CPE CPE Utilization-Focused Evaluation & Decision Making

Question 1

Utilization-Focused Evaluation (UFE), developed by Michael Quinn Patton, prioritizes:

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Ensuring evaluation findings are actually used by intended users for intended purposes

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Maximizing the length of the evaluation report

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Publishing results in peer-reviewed journals only

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Minimizing stakeholder involvement to protect objectivity

Question 2

In UFE, 'intended users' are best described as:

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Specific, identified individuals who will apply evaluation findings to decisions

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All members of the general public

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Only the program's external funders

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Academic researchers who study the program

Question 3

Which of the following BEST describes 'process use' in evaluation?

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Learning and changes that occur as a result of participating in the evaluation process itself

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Using the evaluation findings after the report is published

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The steps followed to collect quantitative data

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The financial process for billing evaluation services

Question 4

A CPE applying UFE principles should identify the primary intended users:

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At the start of the evaluation, before data collection begins

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After the evaluation report is finalized

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Only when findings are inconclusive

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During the dissemination phase

Question 5

Which factor MOST threatens the utilization of evaluation findings?

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Findings delivered too late to inform the decision they were meant to support

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Having too many evaluation questions

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Using mixed methods

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Involving stakeholders in instrument review

Question 6

In the context of evaluation decision making, 'formative evaluation' is designed to:

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Improve a program while it is still being developed or implemented

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Judge a completed program's overall worth

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Determine whether a program should be terminated

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Measure long-term community impact only