CFRE ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION PREMIUM REVIEW
CONTENT
●● Acknowledge
Answer: To express gratitude for (a gift or service) in written or oral
form, communicated privately or publicly
●● Annual Fund
Answer: Any organized effort by a nonprofit institution or program to
secure gifts on an annual basis, either by mail or through direct
solicitation, or both. It includes gifts that are made in response to an
annual fund solicitation to underwrite budgeted expenses and are
repeatable/replaceable. Frequently called Annual Appeal, or Annual
Giving Program.
●● Annual Gift
Answer: A donation given yearly to provide reliable monies for ongoing
programs and services
●● Benefit
Answer: A form of fundraising that involves the organization and
staging of a special event for charitable purposes, with all proceeds
,above expenses designated as a charitable contribution to the charitable
institution concerned.
●● Campaign
Answer: An organized effort to raise funds for a nonprofit organization
through solicitation by volunteers or by direct mail or both.
●● Capital Campaign
Answer: A campaign to raise substantial funds for a nonprofit
organization to finance major building projects, to supplement
endowment funds and to meet other needs demanding extensive outlays
of capital
●● Case
Answer: The combination of reasons advanced by an institution or
agency in justifying its appeals for support, with emphasis on its past,
present and potential services. One of the three basic pedestals upon
which fundraising success must rest. The others are Leadership and
fields of support.
●● Case Statement
Answer: A carefully prepared document that sets forth in detail the
reasons why an institution or agency merits support with substantial
documentation of its services, its Human Resources, its potential for
greater service, its needs and its future plans.
, ●● Charitable Gift Annuity
Answer: As stipulated in an irrevocable contract, a fixed sum of money
paid at certain regulars times by a charity to a donor or other designated
beneficiary, or both, in exchange for the donor's gift of cash or property
●● Charitable Institution
Answer: Any private institution or agency that operates on a nonprofit
basis for the public good and which is therefore exempt from taxation,
with the exception of commercial operations in which it may be
involved.
●● Constituency
Answer: A category of donors and prospective donors, such as alumni,
parents, members, staff doctors, former patients, and in a broader sense,
individuals, corporations and foundations
●● CRA
Answer: Canada Revenue Agency
●● Cultivation
Answer: The process of gradually developing the interest of an
important prospective contributor through exposure to institutional
activities, people, needs and plans to the point where a major gift may be
considered.
COMPLETE SOLUTION PREMIUM REVIEW
CONTENT
●● Acknowledge
Answer: To express gratitude for (a gift or service) in written or oral
form, communicated privately or publicly
●● Annual Fund
Answer: Any organized effort by a nonprofit institution or program to
secure gifts on an annual basis, either by mail or through direct
solicitation, or both. It includes gifts that are made in response to an
annual fund solicitation to underwrite budgeted expenses and are
repeatable/replaceable. Frequently called Annual Appeal, or Annual
Giving Program.
●● Annual Gift
Answer: A donation given yearly to provide reliable monies for ongoing
programs and services
●● Benefit
Answer: A form of fundraising that involves the organization and
staging of a special event for charitable purposes, with all proceeds
,above expenses designated as a charitable contribution to the charitable
institution concerned.
●● Campaign
Answer: An organized effort to raise funds for a nonprofit organization
through solicitation by volunteers or by direct mail or both.
●● Capital Campaign
Answer: A campaign to raise substantial funds for a nonprofit
organization to finance major building projects, to supplement
endowment funds and to meet other needs demanding extensive outlays
of capital
●● Case
Answer: The combination of reasons advanced by an institution or
agency in justifying its appeals for support, with emphasis on its past,
present and potential services. One of the three basic pedestals upon
which fundraising success must rest. The others are Leadership and
fields of support.
●● Case Statement
Answer: A carefully prepared document that sets forth in detail the
reasons why an institution or agency merits support with substantial
documentation of its services, its Human Resources, its potential for
greater service, its needs and its future plans.
, ●● Charitable Gift Annuity
Answer: As stipulated in an irrevocable contract, a fixed sum of money
paid at certain regulars times by a charity to a donor or other designated
beneficiary, or both, in exchange for the donor's gift of cash or property
●● Charitable Institution
Answer: Any private institution or agency that operates on a nonprofit
basis for the public good and which is therefore exempt from taxation,
with the exception of commercial operations in which it may be
involved.
●● Constituency
Answer: A category of donors and prospective donors, such as alumni,
parents, members, staff doctors, former patients, and in a broader sense,
individuals, corporations and foundations
●● CRA
Answer: Canada Revenue Agency
●● Cultivation
Answer: The process of gradually developing the interest of an
important prospective contributor through exposure to institutional
activities, people, needs and plans to the point where a major gift may be
considered.
