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Social Work And Community Development Question Paper

Social Work And Community Development

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Nursing And Public Health

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
HNS 312:
SOCIAL WORK AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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DATE: MONDAY 24TH AUGUST 2009 TIME: 11.00 A.M. – 1.00 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS:

i)
Answer ALL Questions

ii)
PART A
a) Circle the correct answer.
b) Tick true or false in the space provided
c) Match column A and B as requested to do.

iii) PART B

Answer the questions in the booklet provided.
iv)
Write your number on the examination paper and booklet.
NO NAMES SHOULD BE WRITTEN ON THE EXAMINATION PAPER
AND BOOKLET.

PART A:
Multiple choice Questions:

Circle the correct answer
1.
Sociology is the study of
a)
Rural
structures
b) Human
beings
c)
Rural sociology at a high level
d) Social
order.

2.
Rural villages are grouped according to the following except
a)
Landownership
b)
Settlement
patterns
c)
Social
stratification
d)
People
relationships

3.
Which one of the following developed the “rural urban - debate”
a)
Durkheim
b)
Redfield
c)
Tonnes
d)
Talcot

4.
the governments put in place an organized system to take care of the poor after
feudalism in Europe because:
a)
Caring for the poor was a sign of piety.

b)
To prevent the poor from migrating to urban areas.

c)
The poor were seen as direct threat to the social order

d)
To prevent pauperism.

5.
In their effort to help the poor people, the “volunteer Friendly visitors or doers of
good works”

a)
Established settlement houses for the poor

b)
Lived with the poor to experience the realities of poverty.

c)
Encouraged the poor people to save and to seek employment
d)
Invented
the
Charity
Organization Society (COS)

6.
The following are helping skills in social work practice except
a)
Warmth
b)
Confronting
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c)
Sympathy
d)
Sincerity

7.
One of the following is a factor behind community development in Kenya.
a)
Community
organization
b)
Betterment
schemes
c)
Bureaucratic
systems
d)
Community
relations

8.
The social work process for change is characterized by
a)
False
starts,
linear steps and surprise
b)
Surprises,
spiral
process and false starts
c)
False
starts,
Surprise and error in judgment
d)
Linear steps, spiral process and changes

9.
The following are signs of unresolved conflict except
a)
Staff
turnover
b)
Withdrawal
c)
Responsiveness
d)
Confrontations

10.
Community development process involves
a)
Creating
discontent
b)
Appraising
the
situation
c)
Flexible
organization

d)
Recognition of individuals

11.
One of the following is a major step in community entry to exit.

a)
Telling it right

b)
Use of brief statistics

c)
Choice of subject
d)
Awareness
raising.
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12.
The roles of a community development worker are

a)
Facilitator, enabler, guide, expert, therapist

b)
Enabler, guide, expert, therapist

c)
Guide, expert, therapist, facilitator

d)
Expert, therapist, facilitator, enabler

PART B
For the following questions (tick) in the space provided to indicate whether the
statement is true or false.

True
False
13. a) Community development work is based on “felt needs’

b) Felt needs can be relative

14. a) Integrated Rural Development (IRD) approach to community

development emphasized on the basic needs satisfaction.
b) The Basic Needs Approach (BNA) focused on the problems

of rural poverty.
15. a) Community development is based on the assumption that

people want to be free from poverty and pain.
b) Community development is concerned with absolute needs.

16. a) Guidance and counseling is about disciplining, giving

solutions advice or opinion in dealing with a situation.
b) Guidance is the process of helping individuals appreciate

and accept their situation.
17. a) Community mobilization means bringing people together to

decide on how to utilize the donor funds for development
projects.
b)
People are mobilized to be involved in activities that

improve their lives.
18. a)
One of the roles of advocacy in community development is

to criticize or challenge defective laws, policies and
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