350 POLICY EXAM ONE

350 POLICY EXAM ONE The mythology of autonomous practice refers to: - ✔✔(C) The assumption by social work practitioners that their clients are relatively insulated from external policies. Dependency occurs when - ✔✔(A ...

350 POLICY EXAM ONE The mythology of autonomous practice refers to: - ✔✔(C) The assumption by social work practitioners that their clients are relatively insulated from external policies. Dependency occurs when - ✔✔(A) An individual is not adequately fulfilling a role. (B) Social Institutions are not providing adequate supports to enable the individual to fulfill a role. Answer is (C) Both of the Above When an individual is doing everything necessary to fulfill a role and the appropriate social institutions are functioning well enough to support the person's role performance we have: - ✔✔(A) Interdepennce Which is not considered a type of macro practice? - ✔✔(B) Counseling Macro practice is called: - ✔✔(A) Wholesale social work practice (B) Working to effect social change. (C) Dealing with the cause of social problem Answer: (D) All the above According to Porter R. Lee, the primary task of professional social work is - ✔✔(A) To institutionalize the gains won through working to effect social change. Individualism as used by authors means: - ✔✔(A) People deserve the majority of the credit for any success they experience. (B) People deserve most of the blame for any failures they experience. (C) That micropractice is more socially acceptable than macro practice. Answer: (D) All the above In Abraham Flexner's 1915 assessment, social work met this standard of being professional: - ✔✔(A) Demonstrated communicable techniques. (B) Derived from science and learning. (C) Altruistic Answer: (D) All the above Social work responded to Flexner's critique by - ✔✔(A) Focusing of social case work (B) Organizing the American Association of Professional Schools of Social work. (C) Rejecting social legislation and settlement house work as part of the social work curriculum Answer : (D) All the above The market-based model of professional practice relies on: - ✔✔(A) A historical example of private medical practice that is no longer dominant. (B) An anti-corporate and anti-bureaucratic perspective. (C) Validation by the attraction of customers in a business model. Answer: (D) All the above The three systems that comprise the policy-based professional model are: - ✔✔(A) Family system (B) Economic system (C) Legal system Answer: (D) None of the above Social assignment refers to: - ✔✔(C) Societal recognition of a profession as responsible for a given social problem area. Proletarianization refers to: - ✔✔(A) An anti-bureautic bias (B) A Marxist theory of history in which capitalism that strips all workers of control over their work. (C) A shift in authority from the professional to the office. Answer: (D) All the above Studies of organizations do not support Proletarianization because: - ✔✔(A) Professionals are recognized under U.S. labor law as a special group. (B) Professionals are subjected to supervision by other professionals. Answer: (C) Both of the Above. (D) Neither of the above. The strengths of the policy-based professional model include: - ✔✔(A) Acceptance of difficult-to-define functions as part of social work practice. (B) Acceptance of social work practice within an organizational context. (C) Acceptance of systemic influences on human behavior. Answer: (D) All the above. Interdependence can be defined as: - ✔✔(B) An individual in doing everything necessary to fulfill roles and the appropriate social institutions are functioning well enough to support the person's role performance. An example of individual role failure is: - ✔✔(A) A woman can't keep a job because she has problems controlling her temper. Micropractice is dominant in social work because of all the following except: - ✔✔(A) The individual is the most immediate target for change. (B) The conservative nature of U.S. society. (C) The model of professionalization that the social work profession has pursued. Answer: (D) All the above The technique adopted by social work to define itself was known as: - ✔✔(A) Social casework The author of the 1915 paper that had a great impact on the direction of the social work profession was: - ✔✔(C) Abraham Flexner In this text, the traditional way of defining professions such as medicine is called: - ✔✔(A) Market Based Model The authors describe the policy based profession as being comprised of the following except: - ✔✔(A) The practice system` The thesis that asserts that professionals lose power and control when they work in organizations is called: - ✔✔(B) Proletarianization Which of the following is not policy practice role: - ✔✔(A) Therapist Social policy does not determine the: - ✔✔(B) Goals of clients What is the best way to understand the relationship between social policy and social welfare policy: - ✔✔(B) Social welfare policy is a sub-category of social policy In a philosophical sense, social policy may mean: - ✔✔(A) The opposite of rugged individualism The continuing struggle of humanity for equality is best described as an example of: - ✔✔(A) social policy Libraries, parks and recreation, tax codes, and family law are examples of: - ✔✔(A) social policy, but not social welfare policy The educational policy and accreditation standards of the council on social work education understand the knowledge base of policy practice to include - ✔✔(A) The History of current structures of social policies and services. (B) The role of policy and service delivery. (C) The role of practice and policy development Answer: (D) All the above The educational policy and accreditation standards understand the work of policy practice to include: - ✔✔(A) An analyzing, formulating, and advocating for policies. (B) Collaborating with colleagues and clients for effective policy action. (C) Neither the above Answer: (D) Both the above The four basic policy basic skills are: - ✔✔(B) Analytic skills, political skills, interactional skills and value-clarifying skills What helps explain the significant role of the private sector in American social welfare policy: - ✔✔(A) Social welfare services grew out of the activities of the private sector. (B) Government was reluctant to assume responsibility for social welfare (C) The social work profession resulted from the policies of the private sector Answer: (D) All the above Which best describes the contemporary opinion of for-profit organizations and social welfare service delivery: - ✔✔(C) They are seen as business role models Which most accurately describes the evolving roles of public and private sectors in the delivery of social welfare services: - ✔✔(B) The majority of the funds for social services is public Which sector provides the most macro level policies: - ✔✔(A) Public and private non- profit Which level of policy is most likely to be described as "administrative": - ✔✔(B) Mezzo level Which level of policy is most likely to be described as a "basic framework" for the provision of services: - ✔✔(A) Macro level Which level of policy is most likely to be described as "actual service" to clients: - ✔✔(B) Mezzo level When is social work practitioner exercises a high degree of discretion in the provisions of social services, this is most likely to be an example of what level of practice: - ✔✔(C) Macro level The term "policy" is: - ✔✔(D) A rather loose and imprecise term for which there is no generally accepted definition of the academic literature Policy has been defined as: - ✔✔(A) Statements of what ought to happen (B) A purposive course of action followed by people dealing with a problem (C) The pattern of action that resolves conflicting claims or provides incentives for cooperation Answer: (D) All the above Activities that would be included under the term social policy, but not social welfare policy are: - ✔✔(C) Libraries, parks and recreation