Answer to Question 1
Correct Answer: 1, 2, 4, 5
Rationale 1: The purpose of family assessment is to determine the level of family functioning.
Rationale 2: The purpose of family assessment is to identify family strengths and weaknesses.
Rationale 3: Legal guidelines regarding health care issues such as insurance coverage and the right to consent for health care are important when working with same-sex couples.
Rationale 4: The purpose of family assessment is to clarify family interaction patterns.
Rationale 5: The purpose of family assessment is to describe the health status of the family and its individual members.
Answer to Question 2
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Cohabiting (or communal) families consist of unrelated individuals or families that live under one roof. Reasons for cohabiting may be a need for companionship, a desire to achieve a sense of family, sharing expenses, and household management.
Rationale 2: A blended family occurs when existing family units join together to form new families, also known as stepfamilies or reconstituted families.
Rationale 3: Foster family situations occur when children can no longer live with their birth parents and require placement with a family that has agreed to include them temporarily.
Rationale 4: Intragenerational families occur when more than two generations live together.
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