COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EXAMINATION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER WITH
EXPLANATION GRADED A+ STUDY GUIDE SOUTHERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
1. Community development refers to:
A. Individual competition only
B. Improving the social and economic well-being of communities
C. Sports management only
D. Cooking activities
Answer: B
Focuses on improving community welfare.
2. The main goal of community development is to:
A. Increase poverty
B. Improve quality of life for community members
C. Promote conflict
D. Eliminate participation
Answer: B
Supports social progress.
3. Community participation means:
A. Excluding residents from decisions
B. Involving community members in development activities
C. Ignoring public opinions
D. Eliminating teamwork
Answer: B
Encourages ownership and cooperation.
4. Sustainable development focuses on:
,A. Using resources carelessly
B. Meeting present needs without harming future generations
C. Eliminating resources
D. Increasing waste
Answer: B
Supports long-term development.
5. Empowerment in community development means:
A. Weakening communities
B. Enabling people to improve their lives and make decisions
C. Eliminating participation
D. Promoting dependency
Answer: B
Builds capacity and confidence.
6. A community is:
A. A single individual
B. A group of people living or working together with shared interests
C. A private company only
D. A political party only
Answer: B
People connected by location or interests.
7. Community leaders are responsible for:
A. Promoting conflict
B. Guiding and coordinating development efforts
C. Ignoring community needs
D. Avoiding communication
Answer: B
Leadership supports progress.
8. Social development includes:
, A. Environmental destruction
B. Improving education, health, and welfare
C. Eliminating services
D. Increasing poverty
Answer: B
Enhances living standards.
9. Economic development in communities aims to:
A. Reduce employment
B. Improve income and economic opportunities
C. Increase dependency
D. Eliminate businesses
Answer: B
Supports livelihoods.
10. Community needs assessment helps to:
A. Ignore local problems
B. Identify community problems and priorities
C. Eliminate planning
D. Promote waste
Answer: B
Supports effective interventions.
11. Stakeholders in community development include:
A. Community members only
B. All individuals and groups affected by projects
C. Foreign governments only
D. Sports organizations only
Answer: B
Multiple groups are involved.
12. Volunteerism refers to:
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWER WITH
EXPLANATION GRADED A+ STUDY GUIDE SOUTHERN
NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
1. Community development refers to:
A. Individual competition only
B. Improving the social and economic well-being of communities
C. Sports management only
D. Cooking activities
Answer: B
Focuses on improving community welfare.
2. The main goal of community development is to:
A. Increase poverty
B. Improve quality of life for community members
C. Promote conflict
D. Eliminate participation
Answer: B
Supports social progress.
3. Community participation means:
A. Excluding residents from decisions
B. Involving community members in development activities
C. Ignoring public opinions
D. Eliminating teamwork
Answer: B
Encourages ownership and cooperation.
4. Sustainable development focuses on:
,A. Using resources carelessly
B. Meeting present needs without harming future generations
C. Eliminating resources
D. Increasing waste
Answer: B
Supports long-term development.
5. Empowerment in community development means:
A. Weakening communities
B. Enabling people to improve their lives and make decisions
C. Eliminating participation
D. Promoting dependency
Answer: B
Builds capacity and confidence.
6. A community is:
A. A single individual
B. A group of people living or working together with shared interests
C. A private company only
D. A political party only
Answer: B
People connected by location or interests.
7. Community leaders are responsible for:
A. Promoting conflict
B. Guiding and coordinating development efforts
C. Ignoring community needs
D. Avoiding communication
Answer: B
Leadership supports progress.
8. Social development includes:
, A. Environmental destruction
B. Improving education, health, and welfare
C. Eliminating services
D. Increasing poverty
Answer: B
Enhances living standards.
9. Economic development in communities aims to:
A. Reduce employment
B. Improve income and economic opportunities
C. Increase dependency
D. Eliminate businesses
Answer: B
Supports livelihoods.
10. Community needs assessment helps to:
A. Ignore local problems
B. Identify community problems and priorities
C. Eliminate planning
D. Promote waste
Answer: B
Supports effective interventions.
11. Stakeholders in community development include:
A. Community members only
B. All individuals and groups affected by projects
C. Foreign governments only
D. Sports organizations only
Answer: B
Multiple groups are involved.
12. Volunteerism refers to:
