Social Services in Contemporary Society Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course explores the roles, functions, and structures of social services within contemporary society, focusing on how these services address various social problems and support individuals, families, and communities. Students will examine the historical development of social services, current models of service delivery, and the ethical, legal, and socio-political factors influencing practice. Emphasis is placed on understanding the needs of diverse populations, policy frameworks, and the impact of globalization and technological change on social service systems. Through case studies and discussions, students will gain insights into the challenges facing social service professionals and develop skills to critically assess and contribute to the field.
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An Introduction to the Profession of Social Work 5th Edition by Elizabeth A. Segal
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Chapter 1: What Is Social Work
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Q1) The strengths perspective focuses on teaching clients new skills in order to strengthen their lives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) If a human service worker has not completed an accredited social work program and met licensure or certification requirements, they are not professional social workers
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Social workers must learn to tolerate some ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Most social workers work for the government.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The History of the Social Welfare System and the
Social Work Profession
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Q1) Which of the following provisions were not part of the Social Security Act of 1935?
A)Retirement benefits
B)Unemployment insurance
C)Economic Regulations
D)Financial assistance based on need
Answer: B
Q2) Briefly describe the difference between the residual and institutional approaches to providing social welfare services.
Answer: Institutional social welfare services are in place to prevent people from having a problem. They are proactive and provide benefits of services to people before problems arise. Residual services come into play only after there is a specific, identifiable problem. Residual services are designed to meet only the identified problem.
Q3) Institutional services focus on addressing the current problems that people face in their lives.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Poverty and Economic Disparity
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Q1) Supplemental Security Income program (SSI), and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF) are examples of cash assistance programs.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The "trickle down" theory refers to the belief that if tax cuts are given to those at the top, there would be more money available to flow down to those at the bottom.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) One of the ways that TANF differs from AFDC is that it is funded through a block grant to the states, thus limiting the number of people served in a given year.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The United States officially uses a(n) ________________ measure of poverty.
Answer: Absolute
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Chapter 4: Human Rights and Social and Economic Justice
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Q1) When a person experiences a problem and becomes frustrated and angry and looks for someone else to blame, he or she is engaging in which of the following?
A)Projection
B)Scapegoating
C)Rationalization
D)Selective attention
Q2) When social workers seek to fight injustice, they must look at the individual problems that a person faces.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Privilege is attained simply by being a member of a dominant group.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is an example of institutional discrimination?
A)A man who thinks Mexicans are lazy.
B)A landlord refusing to rent an apartment to a Latino family
C)Failing to have access on a college campus for a person who requires a wheelchair
D)A parent's failure to accept that his son is gay
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Chapter 5: Dimensions of Diversity
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Q1) Our ideas about the differences between various social groups have been "socially constructed."
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following most accurately describes the difference between an immigrant and a refugee?
A)Refugees come from non-English speaking countries while immigrants come from all countries
B)Immigrants come by choice while refugees come to escape persecution
C)Refugees come by choice while immigrants come to escape persecution
D)Immigrants are in the U.S. legally while refugees come in illegally
Q3) In addition to social characteristics, what other characteristics do "social groups" share?
Q4) What does it mean to say that commonly held beliefs about social groups are "socially constructed"?
Q5) List and briefly explain the significance of two examples of historical practices or policies discussed in this chapter that have taken away the rights of certain social groups.
Q6) What is meant by the term "social identity"?
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Chapter 6: Generalist Social Work Practice
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Q1) List and describe at least three theories or models that have been influential in the development of social work practice with individuals?
Q2) What does it mean to be a generalist practitioner?
Q3) Describe what a social worker who provides information and referral services might do for a client.
Q4) Briefly explain what types of activities a case manager engages in when working with a client.
Q5) Describe the difference between micro and macro practice.
Q6) Functional organizing strives to empower and improve the lives of low-income, marginalized and oppressed people by bringing residents together to become more involved in the social and economic lives of their communities.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Alcoholics Anonymous is an example of what type of group?
A)Educational Group
B)Self Help Group
C)Socialization Group
D)Psychotherapy Group
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Chapter 7: Child Welfare: Working With Children and Their Families
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Q1) Intervention with children should consistently stem from social work theory.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Children are considered vulnerable and in need of special attention and advocacy because of which of the following?
A)Many of them live in poverty
B)They comprise one of the largest subgroups in the U.S.
C)They rely on adults to make their needs known to decision makers
D)They are not legally allowed to advocate for their own needs
Q3) Programs and policies that exist for the main purpose of improving the well-being of children are part of what system?
Q4) The Ecological approach suggests that social workers view a client within the context of his/her environment. Name five systems that commonly impact the children with whom social workers work.
Q5) Social workers are not mandated to report an incident of child abuse that they hear about when they are off-duty.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Gerontology: Working With People Who Are Older
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Q1) When adopted, Social Security was intended to be the only source of income for a retired person.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements most accurately represents the situation of the majority of Americans over age 65?
A)They have major health concerns that limit their daily activity
B)They are economically independent, active, healthy, and live in their own homes
C)They live with their children or other relatives
D)They struggle financially, living below the poverty line
E)They live in long term care facilities
Q3) Social workers can assist older people by prescribing less medication to reduce the risk of drug interactions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Medicare covers basic health care needs and long term care for older people. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Health Care Services
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Q1) In 2010 Congress passed, and President Obama signed, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is true for managed care health insurance plans?
A)They are designed to screen out unnecessary and inappropriate care
B)They are required to provide free services to the poor
C)They are designed not to reduce costs
D)They are all preferred provider organizations
Q3) The U.S. health care system is still primarily financed through an employment-based, voluntary health insurance system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is true for managed care health insurance plans?
A)They are designed to screen out unnecessary and inappropriate care
B)They are required to provide free services to the poor
C)They allow people to go to any doctor they choose
D)They are all preferred provider organizations
Q5) List several reasons for rapidly rising health care costs in the U.S.
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Chapter 10: Mental Health Services
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Q1) It has been estimated that one-third of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have
A)received a diagnosis of a mental health problem, most often post-traumatic stress disorder or depression
B)mental health issues that get better the longer they are out of service
C)bipolar disorder
D)severe alcoholism
Q2) Social workers constitute the largest group of mental health professionals in the United States
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following best defines "Evidence-based practice"?
A)It is a multidisciplinary team-based approach
B)It draws on research to evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of interventions
C)It is culturally sensitive and provides culturally relevant services
D)It teaches skills needed to function as normally as possible in the community
Q4) List and briefly discuss three reasons why people who experience mental illness do not seek treatment.
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Chapter 11: School Social Work
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Q1) School social workers rely on which theory or framework to analyze the transactions between students, teachers, parents, and the school system?
A)String Theory
B)Ecological Framework
C)Empowerment Framework
D)Conflict Theory
Q2) Which of the following is true of the D.A.R.E. program?
A)It is a program aimed at reducing teen pregnancy
B)It is widely used but has not been proven effective
C)It is a drug prevention program for high school students
D)It is a social work sponsored program focused on gang prevention
Q3) List at least two groups who have particularly high dropout rates. Provide two reasons that researchers identify that help explain these high dropout rates?
Q4) A developmental disability is characterized by a significant difference between a child's overall intelligence and his or her ability to read, write, and/or do mathematical calculations.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Substance Abuse
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Q1) The strengths perspective requires the case management process to be driven by which of the following?
A)The need for the client to break through denial
B)The social worker's clinical orientation
C)Client-identified goals.
D)The client's ability to pay for treatment services
Q2) Briefly explain what the person-in-environment approach or bio-psycho-social model brings to the diagnosis and treatment of AOD problems.
Q3) A compulsion toward a specific behavior despite negative consequences, and a psychological and/or physical dependence on the behavior or substance being abused is known as which of the following?
A)Drug Misuse
B)Addiction
C)Chemical Dependency
D)Substance Abuse
Q4) Males tend to develop higher blood alcohol levels than females who drink the same amount.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Violence, Victims, and Criminal Justice
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Q1) List three of the primary tasks that social workers have inside of correctional facilities.
Q2) The crime rate among male juveniles is increasing faster than that of female offenders.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sociological explanations of criminal behavior hold individuals accountable, but also suggest that society and prison environments need to change.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is not a social work position on crime and criminals?
A)All victims should receive assistance
B)Refer more children who commit crimes to the adult criminal justice system
C)Convicted criminals can be rehabilitated
D)More funds should be spent on juvenile prevention and treatment programs
Q5) Diversion programs require that offenders complete only half of their prison sentences before being reintegrated into the community.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Crisis, Trauma, and Disasters
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Q1) What is the difference between secondary traumatic stress and burnout?
Q2) The central premise of CBT is that thoughts, rather than the external environment, cause emotions and behaviors.
A)True
B)False
Q3) After witnessing or experiencing an event that involves actual or the threat of injury, death or serious danger, a person has experienced:
A)Post Traumatic Stress
B)Trauma
C)Crisis
D)Positive Stress
Q4) What are the basic differences between positive, tolerable, and toxic stress?
Q5) Define trauma and provide an example.
Q6) Which of the following would not be classified as "positive stress":
A)Starting a new job
B)Purchasing a house
C)Meeting new people
D)Separation or Divorce
Q7) Identify and briefly describe two methods to reduce stress.
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