Question

Question1

The focus of social problems work differs from that of social problems claims making or policymaking in that it tends to be more
Select one:
a .  objective because it involves real people .
b .  slow because it requires more activity .
c .  narrow because it focuses on practical problems .
d .  difficult because it involves more people .
Question 2
Social problems work is
Select one:
a .  the application of a particular social con-struction of a troubling issue to the development or implementation of a solution .
b .  efforts to gain attention for a particular social construction of an issue .
c .  paid labor that can be shown to cause or contribute in some way to a problem .
d .  research devoted to developing solutions to social problems .
Question 3
The standardization of training for both police officers and medical personnel are examples of efforts to
Select one:
a .  reduce individual social problems workers independence .
b .  increase profit at the cost of quality of service .
c .  alter the public’s perception of the profession .
d .  shift power away from the institution and toward the social problems workers .
Question 4
In comparison to the way problems are typically constructed by primary claimsmakers, the reality faced by social problems workers is typically
Select one:
a .  more melodramatic .
b .  less melodramatic and more complex .
c .  less complex .
d .  more highly regulated .
Question 5
When a social problems worker tries to identify a case, he or she is
Select one:
a .  identifying which person or persons are involved in a particular incident .
b .  looking to see if this situation matches the characteristics of an already defined troubling condition .
c .  seeking employment within a particular policy domain .
d .  attempting to define a particular situation as troubling enough to be called a problem .
Question 6
The negotiation of guilty pleas is an example of
Select one:
a .  the use of a routine to deal with a heavy caseload .
b .  efforts to counteract unpopular legislation by finding ways around it .
c .  social problems workers who react to low wages by seeking shortcuts .
d .  efforts by social problems workers to reclaim power for themselves in the face of greater institutional regulation .
Question 7
Joel Best suggests that most social problems workers face two challenges:
Select one:
a .  getting policymakers to take their issue seriously and raising public awareness .
b .  finding funding sources and keeping those funding sources .
c .  categorizing an instance as a particular type of case and helping the subject understand what this construction means .
d .  identifying enough cases to justify their own job and finding enough time to deal with all their cases .
Question 8
The relationship between social problems workers and subjects is typically characterized by
Select one:
a .  a great deal of give and take as they cooperatively define the situation .
b .  struggle as the social problems workers try to get the subjects to adopt the same interpretation as the worker .
c .  dependence as the subjects look to the workers to tell them how to interpret their lives .
d .  confusion as workers try to understand the way subjects see reality .
Question 9
Social problems workers typically prefer to be evaluated by
Select one:
a .  subjects because they are most familiar with the real effects of social problems work .
b .  other social problems workers because they understand the realities of the work .
c .  government agencies because they are known for using unbiased measures .
d .  funding agencies because positive reviews typically result in wage increases .
Question 10
When subjects have more resources, social problems workers are typically
Select one:
a .  under more scrutiny .
b .  less carefully supervised .
c .  less assertive .
d .  better paid .