MSW 521 Mapson Quiz 2

Defining participants includes:

A) Develop a working hypothesis.

B) Identifying the client system.

C) Examining outside opposition.

D) Selecting a policy approach.

B) Identifying the client system

Which of the following is in order of smallest system to largest system?

A) Controlling system, host system, implementing system

B) Implementing system, controlling system, host system

C) Host system, controlling system, implementing system

D) Implementing system, host system, controlling system

D) Implementing system, host system, controlling system

All of the following are questions to explore when identifying the target system except:

A) When does the change need to take place?

B) What needs to be changed in order to ensure success?

C) Are there multiple targets in multiple episodes of planned change?

D) Where is the target system located?

A) When does the change need to take place?

When generating the working hypothesis about etiology (cause and effect relationships) the change agent should focus on:

A) The clearest single contributing factor.

B) Any one significant contributing factor.

C) The most significant contributing factors.

D) All identified significant change factor.

C) The most significant contributing factors.

Which phrase below will result in a working intervention hypothesis? "Developing an adult day care program…"

A) "…and getting community support."

B) "…for all levels of functioning."

C) "…including occupational therapy."

D) "… will provide families with respite."

D) "... will provide families with respite."

One runs the risk that a whole project cannot be evaluated if this step is skipped:

A) Establishing a relationship between intervention and results

B) Establishing a relationship between problem and population

C) Establishing a relationship between host and implementing systems

D) Establishing a relationship between personnel and practice approach

A) Establishing a relationship between intervention and results

"Entropy" in the system means that the system:

A) Expires without regeneration.

B) Merges with another system.

C) Develops permeable boundaries.

D) Continues to expand indefinitely.

A) Expires without regeneration.

A person or group becomes part of the initiator system when they:

A) Are a member of the oppressed group.

B) Become aware about the problem.

C) Begin to take steps to bring change.

D) Identify the action system's needs.

C) Begin to take steps to bring change.

In community-level change efforts, getting approval tends to be ________ formal than when working in organizational settings:

A) More

B) Almost as

C) Relatively more

D) Less

D) Less

The target population is:

A) Never larger than the client system.

B) Sometimes the same as the client system.

C) Mutually exclusive from the client system.

D) Always identical to the target system.

B) Sometimes the same as the client system.

"Primary and secondary beneficiaries" are known as the:

A) Client System.

B) Initiator System.

C) Arena System.

D) Support System.

A) Client System.

Which system surrounds the client, initiator, and change agent system?

A) The Support System

B) The Controlling System

C) The Host System

D) The Macro System

A) The Support System

The "controlling system":

A) Has authority to approve implementation.

B) Manages all phases of the intervention.

C) Generally is the cause of the problem.

D) Controls the client and target systems.

A) Has authority to approve implementation.

The organization or unit with formally designated responsibility for the area of the proposed change is:

A) Controlling.

B) Support.

C) Host.

D) Change agent

C) Host

The "implementing system":

A) Is outside of the "host system."

B) Controls the "host system."

C) Lies within the "host system."

D) Governs the "host system."

C) Lies within the "host system."

Participants in a action system who have previously worked together:

A) May have bad habits that need to be broken to work successfully together.

B) May have done similar work that can be reused.

C) Can be given more responsibility and power.

D) Have developed trust and a collective identity.

D) Have developed trust and a collective identity.

Social medial, email, and texting are examples identified by the author of:

A) Inappropriate ways of reaching out to volunteers.

B) Methods of keeping action system members in contact.

C) New technology to be wary of.

D) Appropriate tools for action systems consisting primarily of younger participants.

B) Methods of keeping action system members in contact

The "target system" represents:

A) What needs to be changed.

B) All principle beneficiaries.

C) The full target population.

D) Easily defined change goals.

A) What needs to be changed.

In general, the change agent system that gets things started is ________ the action system:

A) Identical to

B) Smaller than

C) Host to

D) Larger than

B) Smaller than

In the"crack babies" example of the action system, the target system was:

A) Abandoned infants in child care.

B) Poor medical rehabilitation.

C) The practice of "creaming."

D) Lack of adequate services.

C) The practice of "creaming."

Defining participants includes

identifying the client system

Which of the following is in order of smallest system to largest system?

Controlling system, host system, implementing system

All of the following are questions to explore when identifying the target system except

When does the change need to take place?

When generating the working hypothesis about etiology (cause and effect relationships) the change agent should focus on

the most significant contributing factors

Which phrase below will result in a working intervention hypothesis? "Developing an adult day care program..."

"...will provide families with respite."

One runs the risk that a whole project cannot be evaluated if this step is skipped

Establishing a relationship between intervention and results

"Entropy" in the system means that the system

expires without regeneration

A person or group becomes part of the initiator system when they

begin to take steps to bring change

In community-level change efforts, getting approval tends to be ________ formal than when working in organizational settings

less

The target population is

sometimes the same as the client system.

"Primary and secondary beneficiaries" are known as the

client system

Which system surrounds the client, initiator, and change agent system?

the support system

The "controlling system"

has authority to approve implementation.

The organization or unit with formally designated responsibility for the area of the proposed change is

host

The "implementing system"

lies within the "host system."

Participants in a action system who have previously worked together

have developed trust and a collective identity

Social medial, email, and texting are examples identified by the author of

methods of keeping action system members in contact

The "target system" represents

what needs to be changed.

In general, the change agent system that gets things started is ________ the action system

smaller than

In the"crack babies" example of the action system, the target system was

the practice of "creaming."