Question: Researchers have found that performance-based contracts have increased the power of:

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nonprofit CEOs
nonprofit boards of directors
nonprofit clients
nonprofit volunteers

Answer: nonprofit clients

Question: This concept was developed as a way for businesses to obtain a balanced perspective on performance by combining financial data with other considerations.

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Financial ratios
Balanced scorecard
Common indicators
Cost-benefit analysis

Answer: Balanced scorecard

Question: Maxine is preparing a supplemental note explaining extenuating circumstances related to data reported in a statement of activities. Maxine is completing which type of financial statement?

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Statement of cash flows.
Notes to the financial statements.
Statement of financial position.

Answer: Notes to the financial statements

Question: ___________ includes any communication the organization has with legislators or government officials who participate in the formulation of legislation or with its own members with regard to specific legislation and that expresses a view on it.

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Direct lobbying
Indirect lobbying
Grassroots lobbying
Corporate lobbying

Answer: Direct lobbying

Question: The nation’s first school of management was the:

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Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Yale Program on Nonprofit Organizations.
Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Answer: Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Question: A nonprofit organization has placed an equal employment opportunity statement on all its organization’s promotional materials. The organization is demonstrating:

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accountability
performance
effectiveness
efficiency

Answer: accountability

Question: The vision statement is:

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how the CEO envisions that his or her subordinates should act
a written document that summarizes the organization’s financial portfolio
a description of an ideal future
no longer considered necessary for strategic planning

Answer: a description of an ideal future

Question: In _________, nonprofits provide services and resources that corporations need for their business operations, but they also provide opportunities for companies to achieve a social benefit with resources that are outside their philanthropic or marketing budgets.

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joint ventures
nonprofit enterprises
operational relationships
social enterprises

Answer: operational relationships

Question: For many people, marketing is still synonymous with ________ and they may see it as something possibly inconsistent with the values and the culture of the nonprofit sector.

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the financial sector
dishonesty
sales
New York executives

Answer: sales

Question: A study conducted by the Corporation for National and Community Service found that between the years 1974 and 2006 participation in volunteer activities:

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did not increase.
increased.
remained stagnant.
decreased.

Answer: increased.

Question: A _________ is a perspective or a way of seeing and understanding things.

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grid
task behavior
transition
frame

Answer: frame

Question: _________ may occur when the right person is in the right place at the right time with the right skills.

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Perfection
A social value proposition
Change
Social nirvana

Answer: Change

Question: These are organizations that promote a cause or issue on a multinational basis.

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Operational NGOs
Advocacy NGOs
Global NGOs
Cause-related INGOs

Answer: Advocacy NGOs