ASWB Masters Diversity & Social Justice Practice Questions
Diversity & Social Justice makes up 5 of every 50 questions on a Tigertest ASWB Masters practice test. Here are 10 of the 20 questions on it, each with the answer and the reason.
Updated by the Tigertest team. Based on the ASWB Masters content outline (2026 Examination Guidebook). Original questions; 50 per test, weighted like the real exam. Not affiliated with ASWB.
1. A 10-year-old regularly interprets for her immigrant parents at medical and bank visits. This practice is called:
- A.Biculturalism
- B.Language brokering
- C.Code switching
- D.Assimilation
Answer: B. Language brokering is when children of immigrants interpret and translate for their families. It can build skills but also brings stress and role reversal, so agencies should provide qualified interpreters rather than rely on children.
2. An anti-oppressive approach to practice MOST directly asks a social worker to:
- A.Avoid talking about racism
- B.Focus only on individual behavior change
- C.Treat all clients identically
- D.Examine power in the relationship
Answer: D. Anti-oppressive practice examines how power, privilege and structural oppression shape clients' lives and the helping relationship itself, and works to share power with clients.
3. A coworker tells a Black client, "I don't see color." In Sue's model, this kind of microaggression is a:
- A.Microinvalidation
- B.Macroaggression
- C.Microassault
- D.Microinsult
Answer: A. Microinvalidations deny or dismiss a person's experiences of race, as color-blind statements do. Microassaults are deliberate attacks, and microinsults are rude or demeaning remarks.
4. A social worker notices she spends less time with clients who have heavy accents. This MOST likely reflects:
- A.Professional judgment
- B.Cultural relativism
- C.Implicit bias
- D.Institutional racism
Answer: C. Implicit bias is an unconscious attitude that affects behavior despite one's stated values. Recognizing it through self-reflection and supervision is the first step to reducing its effect.
5. The term intersectionality refers to:
- A.Moving between two cultures
- B.Membership in a shared social group
- C.Overlapping identities shaping life
- D.Agencies working together
Answer: C. Intersectionality describes how race, gender, class, sexual orientation, ability and other identities combine to create distinct experiences of privilege and oppression.
6. A Deaf client requests an interpreter for a meeting. Under federal disability law, the agency should:
- A.Provide a qualified ASL interpreter
- B.Rely on written notes and lip reading
- C.Charge the client for the service
- D.Ask a relative to sign for her
Answer: A. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires effective communication, which for many Deaf clients means a qualified interpreter at no cost. Relatives may lack skill and compromise confidentiality.
7. Which practice BEST supports language access for a client with limited English?
- A.A phrase book and gestures
- B.The client's school-age child
- C.Speaking slowly and loudly
- D.A trained medical interpreter
Answer: D. Trained interpreters provide accurate, confidential communication. Children should not interpret because of accuracy, role reversal and the sensitive content they would hear.
8. An autistic client prefers written questions over spoken conversation. The social worker should:
- A.Ask the family to answer for him
- B.Adapt to the client's preference
- C.Insist on spoken sessions
- D.Refer the client elsewhere
Answer: B. Respecting neurodiversity means adjusting communication to the client's strengths and needs, which improves access and engagement.
9. Internalized racial oppression occurs when a person:
- A.Learns the dominant group's language and customs
- B.Accepts negative messages about their group
- C.Denies that racism exists anywhere
- D.Moves to a mostly white neighborhood
Answer: B. Internalized oppression happens when members of a targeted group come to believe the dominant society's negative stereotypes about their own group, which can affect self-esteem and choices.
10. A practice that brings together the person harmed, the person who caused harm and the community to repair harm is called:
- A.Distributive justice
- B.Procedural justice
- C.Retributive justice
- D.Restorative justice
Answer: D. Restorative justice focuses on repairing harm and restoring relationships through dialogue. Retributive justice centers on punishment.
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