SOWK 3910W
Quiz: Chapter 1-3
Multiple Choice Questions: Please select the best answer and record it on your answer sheet.
1. A residual approach to social welfare policy:
a) calls for the prevention of social problems through the implementation of social welfare programs
b) is not possible in the United States
c) emphasizes collective responsibility
d) calls for organized public intervention only when the resources of
family and the market place
break down
e) a and c
2. An institutional approach to social welfare policy:
a) calls for organized public intervention in emergency situations
b) calls for the existence of social welfare programs as part of the social structure
c) calls for the existence of social welfare programs as part of the normal function of society.
d) emphasizes individual responsibility
e) b and c
3. Social welfare policy is:
a) only concerned with social problems for low income people
b) part of our social welfare system
c) the organized response or lack of a response to a social issue or problem
d) a position that does not necessarily require action
e) b, c and d
4. Social welfare programs are:
a) the products of social welfare policies
b) designed to help only those who are poor
c) not helpful in addressing social problems
d) developed regardless of cost to assist members of society
e) none of the above
5. Selective social welfare programs are:
a) available to all who apply for services
b) services that are restricted to only those who can demonstrate proven need
c) never institutional in approach
d) all of the above
e) none of the above
6. The Social Security Act included:
a) social insurance programs
b) veterans assistance programs
c) public assistance programs
d) educational assistance programs
e) a and c
7. All of the following were a part of the Elizabethan Poor Laws except:
a) primary responsibility for assistance rests with the family
b) a distinction between worthy and unworthy poor
c) local authorities were not involved in providing assistance
d) residency requirements
e) assistance is given only in the case of dire necessity
8. Which of the following was an outcome of the Civil War:
a. women began to be active outside the home in public health careers and social welfare services
b) development of the first federal program to provide social welfare benefits
c) a renewed emphasis on agricultural production
d) a and b
e) all of the above
9. The progressive era was a time of great social welfare reform which included the development of:
a) mothers pension programs
b) child labor laws
c) special courts for juvenile offenders
d) compulsory school attendance laws
e) all of the above
10. The shift between public purpose and private interest in social welfare policy is explained by:
a) Schlesinger - cycles of history
b) Ryan - blaming the victim
c) Domhoff - elite power
d) Lee - cause and function
e) Wilson – underclass
11. A liberal perspective toward social welfare policy emphasizes:
a) passive involvement by the federal government in social welfare
b) no involvement by the federal government in social welfare
c) secondary involvement by the federal government in social welfare
d) active involvement by the federal government in social welfare
e) none of the above
12. The theory of a culture of poverty argues:
a) people are born poor and learn to remain poor across generations
b) impoverished neighborhoods are particularly rich in arts and culture
c) all classes are affected by the presence of an underclass
d) cultural opportunities are the solution to poverty and its effects
e) all if the above
13. Applying the concept of “survival of the fittest” to humanity is a key component of:
a) cause and function
b) biological determinism
c) social control
d) critical theory
e) elite theory
14. If one feels a social obligation to provide agreed upon benefits to all citizens, then one supports
a) social justice
b) criminal justice
c) civil rights justice
d) distributive justice
e) economic justice
True/False: Please indicate whether the statement is true or false with a “T” or “F” by the number.
15. The social welfare system is the organized efforts and structures used to provide for our societal well being.
16. Social welfare policies are the products of social welfare programs.
17. Universal social services are provided to members of society based on their income or means.
18. According to the NASW Code of Ethics, “social workers should advocate for changes in policy and
legislation to improve social conditions.”
19. A residual approach to social welfare policy emphasizes prevention.
20. Mary Richmond, the author of “Social Diagnosis” is most famous for founding the Settlement Movement in
the late 1800’s .
21. The Settlement Movement emphasized individual growth and development.
22. By the late 1700’s, 300,000 Africans were brought to this country as slaves .
23. The 1980’s was a decade of cutbacks by the federal government in the funding of social welfare programs.
24. In 1935, the public assistance provisions of the Social Security Act were embraced by the public.
25. New Deal programs generally reflected the residual and selective approaches to social welfare.
21. Piven and Cloward argue social welfare policy can be a tool for social control.
22. The belief that a handful of people control all public policies is described by the theory of blaming of the
victim.
23. Second-order victim-blaming is when government is held responsible for the failure of social
welfare programs.
24. Changes in economics, communities, and families as a result of the industrialization of America
significantly altered the social welfare system in this country.
25. The ideology of cause and function describes the role of social work as struggling between trying to
improve societal well-being while providing care to individuals.