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Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) Exam Practice Test
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The Master’s Level exam is intended for social workers who have completed their MSW degree but may not yet have post-degree supervision or experience. The test covers material that will hopefully be familiar to you from your MSW graduate program.    The Association of Social Work Boards Master’s Level exam contains 170 multiple-choice questions. However, as 20 of these questions are experimental, unscored questions being evaluated for future exams, only 150 of the questions will count toward your score. Since the 20 experimental questions are randomly mixed into the exam, you will not know... Show more
Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) Exam Practice Test
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1. All of the following are clinical benefits of role play techniques EXCEPT:
2. A college student visits the school counseling center during finals week and reports that he recently began wetting his bed. The student is most likely experiencing:
3. Networking in social work practice involves all of the following EXCEPT:
4. In order to maintain the confidentiality of client information, social workers should do which of the following:
5. According to the work of Abraham Maslow, basic needs include:
6. According to the DSM-5, which of the following statements is true about persistent complex bereavement disorder?
7. A social worker assists a group of activists to plan a community town hall on the topic of climate change in order to mobilize support for local legislation that would implement policies to help the city prepare for natural disasters and other environmental impacts of climate change. The social worker is most likely to use which of the following theories or models in this work?
8. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about spiritual development throughout the life course?
9. Gender identity is different from biological sex in that:
10. In accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, social workers have an obligation to:
11. Evidence-based practice is BEST defined as:
12. Which of the following is the correct order of steps in the problem-solving process?
13. A social worker is meeting with a heterosexual couple that reports having had numerous recent disagreements. The husband is upset that his wife does not cook dinner every night, and the wife is upset that her husband is making less money than she is. The social worker asks the husband and wife how they each view their roles in terms of gender, and asks them to consider if they might want their roles in the relationship to look different. The social worker is most likely applying principles of:
14. A group of high school students organizes a walk-out to protest against gun violence. One student declines to participate, even though he agrees with the cause, because he thinks it is wrong to walk out of class when the student handbook states that students must remain in each class for the entire class period. The student’s thinking most closely resembles which stage of moral development?
15. The Rorschach test involves the use of:
16. After terminating treatment, a client requests a copy of his records and completes a signed authorization for the records to be mailed to him. The social worker reviews the chart and confirms that there is no information in the records that is likely to be harmful to the client. The social worker should NEXT:
17. A client meets with a social worker after the client has just finalized a divorce. The client states he has no feelings about this and does not think there is anything to talk about. The social worker responds by pointing out that this was a significant event and that people would typically experience a range of emotions after a divorce. The social worker is most likely using the technique of:
18. A social worker is at church and sees a former client in the pews. How should the social worker handle this situation?
19. All of the following are true about telemental health EXCEPT:
20. A client requests a social worker’s assistance in changing his sexual orientation from gay to straight. The social worker should:
21. A social worker meets with a client and completes a biopsychosocial assessment. The use of the biopsychosocial assessment is most consistent with which of the following theories?
22. After a meeting of a facilitated support group, a client approaches the social worker and states that she has been having difficulty opening up in the group. She feels like she is the only one going through the stressors that she has been facing, and she is not sure that anyone else will understand. The social worker should:
23. Which of the following is NOT true regarding time management?
24. A client wishes to obtain an abortion but lives in a state in which abortion access is restricted. In this state, there is no law against assisting individuals in obtaining an abortion elsewhere. In order to best support the client’s right to self-determination, the social worker should:
25. All of the following are true statements about cultural competence EXCEPT: