Deck 1: Human Services in the United States Today

Question 1

The social programs of the 1960s have been criticized on the grounds that they tended to weaken primary support while helping people make important choices and decisions in life.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Self-help groups have declined in popularity in recent years.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Deprivation of these needs is likely to trigger an emergency reaction:

A)physiological needs
B)safety needs
C)belongingness needs
D)esteem needs

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Research in work settings has shown that workers rank their needs in the same order of importance proposed by Maslow.

Question 5

Rehabilitation is designed to help only those who are physically disabled.

Question 6

Which one of the following would not be classified as a human service organization?

A)the family
B)a nursing home
C)a mental hospital
D)a child care agency

Question 7

All human service agencies operate on a not-for-profit basis.

Question 8

Self-help groups:

A)are generally sponsored by the government.
B)are examples of traditional social supports.
C)are led by highly trained professionals.
D)occupy a position between traditional social supports and professional service agencies.

Question 9

Private non-profit agencies:

A)are funded primarily by the government.
B)raise money by appealing to the general public for donations.
C)are not permitted by law to use professional fund-raisers.
D)are invariably small in size and local in scope.

Question 10

The goal of this service is to help a client get through a highly stressful life situation:

A)social support
B)primary prevention
C)counseling
D)crisis intervention

Question 11

Counseling is usually concerned with helping people make important choices and decisions in life.

Question 12

Which of the following assumptions of Maslow's theory of motivation has been questioned by critics?

A)Physiological needs must be satisfied before the individual seeks intimacy.
B)We should eliminate Social Security and Welfare.
C)Social programs should not weaken the initiative of the recipient.
D)The federal government, rather than the states, should have more control over social programs.

Question 13

Self-actualization may be defined as a need to express one's inner nature and talents.

Question 14

According to Maslow's hierarchy, the needs for stability and order in life are classified as:

A)physiological needs.
B)safety needs.
C)belongingness and love needs.
D)esteem needs.

Question 15

Professional therapists generally view self-help groups as a form of unwelcome competition.

Question 16

Which one of the following services would most likely be offered to healthy, well-functioning clients?

A)psychotherapy
B)rehabilitation
C)crisis intervention
D)primary prevention

Question 17

According to Maslow, the self-actualized person:

A)is viewed as successful by society.
B)has not satisfied physiological needs.
C)is seeking love and affection.
D)has fulfilled innate potentials.

Question 18

According to Maslow, a person who has satisfied esteem needs will next seek to satisfy:

A)safety needs.
B)love needs.
C)self-actualization needs.
D)physiological needs.

Question 19

A person who lacks primary social supports runs a relatively high risk of:

A)physical illness.
B)mental illness.
C)being unable to counteract difficult situations.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 20

The size and scope of human services have decreased markedly in recent decades.

Question 21

Recent population trends are likely to lead to increasing political support for needy persons in the inner cities.

Question 22

The debriefing of emergency service workers should focus on both their positive and negative emotional responses.

Question 23

The incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder is usually lower for those individuals who had the greatest degree of exposure to the disaster.

Question 24

The terrorists' goal is to disrupt the daily routines of peoples' lives and create a psychological disequilibrium.

Question 25

The debriefing of emergency service workers should begin immediately after work is over.

Question 26

The targeting of innocent people is central to the tactics of terrorism.

Question 27

The trend toward privatization:

A)is supported by most conservative politicians.
B)is supported by unions of public employees.
C)is supported by most human service workers.
D)is supported by most liberal politicians.

Question 28

Which of the following is not characteristic of bureaucracies?

A)There is some form of central control.
B)Employees are usually arranged in a hierarchy from higher to lower.
C)There is usually a clear division of labor among various types of workers.
D)Lower level workers are encouraged to go right to the top when they have a complaint or a problem.

Question 29

People in need usually prefer to request help from primary supports before going to a human service agency.

Question 30

Which statement about emergency service workers is not true?

A)They should be required to take breaks, if possible.
B)They should be told no more than necessary about the extent of the disaster.
C)They should be rotated between assignments of varying difficulty.
D)They should be trained in their particular role in the overall plan.

Question 31

The main purpose of privatizing services is:

A)to improve working conditions for employees.
B)to reduce the costs of government.
C)to provide better services to the public.
D)to provide a wider range of services to the public.

Question 32

Post-traumatic stress disorder can affect one's:

A)relationships
B)success in the workplace
C)sleep patterns
D)none of the above
E)(a), (b), and (c)

Question 33

The major providers or sponsors of human services are:

A)private, non-profit agencies
B)private, profit-making companies.
C)governmental agencies.
D)unions and fraternal organizations.

Question 34

Since the 1940s, unions of government employees have increased in size and power.

Question 35

Which of the following problems has received the largest share of attention from social planners?

A)poverty
B)natural disasters
C)prejudice
D)negative effects of technological advances

Question 36

Terrorism is usually subtle and primarily non-violent.

Question 37

The degree of support for human services is influenced by:

A)the needs of people.
B)the state of the economy.
C)public opinion.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 38

Research in the field of crisis intervention and disaster response has indicated a pattern of post-disaster phases.Which of the following are examples of these phases?

A)Heroic phase
B)Honeymoon phase
C)Disillusionment phase
D)Reconstruction phase
E)all of the above

Question 39

Conservatives tend to believe that the federal government has assumed excessive control over our lives.

Question 40

Which statement about the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is not true?

A)It provided penalties to employers who hire undocumented workers.
B)It virtually stopped the inflow of illegal workers within 5 years.
C)It granted amnesty to some illegal aliens.
D)There were no attempts to enforce the law.

Question 41

Which statement(s) are true about women in the job market?

A)Women are making inroads in job areas once dominated by men.
B)Women tend to be concentrated in service sector jobs.
C)Women earned about 97 percent of the average salary of men in 1990.
D)A small minority of women are employed outside the home.
E)Statements a and b are true.

Question 42

The passing of Proposition 187 by California voters in 1994 reflected negative attitudes toward illegal immigrants.

Question 43

In the presidential election of 2008 one of the key campaign strategies of Barack Obama was:

A)Using race as a campaign issue
B)Using his military record
C)Utilizing an internet-based social networking strategy
D)All of the Above
E)None of the Above

Question 44

The federal poverty guidelines one issued each year to determine financial eligibility for certain federal programs.

Question 45

Which statement about income distribution in the United States is accurate?

A)There has been a large increase in the number of families earning more than $100,000 in recent decades.
B)Working-class families have enjoyed a significant increase in income since the 1970s.
C)Income is now distributed more equally than during previous decades.
D)The income of average families, adjusted for inflation, has increased significantly since the 1970s.

Question 46

One's personality traits have no bearing on how one handles stress.

Question 47

Longitudinal studies have consistently found high positive correlations between a person's level of happiness and his or her longevity

Question 48

Stress tolerance is partly dependent on the amount of emotional support one receives from other people.

Question 49

Examples of natural or human caused disasters might include which of the following:

A)Hurricane Sandy in 2012
B)Hurricane Katrina in 2005
C)A Tsunami off Japan in 2011
D)None of the above
E)All of the above

Question 50

Which statement about stress is not true?

A)Threatening life events impose a strain on the individual.
B)Some people can tolerate stress better than others.
C)Stressful life events may lead to physical illness.
D)Desirable life events such as promotion are not stressful.

Question 51

The working poor are much better off economically than they would be if on welfare.

Question 52

This form of managed care is the most highly structured, providing comprehensive health services for a fixed, prepaid rate:

A)PPO (Preferred Provider Organization)
B)HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)
C)POS (Point of Service)
D)Federal Employee Health System

Question 53

Since the 1960's, children have been a target of food marketing companies.

Question 54

Higher rates of obesity and diabetes are associated with minority groups.

Question 55

Crisis theory maintains that the anxiety which occurs in people undergoing stress is a sign of mental illness.

Question 56

Managed care is an umbrella term for health care insurance systems that contract with hospitals, clinics and private providers.

Question 57

One important cause of rising health care costs in the United States is the increasing prevalence of patients with chronic diseases.

Question 58

One of the most obvious indications of a problem with food consumption in the U.S.is the growing rates of diabetes and obesity.