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Question 1

A client informs their social worker that they intend to seriously harm an identifiable former coworker. What is the social worker's PRIMARY obligation under the duty-to-protect principle?

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Take reasonable steps to protect the potential victim, which may include warning them and/or notifying law enforcement

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Maintain strict confidentiality to preserve the therapeutic alliance

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Immediately terminate the therapeutic relationship

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Refer the client to a psychiatrist and take no further action

Question 2

According to Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory, which life stage is associated with the central conflict of 'Intimacy vs. Isolation'?

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Early adulthood (approximately ages 19–40)

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Adolescence (approximately ages 12–18)

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Middle adulthood (approximately ages 40–65)

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Late adulthood (ages 65 and beyond)

Question 3

A social worker feels unusually irritable and dismissive toward a client who reminds them of a critical parent. This emotional reaction in the social worker is BEST described as:

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Countertransference

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Transference

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Projection

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Resistance

Question 4

Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory BEST explains human development by emphasizing that:

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Individuals develop within nested, interacting environmental systems ranging from immediate family to broad cultural forces

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Behavior is primarily driven by unconscious conflicts from early childhood

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Cognitive schemas acquired in childhood determine how adults interpret all new experiences

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People are motivated by a fixed hierarchy of needs beginning with physiological survival

Question 5

During a session focused on alcohol use, a social worker asks, 'What would need to change in your life for you to feel ready to cut back on drinking?' This question BEST illustrates which Motivational Interviewing strategy?

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Developing discrepancy

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Rolling with resistance

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Expressing empathy through reflective listening

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Affirmation of client strengths

Question 6

A social worker's supervisor instructs them to overstate a client's diagnostic severity on an insurance claim to secure reimbursement the agency needs. The social worker should FIRST:

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Refuse to falsify the documentation and address the concern through appropriate internal or professional channels

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Comply with the directive to protect their employment

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Report the supervisor directly to law enforcement before taking any internal steps

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Consult the client about the situation before deciding how to respond