CPP Coalition Building & Partnerships 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which coalition development stage is characterized by members establishing trust, defining roles, and setting group norms?
- Maintenance
- Formation (Correct answer)
- Implementation
- Assessment
Correct answer: Formation
The formation stage involves building trust, clarifying member roles, and establishing the norms that will guide coalition operations.
Question 2: A prevention coalition wants to expand its reach into a skeptical community. The BEST initial strategy is to:
- Launch a public media campaign immediately
- Identify and engage trusted community gatekeepers (Correct answer)
- Present outcome data from similar communities
- Offer financial incentives to community members
Correct answer: Identify and engage trusted community gatekeepers
Engaging trusted gatekeepers first builds credibility and opens doors in skeptical communities before broader outreach begins.
Question 3: In a multi-sector coalition, a 'champion' differs from a standard member primarily because the champion:
- Controls the coalition budget
- Actively promotes the coalition's mission within their own sector (Correct answer)
- Chairs all coalition meetings
- Conducts program evaluations
Correct answer: Actively promotes the coalition's mission within their own sector
A champion serves as an advocate within their own organization or sector, leveraging insider credibility to advance the coalition's mission.
Question 4: Which type of partnership agreement formally outlines shared resources, responsibilities, and decision-making authority between coalition member organizations?
- Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (Correct answer)
- Letter of Support
- Needs Assessment Report
- Logic Model
Correct answer: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
An MOU is a formal document that defines the terms of collaboration, including resources, roles, and authority between partnering organizations.
Question 5: A coalition's steering committee is experiencing repeated conflicts between two dominant member organizations. The MOST effective facilitation approach is to:
- Remove one of the organizations from the coalition
- Revisit the coalition's shared mission and ground rules (Correct answer)
- Allow the conflict to resolve itself over time
- Assign a neutral staff member to mediate privately
Correct answer: Revisit the coalition's shared mission and ground rules
Returning to shared mission and established ground rules refocuses members on common purpose and de-escalates interpersonal or organizational conflicts.
Question 6: According to the SPF (Strategic Prevention Framework), coalition capacity-building activities belong primarily in which step?
- Assessment
- Evaluation
- Planning
- Capacity (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Capacity
The Capacity step of the SPF focuses on developing the infrastructure, resources, and skills needed to implement and sustain prevention efforts.
Question 7: When presenting data to potential coalition partners from the business sector, prevention professionals should PRIMARILY emphasize:
- The moral obligation to prevent substance use
- Economic costs and workforce productivity impacts (Correct answer)
- Clinical treatment outcome statistics
- Historical prevalence trends from federal surveys
Correct answer: Economic costs and workforce productivity impacts
Business-sector partners are most responsive to economic arguments such as lost productivity, absenteeism, and healthcare costs linked to substance misuse.
CPP Coalition Building & Partnerships 2
Which coalition development stage is characterized by members establishing trust, defining roles, and setting group norms?