Deck 6: Process of Community Development

Question 1

Versatility is a good reason for gathering preliminary information about a community. It means that the worker

A) is able to know the situational factors that has led to issues or concerns.
B) can identify the challenges, strengths, and opportunities within the community of interest.
C) can assure the members of the potential for change.
D) is able to be flexible with one's approach when key stakeholders and their influence is known.
E) can relate to the issues that are going on in the community.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Why is it necessary to have researched the community before making entry?

A) to clarify the community's situation or context
B) to assist members to identify their issues
C) to identify roles to assume in the process
D) to engage the community members
E) to assure the members of your expertise

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What characterizes a community with low social capital?

A) strong external boundaries
B) weak internal boundaries
C) strong internal boundaries
D) protected external boundaries
E) protected internal boundaries

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The different power structures that may occur in the process of community development are

A) power over, power within and empowerment.
B) power over, power with and power from within.
C) powerlessness, power with, and power from within.
D) powerlessness, power over, and power with.
E) power over, powerful, empowerment.

Question 5

Which of the following data comes from a secondary source?

A) directory of agencies and services in the community
B) accounts of what was seen while in the community centre
C) observations while shopping at the local mall
D) explanations given by a community member
E) analysis of a meeting by a business member

Question 6

When people feel safe enough to speak out and join others, they have

A) power with type.
B) power from within type.
C) felt empowered.
D) critical power.
E) power from without type.

Question 7

Which of the following is the best example of the role of negotiator in community development?

A) assisting members to learn how to feel good about themselves
B) reaching out to the isolated members of the community
C) exploring solutions to the members' concerns
D) working with other parties to reach a solution
E) communicating with other groups about one's progress

Question 8

In community development, the role of teaching includes engaging the members and

A) defining the issues and taking action.
B) assisting them to enforce rules of participation.
C) sharing power with them.
D) keeping them on task.
E) making the group cohesive.

Question 9

An appropriate approach in the third step of the process of community development is to

A) raise questions about the different challenges in the community.
B) listen to their issues without judgment.
C) build community members' confidence in themselves.
D) assess how the members perceive one's roles.
E) empathize with their concerns.

Question 10

The first step in the community development process is to define one's role. As an advocate, the worker

A) considers the experiences of the community.
B) delivers programs as needed by the members.
C) champion for members who are unable to speak for themselves.
D) bargain for advantages for the community.
E) encourage participation in the political process.

Question 11

As an organizer in the community development process, one can

A) achieve united action among the community members.
B) develop members who could speak for themselves.
C) cultivate learners who would educate the other members.
D) facilitate group agreement on the processes to be followed.
E) assist members to explore the best course of action.

Question 12

Which of the following roles of the community worker enables the members to feel safe and appreciated?

A) negotiator
B) coach
C) facilitator
D) broker
E) advocate

Question 13

In a community meeting, several members were disagreeing about the proposed solution and cannot seem to resolve their differences. The community worker's best approach would be to

A) listen to all sides, validate their positions, and assist them to look at a compromise.
B) enforce ground rules of meetings, ask other members for their opinions, and assist the members to compromise.
C) listen to all sides, propose a solution of compromise, and decide on the best course of action.
D) suggest another meeting, clarify their positions, and help members list the advantages of their proposal.
E) suggest another meeting, ask the other members to vote on which solution is better, and enforce consensus.

Question 14

In the third step of community development process, the worker is prepared to make entry. Community workers at this point should have

A) an understanding of the history of the community.
B) a good background of the goals of the community development project.
C) a good understanding of one's roles as agreed upon with the employer.
D) a good relationship with the management of the community.
E) an initial sense of the community's operational social networks.

Question 15

A community that has a high social capital is characterized by the presence of

A) traditions and customs that are diverse.
B) wide range of participants in community activities.
C) highly secured border fences.
D) wide geographical distances among neighbours.
E) diverse challenges and strengths.

Question 16

To find out about power structure, one can use a direct source by

A) chatting with local politicians.
B) checking out the editorials from a local newspaper.
C) asking members who the influential people are in the community.
D) talking with service agency board of directors.
E) asking the newspaper writers about their opinions.

Question 17

Primary sources of information can be gathered through a variety of methods. This includes

A) talking with community members
B) reading the local paper's reports of what is happening
C) looking over the statistics produced by local agencies
D) exploring the archives of the community
E) looking at the world wide web and other resources

Question 18

Upon entering a community, the most important initial task is to

A) get member's commitment for the goals.
B) identify one's allies.
C) build trust.
D) empower.
E) observe.

Question 19

What is an advantage of a community worker residing outside the area of work?

A) finding a balance between work and family life
B) having a first hand knowledge about the community
C) perception of being able to understand the community
D) having a personal motivation to see positive changes
E) developing an established status outside of the community

Question 20

How can a group develop critical consciousness?

A) applying the empowerment principles
B) using exercises to develop advocacy skills
C) using the principles of adult education
D) applying community development process
E) using the principles of teaching

Question 21

A strategy of a community action plan describes the action steps to be undertaken by the community members.

Question 22

Social action strategies are generally non-confrontational.

Question 23

Brainstorming is a group process that has no time limits.

Question 24

Community developers can help members prepare to take action by role-playing.

Question 25

A mission statement includes the purpose, business, and values of the organization.

Question 26

Employers and community workers ought to have the same interpretation of the worker's roles.

Question 27

Surveys and focus groups are good methods to conduct needs assessment.

Question 28

Adult education is different from child education in that it is voluntary and is based on the idea that adult learners expect the learning to help achieve a goal.

Question 29

Formative evaluation is different from summative evaluation as it

A) is conducted at the beginning and the end of the process instead of only at the terminal point.
B) can be done at any point of the program or community development process.
C) is carried out at regular intervals as the project progresses instead of after the activity is completed.
D) is completed before the start and after the beginning of the project instead of at the end.
E) can be done towards the middle portion of the project instead of at the termination point.

Question 30

Radical adult education aims to challenge oppression through collective action.

Question 31

Which of the following is goal for community development?

A) to have a healthy and sustainable community
B) to form an excellent venue for community economic development
C) to achieve health for all by the end of the next decade
D) to form a neighbourhood parenting group
E) to have a strategic plan for healthy living

Question 32

Some change to the quality of life for the community is the product of community development.

Question 33

Which of the following is an appropriate initial approach for consciousness-raising?

A) telling one's story and listening to other without judgment
B) introducing the community to reference materials of communities that have similar challenges
C) sharing resources from within the community
D) formally surveying the group
E) doing an icebreaker exercise

Question 34

Goals and objectives have the same elements.

Question 35

Strategizing in community development includes the formulation of objectives that are concrete and action oriented.

Question 36

An example of secondary source of data is through direct observation of what is happening.

Question 37

A community worker who espouses to develop critical consciousness in a community needs to

A) be aware of the community's potential for change.
B) feel safe within the community.
C) go through the process slowly and deliberately.
D) attend to individuals' diverse ways of learning.
E) focus on the mission at hand.

Question 38

In the implementation of the plan, the worker needs to

A) prioritize, pace, and sequence activities.
B) determine how to best accomplish the goals.
C) create programs to achieve the objectives.
D) apply for funding.
E) identify the changes that are expected.

Question 39

Communities that have low social capital have strong internal boundaries between members.

Question 40

Power structure refers to the organization of the community.

Question 41

Explain the necessary components of a plan for needs assessment.

Question 42

Describe two possible consequences of empowerment.

Question 43

Describe two reasons for researching the community.

Question 44

What are two advantages of being a community worker who is an outsider?

Question 45

Discuss three challenges in consciousness-raising.

Question 46

Objectives are elements in the strategizing step of community development. List the criteria for evaluating objectives.

Question 47

Describe the two types of education relevant to community development.

Question 48

Explain why a combination of sources is desirable in doing a needs assessment.