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Which of the following is NOT an example of an area of focus of the settlement experiment in the Uniter States?


A) Social Research
B) Service to Communities
C) Policy Reform
D) Individual Responsibility

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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One social work method emerging from the settlement house movement was:


A) social casework
B) family therapy
C) group work
D) none of the above.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following statements explains how liberals view the professional responsibility of social workers?


A) Social work should continue to push for greater client involvement in the planning and provision of services,more attention to the social control function of social welfare,and fundamental changes in social and economic structures.
B) Social work should equip individuals,familes and communities to bear the responsibility for dealing with social problems.
C) Social work should stress the necessity for broader governmental intervention,particularly on the federal level.
D) None of the above

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following is setting in which social workers practice their vocation?


A) Host institutions such as public schools,hospitals,and nursing homes.
B) Social work settings such as Family and Children's service agencies.
C) Human service organizations such as outpaitent mental health centers.
D) All of the above.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following is NOT a factor in the initial rise of the Charity Organization Society movement in the United States?


A) Awareness of incresing demands for relief made on a poorly organized system
B) Fear of militancy among the poor and working classes
C) Asylums and reformatories were overcrowded,yet still able to solve problems of dependency
D) A belief in individual responsibility for dependency

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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C

The first organization to attempt to standardize social work education was the:


A) National Association of Schools of Social Service Administration.
B) Council on Social Work Education.
C) American Association of Schools of Social Work.
D) National Association of Social Workers.

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following statements is NOT a factor in the growth of the international perspective on social welfare?


A) The growing importance of an international perspective on social work and social welfare and an appreciation of the interconnectedness of all regions of the globe.
B) The breakup of the Soviet Union has led to the struggle of former communist states to create new economic and social welfare structures; while developing countries have been expanding social welfare systems.
C) The increaing immigration of Latino and Asian groups to the United States creates an impetus for global awareness.
D) The shift of focus within the profession of social work towards private,clinically based practice lends itself towards a view of the global issues in the field.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following statements about is true?


A) The National Association of Social Workers brought together all existing specialist organizations,including psychiatric social workers,medical social workers,group workers,and practitioners in the (then emerging) fields of community organization and social work research.
B) The American Association of Social Workers tended to include settlement workers
C) The Council on Social Work Education excluded membership for undergraduate programs
D) The American Association of Schools of Social Work originally excluded membership to freestanding schools closely tied to social work agencies.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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The first executive director of the National Urban League was:


A) Abraham Flexner.
B) George Haynes.
C) Lugenia Burns Hope.
D) Graham Taylor.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following statements is true about the NASW Code of Ethics?


A) The Code offers a set of values,principles,and standards to guide decision making and conduct when ethical issues arise.
B) The Code provides a set of rules that prescribe how social workers should act in all situations.
C) Specific applications of the Code does not need to take into account the context in which it is being considered and the possibility of conflicts among the Code's values,principles,and standards.
D) The Code should be held up as the standard by which the general public cannot hold the social work professon accountable.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The Charity Organization Society was associated with:


A) a conservative interpretation of the causes of poverty.
B) friendly visitors.
C) attempts to coordinate services to prevent the poor from receiving too many services.
D) all of the above.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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What issue led to the development of the Charity Organization Society?


A) Awareness of increasing demands for relief.
B) Fear of an uprising among the poor and working classes.
C) Belief in individual responsibility for dependency.
D) All of the above.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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D

Among the philosophical underpinnings of social work are all but:


A) common good.
B) individual rights and freedom.
C) individual responsibility for independence.
D) client self-determination.

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Which is a more accurate statement of how social workers with conservative politics view their professional role as practitioners?


A) Social workers are pawns in a social welfare industry whose main aim is to control the poor and powerless and to keep them from causing trouble.
B) A social worker's main function is helping individuals and families resolve their own difficulties.
C) Social workers should attend to both individual and institutional change.
D) A social worker's should join clients in working for meaningful change in the system.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following statements is true of how radicals few the professional responsibility of social workers?


A) Social work should continue to push for greater client involvement in the planning and provision of services,more attention to the social control function of social welfare,and fundamental changes in social and economic structures.
B) Social work should equip individuals,familes,and communities to bear the responsibility for dealing with social problems.
C) Social work should stress the necessity for broader governmental intervention,particularly on the federal level.
D) None of the above

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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The idea that friendly visiting demanded specific skills that could be generalized and taught was particularly well articulated by:


A) Josephine Shaw Lowell
B) Jane Addams
C) Mary Richmond
D) Ellen Gates Starr

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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One of the first organizations to bring together charity and settlement workers was:


A) American National Red Cross.
B) National Association of Settlements and Charities.
C) National Urban League.
D) National Conference of Charities and Correction.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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D

Early settlement leaders included all of the following,except:


A) Lillian Wald
B) Charles Loring Brace
C) Graham Taylor
D) Lugenia Burns Hope

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded one of the first settlement houses in the U.S.,called:


A) Toynbee Hall
B) Henry Street Settlement
C) The Chicago Commons
D) Hull House

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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The Charity Organization Society in the United States was associated with which religion?


A) Catholicism
B) Protestantism
C) Judaism
D) None; it was not religious in focus.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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