FREE ASWB Clinical Question and Answers

Question 1

A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor is used to treat anxiety, serious depression, and obsessive-compulsive behavior.

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Citalopram

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Sertraline

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Doxepin

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Fluoxetine

Question 2

exaggerating health symptoms in order to gain sympathy or play the "sick role"

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Factitious disorder

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Somatic symptom disorder

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Illness anxiety disorder

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Conversion disorder

Question 3

A condition that may arise in a number of situations and treatment procedures and is brought on by some component of the intervention given to treat the presenting problem.

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iatrogenic condition

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nosocomial infection

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face validity

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fluid volume overload

Question 4

Problems like the depletion of natural resources are some examples of how it manifests.

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Societal regression

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Oral (age)

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Genital (age)

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Solution focused therapy

Question 5

The act of showing someone you care and that you're supporting them

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Mirroring

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Displacement

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Maintenance

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Interpretation

Question 6

Different control and experimental groups rather than random groups

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quasi-experimental design

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true experimental research

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interpretation

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correlational design

Question 7

What the caregiver learns from the patient's symptoms (like an MD on an interesting case)

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tertiary gain

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primary gain

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secondary gain

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no gain

Question 8

You are told at a client's initial consultation that the client has previously received care from other social workers. When you inquire about the client's prior therapies, he says they were in the past and he'd like to move on, adding that he would prefer that the records of those therapies not be made public.

You ought to FIRST:

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Acknowledge the client’s right to decide whether to release the records or not

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Inform the client that his treatment will only focus on present topics

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Determine why the client does not want his past treatment examined

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None of the above

Question 9

Deborah and Daniele are meeting for their regularly scheduled session. Due to Deborah's striking resemblance to Daniele when she was Deborah's age, their therapeutic alliance is beginning to resemble a casual friendship. Daniele wants to avoid Deborah making the same mistakes she did because Deborah's life circumstances are similar to her own.

What kind of interaction is most likely to occur in this situation?

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Parallel process

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Normalization

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Countertransference

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Transference

Question 10

A recent client self-reports to you that she has been using cocaine frequently for a number of years. What should you do first, exactly?

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Gather as much information from her as you can

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Diagnose her

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Recommend inpatient treatment

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Push for additional family support