ASWB Masters Trivia 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which type of validity assesses whether a test measures what it purports to measure based on its logical content?
- Predictive validity
- Concurrent validity
- Content validity (Correct answer)
- Construct validity
Correct answer: Content validity
Content validity evaluates whether a measure's items adequately sample the domain it is intended to assess.
Question 2: Under HIPAA, which of the following does NOT require a written authorization from a client to disclose protected health information?
- Sharing records with a client's employer for background checks
- Disclosing records to another treating provider for treatment purposes (Correct answer)
- Sending records to a life insurance company
- Releasing records for marketing purposes
Correct answer: Disclosing records to another treating provider for treatment purposes
HIPAA's treatment exception allows disclosure of PHI to other health care providers involved in the client's treatment without written authorization.
Question 3: Cognitive distortions such as all-or-nothing thinking and catastrophizing are central to which therapeutic model?
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Psychoanalytic therapy
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy (Correct answer)
- Narrative therapy
Correct answer: Cognitive-behavioral therapy
CBT, developed by Aaron Beck, identifies and restructures maladaptive cognitive distortions that maintain emotional distress.
Question 4: A social worker learns that a colleague is billing for services not rendered. The NASW Code of Ethics requires the worker to:
- Ignore it to avoid damaging the collegial relationship
- Report the behavior through appropriate channels (Correct answer)
- Confront the colleague publicly at a staff meeting
- Document the concern without taking any action
Correct answer: Report the behavior through appropriate channels
NASW's Code of Ethics (Section 2.11) obligates social workers to take action when they observe unethical or incompetent behavior by colleagues.
Question 5: Which attachment style is characterized by a child who shows distress when a caregiver leaves but is not easily comforted upon return?
- Secure attachment
- Avoidant attachment
- Disorganized attachment
- Anxious-ambivalent attachment (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Anxious-ambivalent attachment
Anxious-ambivalent (also called resistant) attachment is marked by high separation distress and inconsistent responses to reunion, often alternating between seeking and resisting comfort.
Question 6: The concept of 'double ABCX model' in family stress theory addresses:
- The bidirectional nature of parent-child conflict
- How families adapt to stressors over time using resources and perception (Correct answer)
- The impact of dual-income households on family functioning
- Concurrent diagnosis of mental illness in both parents
Correct answer: How families adapt to stressors over time using resources and perception
McCubbin's Double ABCX model extends Hill's ABCX model to explain post-crisis adaptation using accumulated stressors, resources, and family perception.
Question 7: When conducting a mental status examination, 'affect' specifically refers to:
- A client's reported inner emotional experience
- The observable outward expression of emotion (Correct answer)
- A client's long-standing personality traits
- The cognitive appraisal of a stressful event
Correct answer: The observable outward expression of emotion
Affect is the observable, external manifestation of emotion (e.g., flat, labile, constricted), while mood refers to the client's subjective internal feeling.
ASWB Masters Trivia 4
Which type of validity assesses whether a test measures what it purports to measure based on its logical content?