Social Work with Individuals and Families Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth overview of the theories, principles, and practice skills necessary for effective social work with individuals and families. Emphasizing a strengths-based and culturally responsive approach, students explore assessment, intervention, and evaluation methods tailored to diverse client needs within various life stages and social contexts. Through case studies, role-plays, and critical analysis, the course examines ethical considerations, the impact of social policies, and the importance of advocacy, while fostering practical skills in communication, relationship-building, and collaborative problem-solving with individuals and family systems.
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Human Development A Life-Span View 3rd Edition by Christine Ateah
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Chapter 1: The Study of Human Development
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Q1) After studying his history, Giles is excused from having to wash the dishes, a task he detests. What are Giles's parents attempting to use to increase Giles's studying?
A) positive reinforcement
B) punishment
C) extinction
D) negative reinforcement
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following terms is associated with social cognitive theory?
A) self-control
B) imitation
C) life-span perspective
D) discontinuity
Answer: B
Q3) What is the correct order of Piaget's stages of development?
A) sensorimotor, concrete operational, preoperational, formal operational
B) preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational, sensorimotor
C) sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
D) preoperational, sensorimotor, formal operational, concrete operational
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Biological Foundations
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Q1) During the embryonic period, what forms the hair and the nervous system?
A) cells in the mesoderm layer
B) cells in the endoderm layer
C) cells in the placenta layer
D) cells in the ectoderm layer
Answer: D
Q2) What was the main finding of DeCasper and Spence's (1986) study in which pregnant mothers read the story The Cat in the Hat?
A) Prior to birth, the fetuses began to mimic the sounds their mothers were making.
B) After birth, the infants appeared to recognize the rhythm at which the mothers had read the stories.
C) After birth, the infants showed no reaction when they once again heard the story.
D) After birth, the infants who had been read to began to speak at an earlier age than a control group that had not been read to.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Tools for Exploring the World
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Q1) When baby Jared is crying, his parents comfort him using a method used by Native Americans. This provides comfort to Jared, and it soothes him so that he will stop crying. What useful technique do Jared's parents employ?
A) swaddling Jared in a blanket
B) singing lullabies
C) going for a drive
D) giving Jared a pacifier
Answer: A
Q2) What is one of the valuable functions of smell and taste in newborns?
A) These functions allow newborns to recognize their mothers.
B) These functions allow newborns to keep their balance.
C) These functions allow newborns to further develop their other senses.
D) These functions allow newborns to develop food preferences.
Answer: A
Q3) Which speech sound is always a single vowel-like sound?
A) a phoneme
B) babble
C) coo
D) a morpheme
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Entering the Social World
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Q1) When reunited with their caregiver, what do securely attached infants tend to show?
A) fear
B) rejection
C) a need for a brief interaction
D) a need for an extended interaction
Q2) You are the infant's "playmate." When distressed, this child does not prefer you, but when the child wants to play, she chooses you. Which relationship do you most likely have with the child?
A) mother
B) teacher
C) father
D) sibling
Q3) According to research, which ethnicity of babies tends to be fearful and emotionally negative?
A) Russian
B) Chinese
C) French
D) African American
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Chapter 5: Growing and Learning in the Preschool Years
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Q1) The following 3-year-olds are asked to count the number of fingers they have on their left hand. Assuming that they each have five fingers, who best illustrates the one-to-one principle?
A) Bobby, who says, "1, 4, 2!"
B) Hannah, who says, "5, 3, 1, blastoff!"
C) Ben, who says, "One hand has five fingers"
D) Colby, who says, "1, 2, C, D, F."
Q2) How did Piaget and Vygotsky view the "journey" of cognitive development?
A) Both saw children as making the journey alone.
B) Piaget saw the journey as involving an apprenticeship driven by collaboration with others, while Vygotsky saw children as making the journey alone.
C) Vygotsky saw the journey as involving an apprenticeship driven by collaboration with others, while Piaget saw children as making the journey alone.
D) Both saw the journey as involving an apprenticeship driven by collaboration with others.
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Chapter 6: Interacting and the Work of Play
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Q1) With which person is Rosalind most likely to act altruistically?
A) Demi, whom Rosalind has never met
B) Masja, who was in Rosalind's class last year
C) Hayley, who is Rosalind's little sister
D) Dianne, who is a friend of Rosalind's mother
Q2) As a typical North American father, when would Harry be most upset with his son Frank?
A) if Frank was aggressive
B) if Frank wanted to play "house"
C) if Frank showed affection toward him
D) if Frank engaged in sex-role stereotype behaviours
Q3) When you hear someone say, "Those neighbour kids are neglected. Even when the parents are home they do virtually nothing," which parenting style should come to mind?
A) authoritarian style
B) indulgent-permissive style
C) indifferent-uninvolved style
D) authoritative style
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Chapter 7: Off to School
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Q1) If you are reading this test question for the first time, where will the question be stored?
A) currently stored in sensory memory
B) currently stored in long-term memory
C) currently stored in working memory
D) not currently stored in any memory system
Q2) Which of the following factors accounts for the variance in IQ scores?
A) gender
B) heredity
C) age
D) ethnicity
Q3) If you lacked phonological awareness, what would you most likely have great difficulty in?
A) believing that a rocking chair cannot move on its own
B) writing the word "cat" even if you knew how it was spelled
C) understanding that words are symbolic representations of objects
D) hearing the difference between the words "putt" and "butt"
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Chapter 8: Expanding Social Horizons
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Q1) What is the most likely cause of children being rejected by their peers?
A) being disciplined inconsistently by their parents
B) being raised by parents with excellent social skills
C) being raised by parents with an authoritative style
D) being the victims of time-out procedures
Q2) Zoe is the new girl at the local high school. Even though they barely know her, Sydney and Jenna spread malicious rumours about why Zoe had to leave her previous school. Sydney and Jenna's maltreatment of Zoe exemplifies what type of behaviour?
A) hostile aggression
B) torment
C) relational aggression
D) intimidation
Q3) Angelica is well liked by most all of her classmates. What kind of child does she exemplify?
A) an average child
B) a neglected child
C) a controversial child
D) a popular child
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Chapter 9: Rites of Passage
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Q1) Katy is a young woman who matured at a young age. Which of the following scenarios is Katy likely to experience?
A) She will have behavioural problems.
B) She will be academically strong and get good grades.
C) She will be popular in social situations.
D) She will experience a great deal of stress throughout her life.
Q2) Alan is in the upper 20% for weight for his height, Erin is in the upper 10% for weight for her height, Tim is in the upper 5% for weight for his height, and Toni is in the upper 2% for weight for her height. How many of these four children would be classified as overweight?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Q3) According to Jaffee and Hyde (2000), on what type of problem do men score higher than women?
A) problems that emphasize caring
B) problems that emphasize social equality
C) problems that emphasize justice
D) problems that emphasize morality
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Chapter 10: Moving into the Adult Social World
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Q1) Why is the knowledge of one's ethnic identity so crucial to people and especially adolescents?
A) Strong identification with the mainstream culture is critical for adolescents.
B) Adolescents who have a strong ethnic identity tend to have higher self-esteem.
C) Identifying with the mainstream culture weakens ethnic identity in some groups but not others.
D) Successive generations may have an increasingly weaker ethnic identity.
Q2) Which of the following is a warning signal for suicide?
A) hoarding of one's belongings
B) excessive eating
C) marked changes in personality
D) avoiding social situations
Q3) What has research indicated about identity achievement status?
A) that it cannot be obtained until young adulthood
B) that it varies by concept (e.g., political affiliation, career choice)
C) that it follows an invariant sequence
D) that it has little "real-life"
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Chapter 11: Becoming an Adult
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Q1) Each year in Canada, approximately how many people die from tobacco use?
A) 190
B) 990
C) 9 990
D) 19 000
Q2) Allanah is 57 and recently divorced. She is at the stage in her life at which she has to make many decisions regarding her future on her own. As a typical mature adult, how will Allanah most likely make her decisions?
A) on the spur of the moment
B) on pragmatic and emotional grounds
C) with absolute certainty and no emotion
D) with the advice of family and friends
Q3) Amanda is physically dependent on alcohol and experiences withdrawal symptoms when she doesn't drink. How would Amanda's experience with alcohol best classified?
A) an addiction
B) a rite of passage
C) binge drinking
D) healthy behaviour
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Chapter 12: Being with Others
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Q1) The phrase "'til death do you part" is often said during marriage services. What does this phrase illustrate?
A) passion
B) romantic love
C) commitment
D) consummate love
Q2) How do relationships between gay and lesbians versus heterosexuals differ?
A) Homosexual couples are more likely to vary in age, race, and education.
B) Lesbian couples tend to be significantly less egalitarian.
C) Heterosexual couples are more likely to share household chore responsibilities.
D) Heterosexual couples are more likely to argue over social and political issues.
Q3) Who is most likely to get remarried the fastest after getting divorced?
A) Lisa, who is a well-established business executive
B) Glenn, who is a 30-year-old male
C) Jeanette, who is a 40-year-old female
D) Roberta, who has 4 years of post-secondary education
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Chapter 13: Work and Leisure
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Q1) In which of the following scenarios is a woman likely to be put into a leadership position?
A) when financial performance for a company is good
B) when an inexperienced male applies for the same position
C) when a male takes a leave of absence
D) when a crisis situation occurs
Q2) Last year, Mark took his first job, as a sales representative with a major corporation. Since then he has done such a fine job that he has been promoted twice. Which of Super's phases of occupational development is Mark probably in?
A) implementation
B) maintenance
C) establishment
D) deceleration
Q3) What approximate percentage of females will face some type of sexual harassment in the workplace?
A) 75%
B) 80%
C) 85%
D) 90%
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Chapter 14: Making It in Midlife
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Q1) How does encapsulation assist older thinkers?
A) It helps compensate for declining processes of thinking.
B) It increases the capacity of short-term memory.
C) It allows them to begin to deal with abstract ideas.
D) It increases convergent thinking while inhibiting divergent thinking.
Q2) According to Leventhal et al. (2002), which of the following practices, if regularly performed, can help to reduce the risk for chronic diseases as one ages?
A) regular exercise
B) meditation
C) reading
D) doing crossword puzzles
Q3) Ben is 28 years old, and finds that exercise helps him to cope with stress. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, what is the recommended weekly amount of time that adults aged 18 to 64 years should engage in aerobic activity?
A) 1 hour
B) 1.5 hours
C) 2 hours
D) 2.5 hours
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Chapter 15: The Personal Context of Later Life
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Q1) In order to depict the number of people of different ages in the population, what graphing technique is used?
A) demography
B) census-taking
C) worldometers
D) population pyramid
Q2) According to Statistics Canada (2012), a woman's average longevity is close to how many more years than her male counterpart at birth?
A) 2 years
B) 3 years
C) 4 years
D) 5 years
Q3) Why is it that the oldest-old are able to live long lives and considered to be hardy?
A) because their wealth affords them excellent medical care
B) because they have not been exposed to as many toxins during their lifetimes
C) because they have a high threshold for disease
D) because they have typically made more healthy lifestyle choices across their lifespans
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Chapter 16: Social Aspects of Later Life
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Q1) According to Erik Erikson, which of the following 80-year-olds has achieved integrity?
A) Elmer, who is highly self-conscious
B) Christine, who is highly self-affirming
C) Harold, who has good self-recognition skills
D) Francis, who has excellent self-monitoring skills
Q2) Chris is a great-grandparent. Which of the following is most likely true about Chris?
A) Chris is male.
B) Chris married relatively early in life.
C) Chris plays a role similar to that of most grandparents.
D) Chris is highly involved with the great-grandchildren.
Q3) Eve is very close to her siblings, is very involved in their lives, and keeps an average level of contact with them. She does not resent or envy her siblings, but rather, thinks well of them. How would you best describe Eve's relationship with her siblings?
A) intimate
B) loyal
C) congenial
D) apathetic
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Chapter 17: The Final Passage
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Q1) What has anticipatory grief been shown to reduce?
A) the incidence of depression following the death of a family member
B) a parent's acceptance of the death of a child
C) the acquisition of effective social functioning following the death of a loved one
D) the speed at which normal happiness is obtained
Q2) As a hospice staff member, which of the following would you be most surprised to hear your supervisor say?
A) "We must make every effort to satisfy the realistic life-goals of our clients."
B) "Inform the clients that it is OK to end their relationships before they die."
C) "Be sure to inform clients that they can have as many drugs to relieve pain as they need."
D) "Remember that fear is a natural part of the dying process, so you should try and encourage it in the clients."
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