ASWB Masters 5

Question 1

A social work supervisor notices a supervisee is consistently late submitting documentation and appears distracted in sessions. The supervisor's FIRST action should be to:

Accepted Answer

Schedule a private meeting to explore factors contributing to the performance issues

Answer

Supervisors should first meet privately to understand underlying causes of performance problems before escalating to formal disciplinary action.

Question 2

The NASW Code of Ethics states that social workers' PRIMARY ethical obligation is to:

Accepted Answer

Clients

Answer

The NASW Code of Ethics identifies clients as the primary obligation of social workers, though other obligations to colleagues, employers, and society also exist.

Question 3

A social worker is meeting with a family experiencing food insecurity. Which intervention reflects a strengths-based perspective?

Accepted Answer

Identifying and building on the family's existing coping strategies and resources

Answer

A strengths-based perspective focuses on identifying and amplifying existing competencies and resources rather than cataloging deficits.

Question 4

A social worker practicing from a trauma-informed care framework would MOST likely ask which of the following questions during an initial assessment?

Accepted Answer

'What happened to you, and how has it affected your life?'

Answer

Trauma-informed care reframes assessment from 'What is wrong with you?' to 'What happened to you?', recognizing trauma as a root cause of many presenting problems.

Question 5

During termination of a long-term therapeutic relationship, a client gives the social worker an expensive gift. The MOST appropriate response is to:

Accepted Answer

Decline the gift and explore its meaning with the client therapeutically

Answer

Social workers should decline gifts that could compromise objectivity and use the opportunity to explore the gift's meaning as clinically meaningful material.

ASWB - Association of Social Work Boards Practice Test

ASWB - Association of Social Work Boards Practice Test

ASWB Masters 5