Social Work Clinical Board Exam Prep - Question List

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91. Angela is referred to a clinical social worker for unusual displays of attention-seeking behavior, such as dramatic displays of emotion. She has been let go from three different jobs due to frequent anger episodes and impulsive acts towards other employees. Little responsibility is ever taken for these inappropriate behaviors, and most recently Angela has been cutting on her arms. Therapy should focus on what disorder?
  1. Obsessive compulsive disorder
  2. Bi-polar disorder
  3. Anger management
  4. Borderline personality disorder
92.

What symptoms would be indicative of Tardive Dyskinesia?

  1. Loss of affect and insomnia and disinterest in food
  2. Abnormal facial movements and tongue protrusion
  3. An increase of auditory and visual hallucinations
  4. Muscle or joint pain
  5. All of the above are Tardive Dyskinesia symptoms
93.

A sixteen-year-old male was referred to a clinic for treatment by his detention center counselor. He has been in frequent trouble with the law, demonstrating no regard for right and wrong. He often violates the rights of others, lies, behaves violently, and has a known drug addiction. Timothy is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of family or school. He should obtain treatment for what kind of disorder?

  1. Anti-social disorder
  2. Bi-polar disorder
  3. Avoidant personality disorder
  4. Conflict disorder
  5. ADHD
94.

What does “Flat affect” mean?

  1. The person’s face is flat.
  2. The person exaggerates emotions with large fluctuations in facial expressions.
  3. The person does not change facial expressions, giving the face a consistently neutral appearance.
  4. The person cries all the time.
  5. None of the above
95.
A former client calls asking to be admitted. He has completed treatment in this center two times before; both times have been within the recent eight months. He says he has been sober for 6 months; but he has relapsed. Which recommendations are the most appropriate?
  1. Client should be asked to come immediately for an assessment interview. if he is drinking, transportation should be arranged.
  2. As he has been sober for six months he should return to AA at the first available AA meeting.
  3. The counselor and the client will review the discharge plan in an attempt to identify the cause for the relapse. The plan will be amended or redrawn.
  4. Send an ambulance to have the patient taken to the ER
  5. A & C
  6. A & B

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