1 Unit 3 Pre-Test Final

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Expiration date: 5/31/2018

Unit 3 Pre-Test

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Instructions:

The following pre-test questions are designed to measure your pre-existing knowledge about the concepts presented in the content.

Questions

1. A rigorous evaluation requires fidelity to an intervention model. Fidelity is most closely defined as:

1. Following the intervention model as designed

2. Following the intervention model as specifically instructed by the unit supervisor

3. Applying professional expertise to the intervention model

4. Comparing the intervention model to a similar intervention model

2. In building evidence, child welfare staff are known as “knowledge generators.” Which of the following best describes knowledge generators?

1. Child welfare staff who understand the value that building evidence brings to serving children and families

2. Child welfare staff who help develop the research questions to understand what is working and what is not working

3. Child welfare staff who understand the importance of carrying out protocols with professional integrity

4. Child welfare staff who document consistently and accurately to track outcomes

5. All of the above

3. Monitoring delivery of an intervention is:

1. Only important at the discretion of the worker

2. A phase of the Framework

3. How frontline staff follow the steps of the intervention model to deliver the intervention as intended

4. None of the above

4. At a fictional child welfare agency, senior leadership formerly served as frontline staff themselves. From these experiences, they were confident they knew which programs worked and which did not improve outcomes for children and families, despite the lack of rigorous evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of these programs. This is an example of:

1. Well-meaning government officials taking it “on faith” that programs work

2. Interventions that do more harm than good because they are no longer current in the research literature

3. A lack of proper CQI implementation in this child welfare system

4. Relying on personal observations and opinions rather than evidence about what works

5. In Diamond County, agency leaders and university partners held a meeting to explain to frontline staff and supervisors why following the Trauma Focus intervention protocols and completing documentation is critical to a successful study of Trauma Focus. Why was it important for frontline staff to follow protocols and complete documentation?

1. Rigorously evaluating Trauma Focus requires following the intervention protocols.

2. Accurate documentation related to children’s placement moves is necessary for accurate measurement of the impact of Trauma Focus.

3. Documentation of worker activities may be required to assess whether Trauma Focus was implemented properly and how much worker time was necessary.

4. All of the above

6. The data workers collect and capture—for example, information learned when conducting an assessment—are critical for:

1. Determining the nature of the problem

2. Identifying possible solutions

3. Selecting of the most effective intervention

4. All of the above

7. A group of people from different sectors committing to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem and using a structured form of collaboration is known as:

1. A focus group

2. Community awareness

3. Collective impact

4. Collective awareness

8. A benefit of high-quality documentation in supporting evidence building is:

1. It captures detail that allows supervisors, administrators, and others to aggregate families’ experiences.

2. It ensures the effectiveness of the tested interventions.

3. It reduces time spent on assessment activities.

4. It allows supervisors to communicate within their agency and with professional peers.

9. Which of the following is not a critical role frontline child welfare staff play in evidence building?

1. Following protocols

2. Conducting timely and accurate assessments

3. Preparing study designs

4. Keeping high-quality documentation

10. True or False: “Intervention validity” refers to the training, resources, and organizational- and system-level supports that enable staff to deliver and evaluate the intervention as designed.

1. True

2. False

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