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Chapter 9
Chapter 9 and 10
Chapter 10
Chapter 10 and 11
Chapter 11
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Defining participants includes A. developing a working hypothesis. B. identifying the client system. C. examining outside opposition. D. selecting a policy approach.
B. identifying the client system.
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The organization or unit formally designated responsibility for the area of the proposed change is A. controlling. B. support. C. host. D. change agent.
C. host.
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The authors define “strategy” as the A. over-arching hypothesis of etiology or cause and effect. B. overall-all efforts to ensure that a proposed change is accepted. C. specific techniques designed to maximize possible success. D. ability to intuitively discern what will and will not work.
B. overall-all efforts to ensure that a proposed change is accepted.
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Whose rights take precedence over the wishes of the action system? A. Clients. B. Social Workers. C. Politicians. D. Directors.
A. Clients.
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Outcome objectives focus on A. a quality of life change for the target population. B. how an end goal has been completely achieved. C. cost-demand accounting and program resources. D. multiple goals advanced by the change agent.
A. a quality of life change for the target population.
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Examining system capacity for change includes A. refining the working hypothesis of etiology. B. identifying the change agent system. C. identifying the action system. D. assessing general openness and commitment to change.
D. assessing general openness and commitment to change.
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When examining the system’s capacity for change, the social worker needs to focus on A. small goals that can be easily gained. B. making all systems happy and cooperative. C. isolating and thwarting the controlling system. D. team building and group development.
D. team building and group development.
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Implementation and capacity-building are associated with which strategy below? A. collaboration. B. campaign. C. contest. D. conquest.
A. collaboration.
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According to the authors, implementation is A. an event. B. a process. C. a program. D. a tactic.
B. a process.
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When specifying a result for a process objective, it must A. confirm the working hypothesis B. be concrete and observable. C. have multiple possible outcomes. D. include a managerial plan.
B. be concrete and observable.
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When generating the working hypothesis about etiology (cause and effect relationships) the change agent should focus on A. the clearest single contributing factor. B. any one significant contributing factor. C. the most significant contributing factors. D. all identified significant change factors.
C. the most significant contributing factors.
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When determining the availability of resources to sustain the change effort, one must A. develop an inventory of available and needed resources. B. keep track of all donors for the victory celebration. C. the scope of needed resources generally is the same. D. formal proposals with budgets are seldom necessary.
A. develop an inventory of available and needed resources.
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An intervention that is planned, intended to evoke specific reactions, involve interaction with others and goal oriented is a A. strategy. B. tactic. C. interaction. D. modality.
B. tactic.
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When stating goals as outcome terms, one should include the target population, A. the feasibility study, and specific participants. B. a boundary, and an expected result or outcome. C. costs and benefits associated with implementation. D. specific responsible persons, and a timeframe.
B. a boundary, and an expected result or outcome.
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For every one outcome objective there will probably be A. only one process objective. B. a series of process objectives. C. one process objective measure. D. two or more corresponding goals.
B. a series of process objectives.
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One runs the risk that a whole project cannot be evaluated if this step is skipped A. establishing a relationship between intervention and results. B. establishing a relationship between problem and population. C. establishing a relationship between host and implementing systems. D. establishing a relationship between personnel and practice approach.
A. establishing a relationship between intervention and results.
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The authors place a great deal of emphasis on understanding which context? A. Political and economic. B. Social and psychological. C. Cultural and social. D. Conservative and radical.
A. Political and economic.
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The steps needed to free client system members from real or perceived participation barriers defines A. participation. B. implementation. C. collaboration. D. empowerment.
D. empowerment.
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In writing up a plan for intervention, the organizer provides specific details concerning procedures that will need to be followed. This is a A. working hypothesis. B. major program goal. C. outcome objective. D. process objective.
D. process objective.
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When planning for change, an intervention’s “bottom line” is if it A. improved the condition or quality of life for the target population. B. resulted in worthwhile “spin-offs” for additional initiatives. C. produced stable, fundable programs that are fairly permanent. D. empowered the host, controlling, and target systems.
A. improved the condition or quality of life for the target population.
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The target population is A. never larger than the client system. B. sometimes the same as the client system. C. mutually exclusive from the client system. D. always identical to the target system.
B. sometimes the same as the client system.
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Which factor do decision makers often take into account, even before considering how urgent a needed change may be? A. Feasibility. B. Flack. C. Cost. D. Desirability.
C. Cost
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When lobbying elected officials, it is important to be mindful that they have critical concerns about A. controversy and risks. B. costs and social impacts. C. research accuracy and facts. D. cooptation and image.
B. costs and social impacts.
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According to the authors, a time frame in an outcome objective should not exceed A. a month. B. six months. C. a year. D. a decade.
C. a year.
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The authors define “macro practice” as professionally guided A. planned change in organizations and communities. B. radical redistribution of wealth based on class. C. empowerment of disenfranchised groups at risk. D. practice beyond common “micro” interventions.
A. planned change in organizations and communities.