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Updated to reflect the most current LMSW Licensing Exam outline, Dr. Apgar's comprehensive Social Work Licensing Masters Exam Guide leads you through the four social work domains with a concise review of the concepts, methods, and principles you'll need to know and apply to pass the exam.

In the guide, you'll learn about the content areas, competencies, and KSAs that are the basis for exam questions and how to:

Avoid common test-taking mistakes and recognize qualifying words in question structure. Accurately identify the knowledge areas and KSAs behind each exam question. Apply your knowledge appropriately to the three types of questions you'll encounter on the exam. Deconstruct and analyze questions by identifying the stem, key, and distractors. Eliminate answers and select the only correct answer among similar answers.

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The Practice Test book features:

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