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Instructions: Choose the letter of the correct/best answer. This test is worth a total of 10 points. Standard items earn 1 point each. For two-tier questions, full credit (1 point) is awarded only when both parts are correct; no credit (0 points) is given if any part is incorrect. For multiple-select questions requiring more than one answer, you must select all correct options to earn 1 point; no partial credit will be awarded for incomplete selections.

1

A DSWD field office reports the following after completing a financial-management intervention for 300 low-income parents:
all 12 sessions were conducted,
all participants received budgeting materials,
92% completed the sessions,
89% rated the sessions as useful.
The project manager concludes, “The intervention achieved its intended outcome.”
Which response best applies results-based thinking?

Agree, because high participation and satisfaction establish that the intended change occurred.

Assess whether participants improved their financial management skills and habits.

Ask whether the project spent the full budget because efficient spending determines the achievement of outcomes.

Agree, because utilization of a project service is already an outcome.

0.5

A livelihood project reports that:
livelihood coaching was provided,
participants attended and rated it highly,
participants demonstrated improved enterprise-management skills,
six months later, participants regularly kept records and used them when making business decisions.
Tier 1. What is the highest Results Staircase level directly demonstrated?

Output Level 3, satisfaction

Outcome Level 4, change in KSA

Outcome Level 5, change in behavior or practice

Outcome Level 6, change in living conditions

Outcome Level 7, societal change

0.5

1

A parenting program produces the following findings. Which findings represent outcomes under the Results Staircase? Select all that apply.

Parents consistently apply positive discipline practices at home.

Parenting modules and coaching sessions are provided.

Participating families experience fewer recurring parent-child conflicts.

Parents attend the coaching sessions.

Parents report that the coaching is understandable and useful.

Parents demonstrate stronger knowledge and skills in positive discipline.

1

A project team wants to reduce disaster-related injuries among households in a flood-prone municipality. The team immediately proposes preparedness seminars, evacuation drills, warning equipment, and printed materials. What should the team do first to strengthen the project using results-based planning?

Finalize the proposed activities because they are already commonly used for disaster preparedness.

Start with the available budget and select the largest number of activities that can be financed.

Identify the outputs first because projects have the greatest control over them.

Start with the desired change, then work backward through necessary outcomes, outputs, activities, and inputs.

1

Assertion: A DSWD project should be more cautious in claiming that it caused a broad societal impact than in claiming that it produced its planned services.
Reason: Projects have progressively less control as the results chain moves toward broader outcomes and societal or systemic change.

The Assertion is true, but the Reason is false.

Both are true, and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.

Both are true, but the Reason does not correctly explain the Assertion.

The Assertion is false, but the Reason is true.

Both are false.

1

A DSWD team is studying why adolescents from vulnerable households repeatedly disengage from a community-based support program. Administrative records show low attendance. Several staff members believe that “young people are simply not interested.” What is the strongest next step before defining the problem?

Pair available evidence with direct field methods to explore adolescents' lived experiences.

Accept the staff's explanation because implementers have regular contact with the adolescents.

Introduce incentives immediately, as low attendance already indicates that motivation is the main issue.

Rely only on published online data because field information may be subjective.

1

A DSWD livelihood team finds the following conditions affecting low-income informal workers. Which classifications are correct? Select all that apply.

Local government contracting arrangements rarely include informal workers in decision-making = Political

Rising transportation and food prices reduce workers' already unstable earnings = Social

Social stigma causes some service providers to treat informal work as unimportant = Social

Many workers lack access to suitable digital systems needed for registration and market information = Technological

Weak enforcement of worker-protection rules = Economic

Flooding repeatedly disrupts work sites and damages materials and equipment = Environmental

1

A DSWD team examining repeated school disengagement among adolescents gathers these findings:
transportation costs are high,
some adolescents work irregular hours to support their families,
school and service schedules often conflict with work,
staff commonly say, “Those who really value education will find a way to attend,”
interviews show that many adolescents want to continue schooling but cannot consistently manage these competing demands.
Which interpretation best distinguishes the causal layers?

The adolescents' desire to study is the systemic cause, while transportation costs represent the mental model.

The staff statement is the core problem, while employment and transportation are merely supporting evidence.

Transport, work, and schedules are systemic barriers; staff assumptions are mental models blind to adolescents' desire to study.

All findings should be combined without distinguishing systemic causes, mental models, and blind spots.

1

Assertion: A reframed problem statement that only restates the visible negative condition is incomplete.
Reason: Reframing should connect the core problem to the systemic causes that sustain it and show how a prevailing mental model overlooks relevant evidence, barriers, strengths, rights, or responsibilities.

Both statements are true, but the Reason does not correctly explain the Assertion.

The Assertion is true, but the Reason is false.

The Assertion is false, but the Reason is true.

Both statements are false.

Both statements are true, and the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.

0.5

A project team identifies this as its core problem:
“Lack of livelihood training for unemployed solo parents.”
Tier 1. What is the strongest assessment?

It is acceptable because all core problems should identify a service gap.

It is acceptable because livelihood training is directly related to employment.

It is weak only because “solo parents” is too specific as an affected group.

It focuses on a missing solution rather than on a real negative condition.

0.5

[Day 1] Pre-Test for RBME

[Day 1] Pre-Test for RBME

A parenting program produces the following findings. Which findings represent outcomes under the Results Staircase? Select all that apply.

Assertion: A DSWD project should be more cautious in claiming that it caused a broad societal impact than in claiming that it produced its planned services.
Reason: Projects have progressively less control as the results chain moves toward broader outcomes and societal or systemic change.

A DSWD livelihood team finds the following conditions affecting low-income informal workers. Which classifications are correct? Select all that apply.

A project team identifies this as its core problem:
“Lack of livelihood training for unemployed solo parents.”
Tier 1. What is the strongest assessment?

Tier 2. What best justifies your answer?

A parenting program produces the following findings. Which findings represent outcomes under the Results Staircase? Select all that apply.

Assertion: A DSWD project should be more cautious in claiming that it caused a broad societal impact than in claiming that it produced its planned services.
Reason: Projects have progressively less control as the results chain moves toward broader outcomes and societal or systemic change.

A DSWD livelihood team finds the following conditions affecting low-income informal workers. Which classifications are correct? Select all that apply.

A project team identifies this as its core problem:
“Lack of livelihood training for unemployed solo parents.”
Tier 1. What is the strongest assessment?

Tier 2. Which alternative best follows the lesson's formulation rule?

Tier 2. What best justifies your answer?

Tier 2. Which alternative best follows the lesson's formulation rule?

[Day 1] Pre-Test for RBME

[Day 1] Pre-Test for RBME

A parenting program produces the following findings. Which findings represent outcomes under the Results Staircase? Select all that apply.

Assertion: A DSWD project should be more cautious in claiming that it caused a broad societal impact than in claiming that it produced its planned services.Reason: Projects have progressively less control as the results chain moves toward broader outcomes and societal or systemic change.

A DSWD livelihood team finds the following conditions affecting low-income informal workers. Which classifications are correct? Select all that apply.

A project team identifies this as its core problem:“Lack of livelihood training for unemployed solo parents.”Tier 1. What is the strongest assessment?

Tier 2. What best justifies your answer?

A parenting program produces the following findings. Which findings represent outcomes under the Results Staircase? Select all that apply.

Assertion: A DSWD project should be more cautious in claiming that it caused a broad societal impact than in claiming that it produced its planned services.Reason: Projects have progressively less control as the results chain moves toward broader outcomes and societal or systemic change.

A DSWD livelihood team finds the following conditions affecting low-income informal workers. Which classifications are correct? Select all that apply.

A project team identifies this as its core problem:“Lack of livelihood training for unemployed solo parents.”Tier 1. What is the strongest assessment?

Tier 2. Which alternative best follows the lesson's formulation rule?

Tier 2. What best justifies your answer?

Tier 2. Which alternative best follows the lesson's formulation rule?

Assertion: A DSWD project should be more cautious in claiming that it caused a broad societal impact than in claiming that it produced its planned services.
Reason: Projects have progressively less control as the results chain moves toward broader outcomes and societal or systemic change.

A project team identifies this as its core problem:
“Lack of livelihood training for unemployed solo parents.”
Tier 1. What is the strongest assessment?

Assertion: A DSWD project should be more cautious in claiming that it caused a broad societal impact than in claiming that it produced its planned services.
Reason: Projects have progressively less control as the results chain moves toward broader outcomes and societal or systemic change.

A project team identifies this as its core problem:
“Lack of livelihood training for unemployed solo parents.”
Tier 1. What is the strongest assessment?