ASWB Bachelors Assessment 3

Question 1

A client reports feeling worthless, sleeping 12 hours a day, and losing interest in hobbies for the past three weeks. Which standardized tool is MOST appropriate to assess depression severity?

Accepted Answer

PHQ-9

Answer

The PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) is a validated, widely-used tool for screening and measuring the severity of depression symptoms.

Question 2

When assessing risk for domestic violence, a social worker should:

Accepted Answer

Assess for all forms including emotional, financial, and sexual abuse

Answer

Comprehensive domestic violence assessment must include all abuse types—physical, emotional, psychological, financial, and sexual—because clients may not identify non-physical abuse as abuse.

Question 3

A genogram is MOST useful in assessment for:

Accepted Answer

Mapping multigenerational family patterns and relationships

Answer

A genogram is a pictorial representation of family relationships and history across generations, helping identify patterns such as mental illness, divorce, or trauma that may influence the current client.

Question 4

During a mental status examination, 'affect' refers to:

Accepted Answer

The observable expression of emotion during the interview

Answer

Affect is the clinician-observed, outward expression of emotion (e.g., flat, blunted, labile), distinct from mood, which is the client's subjective internal emotional state.

Question 5

A social worker suspects a client may have an intellectual disability. Which domain of functioning is ESSENTIAL to assess per DSM-5 criteria?

Accepted Answer

Intellectual and adaptive functioning

Answer

DSM-5 requires deficits in both intellectual functioning (reasoning, problem-solving) and adaptive functioning (daily life skills) for an intellectual disability diagnosis.

ASWB - Association of Social Work Boards Practice Test

ASWB - Association of Social Work Boards Practice Test

ASWB Bachelors Assessment 3