Exam 1 Qs

• Ch:1: Social welfare policy flows from a mixed economy. This means that.. a. governmental, voluntary, and corporate sectors all contribute.
• Ch:1: 1. The American social welfare system is... a. in transition and moving in a conservative direction.
• Ch:1: American social welfare programs are... a. provided by the public and private sectors.
• Ch1: The function of social welfare is... b. to provide benefits to people to meet their basic life needs.
• Ch:1: All of the following are examples of in-kind benefits except... a. public assistance.
• Ch:1: What would represent a social welfare response to the problem of ex-offender underemployment... d. no cost job training and employment counseling.
• Ch:1: Decisions reached by nonprofit agencies are examples of... b. Voluntary social welfare policy.
• Ch1: What would happen to the price of a hamburger if fast food restaurants were required to pay a living wage to all employees so that EITC benefits would be unnecessary... a. the price of a hamburger would most likely increase significantly.
• Ch1: Since 2008, unemployment in the United States has fallen, but remains around five percent. How would a Keynesian economist attempt to decrease unemployment... b. by printing more money and increasing government spending.
• Ch1: How would a free market economist justify welfare spending... c. by appealing to compassion and altruism.
• Ch1: According to the authors, one’s belief about what constitutes the public good has a significant impact on one’s political view. How would a person who values self-sufficiency, work, and the marketplace tend to vote... c. for the Republican candidate.
• Ch1: The authors describe neoliberalism as a rightward shift away from the liberal support for a government-funded welfare state. What best represents an example of a neoliberal policy proposal... a. expanded government funding for education, research, and job training.
• Ch1: The authors present Cultural Conservatism as the most current manifestation of a conservative political ideology. How Cultural Conservatism be most easily distinguished from other forms of conservatism... c. Cultural Conservatism promotes conformity in social affairs.
• Ch1: What political ideology would be most likely to support an expansion of Social Security benefits... a. Liberalism.
• Ch1: Conservatives underestimated three key factors in their work to change social programs.  Which of the following is not one of those factors... c. Most people do not want governmental regulation of services.
• Ch2: All of the following are true about Jewish charity customs, except... a. they excluded the traveling poor.
• Ch2: The major responsibility for meeting the needs in early England rested with... b. the church.
• Ch2: All are true about the Elizabethan Poor Laws, except... d. they provided early substance abuse treatment services for “drunkards”.
• Ch2: Some of the earliest residency requirements for the poor were enacted to determine eligibility for public assistance during... a. Colonial America.
• Ch2: An early advocate in mental health, who lobbied for federal intervention to reform mental health services, was... a. Dorothea Dix.
• Ch2: What behavior would best describe the Judeo-Christian roots of social welfare... c. Qualifying recipients for benefits based on egalitarian principles of sharing.
• Ch2: An early program that set an important precedent for federal involvement in human services was... a. The Freedmen’s Bureau.
• Ch2: Social workers... b. assisted in creating the New Deal.
• Ch2: The Protestant work ethic has been credited with helping to build America into the world’s strongest national economy. From a social welfare perspective, what would you say is the most damaging legacy of the Protestant work ethic... b. Poverty is a sign of God’s displeasure.
• Ch2: While working for a public social services agency processing intake applications, you notice that a large number of applicants have full-time jobs, but still qualify for assistance. As a result, you join the Universal Living Wage Campaign. Your action would best described as congruent with the tradition associated with... b. The Social Gospel.
• Ch2: After graduation you receive a job offer from a faith-based organization that wants you to teach psychoeducational classes on fatherhood and parenting to adults living in poor households. This work would be best described as congruent with the tradition associated with... d. Charity Organization Societies.
• Ch2: Early social workers were predominately... c. women connected to a church.
• Ch3: An effective policy framework... c. evaluates the congruence of a policy with the mission and goals of the social welfare state.
• Ch3: The term "pay-go" refers to... a. taking money from one program to pay for another.
• Ch3: Social work practice is most clearly affected and influenced by... a. social policy.
• Ch3: A social policy that is ineffective but still in use is... a. drug enforcement.
• Ch3: Which of the following serves as the guiding principle for a systematic policy analysis... a. a policy's goals.
• Ch3: You begin a new job at a nonprofit agency that serves victims of domestic violence. The job training program for victims requires that participants end their relationship with the abuser before starting training. You disagree with this policy. Why might you be interested in the historical background for this policy... a. Social welfare policies involve many complex phenomena and factors. You will want to understand the reasons for the policy before challenging it.
• Ch3: Policy analysis of efficiency looks at... a. the cost -effectiveness of a policy.
• Ch3: After careful and systematic analysis, you determine that a particular approach to implementing a policy is most likely to accomplish what the policy’s designers intended. How would you best describe this implementation approach... c. effective.
• Ch3: An example of an unintended consequence of a social policy is... a. illegal sale of methadone to street addicts.
• Ch3: Your power analysis of a proposed policy suggests that many well-financed and organized groups are likely to oppose adoption of the policy. How would you describe this policy... c. effective and efficiency.
• Ch3: Families headed by single mothers are among the most likely to be poor. One recent policy decision, to increase child support enforcement, was intended to help rectify

  this situation. Your analysis determines that this policy adversely impacts the father’s new family. Why might you support reversal of this policy... d. A good policy benefits at least one person without hurting anyone else.
• Ch3: Assigned the task of comparing two different policy approaches to a problem, you decide to evaluate the cost effectiveness of each option. Even though Option A is cheaper, you find that the program’s personnel prefer Option B. How does this impact the viability of your proposal... b. Effectiveness and efficiency may be undermined by poor implementation.
• Ch3: The domestic violence shelter where you work was originally designed to provide safe shelter for women and children facing threats of physical violence. Over time, admission criteria have expanded to include threats of emotional abuse, so staff expertise to address emotional problems is not required. This is an example of... c. an unintentional consequence.