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According to "Bethlem/Bedlam: Methods of Madness?" Bethlem became "Bedlam," a metaphor for madness, because: |
| | A) | it catered to the criminally insane. |
| | B) | of what actually went on inside. |
| | C) | doctors used it as punishment rather than treatment. |
| | D) | of the mystique that madness acquired as a religious and cultural symbol. |
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Mutual aid fraternities, as noted in "Roslyn's Mutual Aid Lodges," performed an essential role in the assimilation of immigrants because: |
| | A) | they offered immigrants a collective strategy for surviving within a dominant culture rife with exclusionary social and financial practices. |
| | B) | a national immigration service had not yet been formed. |
| | C) | they were the only place where immigrants could practice their traditional ethnic and social practices. |
| | D) | they were the only institutions where immigrants could feel at ease. |
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According to the author of "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum," the vast increase of "hoboes" riding the rails in 1933 was due to the: |
| | A) | growth of railroads. |
| | B) | increased need for itinerant workers in the west. |
| | C) | loss of jobs during the Great Depression. |
| | D) | easy life that riding the rails offered. |
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The author states in "Every Picture Tells a Story" that today's social-work students must: |
| | A) | learn how to raise money by taking courses in fund raising. |
| | B) | learn how to write more eloquent persuasive essays. |
| | C) | learn how to use video images and computers effectively. |
| | D) | rely more heavily on tables and statistics. |
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As stated in "When the Laws Were Silent," the ethnic Japanese were removed from the West Coast through the authorization of: |
| | A) | the Naturalization Act. |
| | B) | the Alien Enemies Act. |
| | C) | Executive Order 9066. |
| | D) | the Sedition Act. |
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The reality of poverty in the United States, as cited in "Poverty 101: What Liberals and Conservatives Can Learn from Each Other," is that: |
| | A) | poverty is more life-threatening than it used to be. |
| | B) | charities rarely help the most deserving poor. |
| | C) | a few children live in poverty today. |
| | D) | poverty is less life-threatening but can still be dark and desperate. |
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Employers of foreign domestic servants, according to "D.C.'s Indentured Servants," often get away with treating the workers poorly because: |
| | A) | they follow their own countries' labor laws. |
| | B) | they cannot afford more pay. |
| | C) | they have diplomatic immunity. |
| | D) | the State Department does not check to make sure the employers follow U.S. labor laws. |
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According to the author of "Government Can't Cure Poverty," a major shift in American social policy occurred when: |
| | A) | Franklin D. Roosevelt became President. |
| | B) | crime rates soared. |
| | C) | the federal welfare system took on the roles formerly performed by local communities. |
| | D) | Bill Clinton defeated George Bush in the 1992 presidential election. |
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Civil-rights advocates and enforcement agencies, according to "Counting Race and Ethnicity: Options for the 2000 Census," are concerned about the inclusion of a multiracial category on the 2000 Census because: |
| | A) | it would hamper the government's antidiscrimination efforts. |
| | B) | the effect of including the category is greater on people of other racial mixes. |
| | C) | it reinforces a view of racial identity as exclusive and rigid. |
| | D) | differences in characteristics between racial or ethnic groups may arise from sources other than racism and discrimination. |
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Patricia J. Williams' bank-loan transaction, according to "Of Race and Risk," came to a screeching halt when: |
| | A) | her credit record showed her to be a poor risk. |
| | B) | she checked off the box on the fair-housing form indicating that she was black. |
| | C) | property values in the neighborhood suddenly fell. |
| | D) | loan officials learned that she was living in another state. |
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Chang-Lin Tien, as he explains in his article "In Defense of Affirmative Action," took on the explosive issue of affirmative action because: |
| | A) | the United States is the only land of opportunity. |
| | B) | of his role in higher education and his experience as an immigrant of Chinese descent. |
| | C) | of the harsh realities of racial discrimination. |
| | D) | he was hired to do so by a civil-rights group. |
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As explained in "Service Redlining: The Next Jim Crow?" the term "service redlining" refers to the practice of: |
| | A) | charging different customers different prices according to their ability to pay. |
| | B) | charging customers outrageous prices for delivery of goods to high-crime neighborhoods. |
| | C) | refusing services to African Americans in public places. |
| | D) | refusing goods and services to low-income, minority neighborhoods. |
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As detailed in "The War Between Men and Women," about half of the imprinted genes in question have something to do with growth of all of the following except: |
| | A) | the placenta. |
| | B) | the fetus. |
| | C) | the newborn. |
| | D) | sperm. |
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Mental health professions, according to "Homosexuality across Cultures," have not viewed homosexual orientation as being as natural as heterosexual orientation because: |
| | A) | of the prevailing view that homosexual orientation is caused by mental illness. |
| | B) | of the concept of AIDS as plague. |
| | C) | of the prevalence of youths reporting that they were not comfortable disclosing their sexual orientation to professionals. |
| | D) | gay adolescent clients report being unhappier than their heterosexual peers. |
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A poll commissioned by a Democratic party organization concerning public support of Social Security and Medicare, as cited in "Missed Opportunity," found that over 70 percent of the people polled: |
| | A) | believed that the Medicare program was basically sound and should not be tampered with. |
| | B) | believed that the Social Security program was basically sound and should not be tampered with. |
| | C) | would oppose ending the Social Security system and requiring Americans to save for their retirement through individually controlled personal savings accounts. |
| | D) | thought that it was a bigger priority to reform Medicare to ensure its long-term financial stability than to protect it from budget cuts. |
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Relative to most industrial nations, according to "A Critique of the Case for Privatizing Social Security," the United States already has a competitive advantage because: |
| | A) | the high cost of pension and health benefits is borne by American corporations. |
| | B) | of the economy's unmatched rate of growth. |
| | C) | it spends so little on public benefits for workers. |
| | D) | of its partially privatized Social Security system. |
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As detailed in "Don't Go It Alone," the economy has been growing annually at about 3.5 percent for the last seventy-five years, and in the next seventy-five years the Social Security trustees estimate the growth will be: |
| | A) | negative. |
| | B) | about the same. |
| | C) | approximately 1.5 percent. |
| | D) | approximately 7 percent. |
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According to "Don't Go It Alone," diverting FICA taxes into personal mini-IRAs and riding the stock market is the brainchild of: |
| | A) | President Clinton. |
| | B) | Steven Forbes,presidential candidate and CEO of Forbes, Inc. |
| | C) | Martin Feldman, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Reagan. |
| | D) | Allan Greenspan, head of the Federal Reserve Board. |
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As described in "Don't Go It Alone," studies analyzed by the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that diverting FICA wages into personal mini-IRAs would not be feasible because: |
| | A) | most people do not make enough money. |
| | B) | most people fear the stock market. |
| | C) | most people are satisfied with Social Security and do not want things to change. |
| | D) | there is a disturbing level of financial illiteracy. |
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The gains of promoting work among welfare recipients, according to "Welfare Reform Legislation," will be best realized if: |
| | A) | the federal budget is reduced. |
| | B) | potential workers are properly trained. |
| | C) | work lifts families out of poverty. |
| | D) | the share of children who live in two-parent worker families increases. |
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According to "Why Welfare Reform Is Working," the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 effectively: |
| | A) | eliminated food stamps. |
| | B) | eliminated public housing. |
| | C) | repealed Aid to Families with Dependent Children and replaced it with a new program named Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. |
| | D) | eliminated the Earned Income Tax Credit. |
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According to "Welfare to Work," in 1996, Congress converted four federal welfare entitlements into Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, which limits recipients to a lifetime entitlement of: |
| | A) | 20 years. |
| | B) | 10 years. |
| | C) | 5 years. |
| | D) | 1 year. |
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In "Welfare's Fatal Attraction," the author describes the "incapacitation effect" of welfare programs as: |
| | A) | giving aid to compensate recipients for dysfunctional behavior. |
| | B) | forcing poor taxpayers to pay benefits to irresponsible claimants. |
| | C) | undermining the recipients' need and desire to work for compensation. |
| | D) | undermining the necessity for more private charities to help the poor. |
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According to "Beyond the Welfare Clock," the dramatic driver that has welfare rolls tumbling is: |
| | A) | new work programs. |
| | B) | clients voluntarily leaving welfare rolls upon learning about the strict work-for-benefits requirements. |
| | C) | physical restraints. |
| | D) | a cut in cash entitlements. |
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In "Welfare and the 'Third Way,'" the author defines the "Third Way," championed by Pres. Bill Clinton and Britain's Prime Min. Tony Blair, as a partnership between the: |
| | A) | government and the political sector. |
| | B) | corporate sector and the private sector. |
| | C) | corporate sector, the government sector, and civil society. |
| | D) | government and welfare reformers. |
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As stated in "Left Behind," the welfare rolls have declined 40 percent in the last five years and those who have left are primarily: |
| | A) | Hispanics. |
| | B) | African Americans. |
| | C) | white women. |
| | D) | Asian Americans. |
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In "Welfare to Work: A Sequel," the author writes about Mary Ann Moore, once an example of a successful welfare-to-work mother, who is now: |
| | A) | head of Project Match. |
| | B) | a famous welfare reformer. |
| | C) | back in the welfare system and an intermittent drug user. |
| | D) | a college graduate. |
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According to "Now, the Hard Part of Welfare Reform," reform efforts have helped cut welfare rolls nationally during the last three years, but: |
| | A) | more women have become prostitutes. |
| | B) | many public work programs have been formed. |
| | C) | demand for emergency food services and for shelters has increased. |
| | D) | more babies have been born to unwed mothers. |
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According to author Stephanie Coontz in "Q: Are Single-Parent Families a Major Cause of Social Dysfunction?" never-married, single parenthood often is more problematic than divorced parenthood because: |
| | A) | there is a social stigma. |
| | B) | there is no family support. |
| | C) | there is no father figure. |
| | D) | it so frequently occurs in the context of poverty. |
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In "Father's Day Every Day," California Gov. Pete Wilson is quoted as saying, "the most destructive thing welfare did was to: |
| | A) | encourage welfare recipients to use food stamps." |
| | B) | encourage abused women to go to shelters." |
| | C) | form free child-care programs." |
| | D) | encourage 15 year-old girls that they could be viable economic units by getting pregnant." |
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According to "Youth at Risk: Saving the World's Most Precious Resource," society must commit to helping children become self-sufficient adults because: |
| | A) | of the expanding gap between the rich and poor. |
| | B) | 39 million children now under age 10 will swell the ranks of teenagers in the twenty-first century. |
| | C) | to do otherwise would be a violation of its obligations to future generations. |
| | D) | there is a recent increase in negative attitudes about children. |
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Many schools and communities throughout the United States, according to "Weapon-Carrying and Youth Violence," have identified weapons-carrying among adolescents as a huge substantial health, educational, and social problem because: |
| | A) | weapons, and firearms in particular, are at the center of youth violence. |
| | B) | of the increase in both parents working outside the home. |
| | C) | most senior high school students carry a firearm. |
| | D) | people who carry weapons nearly always use them eventually against another human being. |
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According to "Measuring and Monitoring Children's Well-Being across the World," current knowledge about children's well-being tends to be deficit-based, meaning that: |
| | A) | it emphasizes lack of knowledge about children's lives. |
| | B) | it tends to lack certain information as to a child's material status. |
| | C) | it tends to emphasize children's problems instead of strengths. |
| | D) | there is a lack of funds to finance studies about children's lives. |
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According to "Beyond the Boundaries of Child Welfare," abused children have an increased risk of all of the following problems except increased: |
| | A) | drug use. |
| | B) | teen pregnancy. |
| | C) | emotional and mental problems. |
| | D) | physical abnormalities. |
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Universal health care coverage, according to "Universal Health Care Coverage in the United States," has disappeared from national debate because: |
| | A) | comprehensive health benefits can never be taken away. |
| | B) | polls showed little support for health care reform. |
| | C) | voters pushed Democrats from Congress and handed control to the Republicans. |
| | D) | universal coverage is not a concern for social workers. |
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A woman who has an abortion, according to "Safe to Talk: Abortion Narratives as a Rite of Return," conceals her actions and may never find a safe venue for mourning because: |
| | A) | she does not perceive her abortion as important. |
| | B) | she just wants to get on with the business of life as usual. |
| | C) | of the harsh societal stigma. |
| | D) | feminist culture has not produced realistic identities for the childless. |
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According to "The Chasm in Care," more than 30 million people are now infected with HIV, and almost 90 percent of them live in: |
| | A) | North Africa and the Middle East. |
| | B) | Latin America. |
| | C) | North America and the Caribbean. |
| | D) | South and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. |
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The significance of the cultural dimension in aging, according to "Religion/Spirituality and Health among Elderly African Americans and Hispanics," is extremely important for the psychiatric nurse, primarily because: |
| | A) | it is important to view elders in a multicultural sense. |
| | B) | the myth of the melting pot is not valid. |
| | C) | of the religion in which spirituality is expressed. |
| | D) | religion buffers psychological stressors. |
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According to "The Managed Care Experience," the data of the survey drawn from the NASW Clinical Social Worker Registry showed that the use of brief treatment (5-10 sessions), when managed care was involved: |
| | A) | increased with more than half the respondents. |
| | B) | decreased with more than half the respondents. |
| | C) | increased with more than 90 percent of the respondents. |
| | D) | stayed the same. |
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A form of lobotomy, according to "Lobotomy's Back," has returned to the mental health arena because: |
| | A) | a number of victims of mental illness could benefit from it. |
| | B) | it is the best of the neurosurgical technologies offered today. |
| | C) | society pays to house and care for great numbers of the mentally infirm. |
| | D) | psychosurgery was and is what it can be. |
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According to "Cultural Diversity and Mental Health: The Haudenosaunee of New York State," the American Indians dealt with problems of adjustment or serious mental disorders within their own society by the use of: |
| | A) | medicinal herbs. |
| | B) | hallucinogenic drugs. |
| | C) | healing rites by their medicine men. |
| | D) | the practice of banishment from the tribe. |
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Some public-defender offices, according to "Pay per Plea: Public Defenders Come at a Price," have embraced the idea of charging clients for their services due to: |
| | A) | eligibility limitations. |
| | B) | minimum wage increases. |
| | C) | shrinking budgets. |
| | D) | increases in felony cases. |
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Mentally retarded people, according to "Unequal Justice: Preserving the Rights of the Mentally Retarded in the Criminal Justice System," often admit to crimes they did not commit because: |
| | A) | there is strong evidence to convict them. |
| | B) | the police want an easy target to throw in jail. |
| | C) | they are generally not taught to stand up for their rights. |
| | D) | there is no death penalty for the mentally retarded. |
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Private prisons, according to "Private Prisons," have lobbied lawmakers for harsher prison sentences and other "get tough" measures, because: |
| | A) | a layer of bureaucracy can reduce accountability. |
| | B) | governments remain legally responsible for inmates guarded by
public companies. |
| | C) | locking people up is good for business. |
| | D) | the crime rate has dramatically increased over the past 25 years. |
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