Deck 1: Social Welfare Policy and Underlying Values

Question 1

Selective social welfare programs are:

A)available to all who apply for services
B)services that are restricted to only those who can demonstrate proven need
C)never institutional in approach
D)not available through public administration
E)preferable to categorical benefits

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The social welfare system can be viewed as four components:

A)concerns - rights - regulations - outcomes
B)ideas - social plans - rules - outputs
C)social issue - policy goals - legislation - program
D)priorities - values - beliefs - policies
E)social values - ideologies - paradigms - goals

Answer 2

C

Question 3

A residual approach to social welfare policy emphasizes prevention .

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to the NASW Code of Ethics, "social workers should advocate for changes in policy and legislation to improve social conditions" .

Question 5

Social welfare policy is:

A)only concerned with social problems for low income people
B)always court mandated
C)the organized response or lack of a response to a social issue or  problem
D)a position that must require action
E)informal and not put into organized programs

Question 6

Universal social services are provided to members of society based on their income or means .

Question 7

Social welfare policies are the products of social welfare programs .

Question 8

A residual approach to social welfare policy:

A)calls for the prevention of social problems through the implementation of social welfare programs
B)is not possible in the United States
C)emphasizes collective responsibility
D)calls for organized public intervention only when the resources of family and the market place break down
E)uses residence of recipients to determine eligibility

Question 9

Social welfare programs are:

A)the products of social welfare policies
B)designed to help only those who are poor
C)not helpful in addressing social problems
D)developed regardless of cost to assist members of society
E)developed before policies

Question 10

Define universal and selective services and give an example of each.

Question 11

How do conflicting values and beliefs impact social welfare policy? Give two examples.

Question 12

Gaining power through knowledge in order to effect change is:

A)why we study social welfare
B)not compatible with social work practice
C)illegal
D)simple and easy and does not require understanding of social issues
E)only the domain of politicians

Question 13

Identify and explain the four components that comprise the social welfare system as outlined in Chapter 1.

Question 14

An institutional approach to social welfare policy:

A)calls for organized public intervention in emergency situations
B)calls for the existence of social welfare programs outside of the social structure
C)calls for the existence of social welfare programs as part of the normal function of society.
D)emphasizes individual responsibility
E)is based on institutions as the sites for service delivery

Question 15

Driving on a  federal interstate highway is

A)a form of participating in the social welfare system
B)a private act with no public involvement
C)irrelevant to social welfare policy and social programs
D)a right available only to tax payers
E)a selective social welfare benefit

Question 16

Public education is an example of a

A)Universal and institutional social welfare program
B)Selective and residual social welfare program
C)Residual and universal social welfare program
D)Institutional and selective social welfare program
E)Selective and universal social welfare program

Question 17

Describe the differences between an institutional and residual approach to social welfare policies and programs.

Question 18

The social welfare system is the organized efforts and structures used to provide for our societal well being .