ASWB Advanced Generalist 3

Question 1

Which legislative advocacy strategy involves social workers directly communicating with lawmakers to influence pending legislation?

Accepted Answer

Lobbying

Answer

Lobbying is the direct engagement with legislators or their staff to advocate for or against specific legislation, a key macro-level advocacy strategy.

Question 2

In organizational change, Lewin's three-step model includes which sequence of stages?

Accepted Answer

Unfreeze, change, refreeze

Answer

Lewin's model describes unfreezing existing attitudes/behaviors, implementing the change, and refreezing to stabilize the new state as the basis of planned organizational change.

Question 3

When an advanced generalist social worker provides consultation to another professional, the primary distinction from supervision is that the consultee:

Accepted Answer

Is free to accept or reject the consultant's recommendations

Answer

Unlike supervision, consultation is a voluntary, non-hierarchical relationship in which the consultee retains full responsibility and autonomy to act on or disregard advice.

Question 4

The social determinants of health most relevant to advanced generalist social work practice include:

Accepted Answer

Housing, income, education, and social support

Answer

Social determinants of health — including housing, income, education, and social support — are the non-medical factors that significantly shape health outcomes and are central to generalist practice.

Question 5

An advanced generalist social worker is developing an interdisciplinary team to serve elderly clients. The BEST description of the social worker's role is:

Accepted Answer

To contribute a person-in-environment perspective and coordinate psychosocial services

Answer

Social workers contribute a unique person-in-environment perspective and coordinate psychosocial and community-based resources, making interdisciplinary collaboration more holistic and effective.

ASWB - Association of Social Work Boards Practice Test

ASWB - Association of Social Work Boards Practice Test

ASWB Advanced Generalist 3