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WorksheetsFIN 059 - 1ST Periodical Examination
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
_______________ means growing in complexity in all six dimensions of culture. It differs from community empowerment which means growing stronger.
Community development
Mobilization
Cooperation
None of the options
Community management training is aimed at poverty reduction, the strengthening of low income communities in the planning and management of human settlements communal facilities and services, their construction, operation and maintenance.
True
False
Development does not necessarily mean getting bigger or getting richer. It means getting more complex and stronger.
True
False
___________ means the decision making that makes any activity community based or community centered, community contribution is necessary to ensure that the community members feel that they own the project
Community participation
Community votes
Community assembly
none of the options
CBO stand for
community based organization
capacity building organization
computer based organization
none of the options
Biologists talk of __________ as meaning several individuals in a single species, or several different species, living, competing, co-operating, to make a larger whole.
community
socialism
racism
none of the options
It is informed by the concept of "social engineering."
capacity development
mobilization
celebration
none of the options
The ability, power or strength of a community or an organization. When it is empowered, it gets stronger.
True
False
It is one of the five main factors of poverty and dependency.It is sometimes related to a fatalistic philosophy.
apathy
poor leadership
noncooperation
none of the options
Sometimes called social animation, From the Greek word _______(life, soul, fire, auto-movement)
anima
nima
anitma
none of the options
Potentially, the most dangerous emotion in our work is anger.
True
False
Not every one is potentially a good community mobilizer.
True
False
You know, however, that bringing in outside resources contributes to the dependency syndrome and reduces the chances of sustainability and ___________.
self reliance
depedency
high income
none of the options
You know, however, that bringing in outside resources contributes to the ___________ and reduces the chances of sustainability and self reliance
dependency syndrome
independency syndrome
syndrome
None of the options
As a mobilizer, you will find that it is difficult to find balance between resources that originate outside the community, and those from within.
True
False
Poverty is not merely a question of money, and money alone will not eradicate poverty.
True
False
In mobilizing people, you need to know how to avoid being self centered, vain, or arrogant.
True
False
In mobilizing, you need to learn how to remain confident while sensitive to others while standing among or in front of many people.
True
False
In mobilizing, you do not preach like a preacher; you do not make speeches like a politician; you do not lecture like a professor.
True
False
In mobilizing, you have to know how to listen and understand when people talk.
True
False
l You also need to develop a personal character that is deceitful, enthusiastic, positive, tolerant, patient and motivated.
True
False
You learn mobilization skills, use them for the benefit of the community, not to benefit yourself at the expense of the community
True
False
A locksmith performs many useful and valuable services, but they can be misused for breaking, entering, and theft.
True
False
A good potter must know the characteristics of the clay. Another proverb that we use in community development is, "The potter must know her/his _______."
tools
clay
procedures
None of the options
Good governance does not simply mean strong leadership and efficient administration. It also means transparency, people's involvement, trust, honesty, and a vision for the future.
True
False
Which or the following is example of common elements of mobilization?
family palnning
crime reduction
empowering low income
None of the options
Which or the following is example of common elements of mobilization?
entrepreneurial mind setting
community capacity development
risk reduction
None of the options
Which or the following is example of common elements of mobilization?
good governance
livelihood training
ethics
None of the options
Which or the following is example of common elements of mobilization?
eliminating political interest
poverty eradication
social interaction
None of the options
One of the slogans we use in management training is, "If you do not know where you are going, then any road will do."
True
False
While there are many factors that contribute to strength, capacity, or empowerment, the one that most concerns a mobilizer is "organization."
True
False
A community has the partial right (and responsibility) to determine its own future.
True
False
Resistance produces strength; your arm muscles become strong when you do push-ups.If your muscles never meet resistance, they will grow weak. If you do too much for a community, it will not become stronger
True
False
It is important that, as a mobilizer, you are seen as neutral (like a referee), not allied to or favoring any faction.
True
False
"Do not ask a cow to give you eggs; do not ask a chicken to give you ______."
cheese
milk
pie
bread
Your goal for leaders (political and informal), administrators ("bureaucrats"), and technical experts ("technocrats") is to persuade them from being "providers" to becoming "oppressor of self help by the communities.
True
False
For some mobilizers, the authorities are seen as the "______" or "opposition" and see their task as organizing the poor communities to oppose those "oppressors."
enemy
alliance
critics
none of the options
Social animation means to put some life ("anima") into a social institution such as a community
True
False
The word "_______" means to make something smaller
alleviation
reduction
reduction
none of the option
The word "_____" means elimination of the social problem of poverty by analyzing its causes, and taking steps to oppose and remove those causes.
alleviation
eradication
reduction
none of the options
The word “________,” means to temporarily take away pain and discomfort.
eradication
reduction
alleviation
none of the options
Poverty is more than a lack of money and income, more than lack of access to facilities and services such as water, roads, education or clinics
True
False
_______ is a cultural symbol that everyone must believe in if it is to be useful.It can be used as a measure of wealth, a method of transferring or exchanging wealth, and a way to store wealth.
Bank Account
Money
Check
Land title
Also known as social animator.
Leader
Influence
Mobilizer
Politician
Mobilization can be spelled "mobilise." Similar to social animation, except animation includes both the mobilizing and the organizing.
True
False
To many, the word "_________" is an insult. What we mean is simply that some people do not know some things
ignorant
stupidity
liar
none of the options
The word "_________" is used to distinguish between two categories, "masculine" and "feminine."
gender
society
community
None of the options
________ is one of the five major factors of poverty. It comes with various labels, including corruption, embezzlement, extortion and theft.
Dishonesty
Greediness
Dependency
None of the options
It is expensive, more humane, and more productive for a society or community to prevent than to cure disease and to direct limited resources towards the treatment of a few common diseases.
True
False
Many people assume that development means __________.
quantitative increase
to be rich
abundant wealth
None of the options
The ____________ is an attitude and belief that a group can not solve its own problems without outside help. It is a weakness that is made worse by charity.
dependency syndrome
in-coordination
absenteeism
none of the options
One of the most important bits of wisdom to learn is that when we see something wrong, to _______it usually does not make it right, or correct the problem.
compliment
suggest
criticize
opinion
Many people, when they hear the phrase, community participation. They assume it only means community contribution.
True
False
When an aid agency or donor organization consults with community leaders or representatives, they often ask if the community wants a project. That answer is likely to be, "Yes."
True
False
_________ is far more than the contribution of labour or supplies; it is participating in decision making, to chose a community project, plan it, implement it, manage it, monitor it, control it. It differs from community contribution.
Community participation
Community involvement
Community engagement
None of the options
