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EXAMINATION IN DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN THE APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read and Understand the following questions. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. What is a Social Work Research?
A. It is a process through which social work services both private and public, are organized and administered.
B. It is a social work service in which a professionally qualified person helps individuals through group experience so as to help
them move towards improved relationships and social functioning.
C. It is a systematic investigation of finding out new facts, test old hypotheses, verify existing theories and discover causal
relationships of the problems in which the social worker is interested.
D. It aims at bringing about desirable changes to ensure social progress.
2. Which of the following defines Social Welfare?
A. Social Welfare Administration is one of the secondary methods of social work.
B. It is one of the secondary methods of social work. It refers to a process through which social policy is transformed into social
service.
C. It is a process through which efforts are directed towards meeting the community needs by organizing human and material
resources of the community.
D. It is another primary method of social work. It is a process in which the individuals in a social group are helped by a
professionally qualified worker, who guides their interaction through planned programme activities so that they may be able to
relate themselves with others and find growth opportunities in accordance with their needs and capacities towards the noble end of
individual group and community development.
3. Parents continually refuse to communicate with their child who is in a residential treatment facility. To address the problem,
what action should a social worker need to do first?
A. By respecting the parent’s need for separation by not contacting them.
B. You will request that the child be discharged
C. Contact the parents about the child’s placement
D. Assess the child’s response to the parent’s actions.
4. What is Social Action?
A. It is one of the secondary methods of social work. It refers to a process through which social policy is transformed into social
service.
B. It is a process through which efforts are directed towards meeting the community needs by organizing human and material
resources of the community.
C. It is another important method of social work. It refers to the systematic and critical inquiry of the questions encountered by
social work professional in the field of application.
D. It is the one that is used to bring about desirable changes in the defective system for ensuring social progress.
5. Which of the following approaches would be MOST appropriate to use in
evaluating client satisfaction with the social worker’s provision of services?
A. In the final interview, ask the client about their level of satisfaction
B. When you are using a single system design, evaluate the quality of services.
C. After submitting the process recordings, ask the supervisor for feedback
D. At the time of termination, ask the clients to complete a service evaluation and satisfaction form.
6. To be able to work with individuals, groups, and communities to improve their well-being and social functioning, what are the
important skills should the practitioners have?
A. Advocacy B. Counseling and management C. knowledge and experience D. All of the above
7. It is the transformation of policy, legal, social, cultural, economic, and/ or physical aspects of an environment that impede equity
for all, what structural change in the society referring the sentence to?
A. Cultural change B. Developmental change C. Economic change D. Physical change
8. Why applied social science is important?
A. Because they create better institutions and systems that affect people’s lives every day.
B. Because it helps people understand how to interact with the social
C. Because it makes sense of the institutions that shape our lives
9. Explain the effects of applied social science on social awareness.
A. Social awareness is important for managing own response to change, and it forms an essential part of interpersonal intelligence.
B. Social awareness capacitates individuals to appreciate diverse perspectives, contribute to civil society, and understand
relationships.
C. Recognizing others’ feeling and knowing how to assist others.
D. A and B
10. Which of the following is TRUE about applied social science?
A. The benefits derived from the applied social sciences produce numerous effects to individual members, communities, and group
and in the society in general.
B. The effects of the applied social sciences vary and they include increased awareness and knowledge of oneself and others,
attitude and value change, behavioural changes and structural changes.
C. Conveyed that applied social science come with a wide range of practitioner skill in areas such as advocacy, counselling and
case management, and knowledge and experience to be able to work with individuals, groups, and communities to improve their
well-being and social functioning.
D. All of the above

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11. What is the right of a social worker?

A. Professionalism
B. Accountable for their actions to the values and principles of the profession
C. Protect and uphold respect
D. Right to fulfill its professional mandates and to live by its values
12. Which of the following is a responsibility of social workers?
A. Promote social justice
B. Accountable to the clients, the general public and the society
C. Help children, assist their life-threatening problems, or aid people in overcoming addictions.
D. A and C
13. Which among the choices is the accountability of social workers?
A. Accountable for their actions to the values and principles of the profession, which require them to act in a reliable, honest and
trustworthy manner.
B. Apply professional values. C. Uphold respect D. All of the above
14. This is rooted in the reform tradition of professional social work and such values as self-determination, self-sufficiency,
empowerment, and social justice.
A. Social Action B. Social Group Work C. Community Organization D. Social Welfare Organization
15. which of the following is not a definition of the social work discipline?
A. It empowers people to change the way of their lives.
B. It aims to assist people in overcoming serious difficulties.
C. It encompasses activities directed towards improving human and social condition.
D. It seeks to improve society’s overall well-being especially those on the middle class.
16. Aldous is a social worker. As one he is expected to imbibe the following values, except:
A. He must respect and appreciate individual and group differences.
B. He must not respect confidentiality of relationship with clients.
C. He must be willing to transmit knowledge and skills to others.
D. He must be committed to develop client’s ability to help themselves.
17. Confidentiality is best described as
A. Withholding information from management
B. Agreeing to keep a coworker's lunch conversations private
C. Having an intimate understanding of an organization's financial status
D. Creating a code of behavior that allows certain restrictions around sharing an organization's data
18. It is concerned with the adjustment and development of individual towards more satisfying human relations.
A. Social Action B. Social Case Work C. Social Work Research D. Community Organization
19. Ensuring confidentiality is a legal, professional and moral responsibility of all people associated with social service delivery.
Which of the following statements conveys the professional obligation?
A. When the social worker refrains from sharing confidential information with others, except with the express consent of the other
party.
B. When it extends the right of privacy to participant’s family and friends; moreover, it also involves sharing only authorized
information with the participant network
C. When a person’s personal information is private and any information that connects a participant’s identity
to a medical condition diagnosis and/or disability is marked as confidential.
D. A OR B
20. A social worker who attempts to impose her judgement on the clients is most likely to elicit clients. Which action should the
client response to the social worker?
A. Resistance B. Cooperation C. Appreciation D. Acquiescence
21. What is intervention in social work services?
A. The process where the social worker and client analyze what help is needed based on the client's ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
B. The process where the social worker and client work together to assist the client in achieving a resolution to the original
problem and then ending the relationship.
C. It is the first step taken by the worker, which aims to gather information in order to determine what assistance is needed.
D. It includes some kind of organizational, community or social action measures.
22. Which of the following assumptions is not accepted by a social worker when engaged in family therapy?
A. Each person strives for a sense of relatedness and closeness with others.
B. In treating the scapegoated family member will help them the rest of the family.
C. The family members explain their own sense of worth on the basis of the behavior of others.
D. The family boundaries are the means for individuals protect differences and maintain identity.
23. A young couple who have two children age 6 and 3 consulted you, that their 6-year-old child has an Affective Disorder. The
diagnosis was made after a school referral to a clinic of a social worker. The best thing you should do for this couple is.
A. They should complete a thorough Biopsychosocial Assessment of the family.
B. You should empower the parents through education about the disorder.
C. You should refer the family to a support group for families with children of similar diagnoses.
D. Help them identify different social support for the child.
24. What are Assessment and Planning?

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A. It includes some kind of organizational, community or social action measures.

B. The process where the social worker and client work together to assist the client in achieving a resolution to the original
problem and then ending the relationship.
C. The process where the social worker and client analyze what help is needed based on the client's ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
D. It is the first step taken by the worker, which aims to gather information in order to determine what assistance is needed.
25. Among the rights of social worker below, what orders them to protect, uphold and respect their inherent worth and dignity of
people?
A. United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Right (1948) B. Bill of Right C. Social Justice D. Code of Ethics
26. Which of the following core values of social work that states individual and society are interdependent provides a perspective
that the society has the responsibility to provide appropriate social resources, it is the right of the individual to promote change in
social resources that do not serve his/her need meeting efforts?
A. Responsibility of the society B. Responsibility to common good C. Self-realization and contribution to
society
D. Social organizations required to facilitate individual’s effort at self-realization
27. Which of the following principles that involves a full respect to the client’s over-all situation and this include his/her philosophy,
personality and behavior? A. Acceptance B. Client's participation in problem-solving
C. Confidentiality D. Individualization
28. Dr. Tapalla, though a professional social worker and has the qualifications to become one, she still believes that she can’t help
her client when they opted not to say or do anything in the process of social work. What principle of social work that reflected in
the said situation?
A. Client Worker Relationship B. Client's participation in problem-solving
C. Confidentiality D. Worker self-awareness
29. You asked three friends to give you feedback on your behavior and tendencies. They all said that you were too polite, even to
strangers. One complimented you on it, one said it wasn't really necessary, and the third kind of
mocked you and said it was a weakness. You accept the fact that you're polite, but aren’t sure if it's a good or bad thing. Which
answer best describes what you should do?
A. Dismiss all of the opinions because none of the three agree.
B. Accept the opinion from the friend whose judgment you trust the most.
C. Try to be rude to everyone for a while, then ask the three whether that is good or bad behavior.
D. Accept all of the opinions, but make your own judgment about whether it is a good or bad behavior.
30. Ana is the sole survivor in her family when the Typhoon Yolanda devastated Leyte. She can still remember how those people
take good care of her with utmost care on the evacuation center, doing everything that they can be of help with smile on their
faces. She was inspired of what they are doing and at present, she is planning to pursue the same career path. Which of the
following discipline being described?
A. Communication B. Counseling C. Public Service D. Social Work
Identify whether what is referred to in the statement is
A. Mass Media B. Social Media C. New and Social Media.
___________ 31. DepEd Tambayan ___________ 34. Twitter
___________ 32. Kapatid, Kapuso, Kapamilya ___________ 35. Inquirer
___________ 33. Facebook

Classify whether the following are needs of individual, group/organization, or community as clientele or audiences of social work.
Choose the letter of your answer from the box below.

A – Individual B – Group/Organization C - Community

_____ 36. Counseling for victims of abuse _____ 38. Health care program for the poor
_____ 37. Legal services for senior citizens _____ 39. Development programs like the 4Ps
_____ 40. Direct services or clinical services to people dealing with mental health disorders such as depression, lack of empathy,
and impulsive behavior

Complete the table by writing the components of the communication process based on the elements provided. Use the situation
given. You invent however, it should suit the situation given.
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A suspect confesses
his acts to his lawyer

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