Question 1

Policy advocates should:

Accepted Answer

A) Be sensible and take risks. 
B) Seek social reforms no matter the chance of success. 
C) Avoid all risks. 
D) Always seek to decrease conflict. 
A) Be sensible and take risks. 
B) Seek social reforms no matter the chance of success. 
C) Avoid all risks. 
D) Always seek to decrease conflict. A

Question 2

Policy advocates aim to:

Accepted Answer

A) Prevent all social problems. 
B) Help citizens obtain their basic needs. 
C) Change social policy. 
D) Change electoral legislation. 
A) Prevent all social problems. 
B) Help citizens obtain their basic needs. 
C) Change social policy. 
D) Change electoral legislation. C

Question 3

"Policy advocacy" aims to:

Accepted Answer

A) Change clients' attitudes. 
B) Help clients from powerless groups obtain resources and opportunities. 
C) Provide support to advocates. 
D) Encourage clinicians to sponsor new policies. 
A) Change clients' attitudes. 
B) Help clients from powerless groups obtain resources and opportunities. 
C) Provide support to advocates. 
D) Encourage clinicians to sponsor new policies. B

Question 4

Electoral politics:

Accepted Answer

A) Is outside the scope of policy advocacy. 
B) Can only be addressed by professional consultants. 
C) Can only be addressed by special interests. 
D) Helps to determine the extent legislators are amenable to social reform. 
A) Is outside the scope of policy advocacy. 
B) Can only be addressed by professional consultants. 
C) Can only be addressed by special interests. 
D) Helps to determine the extent legislators are amenable to social reform.

Question 5

Social work policy advocates are qualified to do the following:

Accepted Answer

A) Seek policy reforms that are in the general interest. 
B) Work from an ecological or systems perspective. 
C) Develop attributes that support policy advocacy. 
D) All of these choices. 
A) Seek policy reforms that are in the general interest. 
B) Work from an ecological or systems perspective. 
C) Develop attributes that support policy advocacy. 
D) All of these choices.

Question 6

A job training program is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) An opportunity-enhancing policy. 
B) A referral policy. 
C) A regulation. 
D) An economic development policy. 
A) An opportunity-enhancing policy. 
B) A referral policy. 
C) A regulation. 
D) An economic development policy.

Question 7

Which of the following is a challenge for a policy advocate?

Accepted Answer

A) No one is interested in changing existing legislation. 
B) Most people hold the same values regarding the needs of vulnerable populations. 
C) Specific persons or corporations will try to block reforms. 
D) Previous advocates have not succeeded. 
A) No one is interested in changing existing legislation. 
B) Most people hold the same values regarding the needs of vulnerable populations. 
C) Specific persons or corporations will try to block reforms. 
D) Previous advocates have not succeeded.

Question 8

Fragmentation refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) The lack of one coherent policy to deal with an issue. 
B) The client's need to visit many different agencies to deal with the same issue. 
C) The lack of consistent services over a period of time. 
D) Staff performing tasks that they have not been trained to do. 
A) The lack of one coherent policy to deal with an issue. 
B) The client's need to visit many different agencies to deal with the same issue. 
C) The lack of consistent services over a period of time. 
D) Staff performing tasks that they have not been trained to do.

Question 9

The first thing a policy advocate needs is:

Accepted Answer

A) The backing of a major political party. 
B) A strong position within an agency. 
C) A vision of an ideal world. 
D) Stubbornness and thick skin. 
A) The backing of a major political party. 
B) A strong position within an agency. 
C) A vision of an ideal world. 
D) Stubbornness and thick skin.

Question 10

Devolution of policy means:

Accepted Answer

A) Devaluation of policies. 
B) Transferal of policies from federal government to states,counties,and municipalities. 
C) Reduced funding of policies. 
D) The genesis of policy. 
A) Devaluation of policies. 
B) Transferal of policies from federal government to states,counties,and municipalities. 
C) Reduced funding of policies. 
D) The genesis of policy.

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a vulnerable population?

Accepted Answer

A) Nonconformist groups. 
B) Racial groups. 
C) Dependent groups. 
D) Special interest groups. 
A) Nonconformist groups. 
B) Racial groups. 
C) Dependent groups. 
D) Special interest groups.

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a compensatory strategy?

Accepted Answer

A) Extra tutoring for pupils with specific learning difficulties. 
B) Encouraging employment opportunities for single mothers. 
C) Raising funds for a new wheelchair for a paraplegic citizen. 
D) Helping spouses of alcoholics to form a support group. 
A) Extra tutoring for pupils with specific learning difficulties. 
B) Encouraging employment opportunities for single mothers. 
C) Raising funds for a new wheelchair for a paraplegic citizen. 
D) Helping spouses of alcoholics to form a support group.

Question 13

Social policy is driven by:

Accepted Answer

A) Clients. 
B) Politics. 
C) Regulations. 
D) Goals. 
A) Clients. 
B) Politics. 
C) Regulations. 
D) Goals.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic skills policy advocates use?

Accepted Answer

A) Empathic skills. 
B) Analytic skills. 
C) Value-clarifying skills. 
D) Interactional skills. 
A) Empathic skills. 
B) Analytic skills. 
C) Value-clarifying skills. 
D) Interactional skills.

Question 15

Actualized policy includes:

Accepted Answer

A) Informal,unwritten policies. 
B) Personal policy actions,such as obeying or disobeying a policy. 
C) Official,written policies. 
D) Personal orientations toward policy. 
A) Informal,unwritten policies. 
B) Personal policy actions,such as obeying or disobeying a policy. 
C) Official,written policies. 
D) Personal orientations toward policy.

Question 16

"Policy practice" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A) Clinical practice in policy settings. 
B) Efforts to change policies in legislative,agency and community settings. 
C) A series of class exercises meant to establish an understanding of policy. 
D) A case application of political actions. 
A) Clinical practice in policy settings. 
B) Efforts to change policies in legislative,agency and community settings. 
C) A series of class exercises meant to establish an understanding of policy. 
D) A case application of political actions.

Question 17

What is social policy?

Accepted Answer

A) A collective strategy that prevents and addresses social problems. 
B) The viewpoint of legislative leaders. 
C) A program of actions. 
D) The pursuit of justice. 
A) A collective strategy that prevents and addresses social problems. 
B) The viewpoint of legislative leaders. 
C) A program of actions. 
D) The pursuit of justice.

Question 18

Structural discrimination is:

Accepted Answer

A) Bias against disabled persons through architectural standards. 
B) A series of factors that negatively impinge on specific groups. 
C) An unfair preference for a theoretical approach. 
D) A bias against different populations. 
A) Bias against disabled persons through architectural standards. 
B) A series of factors that negatively impinge on specific groups. 
C) An unfair preference for a theoretical approach. 
D) A bias against different populations.

Policy advocates should:

Policy advocates aim to:

"Policy advocacy" aims to:

Electoral politics:

Social work policy advocates are qualified to do the following:

A job training program is an example of:

Which of the following is a challenge for a policy advocate?

Fragmentation refers to:

The first thing a policy advocate needs is:

Devolution of policy means:

Which of the following is NOT a vulnerable population?

Which of the following is an example of a compensatory strategy?

Social policy is driven by:

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic skills policy advocates use?

Actualized policy includes:

"Policy practice" refers to:

What is social policy?

Structural discrimination is:

Articulating Four Rationales for Participating in Policy Advocacy

Obtaining Skills and Competencies for Policy Advocacy

Understanding the Ecology of Policy in Governmental, electoral, community, and Agency Settings

Expanding Policy Advocacy Across National Borders

Committing to an Issue: Building Agendas

Analyzing Problems in the First Step of Policy Analysis

Developing Policy Proposals in the Second, third, and Fourth Steps of Policy Analysis

Presenting and Defending Policy Proposals in Step 5 and Step 6 of Policy Analysis

Developing and Using Power in the Policy-Enacting Task

Developing Political Strategy and Putting It Into Action in the Policy-Enacting Task

Engaging in Ballot-Based Policy Advocacy

Troubleshooting the Implementation of Policies in Task 7

Assessing Policy: Toward Evidence-Based Policy During Task 8

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Exam 1: Joining a Tradition of Social Reform

Policy advocates should:

Policy advocates aim to:

"Policy advocacy" aims to:

Electoral politics:

Social work policy advocates are qualified to do the following:

A job training program is an example of:

Which of the following is a challenge for a policy advocate?

Fragmentation refers to:

The first thing a policy advocate needs is:

Devolution of policy means:

Which of the following is NOT a vulnerable population?

Which of the following is an example of a compensatory strategy?

Social policy is driven by:

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic skills policy advocates use?

Actualized policy includes:

"Policy practice" refers to:

What is social policy?

Structural discrimination is:

Articulating Four Rationales for Participating in Policy Advocacy

Obtaining Skills and Competencies for Policy Advocacy

Understanding the Ecology of Policy in Governmental, electoral, community, and Agency Settings

Expanding Policy Advocacy Across National Borders

Committing to an Issue: Building Agendas

Analyzing Problems in the First Step of Policy Analysis

Developing Policy Proposals in the Second, third, and Fourth Steps of Policy Analysis

Presenting and Defending Policy Proposals in Step 5 and Step 6 of Policy Analysis

Developing and Using Power in the Policy-Enacting Task

Developing Political Strategy and Putting It Into Action in the Policy-Enacting Task

Engaging in Ballot-Based Policy Advocacy

Troubleshooting the Implementation of Policies in Task 7

Assessing Policy: Toward Evidence-Based Policy During Task 8

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