Test 3 (http://SocialWorkExam.com)
1.A father has abused his wife and requires therapy. In the therapy you might recommend to the
court that:
Therapy is not an effect deterrent to abuse, no therapy is recommend for the father
The wife and daughter should be seen together
The wife and husband should be seen together
The wife, husband and client should be seen together
2.If test scores are converted to percent correct scores, which scale of measurement would describe
the scores?
Nominal
Ratio
Interval
Ordinal
3.On a standardized achievement test Jeni received an 80 with a standard error measurement of 10.
In talking to the student the social workers might have told her:
The amount of time that passed would be the major indicator of how well she did
Chances are if she took the test again she would score between 70 and 90.
Only 20% of the individuals taking the test did better than her
She would receive the same score 8 out of 10 times that she retook the test
4.Which of the following is believed to be a common etiological factor in the acquisition of a panic,
obsessive-compulsive, and generalized anxiety disorder:
Occurrence of a prior traumatic event
Irregular seratonin levels
Perceived lack of control
Head injury
5.What does a low coefficient alpha mean when appraising the reliability of an assessment tool?
There is high inter-item congruency
The test items were homogeneous
Every test item was independent from other test items
The Assessment tool was too short
6.All of the following are dissociative disorders except...
dysthymic disorder
depersonalization disorder
multiple personality disorder
dissociative fugue
7.A couple blame each other for all their relationship difficulties; their family social worker asks
each to use first person statements and speak directly to one another, rather than talking about
each other in the third person. This strategy is employed in:
Psychodynamic family therapy
Communication family therapy
Structural family therapy
Strategic family therapy
8.The philosophies of Jung and Freud are different in all of these ways except the following:
Jung rejected the concept of the ego
Jung's unconscious includes a personal and collective unconscious
Jung believed that the social worker and client should interact more than Freud
Jung is more positive regarding humankind
9.How are normative and ipsative measures different?
Ipsative and Normative measure basically the same way
Normative measures only allow comparison within the individual
Ipsative measures can be used to compare different test takers
Ipsative - compare test Items to one another; normative- each test item examined independently
10.After being diagnosed with AIDS and losing his job, Alan moves in with his family who don't know
about his situation. Alan tells his social worker he is afraid to share that he has AIDS with family
because he feels that they will reject him. What should the social worker do?
Work with Alan about his inability to tell his family about his situation
Help Alan find a place to live without the stress he is now experiencing
Invite the entire family in for therapy
Have Alan see a vocational social worker to help him get back on his feet
11.DSM-IV stands for:
Developmental and Social Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition
Diagnostical and Strategic Manual of Mental Health Disorders, 4th edition
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition
Developmental and Strategic Manual of Mental Health, 4th edition
12.Dysthymic disorders are:
Paraphilias
Mood disorders
Schizophrenic disorders
Somatoform disorders
13.The court orders a drug user to seek therapy. He tells you he doesn't believe he needs therapy and
is attending only to avoid prison. Given the situation, which of these statements on informed
consent is true?
Informed consent would only be obtained through threat f the court so it doesn't really matter in
this situation
Criminals do not have rights, therefore you don't need informed consent
The court orders it, you don't need informed consent
You must obtain his informed consent from the client
14.An instrument that was designed to determine creativity levels also seems to measure academic
achievement, physical ability and cooking skills. Chances are this instrument is lacking in.
Content validity
Concept validity
Concurrent validity
Differential validity
15.A sleep disorder in which an individual falls asleep without warning, even during emotionally
arousing situations, is:
Sleep walking
Narcolepsy
Dystonia
Enuresis
16.The relationship between smoking and lung cancer has generally been debunked by the cigarette
manufacturers despite the research that shows a strong relationship between the two. Their denial
is probably due to the following:
Longitudinal studies have not been performed
Definition of terms
Correlation does not prove causation
Experiments can not be performed on humans
17.A rating of 89 in overall level of functioning on the DSM-IV, indicates:
An individual that is 90% normal
A perfect score
A high functioning individual
An individual which is functioning rather poorly
18.When a facilitator confronts group members with their self defeating behaviors in a manner that
makes them acknowledge responsibility and/or change the behaviors, she is treating resistance in a
manner that leads to:
A therapeutic bind
Resistance
Denial
Paradoxical intervention
19.This type of mood/behavior altering drugs slow the central nervous system down:
Antidepressants
Antipsychotics
Depressants
Psychotropics
20.An aptitude test is used to hire assembly line workers at a Tabasco bottling plant where they must
count bottles, put them in boxes and catch bottles that are missing labels, caps, etc.. before they
are boxed for shipment. Factor analysis of the test indicates the test measures motor skills and
ability to work with numbers. This is evidence of the tests:
Content validity
Criteria validity
Concurrent validity
Construct validity