Exam 2 Qs

• Ch7: The argument that government should deploy only “safety net” social programs as a last resort is most likely to be made by... a political conservative.
• Ch7: One of the clearest examples of the government contracting out social welfare obligations is... d. Medicare and Medicaid.
• Ch7: Preferential selection means that the organization providing social services... c. differentiates clients according to their effect on organization performance.
• Ch7: Proponents of privatization of social welfare services argue that a competitive environment is more likely to result in cost-effective services. The history of Medicare suggests that this argument is... b. completely unsubstantiated by any Medicare examples.
• Ch7: Social work “exceptionalism” refers to... c. the idea that the tasks performed by social workers are more important than those tasks performed by many other workers.
• Ch7: While watching a televised news commentary, you hear one of the guests argue that private delivery of social welfare services is always more efficient that public services. Which of the following would this guest be most likely to support... a. the issuance of government vouchers to pay for health insurance.
• Ch7: Which of the following statements is most like to reflect the viewpoint of a liberal social activist... b. Private practice social work is not fully compatible with a professional commitment to the social welfare of disadvantage people.
• Ch7: How would you categorize this statement, “once for-profit providers gain a significant share of a market, even nonprofit providers are likely to adopt commercial practices and services are likely to be negatively impacted?”... c. most likely spoken by an advocate of voluntarization.
• Ch7: Preferential selection results when... c. eligibility for services is determined, in part, by the effect providing services may have on organizational performance (i.e., profitability).
• Ch7: Life care services to the aged in continuing care retirement communities is an example of... a. creaming clients in order to maximize corporate profits.
• Ch7: Imagine that your community has only two hospital systems that compete on everything except price. You consider this situation to be an oligopoly. How would you describe the delivery of health care in your community... b. The absence of effective price competition is likely to lead to cost inefficiencies.
• Ch7: If you believe that there is an inherent tendency in free markets to direct resources toward the affluent and away from the poor, then you are most likely to... d. support privatization.
• Ch7: How would you explain the dominant position of human service corporations in several areas of social welfare provision... b. Human service corporations are relatively unfettered by government regulation and have easy access to capital from commercial sources.
• Ch7: If you believe that for-profit firms provide access to the capital needed for expanding

  social services, that for-profit firms represent the potential for greater innovation in the delivery of social services, and that for-profit firms have access to higher levels of managerial sophistication, then... c. you are likely to be open to employment as a practitioner in a for-profit firm.
• Ch7: If you value freedom, autonomy, and prestige, it is most likely that you... a. seek employment as a private practitioner.
• Ch8: The authors believe that the public policy process is... c. not intended to facilitate passage of a proposal into law.
• Ch8: When trying to understand the status of a specific policy proposal, it is important to remember that money to fund the change is not actually available until... d. budget allocations are finalized.
• Ch8: Approximately half of Americans get their health and welfare needs met through... c. employer-provided benefits.
• Ch8: One example that suggests that legislators spend more time on re-election that on public policy issues is... a. assigning staff to constituency services.
• Ch8: How brings the least resources to bear on the political process... d. social advocacy groups.
• Ch8: Upset that state budget cuts have curtailed funding for major programs serving people with disabilities, you organize a protest in your state capital with placards, large crowds, and public speakers. How would you best describe yourself with regards to your understanding of the policy process... c. an incrementalist.
• Ch8: You were invited to participate in the public protest organized in question 8.6 above, but did not attend. You did, however, spend some time online studying the issue and writing a letter to your state legislature and the governor. How would you describe yourself with regards to your understanding of the policy process... b. a rationalist.
• Ch8: You were invited to participate in the public protest organized in question 8.6 above, but did not attend because you consider politics a waste of time. Government seems to only listen to money. How would you describe yourself with regards to your understanding of the policy process... b. an elitist.
• Ch8: You believe that social welfare benefits should be available to people in America only after they have done all that they can to take care of themselves by working, relying on family and friends to help during rough times, and exhausting the help local nonprofits offer. You are most likely to be described as... d. a residualist.
• Ch8: Your policy proposal seems to have fallen on deaf ears at your state’s capitol. None of staffers working for legislators appear interested in your ideas. At what stage of the policy process has your proposal failed... a. formulation.
• Ch8: You suggest a change in your agency that you believe will improve services to your clients, and you get approval to make this new change. Two months after you think the change has been made, you discover that two remote sites are still operating under the old rules. At what stage of the policy process has your proposal failed in

  those two sites... c. implementation.
• Ch8: You work three years with a community collaborative promoting extension of food benefits to ex-offenders. A state legislator has sponsored the bill, but the Speaker of the House does not refer it to committee until the last day of the legislative session. At what stage of the policy process has your proposal failed... b. legislation.
• Ch8: The authors contend that the lack of influence over public policy by lower socioeconomic groups is built into the government decision process. How is that best indicated... a. by non-decision making in which the interests of lower socioeconomic groups.
• Ch8: Involvement of social workers in the formulation of social policy has been diminishing for four decades. How would you explain this trend... c. the skills social workers develop for direct practice may leave them ill prepared for the analytical and informational demands of policy practice.
• Ch8: The best indication that social workers can still be influential in policy practice is the work being done by those... d. operating on the local level.
• Ch9: An example of a targeted tax expenditure is... c. the Hope learning credit.
• Ch9: Progressive taxation... a. collects a larger share of income from people with high incomes than from low incomes in the form of taxes.
• Ch9: Corporate welfare is most egregious in which federal department... c. Department of Agriculture.
• Ch9: From a conservative perspective, there is an inverse relationship between taxation to support government social programs and... b. autonomy.
• Ch9: Why is the refundability of a tax credit important to lower socioeconomic strata in American society... a. These credits put money in the hands of the poor.
• Ch9: If, on April 15 of each year, you file your federal income tax return with gratitude that so much misery is partially alleviated because of U. S. safety net programs, you are probably... c. a progressive.
• Ch9: If you believe that unregulated capitalism skews the distribution of resources and opportunities leaving subgroups vulnerable to income, employment and health insecurity, then you are probably... c. a progressive.
• Ch9: What do the three tax policies that have been central to U. S. social policy have in common... a. All three have increased over time.
• Ch9: A conservative is most likely to support tax increases for... a. military expenditures.
• Ch9: Regardless of your household income, if you owe more money than you have managed to accumulate in assets, then you are most likely to be... d. asset poor.