Chapter 14: Community Health Planning,
Monitoring, and Evaluation Questions &
Answers
1. A nurse is involved in planning a health promotion program in a community. What
occurs after the program is designed and implemented?
a. Conducting a situational analysis
b. Monitoring the program
c. Identifying the issues of concern
d. Selecting the best alternatives - ANSWERb. Monitoring the program
2. Which comment is true about program planning?
a. The process is linear
b. Steps can be repeated
c. The first step is to identify a problem
d. Evaluation is the final step - ANSWERb. Steps can be repeated
3. A community group is using the program logic model to plan a new community wide
system of bike and walking trails. What is true about the program logic model?
a. Shows how to document different facets of a program after evaluation
b. Provides a diagram of what the program is supposed to do, with whom,
and why
c. Helpful when started from the top as it does not require specific target
groups
d. Yields a diagram that provides rigid guidelines on the expected impacts of
the program - ANSWERb. Provides a diagram of what the program is supposed to do,
with whom, and why
4. A nurse is using the program logic model to develop a program to reduce Suicide
prevention in youth. What is an example of an activity in the CAT (Component, Activity,
Target) stage? Select all that apply.
a. Crisis intervention
b. Peer support
c. Risk assessment
d. Reducing suicide rates - ANSWERa. Crisis intervention
b. Peer support
c. Risk assessment
, 5. A group of nurses are using a program logic model to plan a new multicultural liaison
program. What would be the most appropriate short-term outcome for the program?
a. Increasing awareness in the community of multicultural resources
b. Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to work with
multicultural groups
c. Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to access the
liaison program
d. Increasing appropriate use of the health care system for multicultural
groups - ANSWERc. Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to access
the liaison program
6. The Public Health Agency of Canada Toolkit Decision-Oriented Model for Program
Evaluation has 5 steps. The fifth step involves making decisions and include which of
the following?
a. List stakeholders and draft questions
b. interpretation of results, develop action plan, report
c. draft data collection plan and check feasibility
d. Pre-test and data analysis - ANSWERb. interpretation of results, develop action plan,
report
7. What will ensure that program monitoring and evaluation are more likely to be
successful?
a. Uses a predetermined approach that focuses on a final report
b. Is designed to be participatory from the beginning
c. Utilizes conventional approaches
d. Has external measures of success using quantitative processes - ANSWERb. Is
designed to be participatory from the beginning
8. A nurse uses a SWOT analysis as part of the planning process. What information will
this provide the nurse?
a. Sources of information
b. Timetable
c. Opportunities
d. Working plan - ANSWERc. Opportunities
9. A nurse is using qualitative research strategies as part of the planning process. What
question will be answered using this research approach?
a. Who
b. Why
c. When
d. How much less likely - ANSWERb. Why
Monitoring, and Evaluation Questions &
Answers
1. A nurse is involved in planning a health promotion program in a community. What
occurs after the program is designed and implemented?
a. Conducting a situational analysis
b. Monitoring the program
c. Identifying the issues of concern
d. Selecting the best alternatives - ANSWERb. Monitoring the program
2. Which comment is true about program planning?
a. The process is linear
b. Steps can be repeated
c. The first step is to identify a problem
d. Evaluation is the final step - ANSWERb. Steps can be repeated
3. A community group is using the program logic model to plan a new community wide
system of bike and walking trails. What is true about the program logic model?
a. Shows how to document different facets of a program after evaluation
b. Provides a diagram of what the program is supposed to do, with whom,
and why
c. Helpful when started from the top as it does not require specific target
groups
d. Yields a diagram that provides rigid guidelines on the expected impacts of
the program - ANSWERb. Provides a diagram of what the program is supposed to do,
with whom, and why
4. A nurse is using the program logic model to develop a program to reduce Suicide
prevention in youth. What is an example of an activity in the CAT (Component, Activity,
Target) stage? Select all that apply.
a. Crisis intervention
b. Peer support
c. Risk assessment
d. Reducing suicide rates - ANSWERa. Crisis intervention
b. Peer support
c. Risk assessment
, 5. A group of nurses are using a program logic model to plan a new multicultural liaison
program. What would be the most appropriate short-term outcome for the program?
a. Increasing awareness in the community of multicultural resources
b. Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to work with
multicultural groups
c. Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to access the
liaison program
d. Increasing appropriate use of the health care system for multicultural
groups - ANSWERc. Building the knowledge of health care workers on how to access
the liaison program
6. The Public Health Agency of Canada Toolkit Decision-Oriented Model for Program
Evaluation has 5 steps. The fifth step involves making decisions and include which of
the following?
a. List stakeholders and draft questions
b. interpretation of results, develop action plan, report
c. draft data collection plan and check feasibility
d. Pre-test and data analysis - ANSWERb. interpretation of results, develop action plan,
report
7. What will ensure that program monitoring and evaluation are more likely to be
successful?
a. Uses a predetermined approach that focuses on a final report
b. Is designed to be participatory from the beginning
c. Utilizes conventional approaches
d. Has external measures of success using quantitative processes - ANSWERb. Is
designed to be participatory from the beginning
8. A nurse uses a SWOT analysis as part of the planning process. What information will
this provide the nurse?
a. Sources of information
b. Timetable
c. Opportunities
d. Working plan - ANSWERc. Opportunities
9. A nurse is using qualitative research strategies as part of the planning process. What
question will be answered using this research approach?
a. Who
b. Why
c. When
d. How much less likely - ANSWERb. Why
