Community Practice in Social Work Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Community Practice in Social Work explores strategies and methods for engaging with communities to promote social change, empowerment, and social justice. The course covers principles of community organization, advocacy, and development, emphasizing the role of social workers in working collaboratively with diverse groups, coalitions, and organizations. Students learn to assess community needs, design interventions, mobilize resources, and evaluate the impact of community-based initiatives. Through case studies and experiential learning, students gain practical skills to facilitate community participation, address systemic inequalities, and foster sustainable change within local and global contexts.
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Social Work An Empowering Profession 8th Edition by Brenda L. DuBois
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Chapter 1: Social Work: a Helping Profession
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Q1) Which of the following views of the relationship between social work and society emphasizes the context of social functioning?
A)Social work as an agent of social control on behalf of society.
B)Social work as an intermediary between individuals and society.
C)Social work as a reformer of society.
D)Social work as separate from society.
Answer: B
Q2) Empowerment is best described as ______.
A)a sense of personal competence
B)a sociopolitical influence
C)having personal and sociopolitical dimensions
D)a sense of being in control
Answer: C
Q3) Which is the first of the internationally binging agreements on human rights?
A)International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
B)Convention on the Rights of the Child
C)International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination
D)Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: An Evolving Profession
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Q1) NASW stands for the ______.
A)National Association of Social Welfare
B)National Association of Social Workers
C)National Academy of Social Work
D)National Assistance for Social Workers
Answer: B
Q2) ______ is an early pioneer in the Settlement House Movement.
A)Mary Richmond
B)Harriet Bartlett
C)Florence Hollis
D)Jane Addams
Answer: D
Q3) If you were a "friendly visitor" in a charity organization society, you would most likely ______.
A)access public funds for families in distress
B)believe that charity represented respectful support for families
C)act as a model of moral character
D)not be concerned about investigations and scientific procedures
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Social Work and Social Systems
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Q1) Social planning to create social change represents ______.
A)microlevel intervention
B)mezzolevel intervention
C)macrolevel intervention
D)working with the social work profession
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following most accurately applies a social systems view to Alanda Morrison and her family?
A)Alanda is a subsystem of the Morrison family
B)Alanda is part of the Morrison family's environment
C)The Morrison family is a subsystem of the school
D)The school is a subsystem of the Morrison family
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following persons is most likely considered "at risk" in social functioning?
A)Someone who is serving time in prison
B)A family caught up in serious communication conflicts
C)An older woman who is adjusting successfully to the death of her partner
D)A person with a disability who is underemployed
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: The Social Service Delivery System
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Q1) Evaluate the impact of privatization on social service delivery
Q2) Analyze the challenges that arise for practitioners with respect to accessibility and availability of services in urban and rural communities.
Q3) Jerimiah, who recently earned his Associate's degree, is a client advocate/caseworker aid with the local agency serving persons with disabilities.He is most likely a ______.
A)paraprofessional
B)licensed social worker
C)specialized professional
D)basic professional
Q4) The origins of business ventures in the social service delivery network can be traced to ______.
A)the Social Security Act of 1935
B)the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
C)the Medicare and Medicaid Amendments of the 1960s
D)the recent emphasis on privatization
Q5) Compare and contrast the following characteristics of social services: private and public auspices, primary and host settings, sectarian and nonsectarian affiliations, and nonprofit and for-profit status
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Chapter 5: Values and Ethics in Social Work
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Q1) Evaluate the purposes of professional social work codes of ethics for practitioners, clients, and the general public.
Q2) Compare and contrast the ethical principles for social work practice.
Q3) Create a chart that highlights potential ethical dilemmas associated with each social work practice principle.
Q4) Illustrate how agency values reflect culturally responsive programming for diverse client population groups.
Q5) Values ______.
A)define what exists
B)are a legitimate access to societal resources rights)
C)are the same as needs
D)direct and orient behavior
Q6) Chanda wants to interact with her clients in ways that demonstrate controlled emotional involvement.You recommend that she ______.
A)blame her clients for their circumstances
B)maintain emotional distance so that she can study her clients' situations
C)talk with her clients about the ways they are similar to her
D)respond in ways that demonstrate empathy
Q7) Differentiate between values and ethics.
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Chapter 6: Human Rights and Social Justice
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Q1) Evaluate the attitudes of the general public to identify remnants of social Darwinism.
Q2) When clients conclude that they can do nothing to change their situations, their conclusion reflects a phenomenon called ______.
A)personal victimization
B)learned helplessness
C)blaming the victim
D)attribution theory
Q3) Prepare a position statement that supports the notion that a "just social order accords every societal member the same basic social rights, opportunities, and benefits."
Q4) The rights to housing, medical care, social security, education, and social services are all ______.
A)civil and political rights
B)social and economic rights
C)collective rights
D)"people's rights"
Q5) Describe the effects of social injustice and social work's mandate to redress social injustice.
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Chapter 7: Diversity and Social Work
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Q1) Explain how empowerment social work embodies the profession's value orientation held about diverse populations.
Q2) Describe the international context of social work practice.
Q3) Formulate a rationale as to the importance for social workers to understand the effects of differential status.
Q4) The process by which individuals and systems respond respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures, languages, classes, races, ethnic backgrounds, religious, and other diversity factors in a manner that recognizes, affirms, and values the worth of individuals, families, and communities and protects and preserves the dignity of each refers specifically to ______.
A)culturally competent social work practice
B)anti-racist social work practice
C)anti-oppressive social work practice
D)generalist social work practice
Q5) Illustrate 5 ways social workers can increase their cultural competence for practice with diverse populations.
Q6) Describe cultural competence and analyze its significance for social work practice.
Q7) Analyze the implications of diversity for social work practice in today's world.
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Chapter 8: Empowerment Social Work Practice
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Q1) Propose ways that empowerment applies to intervention with individuals, families, groups, organizations, neighborhoods, and communities.
Q2) Professional relationships ______.
A)are business ventures
B)are the same as friendships
C)are similar to personal relationships
D)evolve from the purpose of social work
Q3) Critique the implications of social work professionals shifting from the role of expert professional to one of collaborative partner.
Q4) Assessment ______.
A)evaluates practice effectiveness
B)specifies the nature of the problem
C)involves developing goals and objectives
D)refers to selecting alternative solutions
Q5) Analyze how research evidence informs practice and how practice informs research.
Q6) Describe the roles of the social worker in working collaboratively with clients in the social work helping relationship.
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Chapter 9: Social Work Functions and Roles
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Q1) Provide examples of how the roles associated with consultancy, resource management, and education serve as means for addressing social justice issues and human rights concerns.
Q2) Michael Williams applies adult learning principles to the staff development training modules he designs.His job focuses on the social work function called ______.
A)education
B)consultancy
C)empowerment
D)resource management
Q3) Generalist social work integrates direct practice, policy analysis and formulation, and research and evaluation.Illustrate what practice knowledge and skills are needed to carry out these activities.
Q4) The local
A)professional liability
B)on-the-job training
C)knowledge development
D)professional acculturation
Q5) Compare and contrast the social work functions of sonultancy, resource management, and education.
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Chapter 10: Social Work and Social Policy
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Q1) Recommend ways that social workers can collaborate with their clients to advocate policy reform in the various fields of social work practice.
Q2) Illustrate how social workers include the activities of policy analysis and policy advocacy in their practice repertoire.
Q3) Tomeka says she is a liberal with respect to social welfare policies.She most likely believes that ______.
A)personal inadequacies cause social problems
B)government's role in welfare should be limited
C)partnerships between government and businesses should address issues welfare
D)welfare is a citizen right
Q4) Assess the shifts in social welfare policy beginning with the New Deal programs.
Q5) Contrast how the ideologies of liberalism, conservatism, and radicalism differ in their definition of social and economic justice.
Q6) Generate examples that compare and contrast public assistance and social insurance.
Q7) Describe social work as policy practice.
Q8) Analyze the implications of political ideologies for the development and implementation of social welfare policies.
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Chapter 11: Social Work and Poverty, Homelessness, Unemployment, and Criminal Justice
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Q1) Illustrate how issues of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, and criminal justice raise concerns with respect to ensuring social justice and protecting human rights.
Q2) Evaluate the underlying social and economic justice issues related to the root causes of homelessness.
Q3) ______ provides benefit coverage for individuals who suffer work related disease or injury.
A)Workers compensation
B)Unemployment compensation
C)Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled
D)Temporary Assistance for Needy families
Q4) A family's standard of living in comparison to that of other community members is a measure of ______.
A)absolute poverty
B)relative poverty
C)feminization of poverty
D)persistence of poverty
Q5) Describe ways the assumptions about empowerment inform the social worker's regard for disenfranchised populations.
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Chapter 12: Social Work in Health, Rehabilitation, and Mental Health
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Q1) Analyze why social justice and human rights issues revolve around ensuring a standard of living for the health and well-being of individuals and their families.
Q2) Describe ways to communicate effectively with persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Q3) One of your assignments in a course called "Social Work and Mental Health" is to develop a panel presentation focusing on contemporary perspectives on mental illness.Your paper on the biochemical nature of mental illness reflects ______.
A)cognitive theories of mental illness
B)psychological theories of mental illness
C)organic theories of mental illness
D)sociocultural theories of mental illness
Q4) Reports indicate that addiction recovery rates are exceptionally high for those individuals participating in mandatory addictions treatment programs offered through ______.
A)mental health centers
B)family service agencies
C)traditional 12-step programs
D)employee assistance programs
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Chapter 13: Social Work With Families and Youths
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Q1) Evaluate the strengths and challenges experienced by blended families, single-parent families, gay and lesbian families, multigenerational families, and grandparent-headed families.
Q2) Communities that promote resiliency in youths are characterized by all of the following except ______.
A)a sense of caring and support
B)high expectations for youths
C)personal autonomy
D)social networks that promote social cohesion
Q3) Prepare an argument for a seamless continuum of family-centered child welfare services.
Q4) Describe family violence from an ecological perspective.
Q5) Explicate the different types of child abuse and neglect, including characteristics and relative incidence.
Q6) Society's role in representing the interests of children is called ______.
A)local control
B)habeas corpus
C)absolute sovereignty
D)parens patriae
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Chapter 14: Adult and Aging Services
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Q1) Draw conclusions about why intimate partner violence is regarded as an arm of oppression and a violation of human rights.
Q2) Discuss the implications of empowerment for working with older adults.
Q3) Avis needs some relief from the responsibilities of providing care for her husband.The social workers at Aging Alternatives indicates that she will most likely locate respite care through ______.
A)services located in nursing homes
B)home health care services
C)multipurpose senior centers
D)adult day care services
Q4) Lobbying for work safety legislation is a ______ intervention.
A)microlevel
B)midlevel
C)mezzolevel
D)macrolevel
Q5) Describe the issues of discrimination addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act as well as those social justice issues that continue to impede the full participation in society be people with disabilities.
Q6) Propose some research questions associated with the field of gerontology.
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