LMSW Practice 120 Questions and Answers 2024 A fifteen year old girl has been sent home from school on three occasions for drinking alcohol at school.Each time, the mother becomes angry and threatens to punish the girl but is convinced by the father to give her another chance. Which of the following BEST characterizes the father's behavior in this situation?
- triangulation
- enabling
- advocating
- manipulating - Correct Answer b. enabling
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Common indicators of sexual, physical and emotional abuse include all of the following EXCEPT:
- violence against younger children
- sexualized behavior
- isolation
- stuttering - Correct Answer d. stuttering
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Parents continually refuse to communicate with their child who is in a residential treatment facility. The
social worker should FIRST:
- respect the parent's need for separation by not contacting them
- request that the child be discharged
- contact the parents about the child's placement 1 / 4
- assess the child's response to the parents' actions - Correct Answer d. assess the child's response to
the parents' actions
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The concept of gender roles is BEST defined as:
- attitudes and behaviors attached to individuals because of their sex
- an individual's sex orientation and/or preference
- biological characteristics that influence an individual's behavior
- interplay of biological and sociocultural influences - Correct Answer a. attitudes and behaviors
attached to individuals because of their sex
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Which type of interviewing question is MOST likely to generate client defensiveness?
- open ended
- closed
- leading
- why - Correct Answer d. why
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When interviewing a client whose speech patterns are different from the social worker's, the social
worker's PRIMARY consideration should be that:
- communication patterns vary due to economic conditions
- speech is influenced by culture and experience
- psychosocial conditions will cause variations in speech 2 / 4
- speech is influenced by group taboos and norms and may indicate false beliefs - Correct Answer b.
speech is influenced by culture and experience
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The initial symptoms of schizophrenia MOST often occur between which of the following years of age?
- 6 to 12
- 13 to 16
- 17 to 45
- 16 to 60 - Correct Answer c. 17 to 45
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Which of the following approaches would be MOST appropriate to use in evaluating client satisfaction with the social worker's provision of services?
- using a single system design, evaluate the quality of services
- in the final interview, ask the client about their level of satisfaction
- after submitting process recordings, ask supervisor for feedback
- at termination, ask clients to complete a service evaluation and satisfaction form - Correct Answer d.
at termination, ask clients to complete a service evaluation and satisfaction form
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When conducting an assessment of the risk factors of child abuse for a child of a different ethnic
background, a social worker must FIRST:
- be aware of how personal cultural biases affect the social worker's ability to deal with issues of
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- realize that assessment models are not a substitute for clinical judgment or experience
- use a strengths' perspective rather than a deficit model to form a partnership with the child's family
- understand the need for appropriate eye contact, tone of voice and question techniques during the
assessment - Correct Answer a. be aware of how personal cultural biases affect the social worker's ability to deal with issues of diversity
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A social worker is receiving a client with long-standing depression. It becomes known that the client has
racist beliefs. The social worker should:
- respectfully confront the client's prejudiced beliefs
- educate the client about the negative effects of racism
- refer the client to another therapist who might have similar belief
- respect the client's beliefs and focus on the presenting problem - Correct Answer d. respect the
client's beliefs and focus on the presenting problem
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In an initial session with a social worker, a client mentions having been hospitalized several times for depression. When the social worker attempts to explore the hospitalizations, the client becomes tense and guarded, saying "it's old history". The client refuses to give permission for the records to be
released. The social worker should FIRST:
(A) explore why this topic appears to be upsetting the client (B) acknowledge the client's right to decide about release of records (C) reassure the client that the focus will be on present issues (D) assess the client's current level of depression - Correct Answer (B) acknowledge the client's right to decide about release of records https://www.simmons.edu/sites/default/files/2019-03/Licensing%20Practice%20Questions.pdf
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