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WorksheetsSocial Work Study Guide #1
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 43mins
What is the main purpose of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)?
A) To accredit social work college programs
B) To support the social work profession through advocacy, standards, and resources
C) To provide therapy services directly to clients
D) To create laws for the criminal justice system
Which of the following are main functions of NASW? (Select all that apply)
Supports the social work profession through advocacy and public policy
Provides professional standards and ethics guidance
Offers trainings and resources
Accredits MSW programs
Conducts criminal investigations
Which option is an example of a NASW membership benefit?
A) Free college tuition
B) Continuing education (CEUs) and trainings
C) Automatic clinical licensure
D) Court-appointed legal representation
Which NASW membership benefit best matches “helping social workers connect with others and grow professionally”?
A) Professional networking and career support
B) Criminal justice advocacy
C) Program accreditation
D) Medical insurance coverage
What is the main function of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)?
A) Accrediting social work degree programs
B) Promoting and supporting research in social work
C) Providing licensure for social workers
D) Writing the NASW Code of Ethics
SSWR helps social work by focusing on:
A) Building evidence about what works in practice and policy
B) Offering free counseling services to clients
C) Creating community service requirements for students
D) Setting the rules for APA formatting
What is the main function of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)?
A) Writing the social work Code of Ethics
B) Accrediting BSW and MSW programs to make sure they meet standards
C) Providing clinical therapy services
D) Licensing social workers in every state
CSWE is important because it:
A) Decides which laws social workers must follow
B) Sets what social work students should learn to become competent professionals
C) Creates the Grand Challenges list
D) Grades students’ discussion board posts
Why do social work students care about EPAS?
A) EPAS sets state licensure rules for social workers
B) EPAS is the framework CSWE uses to evaluate and accredit social work programs
C) EPAS is the NASW Code of Ethics
D) EPAS is a list of Grand Challenges
EPAS helps shape which parts of social work education? (Select all that apply)
Competencies students must learn
Field expectations (what you do in practicum/field)
Program outcomes (how learning is measured)
The final exam question pool
The professor’s email policy
What is the NASW Code of Ethics?
A) A list of social work research studies
B) The profession’s ethical rulebook that guides social workers’ behavior and decisions
C) A licensing exam for social workers
D) A policy manual for hospitals only
Which topics are covered by the NASW Code of Ethics? (Select all that apply)
Confidentiality
Boundaries
Competence
Conflicts of interest
Client rights
Grand Challenges are best described as:
A) Small goals for one client at a time
B) Major big-picture social problems addressed through practice, policy, and research
C) Rules for APA formatting
D) A list of required discussion posts
Which organization created the Grand Challenges initiative?
NASW
CSWE
SSWR
AASWSW
Generalist social work practice is best defined as:
A narrow approach that only focuses on therapy
A broad, flexible approach that can be used in many settings and levels
A research-only approach
A legal-only approach
Which are key ideas used in generalist social work practice? (Select all that apply)
Person-in-environment
Systems thinking
Strengths perspective
Empowerment
Ethics and evidence-based strategies
Micro practice focuses mainly on:
Communities and policies
Individuals and families
Groups only
Research studies
Which example best fits MEZZO practice?
Providing counseling to one student
Creating a new state policy about housing
Running a parent training group
Doing a genogram for one family
Macro practice focuses mainly on:
Individuals and families
Groups in a school
Communities, systems, and policy
Only case management
Which activity is an example of MACRO practice?
Helping a parent find resources
Coordinating services between agencies for one student
Policy advocacy to improve services
Counseling a client one-on-one
What is the correct order of the Planned Change Process in generalist practice?
Planning → Engagement → Assessment → Implementation → Evaluation → Termination
Engagement → Assessment → Planning → Implementation → Evaluation → Termination
Engagement → Planning → Assessment → Evaluation → Implementation → Termination
Assessment → Engagement → Planning → Implementation → Termination → Evaluation
Which phase focuses on building rapport, explaining confidentiality, and starting trust?
Assessment
Engagement
Implementation
Termination
During the Assessment phase, the social worker should:
End services and review progress
Gather information and identify needs and strengths
Only provide referrals
Focus only on policy change
Which are examples of environmental factors you might look at during Assessment? (Select all that apply)
Family
School
Culture
Money/Housing
Trauma history
Which phase is MOST client-centered and includes setting goals with the client and deciding who will do what and when?
Planning
Evaluation
Implementation
Follow-up
Which phase includes carrying out services, referrals, advocacy, and skills-building while monitoring progress?
Termination
Implementation
Assessment
Engagement
Which phase focuses on measuring outcomes and changing the plan if needed?
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Engagement
Termination is best described as:
A surprise ending with no review
A planned ending where progress is reviewed and next supports are planned
The phase where you gather strengths and needs
The phase where you build rapport and explain confidentiality
Which phase may happen after termination and involves checking in later to see how things are going?
Engagement
Follow-up
Planning
Assessment
A social worker notices the client is not meeting goals and changes the strategies in the plan. This is happening during which phase?
Engagement
Planning
Evaluation
Termination
A genogram is best described as:
A map of community resources
A family map like a family tree with extra meaning
A checklist of services
A policy guide
What can a genogram show? (Select all that apply)
Family structure (who is related)
Patterns across generations
Relationships (close, conflict, estranged)
Major events (divorce, death, addiction, trauma)
A client’s weekly work schedule
An ecomap is used to show:
A family tree going back three generations
A client/family’s connections to outside systems and supports/stressors
Only the client’s diagnosis
The planned change process steps
Which example would belong on an ecomap (outside systems)?
Aunt/Uncle relationships
Family history of divorce
School, job, healthcare, agencies
Patterns across generations
Why do social workers use ecomaps?
To decide a client’s grade in a course
To see where support is strong and where stress is coming from
To replace the need for assessment
To prove a client is lying
What is the main purpose of evaluation in social work practice?
To build rapport with the client
To see if interventions/services are effective
To create a genogram
To end services immediately
Evaluation helps a social worker decide which of the following?
Whether to keep the plan, change the plan, or if goals were met
Which license the client should earn
The client’s family tree
The course syllabus rules
How does evaluation help an agency? (Select all that apply)
Shows accountability
Helps improve services/programs
Proves every plan works the first time
Helps measure progress and outcomes
Self-determination means:
Social workers make choices for clients
Clients have the right to make choices about their own lives (within safety/legal limits)
Clients must follow the social worker’s plan
Only courts can make decisions
“Dignity and worth of the person” means:
People must earn respect
Every person has value and deserves respect
Only professionals deserve respect
Respect is not part of social work
Social justice focuses on:
Following rules without question
Fighting inequality/oppression and improving fairness/access
Only helping people with money
Keeping information secret
The value “importance of human relationships” means:
Relationships are not important in change
Relationships matter and often help people heal and change
Only family relationships matter
Social workers should avoid all relationships
Integrity means a social worker should be:
Funny and outgoing
Honest, responsible, and trustworthy
Strict and harsh
Quiet and private
Competence means:
Doing work even if you aren’t trained
Practicing within your training and continuing to learn
Never asking for help
Only learning in college, not on the job
Confidentiality means:
Tell anyone who asks about the client
Protect client information, with legal/ethical exceptions
Share client info with friends to get advice
Post client stories online without names
Which situations are examples of protecting confidentiality? (Select all that apply)
Sharing client details only with the treatment team who needs to know
Discussing a client’s case in a public hallway
Keeping records private and secure
Posting a client story on social media without permission
A client wants to make a choice the social worker disagrees with, but it’s legal and safe. Which value is MOST relevant?
Integrity
Self-determination
Competence
Social justice
A social worker takes a training because they feel unsure about a new client need. Which value is MOST relevant?
Competence
Confidentiality
Dignity and worth
Social justice
Why is critical thinking important in generalist social work practice?
Social work problems are simple and have one clear answer
Social workers deal with complex situations that are not black and white
It helps social workers avoid doing assessments
It replaces the need for ethics
Critical thinking helps social workers do which of the following? (Select all that apply)
Avoid assumptions
Look at evidence
Consider culture and systems
Choose interventions ethically
Ignore client strengths
A social worker slows down, checks facts, and avoids jumping to conclusions. This is an example of:
Critical thinking
Termination
Plagiarism
Macro practice
Cultural competence means:
Treating everyone the exact same no matter what
Working respectfully and effectively with people from different cultures/identities/backgrounds
Memorizing every culture’s rules
Avoiding cultural discussions
Why is cultural competence important?
It helps social workers write faster
Misunderstanding culture can cause harm, bias, or wrong interventions
It guarantees clients will agree with the plan
It is only needed in macro work
How can social workers advance cultural competence? (Select all that apply)
Self-reflection and awareness of personal bias
Cultural humility (you don’t “master” someone’s culture)
Listening and learning from clients
Adapting services to fit the client’s culture and needs
Assuming your culture is “normal”
The strengths perspective focuses on:
Problems only
Strengths, resilience, abilities, and resources
Diagnoses only
Punishment for poor choices
Why do social workers use the strengths perspective?
It builds hope and motivation and helps clients feel seen, not judged
It avoids making any plan
It ignores the environment
It guarantees quick results
Which question best fits the strengths perspective?
“What is wrong with you?”
“Who should we blame for this?”
“What has helped you before?”
“Why didn’t you fix this sooner?”
Empowerment in social work means:
The social worker makes decisions for the client
Helping clients gain control/power over decisions and their lives
Only giving clients information and nothing else
Ending services quickly
Which are examples of empowerment in practice? (Select all that apply)
Client-led goals
Teaching skills and self-advocacy
Connecting clients to resources
Supporting clients speaking up in systems (school, courts, healthcare)
Keeping clients dependent on the social worker
Systems theory teaches that:
People are separate from their environment
People are part of connected systems, and change in one part affects other parts
Only the individual matters
Social workers should ignore schools and communities
Person-in-Environment (PIE) means social workers should:
Focus only on the client’s personal choices
Look at the person AND the environment affecting them
Ignore family and community factors
Only use counseling strategies
A social worker connects a client to food assistance, housing help, and counseling services. This role is:
Mediator
Broker
Evaluator
Facilitator
A social worker speaks up to ensure a client gets fair access to services and their rights are protected. This role is:
Advocate
Case manager
Organizer
Counselor/Clinician
A social worker coordinates appointments, tracks services, and follows up on client progress across providers. This role is:
Educator
Case manager
Facilitator
Broker
A social worker helps two family members talk through a disagreement and reach a solution. This role is:
Mediator
Organizer
Evaluator
Advocate
A social worker teaches a client coping skills and explains how to complete benefit applications. This role is:
Facilitator
Educator
Broker
Researcher
A social worker leads a support group meeting and keeps the discussion on track. This role is:
Facilitator
Case manager
Counselor/Clinician
Advocate
A social worker brings community members together to create change (like improving neighborhood resources). This role is:
Educator
Organizer
Mediator
Broker
A social worker collects data to see if a program is working and studies what strategies help clients most. This role is:
Advocate
Evaluator/Researcher
Facilitator
Case manager
A social worker provides therapy and clinical support (when trained/licensed). This role is:
Counselor/Clinician
Broker
Organizer
Evaluator
A “client system” in social work refers to:
Only one individual client
Who the social worker is working with (individual, family, group, organization, or community)
The social worker’s coworkers
The state licensing board
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) combines:
Social worker’s opinion only
Best research evidence + professional expertise + client preferences/values/culture
Client preferences only
School policies only
Which are ways to advance Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)? (Select all that apply)
Use peer-reviewed research
Track outcomes using evaluation
Keep up with current best practices
Avoid research because it changes
Forensic social work is social work that takes place in:
Schools only
Settings connected to the legal system
Grocery stores
Only hospitals
Which setting is an example of where forensic social workers may work?
Courts or probation/parole
A sports team practice
A daycare playground
A shopping mall
Community social work mainly focuses on:
Only individual counseling
Community needs, access to services, prevention, and improving conditions/resources
Writing APA papers
Hospital discharge plans only
Rehabilitation social work focuses on helping people adapt to:
Homework and school projects
Disability, injury, or chronic illness
New job interviews only
Court sentencing
Which is an example of what rehabilitation social workers do?
Discharge planning and connecting people to resources
Writing laws
Running criminal investigations
Grading assignments
Which license is typically considered the clinical/independent clinical license that can provide therapy and usually requires supervised clinical hours?
LSW / LMSW
LCSW / LICSW
NASW
EPAS
What is one main purpose of social work licensure?
To decide course grades
To protect the public and ensure competence/ethical practice
To replace the Code of Ethics
To eliminate the need for supervision
