MSW EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Closed system - ANS uses up it energy and dies
differentiation - ANS becoming specialized in structure and function
entropy - ANS closed disorganized stagnant, using up available energy
equifinality - ANS arriving at the same end from different beginnings
homeostasis - ANS steady state
input - ANS obtaining resources from the environment theater necessary to attain the goals
of the the system
negative entropy - ANS exchange of energy and resources between system that promote
growth and transformation
open system - ANS a system with cross boundary exchange
output - ANS a product of the system that exports to the environment
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, subsystem - ANS a major component of a system made up of two or more interdependent
components that interact in order to attain their own purpose and the purpose of the system in
which they are embedded
suprasystem - ANS an entity that is served by a number of component systems organized in
interacting relationship
throughput - ANS energy that is integrated into the system so it can be used by the system to
accomplish it goals
family theory - ANS provides theoretical and therapeutic base for dealing with family related
situation.
Genogram - ANS diagram of family relationship beyond a family tree allowing a social worker
and client to vizualaize hereditary patterns.
Strategic Family Therapy - ANS Social worker initiates what happens during therapy
- designs a specific approach for each presenting problem.
Strategic Family Therapy - ANS active, brief, directive, task- centered
Structural Family Therapy - ANS social worker joins engages the family in effort to
restructure it
Structural Family Therapy - ANS the invisible set of functional demands organizing
interactions among family members.
Psychodrama - ANS is a treatment approach in which roles are enacted in group context.
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ANSWERS
Closed system - ANS uses up it energy and dies
differentiation - ANS becoming specialized in structure and function
entropy - ANS closed disorganized stagnant, using up available energy
equifinality - ANS arriving at the same end from different beginnings
homeostasis - ANS steady state
input - ANS obtaining resources from the environment theater necessary to attain the goals
of the the system
negative entropy - ANS exchange of energy and resources between system that promote
growth and transformation
open system - ANS a system with cross boundary exchange
output - ANS a product of the system that exports to the environment
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, subsystem - ANS a major component of a system made up of two or more interdependent
components that interact in order to attain their own purpose and the purpose of the system in
which they are embedded
suprasystem - ANS an entity that is served by a number of component systems organized in
interacting relationship
throughput - ANS energy that is integrated into the system so it can be used by the system to
accomplish it goals
family theory - ANS provides theoretical and therapeutic base for dealing with family related
situation.
Genogram - ANS diagram of family relationship beyond a family tree allowing a social worker
and client to vizualaize hereditary patterns.
Strategic Family Therapy - ANS Social worker initiates what happens during therapy
- designs a specific approach for each presenting problem.
Strategic Family Therapy - ANS active, brief, directive, task- centered
Structural Family Therapy - ANS social worker joins engages the family in effort to
restructure it
Structural Family Therapy - ANS the invisible set of functional demands organizing
interactions among family members.
Psychodrama - ANS is a treatment approach in which roles are enacted in group context.
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