Quiz - Social Work Values & Code of
Ethics
1. Which of the followings is the main reason for value
conflicts in social work practice?
- A.Knowledge and value are not always consistent
- B.Social workers have multiple responsibilities towards
clients, agency, profession and society.
- C.Real life situation is very complex
- D.Different people have different values
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2. To which of the followings is the social worker primary
responsibility?
- A.the agency employing the social worker
- B.the social work profession
- C.the colleagues of the social worker
- D.the client
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3. Which of the followings is the main purpose of setting
up a code of ethics in the Social Workers Registration Board?
- A.to guide the daily life of a social worker
- B.to protect clients and other members of society
- C.to guide the behaviours of clients
- D.to help social workers to be more effective.
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4. When we become aware of unethical
practice by other social workers in the same agency that we serve, what is our primary
responsibility?
- A.to ensure that such unethical practice would stop
- B.to protect the social worker from being accused by the
public
- C.to protect the reputation of the agency
- D.to protect the reputation of the profession
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5. When clients tell secrets to
social workers, how should social workers behave?
- A.keep the secrets strictly confidential
- B.share with other social workers
- C.judge if the nature of the secrets exceed the limits of
confidentiality and act accordingly
- D.write it down in the recording
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6. A client told the social worker that,
she was going to kill her husband, and the social worker had good reasons to believe that
the client would do so and had not informed the husband. Subsequently, the client did kill
her husband. Which of the following statements is most accurate in describing the duties
of social worker?
- A.The social worker may have committed a criminal offence
of aiding and abating the murder
- B.The social worker may become legally liable to common law
charges of not performing the duty to warn
- C.The social worker had acted consistently with the
principle of confidentiality.
- D.The social worker had not been sufficiently competent in
convincing the client not to kill her husband.