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1. Relationships break down when people: Individualization was not always the
approach of choice in assisting people with need.
a. don't know or practice basic principles of social casework.
b. fail to grasp the essentials of human relations.
c. fail to communicate understanding.
d. don't understand that a good education is essential for a successful career.
2. Social casework is one of the methods of social work that:
a. shares with all social work the goal of enhancement and maintenance of
psychosocial functioning of individuals, families, and groups.
b. is differentiated from other methods by its psychological underpinning.
c. embraces all the methods of social work.
d. makes generalizations about people that simplify the helping process.
3. English Poor Laws tended to:
a. generalize the plight of poor people.
b. assume that society was responsible for poverty.
c. hold that the poor were victims of vested interests.
d. give generously as the best way to get poor people off relief.
4. Which of the following is the most accurate description?
a. Individualization was not always the approach of choice in assisting
people with need.
b. Sociological emphasis on helping people followed on the heels of depth
psychology in social work.
c. The Great Depression resulted in much economic malaise while not
impacting the development of the social work profession.
d. Social work has its roots in authoritarian ideology.
5. The problem-solving method of social casework is identified with:
a. Gordon Hamilton.
b. Jessie Taft.
c. Helen Perlman.
d. Otto Rank.
6. Values guide the action of social work today. Which value is not endemic to
social work?
a. the worth of people
b. interdependence
c. uniqueness of the individual
d. People are totally incapable of solving their own problems.
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7. Values are:
a. proven scientific facts.
b. assumptions that tend to be metaphysical in nature and origin.
c. all personal and can never be binding on a business or profession.
d. known only in social work.
8. In social work:
a. self-determination is a value postulate.
b. the individual is subservient to the state.
c. problems of social functioning easily lend themselves to diagnostic
categories.
d. the caseworker unaided makes diagnoses and handles the treatment.
9. Sanctions mean:
a. formal approval, authorization, and support.
b. social workers work in agencies.
c. services tend to be whimsical and accountable only to the profession.
d. window dressing for agencies.
10. The knowledge base for social work practice is derived from:
a. the behavioral sciences.
b. social work research, reason, and empiricism.
c. the natural sciences.
d. all of above
11. Social work practice with individuals includes:
a. work with groups.
b. work with communities.
c. the application of knowledge of social services.
d. none of the above
12. Which one of the following does not qualify as a method of social casework?
a. problem solving
b. task-centered
c. psychometrics
d. behavior modification
13. The trend in casework practice in the 21st century is:
a. functionalism and the psychology of Otto Rank.
b. the psychosocial model.
c. behavior modification.
d. selective eclecticism.
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14. Pavlovian and Skinnerian psychology are identified with which model of
casework practice?
a. psychosocial
b. task-centered
c. problem solving
d. behaviorism
15. Which one of these is not a part of the casework process?
a. termination
b. assessment
c. public welfare
d. intervention
e. study
16. Processes of casework may:
a. overlap in time.
b. always follow in chronological sequence.
c. begin with termination.
d. proceed without client involvement.
17. The Council on Social Work Education requires that all accredited bachelor of
social work programs prepare students for:
a. clinical practice.
b. generalist practice.
c. behavioral practice.
d. advanced practice.
18. Assessment is based on:
a. a dynamic, ever-changing state of becoming.
b. the needs of an agency.
c. a budgeting model.
d. the needs of the staff.
19. The nature of the relationship between client and worker:
a. is a mainspring of change.
b. is a talk modality.
c. cannot be an important interventive tool.
d. lacks the authority needed for change.
20. Termination means:
a. that at some point the casework process will end.
b. unplanned treatment; it just happens.
c. unplanned treatment; it just happens.
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d. this process is controlled by agency policy.
21. In his poem "Home Burial," Robert Frost:
a. illustrates the importance of communication in a marriage relationship.
b. proves the assumption that men and women don't understand each other.
c. makes the point that death is followed by estrangement of husband and
wife.
d. shows that the marriage relationship is fragile and can't be depended
upon.
22. Social casework is:
a. a method.
b. basically a group approach.
c. oriented to one particular theoretical model.
d. requires no special skill for application.
23. The process of casework:
a. relies entirely on individualism.
b. takes into account the need for knowledge of the individual.
c. depends for its success on termination.
d. doesn't have examples in practice.
24. One of the newer approaches to the practice of social casework is:
a. a multisystems approach.
b. a unisystems approach.
c. task-oriented practice.
d. none of the above
25. Casework is:
a. one of the oldest methods known to social work.
b. one of the newest methods known to social work.
c. ahead of group work in time.
d. the same as community work.
Essay questions:
1. Name some problems to which the casework method is appropriately addressed.
2. List social work values and the contribution they make in the practice of social
work with individuals.
3. Contrast Freudian theory and psychoanalysis with Pavlovian and Skinnerian
psychology. Describe clients who would benefit from each therapy.
4. List at least five methods of social casework. Discuss how you would blend these
methods in counseling an adolescent girl in an abusive relationship at home.
5. Describe an individual whose problems could be classified as problems of social
functioning. List (1) those obstacles that appeared to make the individual
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particularly vulnerable, and (2) the strengths he or she marshalled in overcoming
the obstacles.
6. Identify the four steps to the casework process and discuss key elements
associated with each one.
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