Question : Which of the following is the study of the causes and consequences of government behavior : 2153847
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) Which of the following is the study of the causes and consequences of government behavior (what governments do or do not do)?
A) Government oversight
B) Policy analysis
C) Civil analysis
D) Civil oversight
2) Which of the following refers to an applied branch of social science that is intended to supply scientifically valid information with which to guide public policy?
A) Evaluation research
B) Policy research
C) Social science research
D) Government research
3) Which of the following is the last stage of the policy process, where questions such as "Do the programs work?" are asked?
A) Conclusion
B) Evaluation
C) Survey
D) Assessment
4) Which of the following can be defined as measurement of the effects of a program in terms of its specific goals, outcomes, or particular program criteria?
A) Evaluation assessment
B) Policy research
C) Policy assessment
D) Evaluation research
5) Which of the following refers to applied field experiments that are addressed to immediate, practical policy questions?
A) Policy research
B) AFE
C) Policy experiments
D) Evaluation research
6) Which of the following did the National Research Council's Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice identify as steps in designing policy experiments?
A) Rigorously maintain the random assignment of persons, cases, or other units into treatment and control groups throughout the experiment.
B) Do some creative thinking to solve legal and ethical issues that may arise.
C) Choose an interesting problem—a policy question that people really care about or an existing procedure that clearly needs improvement.
D) All of the above
7) Which of the following is a research branch of the U.S. Justice Department with a mission to develop knowledge about crime, its causes, and control?
A) NIJ
B) TSA
C) NSA
D) AIG
8) Which of the following refers to a model in which all parts of an organism, organization, or program are interrelated and consist of a series of inputs and outputs?
A) Interconnected model
B) Comprehensive model
C) Systems model
D) Symbiotic model
9) Which of the following have been identified as research priorities of NIJ?
A) Sex offenders
B) Drug treatment
C) Vandalism
D) Both A and B
10) Which of the following systems model components is defined as resources, guidelines, rules, and operating procedures provided for a program, for example, funds for personnel, equipment, operating costs, and authorization to introduce new policies (often an experimental treatment)?
A) Inputs
B) Activities
C) Results
D) Feedback
11) Which of the following systems model components is defined as a recycling of results/outcomes into the operation as additional (or modifie
D) inputs; profits may induce a corporation to reinvest in a particularly profitable line, just as losses may lead it to eliminate a less profitable line?
A) Inputs
B) Activities
C) Results
D) Feedback
12) Which of the following systems model components is defined as specific consequences of the project activities or the specific objectives of the program, for example, amount of services provided, work completed, production accomplished, or cases closed or cleared (called output or products in many models)?
A) Inputs
B) Activities
C) Results
D) Feedback
13) Which of the following systems model components is defined as what is done in the project with these inputs (resources), for example, services provided, staffing patterns, and use of materials and human and physical resources (called process in many models)?
A) Inputs
B) Activities
C) Results
D) Feedback
14) Which of the following refers to the establishment of relationships between results and project inputs and activities?
A) Impact evaluation
B) Assessment
C) Process evaluation
D) Monitoring
15) Which of the following refers to the examination of relationship between outcome and input, activities and results of a program?
A) Impact evaluation
B) Assessment
C) Process evaluation
D) Monitoring
16) Which of the following refers to the enumeration of the need for an activity or resource?
A) Impact evaluation
B) Assessment
C) Process evaluation
D) Monitoring
17) Which of the following is similar to auditing; assessment of whether a program is doing what it is supposed to be doing in terms of process or program activities?
A) Impact evaluation
B) Assessment
C) Process evaluation
D) Monitoring
18) Which of the following assesses whether a program is evaluable?
A) Review assessment
B) CRM assessment
C) Evaluability assessment
D) None of the above
19) Which of the following is an international research organization founded in 2000 and dedicated to preparing, maintaining, and publicizing systematic reviews of research on the effects of social and education programs and interventions?
A) Altman Association
B) Campbell Collaboration
C) Guttman Group
D) Orion Organization
20) Which of the following were identified as dangerous pitfalls by NCJRS?
A) Unsound and/or poorly done data analysis
B) Unethical evaluations
C) Poorly done evaluation design and methodology
D) All of the above
21) According to the text, which of the following questions must be answered before an evaluation is undertaken?
A) Is the project evaluable?
B) Will the findings be used?
C) Is there adequate funding?
D) Both (a.) and (b.)
22) Which of the following are steps in evaluation research?
A) Problem formulation
B) Research design
C) Design of instruments
D) All of the above
23) Which of the following are obstacles in evaluation research?
A) Adequate funding
B) Data collection
C) Lack of research topics
D) All of the above
24) Which of the following refers to the selection, identification, and specification of the research topic to be investigated?
A) Findings and conclusions
B) Utilization
C) Design of instruments
D) Problem formulation
25) Which of the following is a means of controlling for invalidity in research through experimental design?
A) Problem formulation
B) Research designs
C) Findings and conclusions
D) Utilization
