Deck 9: Nonprofits Faith-Based Organizations

Question 1

According to scholars, religious faith pre-date "faith-based organizations," dating back to the:

A) turn of the 20^th century;
B) just prior to the advent of the Civil War;
C) pilgrims' landing at Plymouth in the early 17^th century;
D) beginning of World War II
E) none of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Nongovernmental organizations are defined as:

A) organizations in the public sector that have no governmental functions, such as the U.S. Post Office;
B) organizations that are not authoritative or linked by governmental jurisdiction;
C) organizations that are neither part of the private or public sectors;
D) none of the above.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Nonprofit organizations primary function is to:

A) work for the public's benefit;
B) assist established public organizations do the work of private organizations;
C) fill the gap where public organizations and institutions fail;
D) generate goodwill among the local community.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A 501c)(4) nonprofit organization's "general nature of activities" does not include which of the following:

A) holding title to property of an exempt organization
B) primary activities are described by the class of the 501c)(4) organization
C) promotion of community welfare
D) a and c
E) a and b

Question 5

Robert Putnam of Harvard University argues for greater public attention to what he calls:

A) civic engagement
B) social capital
C) political capital
D) social engagement

Question 6

A key theoretical question asked by Lester Salamon of The Johns Hopkins University concerning nonprofit organizations is:

A) "What is the role of nonprofit organizations in the national economy?"
B) "How are nonprofit organizations separate from but interactive with governmental organizations?"
C) "What is the role of the nonprofit sector and its relationship with government?"
D) "How are nonprofit organizations beneficial to the local community?"

Question 7

The contract failure theory's main proposition is:

A) that nonprofit organizations contractual relationship with governmental organizations is only viable when there is a crisis in the public sector to overcome;
B) that nonprofit organizations act as proxy when the normal mechanism of the market fail to meet consumer choice;
C) that nonprofit organizations and private organizations agree to assist governmental organizations meet their constitutional obligations;
D) b and c
E) none of the above

Question 8

A key democratic value associated with the nonprofit sector as opposed to the private or governmental sectors is:

A) trust;
B) freedom;
C) justice;
D) equality.

Question 9

The American Red Cross was founded in part because of:

A) the U. K's International Red Cross Movement;
B) the need to meet the needs of wounded World War I veterans;
C) Clara Barton desire to aid and comfort all who are in need;
D) Franklin Roosevelt's insistence to assist worn-torn UK during the early stages of World War II

Question 10

Ninety percent (90%) of all nonprofit organizations came into existence after:

A) World War I
B) The Vietnam War
C) The Civil War
D) The turn of the 20ᵗʰ century
E) None of the above

Question 11

The influence of religion upon American society, including igniting local interest in social and economic causes, was primarily the result of:

A) The Great Awakening (1740-1760);
B) The Kentucky Revival of the early part of the 19^th century;
C) The Charismatic revival of the early 1960s;
D) The aftermath of Vatican II in the early 1960s.

Question 12

A great example of the failure of governmental organizations attempting to address social and economic needs in the early part of the 20^th century included:

A) Entrepreneurial business start-ups
B) Poor houses and insane asylums
C) Orphanages
D) Clothing and food banks
E) All of the above

Question 13

Carnegie, Morgan, and Vanderbilt were at the forefront of what historians labeled the:

A) Age of business;
B) Age of governmental investments
C) Age of philanthropy
D) Age of technology

Question 14

The Filer Commission's main job was to:

A) Call for extreme government regulations upon the actions of nonprofit organizations;
B) Advocate that taxes be placed on nonprofit organizations;
C) Urged that private sector financial assistance be granted to nonprofit organizations;
D) Encourage governmental organizations to ignore nonprofit organizations, given their disorganization and lack of attention to community needs.

Question 15

Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are similar to nonprofit organizations in that they:

A) are privately organized, governed and led;
B) Focus on governmental functions;
C) Incorporate religious beliefs into their mission statements;
D) Require religious faith statements be signed by all their volunteers.

Question 16

Lester Solomon argues that FBOs are the foundation for:

A) Generating economic and social benefits for local governments;
B) Moral regeneration in the United States;
C) Establishing a theocracy in the United States;
D) Re-establishing local faith communities as the core of local government and private sector public interests.

Question 17

Robert Wuthnow defines a FBO as a:

A) Church organization that applies with the local government to be a faith-based provider of social welfare services;
B) Para-church organization affiliated with the Catholic Church to deliver faith-based economic services;
C) Private organization affiliated with faith or religion to deliver faith-based social services;
D) Private organization affiliated with local churches to organize and regulate educational services to public schools.
E) b and d

Question 18

Charles Loring Brace is most often associated with the:

A) formation of the American Red Cross;
B) development of the Thousand Points of Light
C) establishment of the Salvation Army
D) the Orphan Train

Question 19

FBOs have been instrumental in shaping or contributing to the primary effects of which of the following federal government legislative acts:

A) No Child Left Behind
B) Even Start Family Literacy Program
C) Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
D) All the above

Question 20

The primary concern of public administration scholars toward the role of FBOs in aiding the delivery of public and social services is concern for the:

A) Imposition of religion upon non-religious interest groups;
B) The weakening of the Constitution's implied cause: "separation of religion and state"
C) Proclamation of religious tenets or values by recipients of public services that are aided in delivery by FBOs;
D) None of the above