Week 1 Review Quiz

The key difference between systems advocacy and other kinds of advocacy is...?

• It's more carefully planned

• It aims to help a larger section of the community

• It involves consultation with stakeholders

• It aims for slower, more incremental change

Which of the following is NOT a form of advocacy?

• Collecting signatures in support of a cause

• Collecting accurate intake details from a client

• Contacting an elected official to push for policy change

• Organising a forum of industry stakeholders to find common areas of assistance

Which of these is NOT one of the 5 types of advocacy?

• Political advocacy

• Self-advocacy

• Citizen advocacy

• Systems advocacy

Systems advocacy often has quite narrow and specific goals.

• True

• False

• It depends

Advocacy generally requires you to put your support behind a particular cause at a time, to the exclusion of other causes, especially where there may be competing interests.

• True

• False

Since 2010, the world tiger population has increased 74%. This is...

• awesome

• fantastic

• wonderful

• excellent

Which of these is NOT a kind of 'advocacy ask'?

• Policy

• Funding

• Request to protest

• Process

In systems advocacy, we need to focus on...

• Problems

• Solutions

Researching a cause can help us avoid...? (2 correct answers)

• assuming we know the needs and perspectives of those we advocate for

• being dismissed by those with the power to support our cause

• being accused of plagiarism

• supporting the wrong kinds of cause

Which of these is not a way to research a cause in systems advocacy?

• Writing a letter to a newspaper editorial

• Door-knocking

• Public fora

• Focus groups