Affirmative action programs are designed for the purpose of

a. alleviating prejudice through providing additional privileges
b. establishing a merit-based system of work advancement without regard to race or gender
c. ensuring that all federal programs are gender-blind and color-blind
d. alleviating prejudice through encouraging equal status contact among people who are different


d. alleviating prejudice through encouraging equal status contact among people who are different

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Which of the following is not an activity completed following the case meeting?

a. The supervisor signs the formal service plan. b. The final plan is discussed with the client. c. The final service plan is rewritten. d. The client is asked for feedback, and an assessment of his or her feelings is undertaken

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Objectives are specific regarding what is to be done and how success will be measured

a. True b. False

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What is the general ethical principle regarding deception in social research?

A) Deception can be ethically used if the researcher can guarantee that subjects will never have knowledge that they had been part of a study. B) Deception can be ethically used only if it is essential to the research, where other methods of data collection would yield tainted unusable data. C) Deception is completely unacceptable and is considered taboo amongst social scientists. D) Deception is fully acceptable and is not considered unethical.

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________ directly affects the work you can do with clients

A. Agency structures and procedures B. Agency structures, procedures, and culture C. Agency structures, procedures, culture, relationship with external systems and Board of Directors D. Agency structures, procedures, culture, and relationship with external systems

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