FREE ASWB Licensed Clinical Social Worker Question and Answers

Question 1

You learn that Derek, a male client with a sexual addiction, fondled his nephew, who is seven years old, while he was taking care of him during a session. Derek agrees to report this incident to the proper authorities after the session when you tell him that he must do so.

What should you DO NEXT when the session is over?

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Contact the appropriate authorities to report Derek's self-reported disclosure

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Notify the victim’s parents

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Follow up with Derek during his next session to verify he reported the incident

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None of the above

Question 2

Jessica acknowledges that she dislikes being touched and becomes quite tense if it seems like someone is going to touch her. Jessica is most likely impacted by:

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Haphephobia

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Acrophobia

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Algophobia

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Agoraphobia

Question 3

You are seeing Olivia for individual therapy because she is exhibiting signs of a psychotic condition. She claims that although her psychiatrist recently gave her a prescription for Haldol, Olivia is really reluctant to take it.

Which action should you take first?

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Acknowledge Olivia's feelings and explore the reasons behind her reluctance to take the medication.

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Contact Olivia's psychiatrist to inform him of her non-compliance.

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Provide Olivia with information about the benefits and side effects of Haldol.

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Inform Olivia that she must comply with all mental health treatment in order to continue receiving services from you.

Question 4

You run into Helen in the grocery store; she was a client you terminated effectively a year ago. You hook up with her and discover that she has opened her own pool cleaning company. Since you need someone to clean your pool for the summer, you pay her to do so.

How would YOU BEST describe this circumstance?

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A nonacceptable dual relationship

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An acceptable dual relationship

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Bartering

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None of the above

Question 5

A social worker who uses the family systems model to provide family therapy would not agree with the following:

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Treating the "identified patient" will help the entire family to change

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Individual members of a family understand their roles and senses of self worth based on the other family members' behaviors

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Boundaries are the main mechanism by which members' individual differences and separate identities are expressed and maintained

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None of the above

Question 6

The following factors have the MOST bearing on whether professional burnout occurs frequently and severely in the practice of social work:

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Infrastructure, policies, and practices of the organization by which a social worker is employed

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Individual factors such as outside family/social/peer support and adequacy of internalized coping skills

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Lack of adequate training and/or professional development of the social worker would allow for early recognition of signs of burnout

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Relatively few opportunities for advancement and lower pay rates than those of colleagues who are members of other professions

Question 7

Which of the following factors is LEAST likely to play a role in the development or diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in children?

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Reactions to one or more of the immunization (vaccination) series that are usually administered in infancy and early childhood

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Interaction of several genetic factors, with parents/siblings/relatives who may exhibit signs of autism (or may have been diagnosed with autism themselves)

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Prenatal/perinatal factors such as closely spaced pregnancies and parental age, especially that of the father, at the time of the child's conception

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None of the above

Question 8

You are working with Timmy, a lady who has recently been the victim of sexual assault and displacement, in a women's shelter. Timmy is not a threat to herself or others, and you have been able to build rapport with her and occasionally even get a smile out of her.

What should you DO NEXT to assist Teddi in getting over her crisis?

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Identify the major problems

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Implement an action plan

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Generate alternatives and coping strategies

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Encourage an exploration of feelings and emotions

Question 9

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 10

The multiaxial system was removed from the DSM version after that in an effort to present a more straightforward strategy:

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DSM-5

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DSM-III

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DSM-IV-TR

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None of the above