Devry PA571 Midterm Exam ANSWERS

PA 571 Midterm Exam ANSWERSQuestion :(TCO A) Which answer includes the three major categories of nonprofit organizations?Points Received:5 of 52.Question :(TCO A) Which statement is true?Points Received:5 of 53.Question :(TCO E) Generally, a nonprofit organization is not able to offer a salary comparable to what would be offered by a for-profit business for a similar position. What is a reason for this discrepancy?Points Received:5 of 54.Question :(TCO F) You have just been promoted to Volunteer Coordinator at your organization. This is a newly created position so you are responsible for developing all aspects related to volunteer management. What should you include in the New Volunteer Welcome Packet?Points Received:5 of 55.Question :(TCO F) A nonprofit organization may decide to develop and use a volunteer job description for each position to be filled by a volunteer. Which of the following is a reason that a nonprofit may decide to do so?Points Received:5 of 56.Question :(TCO B) You are on the Board Development Committee of a local nonprofit community center. There are two openings on the Board of Directors, and your committee is in charge of filling those slots. What characteristic in the prospective board member would you most like to see from among the choices below?Points Received:5 of 57.Question :(TCO B) Turnover on the board of directors of a nonprofit organization is in many cases normal and may in ways even be desirable. But to help ensure some stability in the relationship between the board and the executive director, which one of the following tools might be of some help?Points Received:5 of 58.Question :(TCO E) Per the Week 2 lecture, a starting place for a nonprofit organization to look for potential candidates for employment isPoints Received:5 of 51.Question :(TCO E) Imagine that you are the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization whose mission is to save the rain forests in Brazil. You plan to raise money for your mission by selling memberships in your organization. You have decided that in order to reach your goals, you need to hire a marketing manager. You have interviewed several qualified people, all of whom are currently marketing memberships in for-profit organizations and making about the same income that your position will pay. Assuming you could not offer more money, what would you say or do that could make a top candidate accept your offer?Points Received:5 of 52.Question :(TCO A) Nonprofit organizations are keenly interested in the results of political processes. What restrictions, if any, are placed upon charities when entering the political arena?Points Received:5 of 53.Question :(TCO F) What item might be most likely to be included in a volunteer job description?Points Received:5 of 54.Question :(TCO A) Charitable organizations includePoints Received:5 of 55.Question :(TCO F) Volunteers are often an integral part of a nonprofit organization. Which one is not a common reason why nonprofits use volunteers?Points Received:5 of 56.Question :(TCO B) When it comes to recruiting new board members, where is a good starting place?Points Received:5 of 57.Question :(TCO A) Which one of the following statements is true?Points Received:5 of 58.Question :(TCO F) As a paid employee to a local nonprofit organization, you have just been promoted to Volunteer Coordinator. You know that the organization has had a difficult time keeping its volunteers. Which one is the best recommendation you might make to help retain more volunteers?Points Received:5 of 51.Question :(TCO A) The three main legal forms that a nonprofit organization may take are as (1) a corporation, (2) a trust, or (3) an unincorporated association. For purposes of this question, please focus only on a corporation. Please describe briefly the steps that would be needed for an organization to form a new corporation in which to conduct its operations.Points Received:10 of 20Page 9 of the text.2.Question :(TCO B) The Duty of Obedience is one of the three duties imposed on board member of a nonprofit organization under contemporary general standards. Please define this duty and discuss three examples of actions that a board member should do to help meet this duty.Points Received:20 of 203.Question :(TCO G) In Week 2, you should have retrieved and analyzed the mission statements of two nonprofit organizations. Based on your analysis, discuss how a nonprofit’s mission statement may help the board and the executive director of the organization lead the volunteers and employees.Points Received:20 of 20