Quiz 2

Which of the following statements is true regarding advances that have been made in redressing the social inequalities between men and women?

A woman serving as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

When was the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ratified by the states?

ERA was never ratified by the states

Which cultural group of U.S. citizens was placed in internment camps by the United States in the 1940s:

Japanese

All of the following statements are true about social inequality except:

Social inequality is no longer a major issue in the United States

Which one of the following statements about homosexuality is false?

The American Psychiatric Association includes "functional homosexuality" on its list of behavior disorders and views homosexuality as a mental illness

Which of the following statements is true about African Americans?

They are three times more likely than whites to have incomes below the poverty line.

The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act:

adds real or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and disability to categories included in previous federal hate crimes law

Generalist social work practitioners are those who:

are trained to intervene with client systems at the individual, family, group, organizational, or community level using the stages of the helping process

The point at which one system ends and another begins is known as a(n):

boundary

From the ecological/systems perspective, a mother's loss of job and health insurance is an example of a risk to her child at which level of the environment?

eco level

A social worker who facilitates a group of students with disabilities to advocate for specially-fitted transit buses on campus best exemplifies which social work concept:

empowerment

When one is considering the impact of societal norms on an individual's life, he or she is addressing which level of the ecological/systems l framework?

macro level

The relationship between a person's needs, rights, goals, and capacities and the physical and social environment in which the person lives is referred to as:

person-environment fit

The ecological/systems perspective focuses on the:

risks and opportunitiies at all levels of the environment that impact the client

Discrimination against women solely because they are women is known as:

sexism

The Civil Rights Act of 1964:

sought to ban discrimination based on race, religion, color or ethnicity in public facilities, government-operated programs and employment

A way of clearly and logically organizing a set of facts or ideas describes a:

the combined energy from smaller parts which is greater than the total if those parts functioned separately

Consider the following statement. The social welfare system is the product of theinteractions and interrelatedness of historical, economic, and political forces. This statement best describes

the systems/ecological framework

A way of clearly and logically organizing a set of facts or ideas describes a:

theory

Which group in the U.S. has benefited most from affirmative action programs?

women