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TEST BANK FORNONPROFIT MANAGEMENT 7TH EDITION BY MICHAEL J. WORTH
CHAPTER 1-17
CHAPTER 1: NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AS A PROFESSION AND A FIELD OF
STUDY
Multiple Choice
1. The requirement that nonprofits achieve measurable results increased the need for
______.
a. empowered customers
b. funding to state governments
c. management
d. voucher programs
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-4: Explain forces that have led to the professionalization of
nonprofit management.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Revolution in Management
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Demands that organizational procedures comply with government regulations
contributed to the need for ______.
a. dramatic organizational growth
b. trained managers
c. philanthropic contributions
d. long-term investments in nonprofits
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Describe the growth of nonprofit management as a
professional field and a field of study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Distinct Profession
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Nonprofits obtain revenue from ______.
a. multiple sources
b. government contracts solely
c. the sale of products and services
d. state taxes
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the differences between management in the nonprofit
sector and management in other sectors.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Distinct Profession
,Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Managers of nonprofit organizations measure their success by ______.
a. the number of volunteers recruited within a fiscal year
b. increasing the organization’s resources
c. expanding services
d. achieving the mission within financial limits
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the differences between management in the nonprofit
sector and management in other sectors.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Distinct Profession
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. What was the first school of management in the United States?
a. Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations
b. Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
c. Yale Program on Nonprofit Organizations
d. Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-3: Describe the growth of nonprofit management as a
professional field and a field of study.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Nonprofit Management as a Field of Study
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Which decade marked a turning point in public policy, with government outsourcing
more of the delivery of human services to nonprofit organizations?
a. the 1960s
b. the 1970s
c. the 1980s
d. the 1990s
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-4: Explain forces that have led to the professionalization of
nonprofit management.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Nonprofit Management as a Field of Study
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. People who view nonprofit organizations as social institutions portray nonprofit
managers as ______.
a. leaders with strong business backgrounds
b. servants of society
c. capitalists
d. heroes
Ans: B
,Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the differences between management in the nonprofit
sector and management in other sectors.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Toward a Balanced Approach
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. A leader of a nonprofit organization is designing a new type of water purification
system to improve living conditions for children living in poverty. Which type of
entrepreneurship is the leader demonstrating?
a. private
b. public
c. health
d. social
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the differences between management in the nonprofit
sector and management in other sectors.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Toward a Balanced Approach
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. The complexity of the nonprofit manager’s job frequently results in ______.
a. intervention by board members
b. frustration and burnout
c. six-figure salaries
d. increased educational opportunities
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-4: Explain forces that have led to the professionalization of
nonprofit management.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Proceeding With Realism and Pride
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. A force that drove the recent nonprofit management revolution was the ______.
a. introduction of competition
b. increased number of economic recessions
c. decline of growth in the sector
d. decreased demands for accountability
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1-4: Explain forces that have led to the professionalization of
nonprofit management.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Revolution in Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Throughout history, management theorists argued that ______.
a. businesses required more educated managers
, b. government organizations have the most need of managers with distinctive skills
c. common management principles apply equally to all organizations
d. nonprofit managers do not need professional development
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the differences between management in the nonprofit
sector and management in other sectors.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Distinct Profession
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. The beginning of management as a field of study dates back to the ______.
a. 17th century
b. 18th century
c. 19th century
d. 20th Century
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-3: Describe the growth of nonprofit management as a
professional field and a field of study.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Nonprofit Management as a Field of Study
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. Which organization accredits public administration’s master’s degree programs?
a. the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs
b. the Yale Program on Nonprofit Organizations
c. the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration
d. the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1-3: Describe the growth of nonprofit management as a
professional field and a field of study.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Nonprofit Management as a Field of Study
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. The perception that nonprofits are less well managed than businesses is ______.
a. argued by for-profit corporations
b. not based on research
c. based on financial reports
d. spread by government agencies
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1-1: Describe the differences between management in the nonprofit
sector and management in other sectors.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Chapter Summary
Difficulty Level: Medium
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