MONITORING AND EVALUATION TRAINING

Pre/Post Test Questions

Please mark to answer the following true and false statements to know your existing
knowledge and skills. (Time Allowed is 15 minutes)

Your Name:………………………………………………….Institution:………………………………

SN Concept Definition/descriptive statement Tru False

e (T) (F)
1 Monitoring Periodic Assessment to answer specific questions about a program or
project performance and results (Efficiency and Effectiveness); to
determine the causal relationship between an intervention and its
outcomes (attribution/evidence).
2 Evaluation Regular collection and reporting of information to track whether
actual results are being achieved as planned (internal management
activity)
3 M&E System Is an management and Learning Tool

4 Results-Based A management strategy approach focusing on performance and

Management achievement of outputs, outcomes and impacts.
5 Inputs Tasks undertaken to generate outputs

6 Activities Resources committed to project

7 Outputs Products & services to simulate achievement of results

8 Outcomes Changes or effects on the beneficiaries resulting from the use of

outputs (The WHY?)
9 Effect A change in population's health, economic or social status

10 Impact A change in the knowledge, attitudes, skills, intentions, or and

behaviors needed of the population that contribute to the desired
IMPACT.
11 Results The output, outcome, or impact (intended or unintended, positive or
negative) of a development intervention.
12 Results Chain Management tool (for planning,, executions and evaluation) used to
improve the design of interventions at project level to identify
strategic elements (inputs, outputs, outcomes, impact) and their causal
relationships, indicators, and the assumptions or risks that may
influence success and failure
13 Results/Logical The causal sequence (link) or theory of change for a development
framework intervention that is how inputs, activities, and outputs link to different
levels of outcomes.
14 Efficiency The extent to which the development interventions’ objectives are
achieved or are expected to be achieved taking into account their
relative importance
15 Effectiveness A measure of how economically resources/inputs (funds, expertise,
time etc) are converted to results
Indicator Units of measurement that tell us about impact, effect and output to
judge the effectiveness of the project
16 Performance A variable that allows the verification of changes in the development
Indicator intervention or shows results relative to what was planned