CPE Program Planning & Design 2

Question 1

A program evaluator is reviewing a youth job-training initiative that serves three distinct age cohorts. Which planning approach best ensures each cohort's needs are addressed without duplicating resources?

Accepted Answer

Use a differentiated program design with shared infrastructure and tailored components per cohort

Answer

A differentiated design shares common infrastructure while tailoring interventions to each cohort's developmental and skill needs, optimizing both equity and efficiency.

Question 2

When conducting a community needs assessment prior to program design, which data source provides the most valid evidence of unmet need?

Accepted Answer

Census data combined with local service utilization records

Answer

Triangulating census demographics with local service utilization records surfaces gaps between population need and actual service delivery more reliably than single sources.

Question 3

A logic model's 'activities' box should most directly correspond to which other element?

Accepted Answer

Inputs

Answer

Activities are the direct conversion of inputs (staff, funding, materials) into program services, making inputs their most direct antecedent in the logic model.

Question 4

Which design feature most strengthens a program's ability to demonstrate causal attribution during evaluation?

Accepted Answer

A randomized control group

Answer

Random assignment to treatment and control conditions is the gold standard for isolating the program's causal effect from confounding variables.

Question 5

A program planner wants to build in fidelity checks during implementation. This is best described as part of which planning phase?

Accepted Answer

Process evaluation planning

Answer

Fidelity monitoring is a core component of process evaluation, ensuring the program is delivered as designed before assessing outcomes.

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CPE Program Planning & Design 2