29 MCQ on Social Work,nature and function 21 February 2023

1-Which social work ideology began with a charitable mindset inspired by religion?

A) Welfare Social Work Approach

B) Clinical Social Work Approach

C) Ecological Social Work Approach

D) Social Work as Charity

Answer: D

2-Which Act in the UK divided the impoverished into three groups?

A) Social Security Act

B) Elizabethan Poor Law

C) Psychoanalytic Thought

D) Vedas and Upanishads

Answer: B

3-In which social work approach are problems seen as environmental inadequacies?

A) Clinical Social Work Approach

B) Ecological Social Work Approach

C) Social Work as Charity

D) Welfare Social Work Approach

Answer: B

4-Which social work ideology aims to bring about systemic change?

A) Radical Social Work

B) Progressive Social Work

C) Clinical Social Work Approach

D) Ecological Social Work Approach

Answer: D

5-Which ideology of social work emphasizes gender equality and legal reforms?

A) Spiritual and Social Work

B) Women's Oppression

C) Liberal Feminism

D) Progressive Social Work

Answer: C

6-According to Marxist feminists, what is the cause of women's oppression?

A) The capitalist mode of production

B) The psychoanalytic thought

C) The Social Security Act

D) The Vedas and Upanishads

Answer: A

7-Which country has a long spiritual history that influences social work ideology?

A) USA

B) UK

C) India

D) Australia

Answer: C

8-What is the primary premise of social work?

A) Humanitarianism

B) Psychoanalytic Thought

C) Marxism

D) Radical Social Work

Answer: A

9-What is the role of social worker in interacting with clients?

A) Feeling superior to clients

B) Being non-judgmental towards clients

C) Having a personal relationship with clients

D) Avoiding professional persona

Answer: B

10-Which group of people did the Elizabethan Poor Law divide the impoverished into?

A) Those who can work, those who can't work, and those who were reliant on others

B) Those who can't work and those who were reliant on others

C) Those who can work and those who can't work

D) Those who can work and those who were reliant on others

Answer: A

11-What are the three core functions of social work?

a) Prevention, restoration, and rehabilitation

b) Prevention, resource provision, and restoration

c) Restoration, rehabilitation, and education

d) Resource provision, education, and prevention

Answer: b) Prevention, resource provision, and restoration

12-What is the curative aspect of restoring social functioning?

a) Remedying disrupted interpersonal relationships by removing the conditions causing them

b) Getting used to a new cure or gadget advised after removing the variables that caused the condition

c) Helping the individual adjust to the demands of the new situation

d) All of the above

Answer: a) Remedying disrupted interpersonal relationships by removing the conditions causing them

13-What is the rehabilitative aspect of restoring social functioning?

a) Remedying disrupted interpersonal relationships by removing the conditions causing them

b) Getting used to a new cure or gadget advised after removing the variables that caused the condition

c) Helping the individual adjust to the demands of the new situation

d) All of the above

Answer: c) Helping the individual adjust to the demands of the new situation

14-What is the developmental aspect of resource provision in social work?

a) Early detection, correction, or removal of circumstances and situations that may obstruct efficient social functioning

b) Promoting resource effectiveness and personality variables for effective social interaction

c) Familiarizing the general population with specific criteria and requirements for new or changing circumstances

d) None of the above

Answer: b) Promoting resource effectiveness and personality variables for effective social interaction

15-What is the educational aspect of resource provision in social work?

a) Early detection, correction, or removal of circumstances and situations that may obstruct efficient social functioning

b) Promoting resource effectiveness and personality variables for effective social interaction

c) Familiarizing the general population with specific criteria and requirements for new or changing circumstances

d) None of the above

Answer: c) Familiarizing the general population with specific criteria and requirements for new or changing circumstances

16-What is the goal of social work?

a) To alleviate suffering through resolving people's difficulties

b) To promote Social Darwinism

c) To increase social inequality

d) To promote discrimination based on gender, caste, creed, or color

Answer: a) To alleviate suffering through resolving people's difficulties

17-What is the ethical responsibility of a social worker toward their clients?

a) To ensure their well-being

b) To prioritize their personal interests

c) To make distinctions based on gender, caste, creed, or color

d) To impose unpopular demands on the general public

Answer: a) To ensure their well-being

18-What is the foundation of a professional social worker's service?

a) Their relationship with their client

b) Their power over the client

c) Their ability to impose their will on the client

d) None of the above

Answer: a) Their relationship with their client

19-What is the social obligation of a professional social worker?

a) To devote all their abilities and resources to the greater good

b) To prioritize their personal interests

c) To make distinctions based on gender, caste, creed, or color

d) To impose unpopular demands on the general public

Answer: a) To devote all their abilities and resources to the greater good

20-What is the ethical responsibility of a social worker toward their community and profession?

a) To ensure their well-being

b) To prioritize their personal interests

c) To make distinctions based on gender, caste, creed, or color

d) To devote all their abilities and resources to the greater good

Answer: d) To devote all their abilities and resources to the greater good

21-What is social case work?

a) It is the term used for tasks related to providing assistance to people dealing with personal or family issues.

b) It is a type of social service that involves helping victims of natural calamities.

c) It is a scientific foundation of social work.

d) It is a set of ideals that form the Philosophy of Social Work.

Answer: a) It is the term used for tasks related to providing assistance to people dealing with personal or family issues.

22-What is the role of a social worker in assisting a client?

a) The social worker imposes his/her advice or solutions on the client.

b) The social worker supplements the client's own efforts to improve his/her position.

c) The social worker should feel superior to the client to establish authority.

d) The social worker should not have empathy towards the client's circumstances.

Answer: b) The social worker supplements the client's own efforts to improve his/her position.

23-What is the main difference between social service and social work?

a) Social service involves face-to-face interaction between the professional and the client, while social work does not.

b) Social service is only about providing temporary relief, while social work also addresses deeper difficulties and relationship challenges.

c) Social service and social work are the same things.

d) Social service is based on a scientific foundation, while social work is not.

Answer: b) Social service is only about providing temporary relief, while social work also addresses deeper difficulties and relationship challenges.

24-What are the three categories of knowledge in social work?

a) Hypothetical, assumptive, and practical knowledge.

b) Empirical, theoretical, and practical knowledge.

c) Empirical, hypothetical, and assumptive knowledge.

d) Theoretical, assumptive, and practical knowledge.

Answer: c) Empirical, hypothetical, and assumptive knowledge.

25-Which of the following disciplines is NOT used to supplement the knowledge in social work?

a) Sociology.

b) Psychology.

c) Anthropology.

d) Computer Science.

Answer: d) Computer Science.

26-What is the foundation of social work?

a) Scientific Darwinism.

b) Survival of the fittest.

c) Scientific Humanism.

d) Religious beliefs.

Answer: c) Scientific Humanism.

27-What is the primary goal of social work?

a) To provide temporary relief to people in need.

b) To help people develop the ability to solve their problems on their own.

c) To impose solutions on clients to resolve their problems.

d) To discriminate based on caste, color, ethnicity, sex, or religion.

Answer: b) To help people develop the ability to solve their problems on their own.

28-Which of the following is NOT a social work method?

a) Social casework.

b) Social group work.

c) Community organization.

d) Social media management.

Answer: d) Social media management.

29-What are the four key steps involved in social work?

a) Assessing the problem, preparing for its solution, implementing the plan, and evaluating the outcome.

b) Conducting interviews, composing reports, diagnosing the problem, and devising a treatment strategy.

c) Providing temporary relief, addressing deeper difficulties, improving interpersonal relationships, and resolving adjustment issues.

d) Direct aid methods, secondary or auxiliary aid ways, social welfare administration, and social action.

Answer: a) Assessing the problem, preparing for its solution, implementing the plan, and evaluating the outcome.