Question

15.          Using program money for food for meetings but not keeping track of this expense is a breach of which type of accountability?

a.            Legal

b.            Fiscal

c.             Coverage

d.            Impact

16.          Which of the following is NOT an element of performance measures?

a.            Numerator

b.            Denominator

c.             Federally stipulated

d.            Measure

17.          To achieve change requires which of the following of a program manager?

a.            Staff motivation

b.            Group skills

c.             Cooperation building

d.            Patience

e.            All of the above

18.          Reviewing the actions of the program staff with regard to fulfilling minimum requirements and standards is:

a.            Process monitoring

b.            Quality improvement

c.             Quality assurance

d.            Process improvement.

19.          Process improvement and process evaluation differ with regard to all of the following EXCEPT:

a.            Philosophy

b.            Methods

c.             Purpose

d.            Timing

20.          Interpretation of process data is influenced by which of the following:

a.            Coverage

b.            Staff explanation

c.             Efficiency index

d.            Program fidelity

e.            All of the above

21.          Evaluation users should be involved with evaluation to:

a.            Judge the utility of the evaluation design

b.            Know strengths and weaknesses of the evaluation

c.             Identify differences in criteria for judging evaluation quality

d.            Learn about methods

e.            All of the above

22.          A community agency wanted to know if their school condom distribution program was having an effect on rates of STDs among teens. The only available and relevant secondary data was collected a few years prior, but the stakeholders did not believe that this data reflected their community. In addition, the local school board denied evaluators access to their students to collect evaluation data. Therefore, the program staff was forced to restate their question to focus on number of students who received free condoms from the program over the past year. Restating the evaluation question upheld which of the following evaluation question characteristics?

a.            Relevant data can be collected

b.            More than one answer is possible

c.             Leads to information that decision makers want and feel they need

d.            All of the above

23.          Which of the three levels of intervention effect evaluation seeks to attribute changes in program participants to the interventions?

a.            Outcome documentation

b.            Outcome assessment

c.             Outcome evaluation

d.            None of the above

24.          An effect evaluation was being conducting of a cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention program. The program targeted cholesterol consumption and exercise. The evaluation question was, “did lowering cholesterol intake and increasing exercise decrease CVD?”

a.            Cholesterol and exercise are the dependent variables and CVD is the independent variable.

b.            Cholesterol and CVD are the dependent variables and exercise is the independent variable.

c.             Exercise and CVD are the y variables and cholesterol is the x variable.

d.            CVD is the dependent variable and cholesterol and exercise are the independent variables.

e.            CVD, exercise and cholesterol are all dependent variables.

25.          In question #9, cholesterol and exercise are also considered:

a.            Behavioral habits

b.            Causal factors

c.             Antecedents factors

d.            Outcomes

e.            Moderating factors

26.          Which of the following is a criterion for a good evaluation?

a.            A decision process that is inclusive and thoughtful.

b.            Stakeholders need to be able to believe the evaluation results and the evaluator.

c.             Stakeholders need to trust that the evaluation and the evaluator use scientific and ethical methods.

d.            The most feasible and reasonable design must be used.

e.            All of the above

Answer 1

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