Social Work Ch. 4 (multiple choice)

17. Effective social workers identify ways to become politically involved and develop political access for their clients. In this context, they provide a framework that involves what? A. Dialogue and solutions that focus on societal and structural inequities. B. Practice and solutions that focus on a mixture of societal and individual failings. C. Practice that stresses the need for clients to work out their own individual solutions to problems. D. Dialogue and solutions that refuse to work within unfair systems.

A. Dialogue and solutions that focus on societal and structural inequities.

31. Why are scoring systems often used in monitoring advocacy practice? A. Social work practitioners need a way to determine whether advocacy has lived up to the tenets they espouse. B. Social work practitioners need evidence in order to prove to taxpayers that they are doing their jobs. C. Social work practitioners require a score for licensure. D. Social work practitioners find the scores a useful research tool.

A. Social work practitioners need a way to determine whether advocacy has lived up to the tenets they espouse.

34. From a social work perspective, what is most crucial in promoting basic human rights? A. The ability for people to have meaningful participation in decision-making processes. B. The ability for the practitioners to promote the human rights agenda. C. The ability for politicians to include human rights in all policy decisions. D. The ability for all clients to promote what the social worker views as human rights.

A. The ability for people to have meaningful participation in decision-making processes

4. What is self-determination, as it pertains to the client? A. The client's right to make decisions and choices based on his or her will and values. B. The client's refusal to give up in the face of challenges. C. The client's right to assess and diagnose himself or herself. D. The client's right to define his or her own sexual identity and gender.

A. The client's right to make decisions and choices based on his or her will and values.

38. For social workers engaged in advocacy and policy practice, an environmental perspective leads to the premise that clients need what? A. a supportive environment B. cash payments for basic needs C. regular access to mental health care D. the ability to focus on micro-level concerns

A. a supportive environment

25. Social work involves working not simply with a client but a client system, which includes what? A. all the people and social systems surrounding that client B. the network of bureaucracies one must navigate to assist the client C. the rules of the agency in which one is operating D. the balance of needs that the agency's other clients may have

A. all the people and social systems surrounding that client

12. How might a social worker best view social and economic turmoil in a positive light? A. as a stimulus for social change B. as a judgment on the worth of a society C. as an invitation for agencies to hire more social workers D. as a research opportunity

A. as a stimulus for social change

21. A social worker's micro skills are important for what aspect of the advocacy cycle? A. collecting and analyzing evidence B. management and program planning skills C. thinking about the big picture D. constructing ecological maps

A. collecting and analyzing evidence

6. Advocating for a broader change that could benefit more than just one client in a system is in line with the ______. A. community-reigns-supreme perspective B. individual-reigns-supreme perspective C. self-determination principle D. strengths perspective

A. community-reigns-supreme perspective

10. Porter R. Lee recognized that social work expertise moved beyond helping skills and focused specifically on what? A. creating social change and leading social movements B. advocating for specific changes in climate change legislation C. micro-level practice in a therapeutic environment D. temporary and survival oriented efforts

A. creating social change and leading social movements

14. The advocacy practice and policy model (APPM) is supported by numerous features of generalist social work education. This model assumes that all advocacy activities are conducted in a(n) ______ manner. A. ethical B. processual C. lengthy D. accessible

A. ethical

20. Social workers engaged in advocacy are charged with what? A. integrating multiple sources of information into a clear and coherent action plan B. differentiating between individual needs and systematic change C. eschewing the person-in-environment approach D. becoming completely free of their own prejudices and biases

A. integrating multiple sources of information into a clear and coherent action plan

27. Up-to-date information and news about basic human rights around the world are disseminated by ______. A. the UN Human Rights Council B. Planned Parenthood C. Focus on the Family D. NASW

A. the UN Human Rights Council

9. Porter R. Lee said which of the following about social workers and advocacy? A. Social workers must have the emotional fortitude necessary to accomplish advocacy for their clients. B. As experts in social action and as professionals, social workers can be more objective and able to advocate effectively. C. Social workers should feel personally vested in the outcome that occurs for a particular group. D. Social workers should concentrate on helping people to adapt to the environment into which they are thrust.

B. As experts in social action and as professionals, social workers can be more objective and able to advocate effectively.

8. What African American woman was denied entrance to Barnard College due to a racial quota but went on to earn a degree from the New York School of Social Work en route to becoming a prominent leader in the civil rights movement of the 1960s? A. Florence Kelly B. Dorothy Height C. Nancy Jackson D. Whitney Young

B. Dorothy Height

5. A client is struggling with the ability to pay for counseling he is receiving from a salaried clinical social worker at the county health department. The social worker agrees to help advocate for greater payment assistance programs to assist the client in paying his bill. Which of the following is true regarding this situation? A. The social worker is acting unethically, since his actions will result in financial gain. B. The social worker is not acting out of self-interest, since he is paid a salary rather than being paid on a per-client basis. C. The social worker is overstepping boundaries and not respecting the client's self-determination. D. The social worker is causing potential dependence issues by fighting this battle for the client instead of encouraging him to fight it on his own

B. The social worker is not acting out of self-interest, since he is paid a salary rather than being paid on a per-client basis.

37. The four tenets identified in the dynamic advocacy model are not purely distinctive or independent. Why is this? A. They are nebulous concepts that are hard to define and measure. B. The tenets shift constantly and are interlocking. C. They are wholly dependent upon the current political climate. D. Societal concerns are normally very discrete and static.

B. The tenets shift constantly and are interlocking.

33. Opponents of social legislation are typically elected in affluent, conservative, suburban, and rural areas and frequently vote which way? A. They usually support government intervention. B. They usually vote against government intervention. C. Government intervention is supported in matters of public welfare. D. Government intervention is supported for social issues based on religious teachings.

B. They usually vote against government intervention

36. The underlying concept of social work is that social work involves not just a client but also what? A. an environment that is static and clearly defined B. a client system that includes many people and social systems C. a thorough psychological assessment of the individual D. a thorough economic evaluation of the client's economic situation

B. a client system that includes many people and social systems

32. The APPM supports ethical behaviors in assessing problems and strengths, planning strategies for change, and what else? A. evidenced-based practice B. addressing dilemmas C. pursuing higher wages D. licensure reform

B. addressing dilemmas

35. Advocacy often involves ______ regarding whom should be contacted, how, when, where, and for what purpose(s). A. major disagreement B. calculated decisions C. random selection D. a more is better approach

B. calculated decisions

29. Proponents and supporters of proposed laws aimed at protecting and advancing rights and opportunities for social services clients tend to ______. A. be politically conservative B. come from progressive urban areas C. represent affluent suburban and rural areas D. come from poor neighborhoods

B. come from progressive urban areas

22. In order to support client self-determination, social workers must often ______. A. refuse to accept a client's negative perception of a situation B. ignore their own perceptions of the situation and commit to advocating for change based on the client's ambitions C. change their own personal values to match those of the client D. push clients to keep fighting even when the clients want to give up

B. ignore their own perceptions of the situation and commit to advocating for change based on the client's ambitions

11. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, many Americans were confronted with the reality that social and economic forces beyond one's control can have harsh consequences for individuals and families. The inability of hard-working people to meet their absolute needs during the Great Depression shifted attitudes toward what? A. gender roles B. social and economic relief programs C. marital status and child-rearing practices D. religious organizations

B. social and economic relief programs

3. Whites, heterosexuals, people without disabilities, and men have more access to society's benefits, resources, power, and wealth, while others have less. This is the definition of what? A. social privilege B. social inequality C. capitalism D. socialism

B. social inequality

19. Systems theory, empowerment theory, the strengths perspective, and the ecological perspective are the theoretical foundations of what? A. generalist social work B. the advocacy practice and policy model C. the NASW Code of Ethics D. cause and function analysis

B. the advocacy practice and policy model

15. The feedback loop within the advocacy cycle is very important in generalist practice. One important feature to recognize is that ______. A. feedback is very subjective and dependent upon how well the client is involved in the advocacy B. the greater the number of people collaborating in the process, the more likely that adjustment and compromise will be necessary C. people involved will be exposed to scientifically tested intervention strategies throughout the change process and each cycle D. the action plan must reflect the interest of clients and connect individual needs to systematic change

B. the greater the number of people collaborating in the process, the more likely that adjustment and compromise will be necessary

23. Which of the following defines economic and social justice? A. People's ability to exert influence over decision-making processes at all levels of government. B. The ability to allocate or spread resources, income, and wealth in a manner that ensures people's basic material needs are being met. C. Promoting and establishing equal liberties, rights, duties, and opportunities in the social institutions of a society for all people. D. Sufficient power to dictate policies, laws, and administrative orders.

C. Promoting and establishing equal liberties, rights, duties, and opportunities in the social institutions of a society for all people.

26. Social workers who are contemplating human needs would be most prone to ask which of these questions? A. What do the experts on this problem think needs to be done? B. What is the government willing to do to alleviate this problem? C. What do the people affected by this problem say they need? D. What is my own perception of this problem, based on my experience with clients?

C. What do the people affected by this problem say they need?

13. Which is a common adage related to the costs of advocacy? A. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. B. Spend in the beginning stages of advocacy, and save at the end. C. You need to commit resources to effectively create change. D. Time is a much more important resource than money

C. You need to commit resources to effectively create change.

1. A structural or systematic effort to change policies, common practices, procedures, and laws to advance social justice for a larger segment of society is known as ______. A. case advocacy B. creative disorder C. cause advocacy D. grassroots development

C. cause advocacy

28. Social workers are tasked with caring for their clients while pushing for ______. A. lower prices for services B. higher salaries for themselves C. clients' right to a voice and participation in the political process D. greater client compliance with suggested changes

C. clients' right to a voice and participation in the political process

40. What does the individual-reigns-supreme perspective refer to? A. placing the individual needs of a client before all other considerations B. recognizing the social worker's own power as an agent of change C. equating individual needs with the common good D. acknowledging the role of inspiration figures in changing social norms

C. equating individual needs with the common good

7. The human aspect of advocacy involves both ______ aspects. Hence, objectivity is an important aspect of advocacy and a quality that social workers can contribute to the process. A. micro and mezzo B. cause and function C. individual and community D. emotional and rational

C. individual and community

30. Hoefer emphasizes all but which of the following key aspects of social justice? A. respect for basic human rights B. promotion of social responsibility C. replacing a repressive power structure D. support for self-determination

C. replacing a repressive power structure

16. In evaluating the success of a particular advocacy cycle, what question is normally not involved in the determination? A. "Did the strategies work?" B. "Have life conditions improved?" C. "Did systematic changes occur?" D. "What are my next steps?"

D. "What are my next steps?"

18. Who was the one of the first Civil Rights leaders to advocate for the rights of women and African Americans in a holistic and unified fashion? A. Whitney Young B. Florence Kelly C. Mary Richmond D. Dorothy Height

D. Dorothy Height

24. Xavier is working on an effort to gain support for legislation that would increase payroll taxes on the wealthier residents of his state in order to fund an expansion of subsidized day care agencies, which will enable more single parents in poverty to be able to afford to go to work. What is this an example of? A. relational justice B. dynamic advocacy C. political justice D. distributive justice

D. distributive justice

39. Which considers physical and natural resources when crafting advocacy efforts? A. systems theory B. empowerment theory C. strengths perspective D. ecological perspective

D. ecological perspective

2. Equal status in the legal system, quality education, a living wage, and access to programs and opportunities for enhancing one's life are all examples of ______. A. absolute needs B. institutional needs C. residual needs D. relative needs

D. relative needs