LMSW LMSW Social Work Practice Models Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

Which practice model uses a structured, time-limited approach focused on helping clients achieve specific, measurable tasks within a defined period?

Accepted Answer

Task-Centered Practice

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Narrative Therapy

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Motivational Interviewing

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Gestalt Therapy

Question 2

In the Strengths Perspective, which of the following best describes the social worker's primary role?

Accepted Answer

Identifying and mobilizing client resources and capacities

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Diagnosing pathology and prescribing treatment

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Confronting maladaptive defense mechanisms

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Analyzing unconscious conflicts driving behavior

Question 3

A social worker uses the acronym OARS (Open questions, Affirmations, Reflections, Summaries) in sessions. This technique is central to which model?

Accepted Answer

Motivational Interviewing

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

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Psychosocial Model

Question 4

Which systems-based model emphasizes that human behavior is shaped by multiple nested environmental systems ranging from microsystem to macrosystem?

Accepted Answer

Ecological Systems Theory

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Structural Family Therapy

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Ego Psychology

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Attachment Theory

Question 5

In Crisis Intervention Theory, the primary goal of the social worker during the acute crisis phase is to:

Accepted Answer

Help the client return to at least their pre-crisis level of functioning

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Explore childhood trauma underlying the crisis

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Conduct a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment

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Begin long-term treatment planning

Question 6

Which model holds that people construct meaning through the stories they tell about their lives, and therapy involves reauthoring those narratives?

Accepted Answer

Narrative Therapy

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

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Behavioral Activation