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Commonwealth Educational Seminars Certification Exam

Select one response for each question below.


The NASW Code of Ethics

1. Social workers promote social justice and social change with and on
behalf of clients.

a. True
b. False

2. Core values, and the principles that flow from them, must be balanced
within the context and complexity of the human experience.

a. True
b. False

3. The NASW Code Of Ethics (The Code) is relevant to all social workers
and social work students, regardless of their professional functions,
the settings in which they work, or the populations they serve.

a. True
b. False

4. The Code provides a set of rules that prescribe how social workers
should act in all situations.

a. True
b. False

5. The Code specifies which values, principles, and standards are most
important and ought to outweigh others in instances when they conflict.

a. True
b. False

6. If instances arise where social workers' ethical obligations conflict
with agency policies or relevant laws or regulations, social workers
must make a responsible effort to resolve the conflict in a manner that
is consistent with the values, principles, and standards expressed in
this Code.

a. True
b. False

7. The Code does not suggest that pro bono service be a component of a
social worker's practice.

a. True
b. False

8. Social workers should engage people as partners in the helping process.

a. True
b. False

9. Social workers' responsibility to the larger society or specific
legal obligations may on limited occasions supersede the loyalty owed
clients, and clients should be so advised.

a. True
b. False

10. Social workers may limit clients' right to self-determination when,
in the social workers' professional judgment, clients' actions or
potential actions pose a serious, foreseeable, and imminent risk to
themselves or others.

a. True
b. False

11. Social workers do not need to review with clients circumstances
where confidential information may be requested and where disclosure of
confidential information may be legally required.

a. True
b. False

12. Social workers should limit clients' access to their (the clients')
records, or portions of their records, only in exceptional circumstances
when there is compelling evidence that such access would cause serious
harm to the client.

a. True
b. False

13. Social workers may provide clinical services to individuals with
whom they have had a prior sexual relationship.

a. True
b. False

14. When setting fees, consideration should be given to clients' ability
to pay.

a. True
b. False

15. Social workers should not terminate services to pursue a social,
financial, or sexual relationship with a client.

a. True
b. False

16. Social workers may not engage in organized action, including the
formation of and participation in labor unions, to improve services to
clients and working conditions.

a. True
b. False

17. Social workers should contribute time and professional expertise to
activities that promote respect for the value, integrity, and competence
of the social work profession.

a. True
b. False