PROGRAM PLANNING MPH CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Summative Evaluation. Answer: Determines if program met any
combination of measurement about impact, outcome, or benefits
◉ Process Evaulation. Answer: Examines all aspects of program
implementation including organizational and administrative aspects
◉ Outcome Evaluation. Answer: Documents short-term results by
obtaining program data
◉ Impact Evaluation. Answer: Most inclusive type of evaluation due to
focus on long-term outcome objectives
◉ The first step of program planning should always be. Answer: talking
to community partners and stakeholders about community needs
◉ The purpose of each goal statement is to. Answer: Describe the who,
what, when, and where of a measurable activity
,◉ To ensure that each step of a plan is being considered, and
implemented, it is beneficial to develop. Answer: a timeline
◉ Generally, during summative evaluation this type of data are used.
Answer: Quantitative
◉ Which type of evaluation is rarely possible due to excessive cost and
lengthy time commitment. Answer: Impact
◉ What is not addressed in a logic model?. Answer: Results
◉ When there are items that are out of control of the programmer that
may support or oppose the program goals, this is termed. Answer:
External influences
◉ When you sustain program implementation by staying true to the
original design, it is termed. Answer: Program fidelity
◉ True or false: You should start a program with the planning phase, and
end with an evaluation. Answer: false
◉ True or False: When writing goal statements, you do not have to
identify the target population. Answer: false
, ◉ T or F: A lit review contains a brief summary of citation followed by a
short evaluation. Answer: false
◉ Tor F: It's beneficial for stakeholders to have varying roles and power
to enhance success and sustainability of a program. Answer: True
◉ T or F: Program evaluation can be used to determine short-term
results, long term program impact, and stakeholder buy in.. Answer:
False
◉ T or F:. Answer: Though typically less costly, than an external
evaluator, internal evaluation may involve hidden costs.
◉ A journal defined as when academic and scholarly colleagues write a
manuscript about their research and submit the manuscript to a
professional journal which then send it it to experts in the field who
evaluate its appropriateness for publication in an academic journal as
well as inspect it for erroneous information. Answer: Peer reviewed
Journal
◉ All logic models are a graphic depiction of a program from the
___________ through the ________. Answer: Planning, evaluation
◉ A __________ evaluator is viewed as more objective. Answer:
External
EVALUATION EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Summative Evaluation. Answer: Determines if program met any
combination of measurement about impact, outcome, or benefits
◉ Process Evaulation. Answer: Examines all aspects of program
implementation including organizational and administrative aspects
◉ Outcome Evaluation. Answer: Documents short-term results by
obtaining program data
◉ Impact Evaluation. Answer: Most inclusive type of evaluation due to
focus on long-term outcome objectives
◉ The first step of program planning should always be. Answer: talking
to community partners and stakeholders about community needs
◉ The purpose of each goal statement is to. Answer: Describe the who,
what, when, and where of a measurable activity
,◉ To ensure that each step of a plan is being considered, and
implemented, it is beneficial to develop. Answer: a timeline
◉ Generally, during summative evaluation this type of data are used.
Answer: Quantitative
◉ Which type of evaluation is rarely possible due to excessive cost and
lengthy time commitment. Answer: Impact
◉ What is not addressed in a logic model?. Answer: Results
◉ When there are items that are out of control of the programmer that
may support or oppose the program goals, this is termed. Answer:
External influences
◉ When you sustain program implementation by staying true to the
original design, it is termed. Answer: Program fidelity
◉ True or false: You should start a program with the planning phase, and
end with an evaluation. Answer: false
◉ True or False: When writing goal statements, you do not have to
identify the target population. Answer: false
, ◉ T or F: A lit review contains a brief summary of citation followed by a
short evaluation. Answer: false
◉ Tor F: It's beneficial for stakeholders to have varying roles and power
to enhance success and sustainability of a program. Answer: True
◉ T or F: Program evaluation can be used to determine short-term
results, long term program impact, and stakeholder buy in.. Answer:
False
◉ T or F:. Answer: Though typically less costly, than an external
evaluator, internal evaluation may involve hidden costs.
◉ A journal defined as when academic and scholarly colleagues write a
manuscript about their research and submit the manuscript to a
professional journal which then send it it to experts in the field who
evaluate its appropriateness for publication in an academic journal as
well as inspect it for erroneous information. Answer: Peer reviewed
Journal
◉ All logic models are a graphic depiction of a program from the
___________ through the ________. Answer: Planning, evaluation
◉ A __________ evaluator is viewed as more objective. Answer:
External
