LMSW Practice Exam 2022\2023 with complete Questions & Answers

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Which of the following stages coincides with Erikson's stage of autonomy vs. shame? ANSWER - Anal The defense mechanism that is used at the youngest age is ANSWER- Splitting A group worker who ... attempts to organize members so everyone has an opportunity to participate is probably in a ____________ group. ANSWER -Task An infant displaying a small skull and protruding tongue generally has ANSWER- Down Syndrome First few months - ANSWER Prototaxic mode occurs during the Scripts - ANSWER Transactional analysis entails Isolation of affect - ANSWER With borderline personality disorder, it is most likely that the individual has a problem with which of the following defense mechanisms? Continue treatment - ANSWER The social worker's first recommendation for this client upon release would be to Bowen - ANSWER Triangulation is a central concept for which theorist? Preaffiliation stage - ANSWER During an hour of observation of an adolescent group, you notice several different small groups talking between themselves and laughing. At a very serious time when one member is trying to speak, another member distracts the group with a story about his latest drug experience. Most likely this group is the Give the client opportunity to talk about the situation further - ANSWER A new client informs you at the beginning of the first session that she had sex with her former therapist. You know who this therapist is and have always thought very highly of him. Your next step should be to Gestalt therapy - ANSWER In a therapeutic session, the client starts speaking to an empty chair as if someone is sitting there. This is most likely occurring in Contact a homeless shelter - ANSWER The doctor who saw the client during her inpatient stay noted that getting in touch with the client was difficult because she was homeless. As a social worker in the hospital, it would be your responsibility to Talk with the director - ANSWER At an agency whose funding has diminished, the new budgetary manager insists that 90% of all clients must have insurance from this point on. This is up from 50%. You are concerned with the impact this will have on clients. Your first step would be to Open group - ANSWER A therapeutic group in an impatient setting of an adult psychiatric hospital is designed to provide feedback and therapeutic care to patients while in residence. The average stay of a hospital patient is two weeks. The patients range in age from 18 to 65 and have a variety of problems. A patient who is psychotic and can't seem to get under control has been disruptive in the group. Intermittently - ANSWER An established behavior pattern is more likely to be strengthened if the reinforcement is provided Conventional - ANSWER According to Kohlberg, the level of morality most individuals reach is Creates mental retardation - ANSWER PKU is an illness that Doing to oneself what one wants to do to others - ANSWER Retroflexion entails Premack principle - ANSWER Utilizing a high-probability behavior to reinforce a low-probability behavior is an example of Intensity of extremes - ANSWER The difference between bipolar I and bipolar II is Scapegoating - ANSWER All of the following are circular models of causality to Satir except Complementary - ANSWER Communication can be either symmetrical or Agency - ANSWER The supervisor of workers is important in helping develop professional social workers. The supervisor's first responsibility is to the Democratic - ANSWER An administrator in a social service decides to consult with front-line social workers regarding a policy of change the Board of Directors is making. Which style of leadership is this administration using? Inform the client - ANSWER During a third visit to an agency, the client reveals to the social worker the name of her husband from whom she is estranged. The social worker recognizes the name as someone she has previously dated. The social worker should Build a therapeutic relationship - ANSWER A young woman comes to see you regarding her fear of relationships. Although she states she has a good job and some family some family relations, she has never had a close personal friend and does not go out of her apartment often. While her clothing appears clean, she does little to her hair and wears no makeup. Her nails are bitten down and her body odor is strong. A good first step in working with this client would be to Paradoxical directive - ANSWER In a family in which the 4-year old is wetting the bed, the social worker suggests to the parents that they take shifts each night in which they wake the child up every 30 minutes to ensure that he does not need to go to the bathroom. The purpose in doing this is to decrease the parents' overanxiety about the bedwetting. This is called a Structure was the focus of the intervention - ANSWER Structural family therapy is most likely the type of family therapy being used because Subsystems - ANSWER The child's reaction may also reflect on the __________ of the family. Join with the family - ANSWER A structural family therapist's initial action is to Based on the work of Minuchin - ANSWER Structural family therapy is Older adults - ANSWER Disengagement theory is related to Schizophrenia - ANSWER A man arrives at a mental hospital and displays disorganized thought, speaks in rhymes, and attempts to be admitted to the hospital. He is very likely suffering from Empty chair - ANSWER A Gesalt therapist would most likely utilize POR - ANSWER A record-keeping method which includes follow-up plans is Talk with the nurse about the client - ANSWER In a session with a client in an impatient mental health setting who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, the client appears to be groggy and off-balance in her chair. The social worker needs to Coach clients - ANSWER If you utilize Bowen's brand of therapy, it would be important to Behavioral therapy - ANSWER The best approach for dealing with adolescents has been found to be A dangerous medical condition - ANSWER Narcolepsy is Malingering - ANSWER A person who fakes being emotionally or physically ill to avoid being held responsible for his or her inappropriate behavior would likely be diagnosed with One year - ANSWER A diagnosis of cyclothymic disorder in an adolescent requires the presence of symptoms for what period of time Frotteurism - ANSWER A man rubs his body against a woman he does not know in a subway. When arrested, it is discovered that he has been previously arrested for this type of behavior. The man would likely be diagnosed with Unethical - ANSWER A social worker who has seen a client in treatment for three months agrees to allow the client to make draperies for her office in lieu of payment. This action is Snowball sample - ANSWER A social work researcher wants to survey a group of fathers who have sole custody of disabled children. The best type of sample to use in this study is a Sexual abuse in this family - ANSWER A family comes to see a social worker in a child welfare agency to discuss family problems. The father discusses the fact that he was sexually abused by his father. This fact is strongly related to possible Refer the couple to another agency - ANSWER In a private adoption agency, a lesbian couple makes an application to adopt a child. The new caseworker begins a file but is told later that this is not an approved family structure for placing children. The social worker should first [Show More]

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