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Poverty and Inequality in Social Work MCQ

A person’s or family’s accumulation of valuable resources and possessions is called

Income

Wealth

Expenditure

Services

Answer

Correct Answer: Wealth

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Programs to prevent ______ such as Social Security and workers compensation is called social insurance

Social issues

Poverty

Public Assistance

Inequality

Answer

Correct Answer: Poverty

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A measure that compares a person’s wages with what is the norm or average to determine whether that person is experiencing poverty is called

Relative poverty

Social Insurance

Poverty line

Wealth

Answer

Correct Answer: Relative poverty

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Public assistance defines the _____ services that are means tested.

Physical

Social

Emotional

Cultural

Answer

Correct Answer: Social

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Poverty line is the official measure of poverty, adjusted each year to account for inflation; also referred to as the poverty threshold or poverty index.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Lacking basic needs or resources, such as money and all that it buys—food, clothing, housing, transportation, and medical care is called

Poverty

Wealth

Income

Inequality

Answer

Correct Answer: Poverty

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The persistently unequal distribution of wealth,______, and power is called inequality.

Expenditure

Income

Outgoings

Assistance

Answer

Correct Answer: Income

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Most commonly, a person’s or household’s wages for work are provided; in some contexts, this may include all money brought into a household in a year, whether as wages, the proceeds of investments, or cash benefits through government support programs is called

Expenditure

Income

Outgoings

Assistance

Answer

Correct Answer: Income

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The tendency for those living in poverty to be women, because of their workplace disadvantages and greater responsibility for children is called the feminization of poverty.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Absolute poverty is a measure used to designate survival at the most basic level. Measures have been established to determine which people live above and below the _______ level.

Income

Poverty

Standards

Social

Answer

Correct Answer: Poverty

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