The United States is leads the world in
a. defense spending.
b. a generous and dignified standard of poverty.
c. programs that lift children out of poverty.
d. programs that enable adults to permanently escape poverty.
Despite all the claims and counterclaims, the rate of children living in poverty
a. typically rises under Democratic Administrations and falls under Republicanones
b. typically rises under Republican Administrations and falls under Democraticones.
c. remains fairly constant, regardless of political changes.
d. fluctuates for poorly-understood reasons unconnected to governmentpolicies.
Working adults are considered to be the new face of poverty in America. Today, the ranks of the working poor are at their highest level since the 1960s. At least ________ percent of working poor families have at least one adult working.
a. 60.
b. 50.
c. 40.
d. 30.
Income inequality in America was greatest during the
a. 1950s, when America was the richest nation the planet had ever seen.
b. 1970s, when inflation soared under Jimmy Carter.
c. 1990s, when Bill Clinton helped tighten welfare restrictions.
d. since 2009.
The inequality of wealth distribution in America is
a. about average in the developed worl
d.
b. the greatest in the developed worl
d.
c. below average for the developed worl
d.
d. the lowest in the developed worl
d.
Cognitive dissonance is as the
a. the experience of discomfort at simultaneously confronting two opposedbeliefs that contract one another, either in oneself or in the situation.
b. the experience of meshing study with life.
c. easily escaped by ignoring that which causes the dissonance.
d. None of the above.
The Full-Plate Syndrome is
a. very common amongst middle-class white women, who choose to work andhave it all, rather than caring for their families.
b. problem after problem is compounded so that the poor and the oppressedhave little time or energy to confront their situation.
c. the situation of a minority of people having more than enough of money andother resources in a community where the majority has too little.
d. an attempt to overcompensate for previous deprivation by never beingsatisfied, no matter how full one's plate is.
The Performance stage is
a. a time for the social worker to play a strong role to ensure goals areaccomplished. b. strengthened by active social worker participation.
c. often marked by cohesion and motivation.
d. the next-to-last of the four life cycle stages.
The storming stage is a time when the main challenge for group members is to
a. learn to take direction from the social worker for the best results.
b. learn to use the social worker to accomplish their goals.
c. learn to defer to naturally dominant personalities.
d. develop good working relationships with other members.
The norming stage is marked by
a. boundary testing.
b. testing the leader.
c. performance anxiety.
d. all of the above. OK. I would use more of these all of the above types ofquestions. Also, none of the above questions are preferable to all of thebelow, but
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