Welfare State in Canada Question Bank
Course Introduction
This course offers an in-depth examination of the development, structure, and challenges of the welfare state in Canada. Students will explore the historical roots of social welfare policies, the philosophical and political debates surrounding state intervention, and the evolution of key programs such as healthcare, unemployment insurance, and social assistance. The course also addresses contemporary issues faced by the Canadian welfare state, including economic globalization, demographic changes, and debates over privatization and social equity. By comparing Canadian policies with those of other countries, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how the welfare state shapes societal well-being and the ongoing questions about its future.
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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) According to IWC reports,what statistically occurred from 1994 to 2010?
A)The economy grew by approximately 30 percent,and the quality of life grew by approximately 6 percent.
B)The economy grew by approximately 10 percent,while the quality of life dropped by approximately 3 percent.
C)The economy grew by approximately 10 percent,and the quality of life grew by approximately 4 percent.
D)The economy grew by approximately 15 percent,while the quality of life dropped by approximately 4 percent.
Answer: A
Q2) According to the IWC reports,what occurred from 1994 to 2010 in Canada?
A)The economy and the quality of life both grew.
B)The economy grew but the quality of life dropped.
C)The economy dropped but the quality of life grew.
D)The economy and the quality of life both dropped.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Social Welfare Policy
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Q1) According to your text,at what stage during policy development would the introduction of two generic models be used-specifically the logic and a process model?
A)Stage 2: Understanding Social Issues and Problems
B)Stage 3: Consulting and Reviewing
C)Stage 4: Formalizing Policy
D)Stage 6: Evaluating Policies
Answer: D
Q2) 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.
Q3) Under the Canada Social Transfer (CST)each province and territory receives an equal per capita payment.What percent of the CST finances social assistance,child-care services,and social services across Canada?
A)25 percent
B)30 percent
C)70 percent
D)75 percent
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Historical Foundations
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Q1) Which term relates to the belief that citizens have a right to minimum levels of health and well-being?
A)social justice
B)social citizenship
C)social minimum
D)social safety net
Answer: B
Q2) Which piece of legislation specifically supported the development of workhouses?
A)Quebec's Royal Decree
B)the English Poor Laws
C)the English Civil Laws
D)the British North American Act
Answer: B
Q3) When the British North America (BNA)Act was enacted in 1867,which of the following describes who became the Dominion of Canada?
A)New Brunswick,Manitoba,Ontario,and Québec
B)New Brunswick,Nova Scotia,Ontario,and Québec
C)New Brunswick,Newfoundland,Ontario,and Québec
D)New Brunswick,Upper Canada ,Ontario,and Québec
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Social Welfare in the Globalization ERA
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Q1) In its 2013 Report Card on Canada,the Conference Board of Canada compared the quality of life in Canada with that of other advanced countries.How did Canada rank overall in terms of its social performance?
A)third out of seventeen countries
B)fifth out of seventeen countries
C)seventh out of seventeen countries
D)tenth out of seventeen countries
Q2) What was the first province in Canada to introduce welfare-to-work programs?
A)Alberta
B)British Columbia
C)Nova Scotia
D)Ontario
Q3) According to conservative thought,high taxation represents which of the following?
A)a governmental "burden"
B)a "punishment" against hard-working Canadians
C)a signal of economic uncertainty to world markets
D)an essential step in order to achieve prosperous governance
Q4) Describe a welfare-to-work program.
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Chapter 5: Service Sectors
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Q1) John's speech at a business luncheon emphasized the importance of his company's activities that are structured to not only improve the good of his company but also the good of the community.Which of the following does his speech reflect?
A)corporate social responsibility
B)voluntary-corporate social agendas
C)volunteer-friendly workplaces
D)nonprofits
Q2) Which political party dubbed the public,commercial,and voluntary sectors as the "three pillars" of Canadian society?
A)the Liberal Party of Canada
B)the Reform Party of Canada
C)the New Democratic Party of Canada
D)the Conservative Party of Canada
Q3) With respect to services,which of the following groups of citizens would NOT fall under the mandate of the federal government?
A)federal offenders
B)refugees
C)Royal Canadian Mounted Police
D)young offenders
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Chapter 6: Social Agencies
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Q1) Bureaucracies have been referred to as "well-oiled machines." Identify and describe five characteristics that would explain this point of view.
Q2) Which of the following social agency activities does NOT meet the criteria of an indirect service?
A)counselling clients
B)program evaluation
C)program planning
D)administration
Q3) Marie has a physical disability that makes it difficult to leave her house.Which of the following types of nonresidential services is most appropriate,given Marie's needs and limitations?
A)drop-in services
B)multiservice centres
C)outreach services
D)tertiary services
Q4) The text describes the case of Kimberly Rogers.Describe the reasons that lead to her death and the results of the inquest into her death.
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Chapter 7: Service Providers
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Q1) Canadian social workers focused their professional energies during the nineteenth century on all the following EXCEPT which?
A)taking and encouraging an empathic approach to the problem of poverty
B)educating the public about poverty
C)lobbying for standardized social work education to ensure poverty reduction strategies
D)lobbying for legislation to improve living standards for poor people
Q2) To be a profession,three criteria are important.One criterion is that a theoretical body of knowledge has been developed to guide practice.Identify the other two criteria of a profession.
a)___________________________________
b)___________________________________
Q3) Although the spirit of all helping professions is to provide assistance,there are distinct differences between them.Which of the following would differentiate social work from all the others when considering practice methods?
A)individual counselling
B)marital/family therapy
C)advocacy
D)psychotherapy
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Chapter 8: Planned Change in Micro, Mezzo, and Macro Systems
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Q1) The scientific approach to helping families emerged during the 1920s and 1930s.What was it commonly known as?
A)family therapy
B)family casework
C)family intervention
D)family-centred social work practice
Q2) There are many counselling models that service providers can use to help individual clients.On what societal emphasis is the recent popularity of "brief therapies" most compatible with?
A)efficiency
B)primary prevention
C)social investment
D)planned change
Q3) Which unit of society would be considered a macro system?
A)government lobbyists
B)families
C)organizations
D)small social groups
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) What was the first province in Canada to introduce a poverty-reduction plan,and to enforce that plan through legislation?
A)Nova Scotia
B)Ontario
C)British Columbia
D)Quebec
Q2) To calculate which Canadians are living in low income,the Government of Canada uses statistical measuring devices.Which of the following describes an absolute measure of poverty?
A)the low-income measure (LIM)
B)persistence of poverty (POP)
C)the market basket measure (MBM)
D)the low-income cut-offs (LICOs)
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a goal of Newfoundland and Labrador's poverty reduction strategy?
A)improved earned incomes
B)better-educated population
C)increased emphasis on early education
D)expanded immigration settlement programs
Q4) Identify and describe three types of economic costs created by poverty.
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Chapter 10: The Social Welfare of Children and Their Families
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Q1) The National Children's Agenda (NCA)supports a number of child-focused research projects.Which of the following is NOT under their umbrella?
A)A Canada Fit for Children Initiative
B)National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
C)National Child Benefit
D)The Early Childhood Development (ECd)Initiative
Q2) In 1999,Canada launched the National Children's Agenda (NCA),a comprehensive and long-term plan that articulates a shared vision for Canadian children.Using the city of Ottawa's example,identify and describe the Key Elements and Influences on Child and Youth Development Strategy,which guides their city's goal to enhance children's lives.
Q3) Which year did the United Nations proclaimed as the International Year of the Family?
A)1994
Q4) Various signs may indicate that a child may be suffering abuse or neglect.Identify four and explain how they might be revealed.
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Chapter 11: Social Welfare and Older Canadians
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Q1) In 2011,the baby boomers represented what percent of the population?
A)9 percent
B)19 percent
C)29 percent
D)39 percent
Q2) Increasingly,seniors with special needs are turning to which of the following to help them remain in their homes?
A)gerontechnology
B)meals and laundry delivery services
C)day-time personal care
D)granny suites
Q3) Most Canadians rely to some extent on the retirement income system,which is based on established pillars.Which pillar's goal relied on a mandatory contribution from workers and their employers to make during their working years?
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) Which Canadian prime minister spearheaded the Kelowna Accord as an attempt to raise the standard of living for Aboriginal peoples to that of non-Aboriginal Canadians within a ten-year period?
A)Brian Mulroney
B)Pierre Trudeau
C)Jean Chrétien
D)Paul Martin
Q2) The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement gives former students of residential schools all of the following EXCEPT which?
A)a bi-annual payment encompassing five consecutive years
B)a system through which they can seek further compensation for the abuse they suffered
C)a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to educate the public on the impact of the schools
D)funds to commemorate the legacy of the schools,and support projects under the Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Q3) 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) 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
Q2) What does the specialized area of settlement practice in the social welfare field focus on?
A)recent immigrants and refugees
B)recently divorced couples
C)welfare recipients
D)victims of domestic violence
Q3) In 1997,Canada introduced a new Immigration Act that divided immigrants' applications into three classes.What were these three classes?
A)an economic class,a family class,and an independent class
B)an economic class,a family class,and a refugee class
C)a skilled labour class,a security class,and a refugee class
D)a skilled labour class,a security class,and an independent class
Q4) Describe racialization,and its implications.
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Chapter 14: Social Welfare and People With Disabilities
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Q1) Which age group has the highest rate of disability in Canada?
A)young adults
B)middle-aged adults
C)seniors
D)children under age six
Q2) The evolution of social work practice within the disability community parallels the transition from segregation to mainstreaming.Which term describes the full participation of people with disabilities in school,work,social,and other activities,and their enjoyment of the same rights and privileges as Canadians without disabilities?
A)open house concept
B)assimilation
C)inclusion
D)anti-oppressive
Q3) Following the release of Obstacles,the rights of people with disabilities were included in what important document?
A)The Canadian Bill of Rights
B)The United Nations Disabled Person's Human Rights document
C)The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
D)The Status of Disabled Person's Rights Manual
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