Introduction to Social Welfare Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to Social Welfare explores the historical, philosophical, and practical foundations of social welfare systems in society. The course examines the evolution of social welfare policies, the roles of public and private agencies, and the impact of social welfare programs on individuals, families, and communities. Students will analyze contemporary social issues such as poverty, inequality, unemployment, and discrimination, and evaluate the effectiveness of social welfare interventions. The course also introduces the basic concepts of social justice, advocacy, and the ethical responsibilities of social welfare professionals, preparing students to understand and critically assess the role of social welfare in promoting well-being and social cohesion.
Recommended Textbook
Introduction to Social Problems 10th Edition by Thomas J. Sullivan
Available Study Resources on Quizplus
15 Chapters
600 Verified Questions
600 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/study-set/2087 Page 2
Chapter 1: Approaches to the Study of Social Problems
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41538
Sample Questions
Q1) ________ are rules of conduct that guide people's behavior.
A)Norms
B)Values
C)Causalities
D)Hypotheses
Answer: A
Q2) What is the role played by theories in the study of social problems?
Answer: Theories help to organize the data from research into a meaningful whole.The key role of theories is to tell people why something occurred.Some sociological theories focus on specific social problems,such as the causes of juvenile delinquency or the explanations for divorce,while some other theories offer broader explanations of social reality.
Q3) Personal troubles become public issues only when ________.
A)an influential group so defines them
B)it has been affecting a family for a long time
C)a social condition has caused it
D)they require economic support to be resolved
Answer: A
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
3
Chapter 2: Concentration of Power: Economic and Political Institutions
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41539
Sample Questions
Q1) An oligopoly is different from a monopoly in that an oligopoly is characterized by the
A)control of a market by few companies
B)multinational nature of the companies involved
C)complete domination of some markets by a company
D)control of a market by a conglomerate
Answer: A
Q2) A ________ is a business enterprise that is owned by stockholders,most of whom are not involved in running the daily affairs of the business.
A)proprietorship
B)corporation
C)law firm
D)social institution
Answer: B
Q3) In capitalism,the production of goods is based on ________.
A)government orders
B)power concentration
C)economic demand
D)collective goals
Answer: C
Page 4
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 3: Family-Related Problems
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41540
Sample Questions
Q1) From the conflict perspective,family forms change when ________.
A)existing family forms cause dysfunction and disorganization in the society
B)people are socialized to accept their society's form of the family as natural
C)new groups acquire the power necessary to gain acceptance for a new form of family
D)people want a drastic change in society to establish stability and equilibrium
Answer: C
Q2) Who among the following are especially at risk of using the most abusive forms of violence against their children?
A)parents in egalitarian families
B)poor parents with older children
C)poor single mothers
D)high-income families with young children
Answer: C
Q3) The practice of having only one spouse at a time is known as ________.
A)bigamy
B)adultery
C)polyamory
D)monogamy
Answer: D
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 5
Chapter 4: Health and Illness
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41541
Sample Questions
Q1) How did Reagan's administration policy contribute to the delay in attacking acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)?
Q2) Julia is weak and tired as she has a fever.Her manager allows her to take leave till she recovers.Her husband,Mike,takes over the responsibility for household chores.He allows her to rest and relieves her from doing any work.What privilege is given to Julia due to her illness?
A)sick role
B)master status
C)inclusion
D)social insurance
Q3) Why was the public option proposal included in the Affordable Care Act dropped?
Q4) Which of the following measures has been taken by hospitals to cut back on their costs and increase their profits?
A)reducing the number of patients per hospital
B)reducing the number of nursing assistants and technicians
C)cutting back on services to patients and placing heavy workloads on nurses
D)hiring more registered nurses and placing more patients under their direct supervision
Q5) What are some of the negative effects of industrialization on human health?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 6
Chapter 5: Education, Science, and Technology
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41542
Sample Questions
Q1) The situation in which workers feel the effects of automation and view themselves as mere cogs in the bureaucratic machinery is known as ________.
A)alienation
B)gentrification
C)loss of privacy
D)loss of control
Q2) Schools following the back to basics approach to education are most likely to ________.
A)reduce the amount of face-to-face interactions between students and teachers
B)let students decide if they want to take up academically demanding courses
C)reduce the number of elective courses and have more required courses
D)eliminate standardized examinations
Q3) ________ refers to a technology that is limited in size,decentralized,and responsive to human values and needs.
A)Indigenous technology
B)Appropriate technology
C)Capital-intensive technology
D)Autonomous technology
Q4) What is biotechnology? What is its basic principle?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 7
Chapter 6: Poverty
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41543
Sample Questions
Q1) In relation to social mobility,the stratification system in the United States is characterized by ________.
A)a high degree of occupational inheritance
B)vast differences in the socioeconomic statuses of parents and children
C)a smaller gap between the educational success of the rich and the poor
D)high levels of instability
Q2) Which of the following trends has caused an increase in the percentage of homeless families in the United States?
A)an increase in the number of industrial jobs that pay a living wage
B)the flight of jobs from the cities where poor people live
C)an increase in the number of children being born to unmarried mothers
D)the need for specialization in the job market
Q3) Describe the use of the absolute definition of poverty.
Q4) Supplemental Security Income is a program that provides ________.
A)supplementary medical insurance in return for a monthly premium
B)unemployment compensation and benefits to workers for on-the-job injuries
C)money to certain categories of poor people with little income and few assets
D)income to retired or disabled workers and their survivors
Q5) Give a possible devastating consequence of temporary unemployment.
Q6) Describe the reasons for high poverty among children in the United States.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 8
Chapter 7: Race and Ethnic Relations
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41544
Sample
Questions
Q1) People living in a small neighborhood in the state of Torelo have negative opinions about a certain minority group in the neighborhood and do not socialize with them.They try to segregate the residential complexes of the minority group and protest against the admission of their children to private schools in the neighborhood.People of the neighborhood are ________.
A)prejudiced nondiscriminators
B)unprejudiced nondiscriminators
C)unprejudiced discriminators
D)prejudiced discriminators
Q2) The most desirable combination of prejudice and discrimination,from the point of view of political and social values in the United States,is the ________.
A)prejudiced discriminator
B)unprejudiced nondiscriminator
C)prejudiced nondiscriminator
D)unprejudiced discriminator
Q3) Why is a spilt labor market considered to be a key factor in much racial,ethnic,and sexual antagonism?
Q4) How does socialization contribute to the legitimization of prejudice and discrimination?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 9
Chapter 8: Gender,Sexual Orientation, and Social Inequality
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41545
Sample Questions
Q1) Discuss the basic idea of comparable worth and the controversies associated with it.
Q2) Discuss the issues that arose due to increase in the number of women in the workplace.
Q3) Functionalists argue that it is not particularly useful to use sex as a criterion for allocating jobs in industrial and postindustrial societies because ________.
A)great physical strength is no longer necessary for most jobs in a highly automated society
B)both men and women have equal abilities for spatial-visual,verbal,and creative tasks
C)domination results due to the superior physical strength of men
D)economic competition contributes to sexual inequality
Q4) Although attitudes toward homosexuality have substantially improved over the last 20 years,what are the issues that still persist?
Q5) Discuss the attitudes of people toward homosexuality in the United States.
Q6) What are the pros and cons of Internet usage among young people in the context of gender socialization?
Q7) Summarize the patterns of female gender inequality across nations in the world.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 10
Chapter 9: Age and Social Inequality
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41546
Sample Questions
Q1) When the ________ was amended in 1986,mandatory retirement was largely eliminated in the United States.
A)California Fair Employment Practices Act
B)Age Discrimination Act of 1975
C)Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
D)Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Q2) How do children suffer because of divorce?
Q3) Which of the following is a reason for child exploitation?
A)Children are more likely to protest their conditions successfully.
B)Factory owners find children an easy and profitable group to exploit.
C)Factory owners pay child workers much more than they pay adult workers.
D)Children are considered to be more effective and productive than adults.
Q4) What are the views of the opponents of age-based policies for receiving benefits?
Q5) What is the role of biology in the life course of humans?
Q6) Explain Neugarten's views on social policy and the ways in which his views could translate into social policy.
Q7) Explain the reasons for poor conditions in nursing homes.
Q8) Explain the concerns that the elderly have regarding the environment of nursing homes.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 11
Chapter 10: Crime and Delinquency
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41547
Sample Questions
Q1) Marian believes that race is a causal variable in criminal behavior.Which of the following facts contradicts Marian's belief?
A)African Americans are more likely to be involved with hidden crimes.
B)African Americans are lower in socioeconomic standing.
C)Black-white differences in criminal behavior merely reflect criminal justice system biases.
D)Whites are watched more closely than African Americans by law enforcement agencies.
Q2) Which of the following is true of plea bargaining?
A)It is legally binding.
B)It is involved in only a negligible number of convictions for criminal offenses.
C)It places due process of law above local politics and community norms.
D)It results in the dropping of some charges or the granting of a more lenient sentence.
Q3) Differentiate between primary deviance and secondary deviance.
Q4) Who are likely to be victims of crime?
Q5) What are the possible explanations for the higher involvement in crime by teens and young adults?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 12
Chapter 11: Alcohol and Other Drugs
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41548
Sample Questions
Q1) An important property of marijuana is that it_________.
A)produces withdrawal symptoms that are extremely strong
B)acts as a sedative at the doses usually consumed in cigarette form
C)produces hallucinations at extremely low doses
D)attains potency because of its primary psychoactive ingredient,amphetamine
Q2) Which of the following is true of the societal costs of drug use in the United States?
A)Studies have shown that alcohol has little impact on the work performance of its users.
B)The felony convictions for drug offenses have reduced over the years.
C)Cocaine users are seven times more likely to be divorced or separated from their spouses.
D)Studies have shown that methamphetamine users commit property crimes to pay for their meth.
Q3) What does the functionalist perspective say about the drug abuse problem?
Q4) How does a person's sex influence alcoholism?
Q5) What consequences did the Eighteenth Amendment pose when it took effect in 1920?
Q6) Why are methadone maintenance programs in the United States highly controversial?
Q7) What role does genetics play in turning a person into an alcoholic?
Page 13
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 12: Prostitution, Pornography, and the Sex Trade
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41549
Sample Questions
Q1) Explain the typical behavior of crack-addicted women in crack houses.
Q2) George,a police officer working for the state of Dnipro,arrested Rachel,a streetwalker,at St.Thomas Avenue for soliciting customers for a brothel.When Rachel resisted her arrest and argued that prostitution is now legal in the state of Dnipro,George reminded her that prostitution is only legal in brothels licensed by the Dnipro state government.The model for approaching prostitution proposed by Helen Reynolds shown in the given example is the ________ model.
A)laissez-faire
B)regulation
C)zoning
D)control
Q3) A ________acts as supervisor of a number of prostitutes and negotiates with clients who enter a brothel.
A)pimp
B)madam
C)bar hustler
D)streetwalker
Q4) Why are some people in favor of legalizing prostitution?
Q5) What are the factors that accounted for a change in women's sexual behavior?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 14
Chapter 13: Population Growth and Urbanization
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41550
Sample Questions
Q1) What was the purpose of the defensible space strategy developed by sociologists and urban planners?
Q2) Define population.Explain the three basic elements that shape the size,composition,and distribution of human population.
Q3) ________ refers to programs to increase home ownership by private citizens in certain neighborhoods by selling them houses at little or no cost.
A)Urban renewal
B)Urban homesteading
C)Demographic transition
D)Suburbanization
Q4) Population refers to the ________.
A)actual number of children born
B)total number of people inhabiting a particular geographic area at a specified time
C)biological maximum number of children that could be born
D)the changing patterns of birth and death rates brought about by industrialization
Q5) Why did mass suburbanization occur in the United States?
Q6) What are the problems of residential segregation?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 15
Chapter 14: Environmental Problems
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41551
Sample Questions
Q1) What are the economic and social implications of the continuous use of coal as an energy source?
Q2) Gases such as carbon dioxide and methane contribute to the greenhouse effect by
A)preventing the escape of solar infrared radiation
B)preventing sunlight from reaching the earth's surface
C)reducing the temperature of the earth's atmosphere
D)reducing oxygen levels in water bodies
Q3) Crenla Inc. ,a petroleum company,has exceeded its carbon emission limit.Crenla now has to purchase credits from Zanbril Inc. ,a low-polluting drug company,to pay for exceeding its emission limit.In the given scenario,Crenla Inc.is engaged in ________.
A)carbon ranching
B)carbon offset
C)carbon sequestration
D)carbon trading
Q4) Why is it that the hydrologic cycle is no longer able to fully cleanse water?
Q5) What was the outcome of the fervor generated by environmental groups in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s?
Q6) How do environmental partnerships help in attacking environmental problems?
Page 16
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 15: Violence, War, and Terrorism
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
40 Verified Questions
40 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/41552
Sample Questions
Q1) Research on gun control in the U.S.has shown that ________.
A)it is particularly effective in preventing collective violence
B)it is only effective in reducing the overall amount of violence in society
C)it has a very modest impact on the amount of violence in society
D)it is effective in reducing people's tolerance toward public dissent
Q2) The Geneva Protocols of 1925 prohibit the ________.
A)use of chemical weapons
B)production of chemical weapons
C)use of biological weapons
D)proliferation of nuclear weapons
Q3) ________ is the tendency to view one's own group or culture as superior to other groups or cultures.
A)Sinocentrism
B)Xenocentrism
C)Ethnocentrism
D)Eurocentrism
Q4) What are the motives behind terrorism?
Q5) What happens when structured preconditions cause people to be frustrated?
Q6) What is the effect of war on a nation's economy?
Q7) How can the proliferation of nuclear weapons be reduced?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 17