Test
Chapter 9
Multiple Choices:
1. The bottom-up, grassroots mobilization of citizens for the purpose of undertaking activities to improve the condition of something in the community is best described by
a. Citizen participation
b. Community capacity
c. Community development
d. Community participation
2. Community characteristics affecting its ability to identify, mobilize, and address problems refers to
a. Citizen participation
b. Community capacity
c. Community development
d. Community participation
3. The method of professional change that deal with issues beyond the individual, family, and small group level describes
a. Community development
b. Community participation
c. Macro practice
d. Grassroots participation
4. The process that seeks community change through broad self-help participation from the local community, and is heavily process oriented and stresses consensus is
a. Social planning
b. Locality development
c. Social action
d. Behavior change
5. The process that is heavily task oriented and stresses rational-empirical problem-solving is
a. Social planning
b. Locality development
c. Social action
d. Behavioral change
6. The process that deals with organizing a disadvantaged segment of the population and is both task and process oriented is
a. Social planning
b. Locality development
c. Social action
d. Behavior change
7. The individuals who control, both formally and informally, the “political climate” of the community are referred to as
a. Active participants
b. Coalitions
c. Executive participants
d. Gatekeepers
8. If beginning to organize participants with the identified problem of teen pregnancy, the executive participants would be
a. Parents
b. Taxpayers
c. Teens
d. Babies
9. The participants that become involved on an irregular basis and usually only when major decisions are made are the
a. Active participants
b. Occasional participants
c. Supporting participants
d. Intermediate participants
10. the participants that are seldom involved but contribute in non-active ways or through financial contributions are the
a. active participants
b. occasional participants
c. supporting participants
d. intermediate participants
11. The most accessible assets that are located in and under the control of the neighborhood are referred to as
a. Primary building blocks
b. Secondary building blocks
c. Potential building blocks
d. Tertiary building blocks
12. Those in the community who have something to gain or lose from the community organizing and building efforts and set the priorities and goals are the
a. Liaisons
b. Vendors
c. Caregivers
d. Stakeholders
True/False:
13. An empowered community is one in which individuals and organizations apply their skills and resources in collective efforts to meet their respective needs.
a. True
b. False
14. The first step in community organizing and building is recognizing the issue.
a. True
b. False
15. The most successful community organizing efforts have been those recognized from the inside.
a. True
b. False
16. The “planner” is someone who often lives outside the community where the problems resides.
a. True
b. False
17. It is best if the “leader” lives outside of the community where the problem resides
a. True
b. False
18. Longtime residents of the community are usually not able to identify the current gatekeepers of their community
a. True
b. False
19. When organizing the people of the community, it is best to begin with those individuals who are least interested in addressing the concern.
a. True
b. False
20. PATCH stands for “Planned Approach to Community Health.”
a. True
b. False
21. Mapping community capacity is the process of assessing the capacity and assets of a community.
a. True
b. False