Deck 1: What Is Social Work

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a premise of social work and social welfare?

A) The person is important
B) Not all people deserve to be helped
C) People have personal, family, and community problems resulting from interaction with others
D) Something can be done to alleviate these problems and enrich the individual's life

Answer 1

Not all people deserve to be helped

Question 2

Social Welfare

A) Is a synonym of social work because both terms have the same meaning
B) Has a broader meaning and encompasses social work and public welfare
C) Provides random charity to needy deserving people
D) Services are delivered by social workers only

Answer 2

Has a broader meaning and encompasses social work and public welfare

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an underlying assumption of social work.

A) Social work practice is an art without a scientific Foundation.
B) The internalization of professional knowledge and values is a vital characteristic of the professional social worker
C) Professional skill is expressed in the activities of the social worker.
D) Social work has problem-solving functions.

Answer 3

Social work practice is an art without a scientific Foundation.

Question 4

The scientific base of social work consists of three types of knowledge:

A) Tested knowledge.
B) Hypothetical knowledge.
C) Presumptive knowledge.
D) Assumptive knowledge.

Question 5

Social Work emphasizes on:

A) Total person in the Total environment.
B) Not developing a worker-client professional relationship.
C) social interaction and resultant social functioning and malfunctioning
D) Utilization of community resources.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Social Work practice?

A) Emphasis is on the importance of the family in molding and influencing behavior.
B) Social Work has a unique educational program involving class work and practical field work experience, which go hand in hand.
C) The aim of social work is to help the clients become dependent on the social worker to get better service.
D) The aim of social work is to help clients help themselves.

Question 7

Traditional social work emphasizes three basic processes:

A) clinical work, art work, and community organization.
B) clinical work, group work, and public welfare.
C) Social change, group work, and community organization.
D) clinical work, group work, and community organization.

Question 8

NASW

A) Stands for National Association of Social Workforce.
B) Was established in 1950.
C) Interprets practice and values of social work to the public.
D) Is a type of social work license obtained after BSW

Question 9

Which of the following statements is NOT true?:

A) Social work today is utilized in a variety of settings and agencies.
B) One area in which social work services are expanding is in international social work.
C) Social workers have been banned from all foreign adoption agencies
D) American social work programs are collaborating with social work programs in other countries to improve the quality of social work education and services.

Question 10

Social work is different from other disciplines such as sociology, psychology, psychiatry, and counseling because

A) Social work emphasizes on a professional "relationship" with the clients
B) Social work "cures" emotional and psychological problems
C) Social Work focuses on theories of human behavior and social change
D) Social work focuses on the total person in the total environment

Question 11

Explain the uniqueness of the social work profession in terms of its characteristics. How is social work different from other disciplines such as sociology, psychology, counseling, psychiatry? Provide examples wherever possible.

Question 12

Define "social welfare." How is social welfare different from Social work? What are the similarities between social work and social welfare?

Question 13

Explain the eight underlying assumptions of the social work profession. Give examples wherever possible.

Question 14

Explain the three basic functions of social work. Describe each function and include examples.

Question 15

Explain how American social workers and social work schools are getting more involved with International education and practice of social work. Focus on different areas of international social work and include examples wherever possible.