Social Work Final

7. Which of the following is true about homosexuality and mental illness?

A. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) listed homosexuality as a mental illness until 1973.

5. What is a major concern or problem with treating process addictions?

A. The research concerning process addictions is not being translated to the practitioners who work with people who experience process addictions.

16. Why is nicotine addiction difficult to overcome?

A. There are numerous social cues and rituals involved with smoking.

14. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development conducts an annual homeless assessment in January of every year. As of 2013, what did they report?

A. Thirty-six percent of people that were experiencing homelessness were families.

3. In essence, addiction is ______.

A. a brain disorder that is expressed through compulsive behavior

1. Mental health is best defined as ______.

A. a relative state of emotional well-being in which one is free from incapacitating conflicts and is consistently able to make rational decisions and cope with environmental stresses and internal pressures

9. Section 8 vouchers ______.

A. are provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

19. Malick (2014) noted which of the following effects of marijuana use?

A. cognitive dysfunction, poor executive functions, and sedative effects

19. Which one of these behaviors would not be considered an example of harassment?

A. critiquing a colleague's job performance

10. Jim used to make a good living laying tile and wood flooring for a construction company that worked in the new-home construction market. After the housing market crash in 2008, Jim's company had to let go a number of workers. Though his skills were among the best at his company, eventually Jim became the victim of one of these layoffs. Now, at the age of 57, he is having a difficult time landing a job with a new company. What type of unemployment is Jim experiencing?

A. cyclical unemployment

14. Autism, depending on the way in which it presents, may be diagnosed as either a mental health issue or a ______.

A. disability

18. According to the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), harassment is a form of what?

A. discrimination

4. The Industrial Revolution of the late 1700s and early 1800s had all but which of the following impacts on the American workplace and family?

A. forced women into stricter domestic roles

3. The lack of affordable housing, frequent moves, evictions, and the possibility of homelessness causes a tension and stress that is termed what?

A. housing insecurity

20. George is experiencing the early symptoms of alcohol withdrawal, including delirium tremens (DTs). He has a high degree of anxiety and some suicidal thoughts. In what type of setting is a social worker most likely to recommend be placed?

A. inpatient treatment

8. The gender pay gap ______.

A. may be starting to shrink as more men leave the workforce and more women get more education

4. What are some key impacts of residential instability and substandard housing?

A. negative impacts on family relations as well as health and education of children

15. It is not unusual for accused individuals to negotiate with prosecutors for a reduced sentence or charge through a process called ______.

A. plea bargaining

12. What do social workers believe should be the first goal of social work as it is related to the criminal justice system?

A. prevention

20. Which of the following is true about women and crime?

B. Black women are more likely to be skeptical and doubtful about involving police in a situation.

10. What is the role of environmental factors in addiction?

B. Environmental factors interact with a person's biology and affect the extent to which genetic factors exert their influence.

19. ______ is a social process whereby human experience is culturally defined as pathological and treatable as a medical condition.

B. Medicalization

2. What is problematic about the use of the term abnormal?

B. Multiple definitions of abnormality fail to distinguish between desirable and undesirable behavior.

1. Which of the following is true regarding American perceptions about work?

B. One's work ethic is seen as reflective of one's character and greatly impacts the perception others have of that person.

11. What is the name of the longstanding, multistate organization offering teenagers and adults residential care for drug and alcohol addiction?

B. Phoenix House

9. Criticisms of the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) have included which of the following?

B. The DSM-5 has lowered the requirements for diagnosing existing disorders.

15. What influenced the lateness of declaring nicotine as an addictive substance?

B. The politics of the tobacco industry had previously led to the classification of tobacco/nicotine as a habit.

7. Which is true regarding working from home?

B. Working from home requires well-defined work hours and good time-management skills.

9. The most commonly used psychoactive substance is ______.

B. alcohol

12. Donnie is preoccupied with food, has an irrational fear of being fat, exercises excessively at times, and goes through cycles of consuming huge amounts of food and subsequently ridding herself of it through self-induced vomiting or laxative use. What diagnosis would she most likely be given?

B. bulimia nervosa

11. Any person can become addicted to a substance. However, it occurs faster and or more readily for those who ______.

B. come from a family history of addiction

10. Prison overcrowding ______.

B. creates a perfect educational atmosphere for future criminal behavior

5. Institutionalization has more often had the connotation of what as opposed to treatment?

B. criminalization

13. Social workers believe people convicted of crimes—as well as their victims—deserve to be treated fairly, respectfully, and humanely, taking into account the specific challenges that different individuals have faced and continue to face (e.g., addiction, mental health concerns, and abuse). This represents what key of contemporary social work practice in the criminal justice system?

B. dignity

13. Stereotypes of people experiencing homelessness as addicts, "crazy people," or bums often obscure the fact that ______.

B. families and children often experience homelessness, and often the conditions or circumstances that lead to homelessness are outside of the family's control

20. What reformer heightened awareness of the mistreatment of people with mental disorders in 1800s America, pushing for more humane approaches?

C. Dorothea Dix

15. What are Housing First programs?

C. Programs that emphasize placing people experiencing homelessness in permanent housing and then supporting them with services.

17. During what time did hospital-based medical/health social work begin to grow?

C. World War I

10. Doubling up, or shared housing, often involves all but which of the following factors?

C. a formal leasing/subleasing agreement

9. Rehabilitation programs in prisons ______.

C. are present in a relatively small number of prisons and tend to be poorly funded.

11. Diagnoses of which disorder among children increased 4,000% between 1984 and 2014, causing many to believe that it was perhaps simply becoming a more popular diagnosis among practitioners, rather than actually occurring more frequently?

C. bipolar disorder

7. Substance use disorders depend on ______.

C. both one's genes and one's environment

2. A ______ is a social entity or group that is either based on shared interests or a shared location.

C. community

20. In the workplace, harassment usually involves enduring offensive conduct that becomes a condition of continued employment and/or what else?

C. conduct that is severe enough to create a work environment that a reasonable person would consider intimidating

17. Gentrification in urban centers can create new housing opportunities for residents already in the community and often creates what?

C. declining affordability of housing for both lower- and middle-income families

12. Researchers and clinicians have found that many codependents ______.

C. focus too much attention outside of themselves

11. Much of what social workers do within the criminal justice system can be called ______.

C. forensic social work

18. Shelters typically ______.

C. involve communal living

7. People who have a criminal record ______.

C. may struggle to get an apartment due to loved ones being reluctant to become cosigners on a lease

6. Employee Assistance Programs ______.

C. provide services to address workers' problems that may hurt their work productivity

16. A social worker in a victim assistance program seeks to have a juvenile client paint and repair a fence on the property of a park he vandalized, as well as author a written apology to park district staff. This illustrates the perspective of ______.

C. restorative justice

18. Deinstitutionalization of people with mental disorders in the United States ______.

C. resulted in the U.S. nursing home population doubling

14. A full-time minimum-wage job in 2014 ______.

C. still left that worker below the federal poverty line

2. Which of the following is a current term used in the diagnosis of substance-related conditions in the DSM-5?

C. substance use disorder

2. The traditional arrangement of men engaging in physical work requiring strength and stamina while women took care of household management and childcare is known as ______.

C. the division of labor

6. When someone commits an act that is a crime under a law that is later repealed ______.

C. they typically continue to be classified as criminals

5. Welfare capitalism policies were established in the late 1800s and early 1900s ______.

C. to discourage labor unrest and dissuade the establishment of unions

14. Which of these does not represent a common interaction between social workers and police?

D. A social worker evaluating whether an officer is fit to return to duty after experiencing a trauma.

15. Which of the following is an accurate reflection of gender inequality in the workforce?

D. American women continue to find employment mostly in low-paying positions.

19. Which minority group, when convicted of crimes, typically receive punishment most similar to the average punishment of European American offenders?

D. Asian Americans

17. Violent video games appear to ______.

D. Increase aggressive thoughts and behavior and decrease helping tendencies

9. Which of the following is not an actual impact of the Great Recession (2008-present)?

D. Older workers have delayed retirement longer than ever to bolster themselves against a sagging economy.

17. Increasing the minimum wage would ensure everything except what?

D. The increase would push noncompetitive corporations out of business.

3. Throughout the Agricultural Era, when a family experienced financial difficulty, all but which of the following was a typical response?

D. appealing to the elders of the community for financial assistance from the community chest

13. ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder are considered neurodevelopmental disorders; which other diagnosis is in the same category in the DSM-5?

D. autism spectrum disorder

1. Which of the following is not a housing condition commonly experienced by the poor in America?

D. connectivity

3. The criminal justice system is a large network of organizations that includes all but which of the following?

D. counseling agencies

11. Some unemployment occurs when a worker freely quits a job or when a company fires someone from a position. There is a gap between the loss of that employee and the employer choosing a new candidate and making a hire. That type of unemployment is considered a normal part of a functioning labor economy and is referred to as ______.

D. frictional unemployment

19. Marta has recently been paroled after serving 3 years in a state prison. Her parole officer helps her to secure housing in a facility where she is encouraged to find work, has some limited opportunity to have visits from family, is expected to contribute to the maintenance and cooking duties for all residents, and participates in group meetings. Most likely, Marta is in a ______.

D. halfway house

10. Alzheimer's and other conditions involving dementia and delirium are included in which DSM-5 category?

D. neurocognitive disorders

15. Which of the following is a condition often experienced by people who have suffered through an unusually dreadful traumatic event?

D. posttraumatic stress disorder

8. Which of the following is not ostensibly one of the functions designed to be fulfilled by the criminal justice system?

D. providing a source of government jobs

8. A codependent person is likely to exhibit all but which of the following behaviors?

D. refusing to provide financial support for their active drug addicted child or spouse

20. Which of the following may result from use of anabolic steroids among men?

D. shrinking testicles and the development of breasts

8. Public housing, rent supplements, and interest deductions are all examples of ______.

D. subsidized housing

6. What was considered a felony up until the 1990s?

D. suicide

8. Most mental health providers would hold that mental health includes all but which of the following?

D. vibrant creativity and unique perspectives

4. Rape and aggravated assault both fall under which category of crime?

D. violent crimes

12. What type of treatment modality does the Phoenix House employ?

A. A holistic approach that focuses on the biological, psychological, and social needs of clients.

3. Stigma refers to what in relation to mental health?

A. A sense of disgrace and shame that can be intentionally or unintentionally bestowed by others.

6. Which is true of at-risk communities ______?

A. Being labeled at risk may cause the community's situation to worsen, so care should be taken when applying the term.

6. There has been a tendency for some people to link the term dependence with addiction. What is the problem associated with this?

A. Dependence can be a normal bodily response to a substance.

18. ______ are variants created by chemists to specifically avoid running afoul of antidrug laws.

A. Designer drugs

16. How do affluence and wealth relate to housing and community of residence?

A. Home ownership, where one resides, and how many homes one owns is an indication of wealth and status.

4. Behavioral health can be problematic because it fails to recognize what?

A. It could place the onus on the individual to change rather than considering external environmental factors.

16. In 1773, facilities serving as mental health hospitals of sorts began to spring up in colonial America. Prior to that, if one were experiencing a mental disorder, how was it handled?

A. One was left to one's own devices or treated as a criminal.

7. Which of the following is true about equality as it pertains to the criminal justice system?

A. People who are wealthier are more likely to be able to get a criminal case dropped.

17. Young drivers (age 16-20) are ______ times more likely to die in a car crash when they have a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 or more.

D. 17

14. In what year was nicotine officially classified as addictive?

B. 1997

12. Deirdre works in a technology field which has moved to a completely new type of programming and hardware rather rapidly. Many of the newly educated people looking to enter the field are now finding that their skills have become obsolete, except at some smaller companies that are struggling to keep pace with the change. There are many jobs available, but most of the available workers do not have the skills necessary to fill those jobs. What type of unemployment characterizes Deirdre's field?

A. structural unemployment

18. At what age do crime rates peak?

A. teen years

1. Law enforcement officers, corrections officers, and court officials often view social workers who are involved with individuals in the criminal justice system as being ______.

A. too understanding

5. Ellen plans to slash the tires of Kenna's car because Kenna is going to be attending the homecoming dance with her girlfriend. Ellen believes homosexuality is a sin and that Kenna should not be able to attend the dance with someone of the same gender. She also writes a Bible verse on Kenna's car windows in lipstick, along with "Sick lesbo." What is the most accurate description of the type of crime Ellen has committed?

B. hate crime

16. Many who are concerned about the financial well-being of American workers argue that the minimum wage should be increased and ______.

B. indexed to inflation

13. Which population has experienced an increase in prescription drug abuse in recent years?

B. older people

4. What is defined as any compulsive-like behavior that interferes with normal living and causes significant negative consequences in a person's work, family, and social life?

B. process addiction

2. A criminal record can prevent a person from getting a job, renting an apartment, or getting insurance. This is an indication that our criminal justice system concentrates on ______.

B. punishment

5. Which of the following is essential to achieving desired outcomes in community organizing?

B. soliciting the voice and involvement of community members

1. The number-one preventable cause of death in the United States is ______.

B. substance abuse

13. Michael was laid off from his job as a mechanical engineer, a job he held for 31 years. He had several patents to his name at the time he was laid off by his company. Now in his late 50s, Michael finds himself looking for a new job for the first time in decades and is struggling. He finds that it is difficult to even land an interview. After 6 months, he is getting restless. He takes a job assembling bicycles at a bike shop because it gives him the opportunity to work with machines again and something to fill his time. Michael is experiencing ______.

B. underemployment