Caseworker Exam Quick Quiz - Peterson's

Caseworker Quick Quiz Answers

Job Knowledge

1. The correct answer is (C). An effort must be made to comfort the patient and secure placement in a shelter or other environment where they will be free of contact from her abuser. The patient must stay in the hospital until a safe placement is made.

2. The correct answer is (A). Good casework procedure and public welfare regulations mandate that neither the individual caseworker nor any employee of the facility lend or give money to clients. This must be carefully explained to the client o that a good relationship continues between you and the client and so that future requests to you or to other staff members are prevented.

Reading Comprehension Part I

1. The correct answer is (C). There is no indication given in this report that choices (A) or (B) are true and there is indication that choice (C) is contrary to the facts given. The correct answer can be found by looking at the facts given in the care report.

2. The correct answer is (C). Your client's well-being is your primary concern and it is most important that a good relationship between the sisters be maintained. The client's sister has come to you for assistance. Your best approach is to try to help her understand her sister's feelings and work with her to either accept the client into her household or help you convince the client that her sister maintains her affection and support even though she cannot bring her into her home.

Reading Comprehension Part II

1. The correct answer is (A). Based solely on the information given in the passage, the correct answer is clearly stated in the second paragraph. None of the other possible answer choices can be deduced from the passage.

2. The correct answer is (C). The passage only dictates that the recording process is a source of research. The other possible answer choices are not given in the passage as purposes of the recording process.

Caseworker Quick Quiz

Are you ready? Try out a few Caseworker Exam practice questions and find out.

Job Knowledge

1. In a first interview with a battered woman who wants to leave a violent husband, a caseworker must first be aware that:
(A) women often make false claims of abuse in order to improve their situations in custody battles relating to divorce.
(B) the husband must be contacted to try to repair the relationship and reduce the level of violence.
(C) the woman may be in great danger as men who batter are often enraged by the woman's efforts to seek outside help.
(D) court orders of protection, social services, and community supports are readily available and accessible to most battered women.

2. You are a caseworker in a methadone maintenance clinic. As you complete a scheduled interview with one of your clients, he asks to borrow $10 from you. In this instance you should:
(A) tell your client that rules and regulations prohibit you from lending him the money.
(B) lend the client the $10.
(C) suggest he borrow it from a friend or a relative.
(D) tell him to request a loan from another member of the staff.

Reading Comprehension Part I

Answer the following questions based solely on the information given in the report below.

Name: Margaret Brown
Age: 54
Marital Status: single
Parents: deceased
Closest Living Relative: Myra Farlow, sister, age 56, married
Diagnosis: muscular dystrophy The patient, a high school graduate, supported herself as a typist since graduation. She lived at home with her parents until their death in an automobile accident fifteen years ago. After their death, she maintained her own apartment until she became ill and could no longer work. A medical workup resulted in the diagnosis or muscular dystrophy, which has proved to be progressive. The time came when she could no longer take care of her needs, and when she took a serious fall she was hospitalized. Arrangements have been made to have her placed in a nursing home, to which she will be released in a short time. Her sister will be unable to take care of her because she has to maintain a home for her family. Margaret Brown is unhappy over the prospect of going to a nursing home and she is under the impression that her sister, Myra Farlow, is putting her there to be rid of her. Ms. Farlow is requesting assistance from the caseworker assigned to her sister.

1. Margaret Brown is probably most resentful of the decision to put her in a nursing home for which of the following reasons?
(A) Her illness has warped her thought process.
(B) She has disliked her sister all of her life.
(C) She had no say in the decision to place her in the nursing home.
(D) She always sought help from other before she became ill.

2. The caseworker can be of most assistance to Myra Farlow in this situation by:
(A) assuring Ms. Farlow that everything will come out right.
(B) telling Ms. Farlow that her sister's thinking about the matter can be straightened out.
(C) helping Ms. Farlow to understand her sister's feelings concerning her imminent transfer to a nursing home.
(D) requesting that Ms. Farlow visit her sister and explain why she is being put into a nursing home.

Reading Comprehension Part II

Answer the following questions based solely on the information contained in the following passage.

At the completion of an interview, the caseworker should record the essential points in a manner so that it serves several purposes. The record of an interview can ensure continuity of service to a client by an agency, even though a client is to be served by several caseworkers for one reason or another. It also serves as a permanent record of the service extended to a client and is an indicator of the agency's accountability to the community.

The caseworker who is about to record the results of an interview is faced with the problem of just what is to go into the record and the manner in which essential information brought to light during the interview is to be presented. The purpose of a record is not an end in itself. However, it does provide a means to an end in that it may provide the basis for required training of the staff, or be an indicator of improved methods and procedures and used for purposes of research. There is no universal opinion on the most important reason for the recording of casework interviews; therefore, in reality, recording has proved to be limited in its effectiveness and has not truly served any of its purposes with true efficiency.

The cost of recording is considerable and it usually takes three times as much worker time as the actual interview. Not be overlooked is the time of the transcriber, the filing time, and the time of the record reviewer. In addition, there is the expense of the filing equipment and the space that this equipment occupies. There is no question that the recording of interview is of utmost importance, but the value of interviewing in such a way is questionable.

1. The passage indicates that the recording of an interview for social work purposes:
(A) takes three times as long as the actual interview.
(B) is a less expensive process than the actual interview.
(C) is equal to the money expanded for the actual interview.
(D) is too expensive to serve any worthwhile purpose.

2. A specific purpose of the recording process mentioned in the passage is:
(A) conservation of time.
(B) overall economy.
(C) a source of research
(D) a labor-saving device.

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