Deck 1: Joining a Tradition of Social Reform

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic skills policy advocates use?

A) Empathic skills.
B) Analytic skills.
C) Value-clarifying skills.
D) Interactional skills.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Policy advocates aim to:

A) Prevent all social problems.
B) Help citizens obtain their basic needs.
C) Change social policy.
D) Change electoral legislation.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is a challenge for a policy advocate?

A) No one is interested in changing existing legislation.
B) Most people hold the same values regarding the needs of vulnerable populations.
C) Specific persons or corporations will try to block reforms.
D) Previous advocates have not succeeded.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

It is better for a policy advocate to work alone.

Question 5

Structural discrimination is:

A) Bias against disabled persons through architectural standards.
B) A series of factors that negatively impinge on specific groups.
C) An unfair preference for a theoretical approach.
D) A bias against different populations.

Question 6

Policy advocates should:

A) Be sensible and take risks.
B) Seek social reforms no matter the chance of success.
C) Avoid all risks.
D) Always seek to decrease conflict.

Question 7

Developing a vision for policy means:

A) Identifying an ideal state of affairs of an agency, country or world.
B) Consulting the NASW Code of Ethics for guidance.
C) Learning how policies have evolved in specific contexts.
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 8

Wastage refers to

A) When different providers serve the same population for the same problem.
B) When clients don't complete the services you have advocated them to have.
C) When there has been no outreach to people who could use the service.
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 9

The first thing a policy advocate needs is:

A) The backing of a major political party.
B) A strong position within an agency.
C) A vision of an ideal world.
D) Stubbornness and thick skin.

Question 10

Electoral politics:

A) Are outside the scope of policy advocacy.
B) Can only be addressed by professional consultants.
C) Can only be addressed by special interest groups.
D) Help to determine the extent legislators are amenable to social reform.

Question 11

Actualized policy includes:

A) Informal, unwritten policies.
B) Personal policy actions, such as obeying or disobeying a policy.
C) Official, written policies.
D) Personal orientations toward policy.

Question 12

A job training program is an example of:

A) An opportunity-enhancing policy.
B) A referral policy.
C) A regulation.
D) An economic development policy.

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of a compensatory strategy?

A) Extra tutoring for pupils with specific learning difficulties.
B) Encouraging employment opportunities for single mothers.
C) Raising funds for a new wheelchair for a paraplegic citizen.
D) Helping spouses of alcoholics to form a support group.

Question 14

What is social policy?

A) A collective strategy that prevents and addresses social problems.
B) The viewpoint of legislative leaders.
C) A program of actions.
D) The pursuit of justice.

Question 15

"Policy advocacy" aims to:

A) Change clients' attitudes.
B) Help clients from powerless groups obtain resources and opportunities.
C) Provide support to advocates.
D) Encourage clinicians to sponsor new policies.

Question 16

Medicaid and Medicare are examples of

A) Regulations.
B) Needs meeting policies.
C) Social service policies.
D) Socialist policies.

Question 17

Fragmentation refers to:

A) The lack of one coherent policy to deal with an issue.
B) The client's need to visit many different agencies to deal with the same issue.
C) The lack of consistent services over a period of time.
D) Staff performing tasks that they have not been trained to do.

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT a vulnerable population?

A) Nonconformist groups.
B) Racial groups.
C) Dependent groups.
D) Special interest groups.

Question 19

Engaging in political action is

A) Done by macro social work practitioners.
B) Done by micro social work practitioners.
C) An expectation in the Code of Ethics.
D) All of the choices are correct.

Question 20

Informal or non-written policies do NOT fit within the definition of social policy.