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Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is correct regarding focusing?
a.
It is an important skill.
b.
It enables clients to gain more complete understanding of issues affecting their life.
c.
It helps clients recognize the web of relationships in which they live.
d.
All of these.
ANSWER:
d
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Defining Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:36 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
2. Which of the following is closely related to focusing?
a.
b.
c.
d.
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Defining Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:38 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
3. We exist in a web of relationships.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
a
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Defining Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:39 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
4. A culture that emphasizes group harmony and joint goals is likely to focus on
a.
the individual.
b.
others, so as to provide the group with a joint goal.
c.
mutual or “we” focus.
d.
individuals who can make a difference as leaders of the group.
ANSWER:
c
POINTS:
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REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:05 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
5. Feminist counseling or multiculturally oriented counseling is more likely than traditional counseling to focus on
a.
the individual.
b.
the family.
c.
the issue or concern.
d.
the cultural/environmental context.
ANSWER:
d
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:07 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
6. In working with some Asian and Southern European peoples, which focus is often more appropriate than typical
middle-class U.S. focusing?
a.
the individual
b.
the cultural/environmental context
c.
mutual focus emphasizing we
d.
mutual focus emphasizing different cultures
ANSWER:
c
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:08 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
7. A culture that emphasizes self-actualization is likely to focus on
a.
the individual.
b.
careful problem-solving.
c.
freeing people from sexism and racism.
d.
actualization of human potential through multiple focus.
ANSWER:
a
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:21 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
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8. You are giving feedback to someone who is working for you. You say, “The major difficulty seems to be that
your communication skills are not up to par.” Your statement is a(n) ___________ focus.
a.
individual
b.
issue or concern
c.
interviewer
d.
other
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:24 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
9. Your employee responds, “That’s unfair to me. Where did you get that idea?” The response is a(n)
___________ focus.
a.
individual
b.
issue or concern
c.
interviewer
d.
cultural/environmental/contextual
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:25 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
10. Focusing often results in
a.
increased cognitive complexity.
b.
broadening understanding through looking at different points of view.
c.
increased ability to direct client talk (or not direct, due to your awareness).
d.
all of these.
ANSWER:
d
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:26 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
11. In typical middle-class cultural interviewing settings for counseling, the focus is usually on
a.
the individual.
b.
the family.
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c.
the group.
d.
the cultural/environmental context.
ANSWER:
a
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Observing the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:27 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
12. The genogram or family chart is
a.
only for family counseling.
b.
a good way to help a client focus on family issues.
c.
a technique for only advanced therapy.
d.
all of these.
e.
only for family counseling;a technique for only advanced therapy.
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Practicing Mapping the Web of Relationships, Community, and Family Genograms
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:28 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
13. The community genogram provides
a.
an opportunity for the client to present her or his family in an individually unique way.
b.
a chance to see the client’s community of origin and how it might represent the unique client’s
culture.
c.
a flexible situation that may enable the counselor to determine the importance of extended family and
other significant people in one’s past development.
d.
an opportunity to compare the community of origin with one’s present community setting.
e.
all of these.
ANSWER:
e
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Practicing Mapping the Web of Relationships, Community, and Family Genograms
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:29 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
14. The prompt, “Tell me more about the abortion,” may result in drawing out details of the abortion procedure
but little may be learned about the client’s distinctive personal experience.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
a
c)Significant others focus
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Refining Focusing on Challenging Issues
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:34 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
15. Social justice is
a.
a socialist term coined by Marx.
b.
a moral orientation toward a just and fair world.
c.
a technique to help clients advance their individuality.
d.
all of these.
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Refining Focusing on Challenging Issues
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:36 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
16. Advocacy is
a.
something that only social workers do.
b.
a moral orientation toward a just and fair world.
c.
speaking out for your clients.
d.
all of these.
ANSWER:
c
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Refining Focusing on Challenging Issues
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:37 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
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d)Mutual “we” focus
e)Interviewer
f)Cultural/environmental context
17. ___ Several people I worked with last semester felt so good during an exam that they actually began to sing too.
ANSWER:
c
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 1
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:40 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
18. ___It makes me feel good to hear that you are enjoying things.
ANSWER:
e
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 1
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
19. ___Sounds like your only problem with this course is a lack of humor.
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 1
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:44 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
20. ___ Arturo, it sounds like you are much more satisfied with yourself now.
ANSWER:
a
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 1
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:45 AM
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 2
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:55 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
21. ___Tell me a bit more about your family’s reactions to your improved performance.
ANSWER:
d
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 1
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:46 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
22. ___Apparently, there is a university rule prohibiting excessive jumping up and down with happiness during an exam.
ANSWER:
f
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 1
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:47 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
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3/4/2015 6:56 AM
24. ___John, it sounds as if you are pretty anxious about your decision.
ANSWER:
a
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 2
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:57 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
25. ___Your friends will really like what you are doing.
ANSWER:
c
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 2
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:58 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
26. ___ I really like my Edsel. It’s made me feel good just to drive it.
ANSWER:
e
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 2
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 5:59 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
27. ___ Did you know that women and minorities often are charged more for cars than European American men are?
ANSWER:
f
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 2
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:00 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 3
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:04 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
The following questions require you to identify what type of focus the interviewer is using in the reply to the following
client statement.
“I really don’t know. It seems clear that my not getting the raise was really unfair… just because I’m a woman. It really
hurts!”
Identify the kind of focus by its letter.
a) Client focus
b)Problem/concern focus
c)Significant others focus
d)Mutual “we” focus
e)Interviewer
f)Cultural/environmental context
28. ___ The average woman’s pay is 70% of the average man’s pay.
ANSWER:
f
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 3
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:01 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
29. ___ Let us take action. We can do it! We’ve got what it takes!
ANSWER:
d
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
PREFACE NAME:
Narrative 3
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:03 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
30. ___As I listen to you, I get very angry with the situation.
ANSWER:
e
POINTS:
1
REFERENCES:
Discerning the Skill of Focusing
QUESTION TYPE:
Completion
HAS VARIABLES:
False
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31. Discuss and provide examples of possible cultural differences on the focusing skill.
ANSWER:
Answers Vary
POINTS:
1
QUESTION TYPE:
Essay
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:39 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
32. Your client says to you: “The job situation in Puerto Rico is tough right now. So I‘ve been thinking of
moving to the mainland. Whether I should or not isn’t clear to me.” Write six alternative focus statements in the
form of open questions which might be used to respond to this client.
ANSWER:
Answers Vary
POINTS:
1
QUESTION TYPE:
Essay
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:40 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
33. “I love it here in Wyoming. Just being here and feeling the mountains every day is special. I have this
opportunity to leave the university to go to Chicago for a really well-paying job.” Write alternative focus
statements of a variety of types (do not repeat any classification of helping lead) that may be useful to this
client.
ANSWER:
Answers Vary
POINTS:
1
QUESTION TYPE:
Essay
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:41 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
34. Focusing has been presented as a technique or skill that could be used to control or free a client. Explain
how focus could be used in both ways, and present a coherent argument for use or nonuse of this skill.
ANSWER:
Answers Vary
POINTS:
1
QUESTION TYPE:
Essay
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:41 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
35. Discuss the value of a genogram and how listening skills and focusing might be used to help an individual
understand how family issues relate to current concerns.
ANSWER:
Answers Vary
POINTS:
1
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QUESTION TYPE:
Essay
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
36. How can the family genogram be criticized from an adoptive, extended family or alternative view of family
perspective?
ANSWER:
Answers Vary
POINTS:
1
QUESTION TYPE:
Essay
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:43 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
37. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the community genogram?
ANSWER:
Answers Vary
POINTS:
1
QUESTION TYPE:
Essay
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:44 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM
38. Is focusing something that also applies to the interviewer or counselor? Justify your response.
ANSWER:
Answers Vary
POINTS:
1
QUESTION TYPE:
Essay
HAS VARIABLES:
False
STUDENT ENTRY MODE:
Basic
DATE CREATED:
3/2/2015 6:45 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
3/4/2015 6:56 AM