MSW - Master of Social Work MSW-FREE Master Of Social Work 1

Question 1

According to the NASW Code of Ethics, when a social worker's personal values conflict with a client's autonomous choices, the social worker's primary obligation is to:

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Uphold the client's right to self-determination

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Refer the client to another professional immediately

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Disclose personal values to help educate the client

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Suspend services until the conflict is resolved

Question 2

A social worker who focuses on identifying a client's existing resources, resilience, and capabilities rather than emphasizing deficits and pathology is applying which perspective?

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Strengths-based perspective

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Psychoanalytic perspective

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Problem-saturated perspective

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Diagnostic and statistical perspective

Question 3

In Roberts' Seven-Stage Crisis Intervention Model, what is the FIRST step a social worker should complete when working with a client in acute crisis?

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Assess lethality and immediate safety needs

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Establish rapport and a therapeutic relationship

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Explore and define the presenting problem

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Generate and evaluate coping alternatives

Question 4

In clinical social work practice, 'countertransference' is best defined as:

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The social worker's emotional reactions and responses toward the client

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A client unconsciously projecting feelings onto the social worker

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The formal transfer of a case file from one worker to another

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A cognitive-behavioral technique for reframing distorted thoughts

Question 5

A social worker who campaigns for state legislation to increase funding for community mental health services is primarily engaged in which type of advocacy?

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Cause advocacy

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Case advocacy

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Administrative advocacy

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Forensic advocacy

Question 6

Which therapeutic approach is based on the premise that clients are the experts on their own lives and uses externalizing conversations to separate a person's identity from their problems?

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Narrative Therapy

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)