing the client’s feelings about therelationship. This would be the place to begin, so A is the best answer. B, C, and D could be done once the issue hadbeen explored more.
This type of evaluation focuses on the cost-effectiveness of a program relative to its outcomes.
what is cost benefit analysis
A child who has experienced chronic neglect may exhibit which of the following behaviors?
A. Hyperactivity and impulsivity
B. Difficulty forming attachments and trusting others
C. Excessive compliance and people-pleasing
D. All of the above
D
Rationale: Chronic neglect can lead to a range of behaviors, including attachment difficulties, hyperactivity, and excessive compliance, as children adapt to unstable environments.
A. Uninvolved
B. Authoritarian
C. Permissived.
D. Authoritative
B. authoritarian
A 45-year-old man meets with a social worker for an initial appointment. He reports that his wife is an alcoholic and becomes verbally abusive when she is intoxicated. He indicates that his wife refuses to go to treatment, insisting that they can resolve this problem on their own. The therapist should FIRST:
A. Provide the man with psychoeducation around substance abuse and the stages of change.
B. Explore the man’s issues and work collaboratively to develop treatment goals.
C. Explore the man’s commitment to the relationship.
D. Help the man identify the reasons behind his wife’s behavior.
B
We're in an initial session with him; it's not couples counseling and his wife has refused to come to treatment. So we want to first work on exploring the issues that brought him there and developtreatment goals. A, C, and D could be options later in treatment after a treatment plan focusing on the man has beenestablished, but all of these are making assumptions around what he is wanting to work on and are jumping intotreatment prior to exploring and setting treatment goals.
A client is being treated by a social worker. She has a history of relationship problems and suicidal gestures. In the first session, the client tells the social worker how great she thinks the social worker is. What is the MOST important element of a treatment plan for this client?
A. Establishment of clear therapeutic boundaries with the client.
B. Short-term cognitive therapy to work with distorted self-image.
C. Long-term psychoanalytic therapy to process painful memories of the past.
A
because the client is presenting with several symptoms indicative of Borderline Personality Disorder (relationship problems, suicidal gestures, idealization of the social worker) and boundaries are a key component to engaging in effective treatment with a client with this profile. B and C are not specifically related to treatment with clients with Borderline Personality Disorder.
This type of evaluation is conducted before a program begins to determine its feasibility and potential impact.
what is a needs assessment?
Which of the following drugs is used for the treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?
a. Lexapro b. Luvox c. Dexedrine d. Paxil
c dexedrine
Which of the following diagnoses does NOT belong to the class of disorders called Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders?
A Hoarding disorder
B Illness anxiety disorder
C Body dysmorphic disorder
D Trichotillomania
B
Illness anxiety disorder belongs to the Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders class.
A social worker is attending a neighborhood block party. While speaking with her neighbor, the neighbor discloses that she was sofrustrated with her child the other day that she hit her with a belt. While the neighbor is not a client of the social worker, the socialworker should first:
A. Make a suspected child abuse report
B. Report the incident according to state law.
C. Refer the neighbor to a different social worker so there is no dual relationship.
B
In some states, social workers are mandated reporters 24/7, while in others, they are only mandated reporters while in their professional capacity. A would not be correct, since the law may not require this. B is the best answer, because it allows the social worker to do whatever is legally required. The social worker could do C if the neighbor asked for assistance.
A social worker is hired by a non-profit foundation to complete a process evaluation on three agencies that received grants from the foundation. Each of the following is an example of a process evaluation question EXCEPT
A. Was the program more successful with certain groups of people than with others?
B. Was the program well managed?
C. Was there adequate agency support for the program?
D. What specific interventions were put into place by the program?
A
because it is not a question associated with process evaluation; it is associated wit hprogram evaluation. The 'Program Evaluation' quick study defines process evaluation. Process evaluation is part of the overall program evaluation. Program evaluation looks at the overall effectiveness and outcomes of a program.