PHS 255 Final Exam 2026
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What is the purpose of a program evaluation? - ANSWER ✔✔Often a
required, dreaded procedure.
Less stressful and more useful when aimed at program improvement.
Main task is to test for a connection between program exposure and the
desired program outcomes.
,program evaluation - ANSWER ✔✔Intended to inform decision
makers
Uses theory to test programs
Emphasizes usefulness of findings
Exempt from IRB
More likely to continue after study
research - ANSWER ✔✔Intended to produce generalizable
knowledge
Sometimes just tests theory
Emphasizes study design rigor
Subject to IRB review
,Less likely to continue after study
what are the three central questions in evaluation? - ANSWER
✔✔Design: Are you doing the right things?
Implementation: Are you doing them right?
Outcome: Are you doing enough of them to make a difference?
You can say a program is doing the right things if 3 conditions have been
met: - ANSWER ✔✔Program is evidence-based in its entirety or has
elements that have been effective in previous studies.
Program achieves its objectives.
Program procedures are acceptable to a local community. (Does not
violate norms).
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, t/f: If sound quantitative data collected under rigorously controlled
conditions show the program worked, it has demonstrated efficacy. -
ANSWER ✔✔true
efficacy - ANSWER ✔✔we know the data is working in controlled
circumstance
t/f: If the same intervention still works when transferred to more real-
world conditions, the program is referred to as effective. - ANSWER
✔✔true
effective - ANSWER ✔✔taking all the controlling factors out of it and
putting it in the real world.
t/f: Implementation question isn't answered just once. - ANSWER
✔✔true
t/f: fidelity monitoring is necessary to periodically collect data to verify
programs are faithful to the original program plan. - ANSWER ✔✔true
fidelity monitoring - ANSWER ✔✔making sure everything we said we
are doing is what we are actually doing
t/f: implementation is essential for quality control - ANSWER ✔✔true
Exam Questions and Answers |
Already Graded A+
What is the purpose of a program evaluation? - ANSWER ✔✔Often a
required, dreaded procedure.
Less stressful and more useful when aimed at program improvement.
Main task is to test for a connection between program exposure and the
desired program outcomes.
,program evaluation - ANSWER ✔✔Intended to inform decision
makers
Uses theory to test programs
Emphasizes usefulness of findings
Exempt from IRB
More likely to continue after study
research - ANSWER ✔✔Intended to produce generalizable
knowledge
Sometimes just tests theory
Emphasizes study design rigor
Subject to IRB review
,Less likely to continue after study
what are the three central questions in evaluation? - ANSWER
✔✔Design: Are you doing the right things?
Implementation: Are you doing them right?
Outcome: Are you doing enough of them to make a difference?
You can say a program is doing the right things if 3 conditions have been
met: - ANSWER ✔✔Program is evidence-based in its entirety or has
elements that have been effective in previous studies.
Program achieves its objectives.
Program procedures are acceptable to a local community. (Does not
violate norms).
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, t/f: If sound quantitative data collected under rigorously controlled
conditions show the program worked, it has demonstrated efficacy. -
ANSWER ✔✔true
efficacy - ANSWER ✔✔we know the data is working in controlled
circumstance
t/f: If the same intervention still works when transferred to more real-
world conditions, the program is referred to as effective. - ANSWER
✔✔true
effective - ANSWER ✔✔taking all the controlling factors out of it and
putting it in the real world.
t/f: Implementation question isn't answered just once. - ANSWER
✔✔true
t/f: fidelity monitoring is necessary to periodically collect data to verify
programs are faithful to the original program plan. - ANSWER ✔✔true
fidelity monitoring - ANSWER ✔✔making sure everything we said we
are doing is what we are actually doing
t/f: implementation is essential for quality control - ANSWER ✔✔true
