ASWB Bachelor's Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) What is the time-frame for achieving steady state on a benzodiazepine? - Correct Answers ✅One day to 21 days; when benzodiazepine is taken daily, the anount of time it takes to achieve "steady state" ranges from one day to about three weeks A client reports that her elderly father has seemed rather confused lately. A physician recently evaluated the man, all neuropsychiatric tests for a neurocognitive disorder have been negative. The physician found no major medical problems. The client says that she has decided to move her father (whose wife died 10 years ago) to an independent living facility. What is the social worker's best course of action? - Correct Answers ✅Seek permission from the client to conduct an in-home assessment of her father; you (the test taker) don't know where the father is living (does he live alone?), and the question suggests that, so far, you have met with only the daughter; in other words, you haven't had an opportunity to observe or evaluate the client's father.A 40-year old man is referred for case management services.Six months ago, the client was fired from a construction job he had held for many years due to poor performance and frequent absences that started shortly after he was injured at work. He has been unable to find new work and is in danger of losing his apartment. The client appears distracted during the interview and answers many of the social worker's questions by saying "I'm not sure," or "I don't remember." Given all of this information, what should the social worker explore first? - Correct Answers ✅Whether the client has 1 / 4
ASWB Bachelor's Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) had access to medical care; as this client's case manager, you will want to identify all of his unmet needs and what barriers he has encountered in getting and using needed resources and services. However, the question suggests the possibility that the client has an organically based problem, perhaps due to the injury he suffered at work. You should find out immediately what medical care the client received after the injury and arrange for him to undergo current medical (including neurological) evaluations The client is a 41-year old married man who reports feeling tired a lot of the time and having tremendous difficulty concentrating at his job. He no longer enjoys his work and finds that he is easily annoyed by his family and friends. He adds that he thinks he's depressed but doesn't know what to do to "pick himself up." In an effort to understand the client's needs, the social worker assessed him for suicidal risk; gathers information about his health history, medication use, and health and lifestyle behaviors; and performs a mental status exam to assess his psychological status. What should the social worker do next? - Correct Answers ✅Gather information on the client's cultural background, social
relations, and environmental connections: the question
describes two of the three components of a comprehensive biopsychosocial-cultural assessment-"bio" and "psycho" The MMPI-2 can be used to measure which of the following? -
Correct Answers ✅Characteristic behavior: the MMPI-2 is
one of the most widely used self-report inventories for the assessment of personality. Its clinical and validity scales 2 / 4
ASWB Bachelor's Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) provide information about an examinee's characteristics traits and behaviors, including symptoms, major needs, perceptions of the environment, reactions to stress, self- concept, sexual identification, emotional control, interpersonal relationships, and psychological resources A client has been in therapy since the break up of his marriage several months ago. He arrives for a session looking disheveled. After a few minutes, he tells the social worker that he can't eat or sleep. as he speaks, his voice quivers and he appears to be in significant emotional distress. In terms of assessing these changes in the client's functioning, what should the social worker do first? - Correct Answers
✅Determine threat to life by asking direct questions: this
client appears to be in acute crisis. The first things you should do is conduct a suicide assessment, including asking the client directly whether he has thought about harming himself.If left untreated, diabetes mellitus can result in which of the following symptoms? - Correct Answers ✅Increased
appetite with weight loss, apathy, confusion mental dullness:
the pancreas releases insulin, which is involved in the uptake and use of glucose and amino acids, and hypoinsulinism produces diabetes mellitus (excessive blood glucose).Untreated diabetes mellitus may result in increased appetite with weight loss, apathy, confusion, mental dullness, polyuria, polydipsia, and increased susceptibility to infection 3 / 4
ASWB Bachelor's Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) A client reports experiencing fatigue and excessive nervousness. She says she has a history of periodic depression but has never felt so nervous or anxious before.She was treated for depression two years ago and says that her mood has improved since then. Now, she's just a "nervous wreck" and feels like she can never calm down.What should the social worker do FIRST in assessing this client? - Correct Answers ✅Collect a medical history, including a review of medications, and refer the client for a physical exam A 40-year old client has been unemployed since he started having seizures about a year ago. His wife works and the family has been getting by on her income. When asked by the social worker why he has come in, the client says he wants help figuring out how to get a job. With which of the following should the social worker consult FIRST? - Correct
Answers ✅A medical specialist: a medical consultation
would be the most important first because the client's seizures are probably related to a medical condition. The physician (probably a neurologist) would have the expertise needed to offer an evaluation of any work-related problems that may result from the client's condition and could help you and the client understand the client's work-related limitations and how to best deal with these in the job search (including how to best advocate for the client's rights if the seizures constitute a disability). The neurologist may also be able to provide or recommend medical treatments to minimize the effects of seizures on the client's ability to work
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