Worth, Nonprofit Management, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Chapter 1: Nonprofit Management as a Profession and a
Field of Study
Test Bank
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. Most 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.
, Worth, Nonprofit Management, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
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 poor children. 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
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Chapter 1: Nonprofit Management as a Profession and a
Field of Study
Test Bank
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. Most 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.
, Worth, Nonprofit Management, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
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 poor children. 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
