Deck 4: Theory-Driven Evaluation

Question 1

Which of the following describes the concepts and procedures necessary for a criminal justice program evaluator to examine the conceptualization of a program?

A) Evaluability assessment
B) Program theory
C) Impact theory
D) Service utilization plan

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is a method of identifying and describing the program theory by outlining its components and deciphering which of them is measurable?

A) Evaluability assessment
B) Program theory
C) Impact theory
D) Service utilization plan

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following provides information about the change process and the change in the conditions?

A) Evaluability assessment
B) Program theory
C) Impact theory
D) Service utilization plan

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is vital to a theory-driven evaluation because it contains the assumptions and expectations for reaching the target population?

A) Evaluability assessment
B) Program theory
C) Impact theory
D) Service utilization plan

Question 5

Which of the following provides a schematic as to how the program resources, personnel, administration, and general organization are composed and utilized?

A) Organizational plan
B) Program theory
C) Impact theory
D) Service utilization plan

Question 6

Which of the following is part of an implicit program theory and is contingent on the scope of the program and the scope of the program staff's concerns?

A) Explicate program theory
B) Program goals and objectives
C) Program functions
D) Define boundaries

Question 7

Which of the following is part of an implicit program theory and means that the evaluator has to work with stakeholders to bring out the conclusions that come from their actions and assumptions?

A) Explicate program theory
B) Program goals and objectives
C) Program functions
D) Define boundaries

Question 8

Which of the following is part of an implicit program theory and helps provide an understanding of what the program should be accomplishing?

A) Explicate program theory
B) Program goals and objectives
C) Program functions
D) Define boundaries

Question 9

Which of the following is part of an implicit program theory and makes sure that everything that a program does is included in its description?

A) Explicate program theory
B) Program goals and objectives
C) Program functions
D) Define boundaries

Question 10

The possibility that program goals and objectives can be met is known as:

A) Feasibility
B) Rationality
C) Measurability
D) Coherence

Question 11

Program objectives do not need to be clearly specified or be measurable from the start.

Question 12

Without using program theory, the evaluation is only able to determine if the program met narrowly defined goals rather than satisfied theoretical implications.

Question 13

The impact theory may be simple, complex, formal, or informal, but the end result should be that change occurred.

Question 14

The most basic form of program impact theory takes place in four stages.

Question 15

The key to representing any program impact theory is that each part of the program will have a cause-and-effect feature.

Question 16

Program goals and objectives are secondary aspects of program theory.

Question 17

When program theory and social needs are described in general terms, the evaluator may have a false sense of congruence.

Question 18

Extracting and espousing the program theory will ignore the major assumptions and expectations of the program's design.

Question 19

A necessary function in assessing a program's theory is to articulate its concepts, assumptions, and expectations.

Question 20

The validity of the program theory is the ability of the causal logic of the program to produce intended effects.