Chapter 14 Test Questions & Answers Assessment in Practice

Chapter 14

Test Bank

1. In the text, which of the following is not one of the components of assessments of individuals and families?

a. Information and history

b. Impressions and evaluations

c. Diagnoses

d. Plans

2. According to the text, human service practitioners who embrace the social model of disability and who work in traditional health and mental health settings should

a. reject as invalid medical diagnoses that pathologize.

b. work with clients to make sure the correct diagnoses are used.

c. use diagnoses to determine treatment plans.

d. recognize that diagnoses are a basis for identifying problems and receiving remuneration.

3. The social model to understanding the problems and needs of people with disabilities

a. rejects any approach that uses categories or pathological diagnoses.

b. recognizes people’s problems reside in the environment and not the individual.

c. primarily focuses on eliminating discrimination and overcoming oppression.

d. emphasizes individual strengths and potentials in the context of social environments.

4. Which of the following best describes the concept of interdependence?

a. All people have elements of both independence and reliance on others.

b. Human service professionals need disabled persons in order to have value in society.

c. The sometimes-unrecognized benefits society receives because of the presence of people with disabilities.

d. The relationship of people with disabilities to health and financial support systems.

5. Which of the following is not a component of the social model of assessment diagram discussed in the chapter?

a. Personal attributes

b. Diagnoses

c. Organic variables

d. Control

6. Which of the following best describes the concept of castification?

a. Societally determined roles that constrict life choices

b. A metaphor for addressing problems like a cast helps heal broken bones

c. A social justice approach that equalizes people with similar characteristics

d. A mechanism to determine organizational positions and roles.

7. Which of the following does the text outline as a major philosophical difference between traditional medical and the social model of assessments of people with disabilities?

a. In the social model, assessments primary focus on the environment.

b. In the social model, assessments begin with the assumption that an individual with a disability is competent.

c. In the medical model, people with disabilities are dehumanized.

d. In the medical model, people with disabilities are always consulted by professionals in decision making.

8. Which of the following is not one of the dimensions of the social ecological approach used in the text?

a. Biosocial

b. Ego psychological

c. Psychosocial

d. Social structural

9. Which of the following is the best example of the biosocial domain?

a. Covid 19 pandemic response

b. Radial artery blood pressure of 120/80

c. Military rules allowing or forbidding women in combat

d. Access to hearing aids for deaf persons

10. Which of the following is most philosophically consistent with the social ecological approach?

a. The mind and body are distinct from each other.

b. Biology and emotions are intertwined.

c. We develop in progressive stages as we age.

d. Inadequate nurturing leads to arrested psychosexual development.

11. Which of the following is an example of the social structural domain as discussed in the text?

a. Means tested health care policies that make it difficult for people to work and maintain insurance coverage

b. Science teachers who discourage people with cognitive disabilities from exploring study in the field of science

c. Police officers who profile non-Caucasians

d. Restaurants that provide menus in Braille to customers

12. Which of the following most closely reflects the universal access approach?

a. Policies that make society accessible for people with any d/Disability or impairment

b. Policies that bring redress to groups that have had limited access

c. Policies that are intended to provide access for all groups

d. Policies that remove physical barriers that deny access

13. Professional assessments, as discussed in the text, are divided into which of the three elements?

a. Information and history, impressions and evaluations, plans

b. Social history, work plans, evaluations

c. What, when, how & where

d. Information and history, outputs and plans, outcomes and evaluations

14. Which of the following is not a principle of universal design?

a. Equitable use

b. Tolerance for error

c. Simple and intuitive

d. Cost effective

15. Which of the following is not a primary responsibility of human service workers who work with people with disabilities?

a. Promoting a disability-first identity with clients/participants

b. Identifying clients’/participants’ strengths and potential strengths

c. Recognizing people’s limitations and problems

d. Assessing people’s environmental contexts

16. Which of the following is not one of the four dimensions of assessment as discussed in the text?

a. Product-oriented

b. Process-oriented

c. Formative

d. Evaluative

17. Formative assessments

a. typically result in a report or document.

b. are ongoing and developed as information becomes available.

c. encapsulate outcomes

d. all of the above

18. Which of the following is not a component of the “what” part of the text’s assessment and evaluation tool?

a. Identifying information

b. Family background

c. Social history

d. Plans

19. Universal access philosophy

a. applies to both majority and minority groups

b. emphasizes reasonable accommodation

c. applies primarily to d/Disability rights

d. emphasizes affirmative action

20. Medical and mental health pathology-based diagnoses

1. Are inherently discriminatory and dehumanizing
2. Are important elements of the social ecological assessments
3. Are valuable tools in identifying pathology and problems
4. Focus on diagnoses as well as strengths

Short Answer/ Essay Questions

1. Briefly compare and contrast the social model and medical model of assessment.

Sample

1. What are the three elements of product based assessments of individuals and families as discussed in the text?
2. Compare and contrast the concepts of reasonable accommodation and universal access.
3. Joan is a thirty-three-year-old female who sustained a T-12 spinal cord injury six months ago. Prior to her injury she worked as a barista in a coffee shop but has not worked since her injury. Briefly contrast medical and social model assessment approaches for Joan.
4. Describe social structural barriers to employment for a wheelchair user like Joan. How does the social/diversity model approach employment and non-employment?