Question 1

Why are time and cost two key considerations in doing a cost-benefit analysis?

Accepted Answer

An important issue for CBA is the timing

Question 2

The logical framework accounts for both the logic and relative strength of a project.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Project activities lead to project results which lead to development outcomes and development impact.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What type of analysis is most appropriate for sectors such as health care?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cost-benefit analysis 
B)  Internal external differential analysis 
C)  Sensitivity analysis 
D)  Efficiency quotients 
E)  Cost-effectiveness analysis 
A)  Cost-benefit analysis 
B)  Internal external differential analysis 
C)  Sensitivity analysis 
D)  Efficiency quotients 
E)  Cost-effectiveness analysis

Question 5

What is specific about "development" projects compared to those undertaken by other types of organizations?

Accepted Answer

Projects can be undertaken by all sorts

Question 6

What should development projects make a contribution towards?

Accepted Answer

A)  Civil society building 
B)  Structural adjustment 
C)  Institutional capacity 
D)  Human security 
E)  Poverty reduction 
A)  Civil society building 
B)  Structural adjustment 
C)  Institutional capacity 
D)  Human security 
E)  Poverty reduction

Question 7

In the 1960s and 1970s there was growing discontent with what form of planning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Macroeconomic 
B)  Microeconomic 
C)  Capacity building 
D)  Institution building 
E)  Decentralized building 
A)  Macroeconomic 
B)  Microeconomic 
C)  Capacity building 
D)  Institution building 
E)  Decentralized building

Question 8

A basic principal of cost-benefit analysis is that costs should be larger than benefits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In project planning, how can the logical framework be constructed as a matrix?

Accepted Answer

The LF is a matrix of four columns and f

Question 10

What is one of the methods used to appraise development projects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Logical framework 
B)  Cost-benefit analysis 
C)  Cost-effectiveness analysis 
D)  OOPP 
E)  ZOPP 
A)  Logical framework 
B)  Cost-benefit analysis 
C)  Cost-effectiveness analysis 
D)  OOPP 
E)  ZOPP

Question 11

What term expresses the replacement of negative situations with positive outcomes in project planning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Objectives analysis 
B)  Inverting the decision matrix 
C)  Logic model 
D)  ZOOG 
E)  Linear association 
A)  Objectives analysis 
B)  Inverting the decision matrix 
C)  Logic model 
D)  ZOOG 
E)  Linear association

Question 12

What was the recommendation of the OECD Paris Declaration regarding "project" versus "sector wide" approaches to development?

Accepted Answer

The Paris Declaration recommended harmon

Question 13

The shadow wage rate is based on the black-market economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is the most reliable indicator of the value of a project?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cost-benefit analysis 
B)  Social utility measurements 
C)  Double ledger accounting 
D)  Net present value 
E)  Quantitative depreciation 
A)  Cost-benefit analysis 
B)  Social utility measurements 
C)  Double ledger accounting 
D)  Net present value 
E)  Quantitative depreciation

Exam 28: Planning and Appraising Development Projects

Why are time and cost two key considerations in doing a cost-benefit analysis?

The logical framework accounts for both the logic and relative strength of a project.

Project activities lead to project results which lead to development outcomes and development impact.

What type of analysis is most appropriate for sectors such as health care?

What is specific about "development" projects compared to those undertaken by other types of organizations?

What should development projects make a contribution towards?

In the 1960s and 1970s there was growing discontent with what form of planning?

A basic principal of cost-benefit analysis is that costs should be larger than benefits.

In project planning, how can the logical framework be constructed as a matrix?

What is one of the methods used to appraise development projects?

What term expresses the replacement of negative situations with positive outcomes in project planning?

What was the recommendation of the OECD Paris Declaration regarding "project" versus "sector wide" approaches to development?

The shadow wage rate is based on the black-market economy.

What is the most reliable indicator of the value of a project?

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