Answer Options:
Fine snacks
Organization T-shirts
Copies of the mission statement
Formal job descriptions
Answer: Formal job descriptions
Question: ________ are functions that the organization is required to perform, perhaps by its charter or law.
Answer Options:
Missions
Visions
Values
Mandates
Answer: Mandates
Question: The type of leader that listens, empathizes with others, and focuses on relationships is a:
Answer Options:
servant leader
task-oriented leader
relationship-oriented leader
team leader
Answer: servant leader
Question: According to Dees and colleagues, where others see problems, entrepreneurs see:
Answer Options:
puzzles
opportunities
risks
facts
Answer: opportunities
Question: A proposed merger of two nonprofit organizations failed because senior leadership focused on self-interests. This proposed merger failed due to:
Answer Options:
differing missions.
costs.
egos.
political objections.
Answer: egos.
Question: This is a statement in an individual’s will or living trust dictating that on his or her death, some amount or portion of his or her estate is to be given to a charitable organization.
Answer Options:
Charitable gift annuity
Testament
Bequest
Ultimate donation
Answer: Bequest
Question: This type of organization is one that has activities throughout the world and that probably has a governance structure that places decision-making in the hands of individuals from multiple countries.
Answer Options:
International organization
Nonprofit organization
Global organization
Nongovernmental organization
Answer: Global organization
Question: According to Higgins, nonprofit organizations have:
Answer Options:
so many volunteers.
constituents that don’t really know what they do.
board and staff members with different goals and agendas.
constituents with only one perspective.
Answer: board and staff members with different goals and agendas (proposed correct answer since it was marked incorrect).
Question: These are organizations that promote a cause or issue on a multinational basis.
Answer Options:
Operational NGOs
Advocacy NGOs
Global NGOs
Cause-related INGOs
Answer: Advocacy NGOs
Question: The process by which companies and organizations adhering to old ways decline and disappear, while new companies and industries grow to replace them, is called:
Answer Options:
entrepreneurship
social destruction
creative destruction
innovation
Answer: creative destruction
Question: It appears that the term “image of God” includes both spiritual as well as physical similarity between God and man.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Some companies and nonprofits include individuals whose job is to drive creativity and innovation within the organization. They are called:
Answer Options:
entrepreneurs
social entrepreneurs
creative directors
Answer: creative directors
Question: Which term refers to a group of organisms that are known to be discontinuous with each other?
Answer Options:
Apobaramin
Cladebaramin
Polybaramin
Monobaramin
Answer: Baramin
Question: The watershed event for nonprofit-corporate partnerships came in 1983, when ___________ supported renovation of the Statue of Liberty by offering to contribute a penny to the campaign each time a consumer used his or her credit card from this company.
Answer Options:
American Express
Discover
Visa
MasterCard
Answer: American Express
Question: Assessing _________ requires evaluating whether the organization is financially strong or in jeopardy and looking at the liabilities as well as the revenue and expenses shown on the statement of activities.
Answer Options:
profitability
asset management
liquidity
long-term solvency
Answer: long-term solvency
Question: Brian volunteered to work at a 3-day book fair that is held once every 3 years. What type of volunteer is Brian?
Answer Options:
Episodic volunteer.
Spot volunteer.
Person who is pressured into volunteering.
Paid volunteer.
Answer: Episodic volunteer.
Question: George retired from a local law firm and then volunteered to oversee a nonprofit’s legal records. George is performing the duties of a:
Answer Options:
corporate secretary
corporate clerk
bookkeeper
sergeant at arms
Answer: corporate secretary
Question: According to Koerber, the larger an organization’s international presence is, the more __________ it should be in looking at options for its operations.
Answer Options:
rigid
flexible
focused
locally
Answer: flexible
Question: Communicating a message requires tailoring it to both one-way communication and two-way communication, and ____________ is essential.
Answer Options:
brevity
detail
colorful language
an appeal to the audience’s emotions
Answer: brevity
Question: Besides squirrels, what other group of animals did Dr. Ross discuss and show in the video that was shown last night?
Answer Options:
Mice
Apes
Cats
Bears
Dogs
Answer: Apes
Question: According to Carson, the hardest thing for a nonprofit to say to others in collaboration is:
Answer Options:
no
yes
maybe
sometimes
Answer: no
Question: Leaders of nonprofit organizations can find IRS criteria specifying illegal campaign involvement in:
Answer Options:
IRS Assists Ruling 93.
IRS Profits Ruling 111.
IRS Income Ruling 201.
IRS Revenue Ruling 2007-41.
Answer: IRS Revenue Ruling 2007-41.
Question: A certain mistrust of this has been a pervasive and continuing aspect of American culture and has provided philosophical support for private, voluntary initiatives throughout the nation’s history.
Answer Options:
Government
Voluntarism
Lawyers
Universities
Answer: Government
Question: The inclination to give resources based on the ability to make history and affect the conditions under which people live is identified by Schervish and Havens as:
Answer Options:
calibration
beneficence
identification
hyperagency
Answer: hyperagency
Question: Who did Herman and Heimovics find is actually seen as responsible for the organization’s success or failure?
Answer Options:
The board
The shareholders
The management
The CEO
Answer: The CEO