ASWB Masters Evaluation, Research & Supervision Practice Questions
Evaluation, Research & Supervision makes up 6 of every 50 questions on a Tigertest ASWB Masters practice test. Here are 10 of the 24 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 social worker measures a client's anxiety weekly before and during treatment to see if it changes. This design is:
- A.A cross-sectional survey
- B.A single-subject design
- C.A randomized trial
- D.A case-control study
Answer: B. Single-subject designs track one client over time, usually with a baseline phase (A) and an intervention phase (B), to see whether change follows the intervention.
2. In an A-B-A-B single-subject design, the second A phase is:
- A.A new intervention
- B.A follow-up interview
- C.A second baseline before treatment
- D.Withdrawal of the intervention
Answer: D. In a withdrawal or reversal design, the intervention is removed and then reintroduced. If the target changes each time, the intervention is more likely the cause.
3. A program evaluation done while a program is still running, to improve it, is:
- A.Formative evaluation
- B.Needs assessment
- C.Summative evaluation
- D.Cost-benefit analysis
Answer: A. Formative evaluation gathers feedback during a program to refine it. Summative evaluation judges overall outcomes after the program or a cycle ends.
4. An agency surveys residents to find out what services the community lacks before planning a program. This is a:
- A.Process evaluation
- B.Fidelity check
- C.Needs assessment
- D.Summative evaluation
Answer: C. A needs assessment identifies gaps between current conditions and desired conditions, guiding program planning.
5. Comparing a program's costs with the dollar value of its benefits is called:
- A.Outcome evaluation
- B.Process evaluation
- C.Cost-benefit analysis
- D.Cost-effectiveness analysis
Answer: C. Cost-benefit analysis puts both costs and benefits in dollars. Cost-effectiveness compares costs with outcomes measured in other units, such as days sober.
6. Two social workers watch the same recorded parent-child visits and, rating separately, give nearly identical scores. This shows good:
- A.Interrater reliability
- B.Face validity
- C.Construct validity
- D.Test-retest reliability
Answer: A. Interrater reliability is agreement between different raters scoring the same thing. Test-retest reliability is consistency over time with the same measure; validity is whether a tool measures what it claims to.
7. A measure that truly captures the concept it claims to measure is said to be:
- A.Normed
- B.Reliable
- C.Standardized
- D.Valid
Answer: D. Validity means the instrument measures what it is intended to measure. Reliability alone does not guarantee that.
8. Which research method is BEST for understanding clients' lived experience of homelessness?
- A.Census data analysis
- B.Qualitative interviews
- C.A randomized trial
- D.A structured checklist
Answer: B. Qualitative methods such as in-depth interviews explore meaning and experience in the participants' own words.
9. In a study testing whether a parenting class reduces child behavior problems, the parenting class is the:
- A.Confounding variable
- B.Independent variable
- C.Dependent variable
- D.Control variable
Answer: B. The independent variable is what the researcher manipulates or compares, here the class. Behavior problems are the dependent variable, the outcome.
10. Randomly assigning participants to treatment and control groups MAINLY helps to:
- A.Make the study cheaper
- B.Remove the need for consent
- C.Increase the sample size
- D.Rule out other explanations
Answer: D. Random assignment makes groups comparable at the start, strengthening internal validity so differences can be attributed to the intervention.
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