Which of the following is a characteristic of social workers?
A. They attempt to use esoteric terminology rather than attempting to speak the language of the people.
B. They view individuals as completely free-willed creatures who can readily choose to become whatever and whomever they wish to become, regardless of current or past circumstances.
C. They always consider and usually involve other people or other social systems in the helping process.
D. They dismiss the idea that many communities are predisposed to react favorably or unfavorably to individual characteristics beyond their personal control.
Which of the following statements is true of the social work mission?
A. It is similar to legal, medical, and psychology professions.
B. It seeks to maintain the status quo in a society.
C. It restricts social changes.
D. It includes radical and, in some contexts, revolutionary aspirations.
According to The Oxford English Dictionary (Online), a _____ is a vocation or calling, especially one that involves some branch of advanced learning or science.
A. craze
B. quest
C. hobby
D. profession
Which of the following is a risk associated with a phase-to-phase or stage-to-stage approach to social work?
A. It encourages unethical social work practices.
B. It overlooks the fact that sometimes work usually undertaken in one phase emerges in another.
C. It suggests that the dynamics, tasks, functions, and skills applicable to one phase are evident in other phases as well, making the process complex.
D. It suggests that the engagement and assessment phases of social work practice can be eliminated but in reality this is not possible.
Which of the following is NOT a distinct grandparenting style?
a. Influential
b. Supportive
c. Detached
d. Active
Which group is most likely to be overlooked for alcohol screening?
a. Older women
b. Older men
c. Younger women
d. Younger men
What are the two most common types of chronic health conditions experienced by people over age 65?
a. Osteoporosis and respiratory diseases
b. Diabetes and heart disease
c. Hypertension and arthritis
d. Cancer and Alzheimer's disease
Which of the following is NOT a symptom of Alzheimer's disease?
a. Forgetting how to add and substract
b. Substituting strange words for forgotten words
c. Misplacing things in unusual places and having no memory of putting them there
d. Not feeling like doing a chore
Life expectancy
a. refers to the upper limit human beings can live.
b. refers to the number of years the average person may live who was born in a particular year.
c. has not increased significantly in the last several decades.
d. All of the above
Which of the following states is FALSE? In assessing elder abuse, possible red flags a social worker should
look for include
a. a hypervigilent or nervous or fearful older person.
b. family member mental illness.
c. an overtly hostile or belittling caregiver.
d. a young caregiver.
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