ASWB Advanced Generalist 2

Question 1

An advanced generalist social worker facilitating a task group should use which leadership approach to best promote member participation and ownership of outcomes?

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Democratic leadership

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Authoritarian leadership

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Laissez-faire leadership

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Transactional leadership

Question 2

Cultural humility in advanced generalist practice differs from cultural competence primarily because cultural humility:

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Emphasizes ongoing self-reflection and openness to learning

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Requires mastery of all cultural norms

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Is a fixed set of skills to be learned

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Focuses only on racial and ethnic differences

Question 3

Which of the following is a hallmark of the strengths-based perspective in assessment?

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Identifying client resources, resilience, and capabilities

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Cataloging all client deficits and pathologies

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Focusing primarily on DSM-5 diagnosis

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Emphasizing barriers over opportunities

Question 4

A social worker employed by a nonprofit discovers the executive director is misusing grant funds. According to ethics and the NASW Code, the worker should FIRST:

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Discuss the concern with a trusted colleague or supervisor

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Report directly to the state attorney general

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Confront the executive director privately about the concern

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Immediately contact the funding agency

Question 5

In program evaluation, formative evaluation is conducted primarily to:

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Inform improvements during program implementation

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Measure final program outcomes after completion

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Justify budget cuts to a program

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Compare results to a national benchmark

Question 6

The ecological perspective in social work assessment emphasizes the importance of examining:

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Person-in-environment transactions and 'goodness of fit'

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Only intrapsychic conflicts

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Only socioeconomic status

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Biological determinism exclusively

Question 7

An advanced generalist social worker is writing a grant proposal. Which element is MOST critical to include to demonstrate program feasibility?

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A logic model linking inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes

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A detailed description of staff salaries

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A biography of the agency's founder

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A list of competitor agencies