Deck 2: Articulating Four Rationales for Participating in Policy Advocacy

Question 1

Liberals are more likely than conservatives to want to:

A)Support roles for state and local governments.
B)Support free-market approaches,such as vouchers.
C)Support additional taxes for social programs.
D)Use the economic regulatory powers of the government to address problems in the workings of the private markets.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Traditional social work values,such as social justice and fairness:

A)Inspire social workers to become policy advocates.
B)Create effective clinicians.
C)Help determine treatment planning for direct service clients.
D)Promote agency involvement in client difficulties.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Empirical research:

A)Is concrete and dependable.
B)Should be scrutinized as it can sometimes be misleading.
C)Is based on applied theory.
D)Is considered a dated tool no longer used in policy practice.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Nonparticipation in the voting process:

A)Is a vote for the values of those who do participate.
B)Provides more affluent members of society with more power.
C)Can put low-income persons at a disadvantage in the voting process.
D)All of these choices.

Question 5

Utilitarians believe that:

A)Scientific data has no connection to social policy making.
B)When creating social policy,ethical and moral choices are more important than economic factors.
C)It is important to be objective and not let personal circumstance influence decision making.
D)Policies should be supported by research and social science.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT one of the four rationales for policy advocacy?

A)The political rationale.
B)The analytic rationale.
C)The liberal rationale.
D)The electoral rationale.

Question 7

Policy-sensitive practice occurs:

A)When social workers make professional recommendations with sensitivity to their clients' economic,social,and policy realities.
B)When social workers directly intercede,as advocates,with other agencies on behalf of a client.
C)When social workers act as case managers.
D)When professional advocates consult directly with legislators.

Question 8

A policy debate is a useful tool when:

A)All research on an issue draws the same conclusions.
B)Research on an issue may contain errors.
C)No cultural bias is found in research.
D)Research has taken place over a long period of time.

Question 9

A social worker should liaison with an advocacy group in order to:

A)Start affirmative action.
B)Initiate a project.
C)Assist a specific vulnerable population.
D)Join the NASW.

Question 10

Which of the following is a type of policy-related service?

A)Case advocacy.
B)All of the choices are policy-related services.
C)Brokerage.
D)Liaison.

Question 11

How is policy advocacy justified from an ethical standpoint?

A)Social workers are more moral than the average population.
B)Social workers are obliged to ensure that some clients receive more opportunities than others.
C)Inequalities within society are morally objectionable.
D)Intellectual challenges should not play a part in social policy.

Question 12

It is important to vote,so that:

A)Sympathetic legislators are part of government.
B)Social workers will be part of the legislative chamber.
C)The president will make social policy a priority.
D)The media will publicize favorable policies.

Question 13

The NASW Code of Ethics:

A)Makes policy advocacy an optional activity.
B)Focuses only on such issues as confidentiality.
C)Requires all social workers to engage in policy advocacy.
D)Limits policy advocacy to macro practitioners in social work.

Question 14

It is impossible to be totally objective when deciding policy issues because:

A)Personal values and ideologies influence our opinions.
B)Corporate contributions influence our opinions.
C)Social workers traditionally hold radical views.
D)Political influences shape our opinions.

Question 15

Which strategies are social workers more likely to suggest?

A)Competitive strategies.
B)Cooperative strategies.
C)Power strategies.
D)Economic strategies.

Question 16

Beneficence means:

A)Altruism that is inherent in the professional role.
B)The moral imperative to enhance clients' well-being.
C)The receiving of benefits from social programs.
D)Going beyond the typical policy advocate role.

Question 17

Which of the following is necessary when performing a policy-related activity?

A)Helping clients to overcome feelings of insecurity.
B)Identification of policies that exacerbate the suffering of a client.
C)Connecting a client with an agency or network.
D)Empowering an individual to assert their rights.

Question 18

In A Theory of Justice,John Rawls argues that by imagining internal arrangements through the "veil of ignorance," we conclude that:

A)Society should allow only those inequalities that will preserve or further the common good of society.
B)Society should perpetuate our own personal economic well-being,even if others do not share in it.
C)Most people would take a chance on being stuck in the lower reaches of a relatively in-egalitarian society.
D)If we do not want to live in inner-city areas without adequate health care and other amenities,we should pick up and move elsewhere.