FREE LCSW ASWB Assessment Questions and Answers

Question 1

A Program Director of a small community clinic, is in charge of determining and addressing the needs of the clinics mental health program.
She wants to better understand why clients are not utilizing the therapeutic services consistently.
Which assessment tool would be most appropriate to determine the needs and addressing the potential gaps of the program?

Accepted Answer

Needs assessment

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Formative evaluation

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Cost-benefit analysis

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Summative evaluation

Question 2

This psychological assessment is an introspective self-report questionnaire with the purpose of indicating different psychological preferences in how people perceive the world around them and make decisions.

Accepted Answer

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

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Beck Depression Inventory

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The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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Rorschach Inkblot Test

Question 3

A social worker will be facilitating a support group for teenagers. He is currently establishing the time of the group and forming a set of plans, rules, and expectations for its members to follow.
The social worker realizes that the members may initially feel emotionally distant from others in the group. At which stage in the group process is the social worker?

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Intermediate

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Beginning

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Middle

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End

Question 4

A batterer promises his victim, "I will never do this again" after an altercation of physical and verbal abuse. The batterer offers the victim multiple apologies and declares love and caring for the victim.
In what stage of the "cycle of violence" is the batterer?

Accepted Answer

Phase III

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Phase I

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Phase II

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Phase IV

Question 5

A social worker is assessing a client's history for substance abuse.
Which model provides the most comprehensive explanation for the complex nature of substance abuse disorders?

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Biopsychosocial Model

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Medical Model

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Family and Environmental Model

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Social Model

Question 6

What is the difference between delusions and hallucinations when a social worker is making an assessment with a client presenting with psychiatric issues?

Accepted Answer

Delusions are false, fixed beliefs despite evidence to the contrary, while hallucinations are hearing, seeing, smelling, or feeling something that is not real.

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Delusions are based on visual misconceptions of one's past, while hallucinations are based on visual misconceptions of one's present.

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Delusions are fixed beliefs, while hallucinations consist of loose beliefs or half-truths.

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Delusions and Hallucinations share the same concepts

Question 7

What is the difference between Endogenous depression and Exogenous depression when a social worker is making an assessment with a client presenting with mild depressive symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Endogenous depression is caused by the lack of family support, while exogenous depression is caused by the lack of community support.

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Endogenous depression is internalized, while exogenous depression is expressed externally.

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Endogenous depression is caused by a biochemical imbalance, while exogenous depression is caused by external events or psychosocial stressors.

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Endogenous and exogenous depression are the same.