Social Work and Social Welfare Test Bank
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of social work as a profession and the foundational principles of social welfare systems. Students examine the historical development and core values underpinning the field, as well as the variety of approaches social workers use to address individual, family, and community needs. Topics include poverty, inequality, social justice, the role of policy in shaping human services, and the impact of cultural diversity on practice. Through the analysis of real-world case studies and contemporary issues, students gain a comprehensive understanding of how social workers advocate for vulnerable populations and promote social change within diverse contexts.
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Social Welfare in Canadian Society 5th Edition by Rosalie Chappell
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Chapter 1: The Nature of Canadian Social Welfare
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Q1) Your clients the Smith family are struggling financially due to Mr.Smith's recent job loss.They are now forced to pay for their son's prescription medication,which had been previously covered by Mr.Smith's employment benefits.Added to this is the worry they will not be able to pay the rent this month.According to Maslow,which level best describes the Smith family hierarchy of needs?
A)physiological needs
B)self-actualization needs
C)self-esteem needs
D)social needs
Answer: A
Q2) In which decade did Canada's social welfare system experience its greatest growth?
A)1931 to 1941
B)1945 to 1955
C)1963 to 1973
D)1976 to 1986
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Social Welfare Policy
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Q1) At what stage during policy development would the focus be on differentiating between social conditions and social issues?
A)Stage 1: Identifying Social Problems and Issues
B)Stage 2: Understanding Social Issues and Problems
C)Stage 3: Consulting and Reviewing
D)Stage 4: Formalizing Policy
Answer: A
Q2) In 1999,the federal,provincial,and territorial leaders signed Canada's Social Union Framework Agreement (SUFA).Which of the following provinces chose NOT to participate in SUFA?
A)Alberta
B)Ontario
C)New Brunswick
D)Quebec
Answer: D
Q3) In one sentence,explain what an interest group is and what it aims to do.
Answer: An interest group is an organization that seeks to influence public policy and decision-making to advance specific interests or causes.
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Chapter 3: Historical Foundations
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Q1) Mothers' allowance legislation provided women with dependants a small but guaranteed income.Which province legislated Canada's first Mothers' Allowance in 1916?
A)Prince Edward Island
B)Quebec
C)Manitoba
D)Ontario
Answer: C
Q2) In 1968,the Senate Committee on Poverty was appointed by the federal government to look into the problem of poverty in Canada.How many Canadians made up the working poor population,according to the Committee's findings?
A)0.5 million
B)1 million
C)1.5 million
D)2 million
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Social Welfare in the Globalization ERA
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Q1) A report published in 2012 by the Ontario Common Front found which of the following regarding income inequality between the rich and poor in Canada?
A)Manitobans are currently experiencing the greatest income inequality.
B)Nova Scotians are currently experiencing the greatest income inequality.
C)Ontarians are currently experiencing the greatest income inequality.
D)Albertans are currently experiencing the greatest income inequality.
Q2) Under the Canada Health and Social Transfer,provinces and territories are required to uphold a "residency requirement" when providing what service?
A)social services
B)social assistance
C)employment insurance
D)disability pensions
Q3) Between 1993 and 2003,which scenario describes Canada's place on the UN's list of the most desirable places to live in the world?
A)fell from first to eighth place
B)fell from third to eighth place
C)rose from twelfth to eighth place
D)rose from tenth to eighth place
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Chapter 5: Service Sectors
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Q1) Which type of economy is likely to invest its profits back into the organization or toward a local cause?
A)macro economy
B)community economy
C)fiscal economy
D)social economy
Q2) Government is the largest source of funding for most voluntary social agencies.What is the second largest source of income for these agencies?
A)agency-generated earnings
B)corporate donations
C)private donations
D)fund-raising foundations
Q3) Voluntary social agencies perform specific functions.Which of the following is an activity they would NOT participate in?
A)doing good works
B)advocating
C)mediating
D)fundraising
Q4) Describe the term advocacy "chill."
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Chapter 6: Social Agencies
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Q1) When a social agency develops a value statement,what is it essentially clarifying?
A)which types of client needs the agency will address
B)which populations the agency will serve
C)how the agency will conduct itself in the community
D)its worth from the community's perspective
Q2) Which of the following outlines the criteria a person has to meet to enter a program?
A)a participation policy
B)an intake policy
C)a limitation policy
D)a termination policy
Q3) Which of the following organizations might express their mission as "workers responding quickly to change"?
A)the feminist model of organization
B)the organic model of organization
C)the learning model of organization
D)the bureaucratic model of organization
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Chapter 7: Service Providers
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Q1) What does the development and implementation of restricted practice activities lead to?
A)certain occupational groups will be limited in their range of professional activities
B)many conservative governments will stop hiring social workers
C)the general public will have more say in the duties that social workers can perform
D)social work practice will undergo deregulation
Q2) Of the professional helpers,which of the following is the most closely associated with the social welfare system?
A)child and youth workers
B)family service workers
C)social workers
D)social service workers
Q3) What level of education does a paraprofessional in the social work field have?
A)less than a bachelor's degree in social work
B)less than a master's degree in social work
C)less than a doctorate degree in social work
D)a bachelor's degree in social work and a diploma in another helping discipline
Q4) Describe the term caregiver strain.
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Chapter 8: Planned Change in Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Systems
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Q1) After the First World War,a growing body of research in the helping professions paved the way for more professional,systematic,and scientific approaches to changing people and their environments.What were helpers in the social welfare field now required to do?
A)register with their provincial/territorial professional association
B)engage in community development
C)have formal training in the social sciences
D)charge fees for their services
Q2) The building of capacity is central to the planned change process.In the context of planned change,what does the term capacity refer to?
A)the benefits of goal achievement
B)the motivation to change
C)the capability to reach a goal
D)the target of change efforts
Q3) In Canada,various approaches come under the broad umbrella of community development.Your text describes three areas;please identify and briefly explain them.
Q4) Briefly describe the Occupy movement (2011),and explain one of its positive outcomes?
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Chapter 9: The Social Welfare of Low Income Groups
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Q1) Identify and describe three types of economic costs created by poverty.
Q2) Which of the following federally funded initiatives supports the majority of homeless shelters?
A)Homelessness Partnering Strategy
B)Affordable Housing Initiative
C)Homeless Assistance Program
D)National Alliance to End Homelessness
Q3) According to the Canadian Community Health Survey,what percent of households are food insecure?
A)5 percent
B)8 percent
C)12 percent
D)15 percent
Q4) When housing is unaffordable,it costs more than what percentage of a household's before-tax income?
A)10 percent
B)20 percent
C)30 percent
D)40 percent
Q5) Explain the differences between the underemployed and the working poor.
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Chapter 10: The Social Welfare of Children and Their Families
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Q1) Today,what is the federal government's role in child care limited to providing?
A)Early Learning and Child Care program
B)Early Child Care Development program
C)Universal Child Care Allowance
D)Universal Child Care Benefit
Q2) Which province in Canada is the only one to have developed a comprehensive approach to meeting the full range of needs of families with children?
A)Ontario
B)Saskatchewan
C)Quebec
D)Nova Scotia
Q3) The Canadian Constitution allows each province and territory to develop its own child welfare system for abused or neglected children and their families.As a result,approaches to child protection vary across Canada.According to your text,all of the following articulate those terms EXCEPT which?
A)legislation
B)investigative procedures
C)child welfare services
D)aboriginal placements
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Chapter 11: Social Welfare and Older Canadians
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Q1) Volunteering is an important aspect of life for many seniors.What percentage of Canadian seniors volunteer for an organization?
A)7 percent
B)13 percent
C)26 percent
D)40 percent
Q2) Which of the following statements describes seniors today?
A)In general,older adults are not overly anxious about death.
B)Older people are more likely to commit suicide than younger people.
C)Developing some degree of dementia is a normal part of aging.
D)The majority of older adults are poor.
Q3) Most Canadians rely to some extent on the retirement income system,which is based on established pillars.Which pillar's goal is to support universal programs that provide a basic minimum income?
A)Pillar 1: Old Age Security (OAS)and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
B)Pillar 2: The Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
C)Pillar 3: Private pension plans and savings
D)Pillar 3: Workplace pension plans and savings
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Chapter 12: The Social Welfare of Aboriginal Canadians
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Q1) In the early 1970s,Canada's Aboriginal peoples organized themselves into several formal groups.Which of the following is the National Aboriginal Organization that primarily represents Aboriginal people living off a reserve?
A)Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
B)Native Council of Canada
C)Inuit Tapirisat of Canada
D)Assembly of First Nations
Q2) By 2006,what percentage of Aboriginal peoples lived in cities?
A)less than 25 percent
B)25-39 percent
C)40-49 percent
D)more than 50 percent
Q3) In 1991,why did the Government of Canada appoint the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples?
A)to set up a healing strategy for survivors of Indian residential schools
B)to review relations between government and Aboriginal peoples
C)to end enfranchisement policies
D)to amend the Indian Act
Q4) Identify and describe the three distinct groups of Canada's Aboriginal population?
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Chapter 13: The Social Welfare of Recent Immigrants
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Q1) After WW2,numerous policy and legislative acts were enacted in response to the changing beliefs and values regarding Canadian immigration.Despite this progress,in which decade did significant cracks in the acts began to emerge,causing public opinion of immigration to drop?
A)1960
B)1970
C)1980
D)1990
Q2) During the first immigration phase,which of the following scenarios describes who was most desired and allowed entry into Canada?
A)all young immigrant men with proven skills
B)families from Britain and Europe
C)all citizens fleeing from the plague and abject poverty
D)skilled immigrants from Italy,Portugal,and Greece
Q3) To ensure Anglo-Saxon supremacy a head tax was placed on which group?
A)The French
B)The Spanish
C)The Chinese
D)The Portuguese
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Chapter 14: Social Welfare and People With Disabilities
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Q1) You're at a community meeting and the presenting concern is the growing number of citizens in your community with disabilities.Over and over again you hear the following type of statement: "Our goal should be to help them fit in as normally as possible." Which perspective would best describe this statement?
A)ecological perspective
B)functional limitations perspective
C)impairment perspective
D)anti-oppressive perspective
Q2) Which of the following influential documents predated the enactment of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
A)Improving Social Security in Canada
B)In Unison: A Canadian Approach to Disability Issues
C)Mainstream
D)Obstacles
Q3) What percentage of women in Canada have a disability?
A)5 percent
B)10 percent
C)15 percent
D)20 percent
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