NASPAA Site Visitor Training Quiz

Who pays for site visitor expenses?
1. The site visitor or his/her university.
2. NASPAA.
3. The school being visited.
4. NASPAA and the school being visited.
What would constitute a conflict of interest for a potential site visitor?
1. Knowing a faculty member at the host school
2. Being enrolled as a PhD student at the school hosting the MPA accreditation site visit
3. Publishing in the same field as a faculty member at the host school.
4. Accepting payment from the school for a consulting project 2 years ago.
5. Having been offered (or been rejected for) a job in the program last year.
According to NASPAA standards (3.4 “scope of influence”), the public affairs and administration faculty and/or administrator is expected to have what degree of control over program policy and planning, degree requirements, new courses, admissions, use of financial resources, appointments, and tenuring?
1. substantial determining influence
2. fair and reasonable control
3. demonstrably autonomous
4. input
How many years does the MPA/MPP program need to have been in existence
before it is eligible for accreditation?
1. Immediately
2. 2 Years
3. 4 Years
4. 6 Years
Which of the following courses must be contained within the curriculum of an accredited MPA/MPP program?
1. Human Resources
2. Budgeting
3. Public Policy
4. Ethics
5. All the above
6. None of the above
Which of the following must be part of admissions criteria for accredited MPA/MPP Programs?
1. GRE or Equivalent
2. Letters of Reference
3. GPA from previous institutions
4. All of the above.
5. None of the above
Which statement is most appropriate to make during a site visit as a site visitor?
1. I don't agree with your mission because your school is in a high-poverty area and you should be doing more outreach and service, and less research.
2. You meet Standard 7.1 for Student Advisement and Appraisal, because you have good program advisement from the point of admission through graduation.
3. Please tell me how each of your nucleus faculty members is significantly involved with the program.
4. This is how we cover political and legal institutions at my home institution.
How many days after the site visit is the site report due in at NASPAA?
1. 5
2. 14
3. 30
4. 14 days before COPRA meets in June
What is the criterion in the standards for observing whether the program meets the “5 faculty rule” standard 5.1?
1. 5 full-time faculty members teaching full-time in the MPA/MPP program.
2. 5 faculty teaching at least one course in the MPA/MPP program.
3. 5 full-time faculty members significantly involved with the MPA/MPP program.
4. 5 faculty members (full time or part time) significantly involved in the program.
What would NOT be plausible evidence that students in the program have obtained "general competencies consistent with the program mission?" (Standard 4.23)
1. 100% job placement for the graduating class.
2. High scores on the program's comprehensive exams
3. electronic portfolios of student work displayed on the program's website.
4. a group capstone project that takes the form of a consultant's report on a problem faced at a non-profit organization.
5. A state-of-the-art computer lab that enables students to do GIS and run econometric software packages.
Who does NOT have access to the site visit team's report at any point?
1. COPRA Members.
2. Program being reviewed.
3. NASPAA Executive Council.
4. The public.
5. C) Executive Council & D) the public
Which item IS a reimbursable expense during a site visit?
1. Gin and tonic at the hotel cocktail lounge.
2. Expense reports filed more than 60 days after the completion of the visit.
3. Meal for a spouse, if he/she accompanies site visitor to the city where the program is located.
4. Parking in the departure airport's long-term parking lot.