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<<Country>> Literacy Survey

Review Exercise (without answers)

Chapter 1 - Survey Overview

Circle the letter beside the correct answer or enter the correct response.

1. The <<Country>> Literacy Survey is being undertaken by

2. The objectives of the <<Country>> Literacy Survey are to:

3. Define Literacy

4. An interviewer encounters a recent immigrant to <<Country>> who has difficulty in speaking English. An Interpreter may be used to assist in completing the Background Questionnaire (BQ) and the Filter Booklet.

a) True

b) False

5. Who are the users of the data?

<<Country>> Literacy Survey Page 1Review Exercise – without answers

Survey Overview, Continued


6. The data will be shared with

7. Respondents to the <<Country>> Literacy Survey should be assured that the

information collected is ____________ which means that no one will be able to identify

them or their family based on the results of the survey.

8. If the respondent requests information on literacy programs you would provide him/her with

a) a list of literacy offices in the area

b) the ABC 1-800 number

c) the <<National Statistics Office telephone number>>


Chapter 2 – Overview of the Interview


1. What sample frame does <<Country>> Literacy Survey use?

a) Census

b) Labour Force Survey

c) General Social Survey

d) None of the above

2. Who is the target population?

3. What parts of the population is excluded from this survey?

4. A case is deemed complete if it matches one of three scenarios. Describe the three scenarios.

Scenario 1 Scenario2 Scenario 3


Overview of the Interview, Continued


5. John is a sixty year old <<Country>>n who has been living in Canada for the past three years. He recently returned to <<Country>> and is looking for an apartment to rent. Currently, he is temporarily staying at the selected dwelling since he has no other residence. He expects to be there for another week or two. John should be excluded form the list of household members and is not eligible for selection in the survey.

a) True

b) False

6. Below is a list of the usual residents of a selected household. How many household members are eligible to be selected for the survey?

Name Age Sex

Gus Smith 70 M

Aileen Smith 65 F

David Smith 45 M

Brian Smith 40 M

Douglas Smith 38 M

Joanne Smith 15 F

Charlie Smith 15 M


Chapter 3 - Survey Sections


1. List all the sections of the survey.

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2.. All respondents will be administered the Contact/Entry (Household Questionnaire), Background Questionnaire (BQ), the Filter Booklet, Locator Booklet and the Exit.

a) True

b) False

3. The scoring of the Filter Booklet is completed

a) immediately after the respondent has completed the Filter Booklet

b) after each item is attempted by the respondent

c) after you have left the respondent’s home

4. The Main Booklet will be administered to respondents who score 16 or less on the Filter Booklet. a) True

b) False

5. The scoring of the Locator or Main Booklet is completed

a) immediately after the respondent has completed the booklet

b) after you have left the respondent’s home

c) in <<Head Office>>


Survey Sections, Continued


6. What are the interview steps applied when the respondent has been identified with a score of 06 to 15 in the Filter Booklet?

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Survey Sections, Continued


7. List all the sections in the Background Questionnaire (BQ).

8. List all the Reading Exercises.

9. Which reading exercises are tape recorded? (Mark all that apply)

10. Reading Exercises will be administered to respondents with a score of 05 or less only.

a) True

b) False


Chapter 4 – Schedules and Supplies


1. Which of the following items should not be enclosed in the Respondent Envelope (Mark all that apply):

a) Administration Guide for Interviewers

b) Background Questionnaire (BQ)

c) Locator Booklet

d) PPVT Notebook – Shortened Version

2. What is the purpose of the Step-by-Step Instructions for the administration of the Assessment Booklets for Interviewers?

3. The Assignment Control List (ACL) is used by Interviewers to manage cases.

a) True

b) False

4. The Background Questionnaire (BQ) response card is shown to the respondent during the administration of the Background Questionnaire (BQ).

a) True

b) False

5. What is the purpose of the Respondent Envelope Checklist?

6. The Interviewer Summary Progress and Cost Report must be submitted every Monday to your Supervisor or <<Head Office>>.

a) True

b) False


Chapter 5 – Survey Procedures


1. You visit the selected dwelling and no one is home. What do you do?

2. Why is it important to contact all selected dwellings in the first week of collection?

3. If the interview is interrupted during the Filter Booklet and you must leave the respondent’s home, you can return at a later date to continue the interview.

a) True

b) False

4. The Interviewer’s Manual contains all the instructions for administering the Contact/Entry (Household Questionnaire), Background Questionnaire (BQ), Locator or Main Booklet, Reading Exercises and the Exit.

a) True

b) False

5. Update your Assignment Control List (ACL) at the end of collection.

a) True

b) False

6. A supervisor will monitor the interviewer’s work during the survey period.

a) True

b) False


Chapter 6 – The Contact


1. What is the purpose of the initial contact?

2. Why is age a mandatory item?

3. If the respondent does not know the age of another member of the household, what do you do?

4. Describe the steps for selecting a respondent.

5. A person who usually lives at a selected dwelling but is expected to be away for the duration of the survey should be excluded from the list of household members since it will not be possible to obtain an interview with such a person.

a) True

b) False

6. To be included on the household list for a selected household, a person must either regard the dwelling as his/her usual place of residence or reside in the dwelling at the time of the survey and have no usual place of residence elsewhere.

a) True

b) False


Chapter 7 – The Background Questionnaire (BQ)


1. The Background Questionnaire (BQ) is administered to all selected respondents after the Contact/Entry is completed.

a) True

b) False

2. Is it mandatory that you and the respondent use a 2B pencils?

3. You are conducting an interview on November 1, 2012. Please fill out the Interviewer Check Item below. The Interviewer Check Item is located on Page 4 of the Background Questionnaire (BQ), page 4.

INTERVIEWER CHECK ITEM

Calculate the 12 months before this interview and enter the information below:

From: ________ To: _________

Note: ‘from: Month/Year to: Month/Year corresponds to the 12 months prior to the interview. For example, if the interview takes place in September 2012, then the fills would be from September 2011 to August 2012.

4. If a question in the Background Questionnaire (BQ) contains a ‘Go to’ instruction, then, in order to help ensure that you proceed to the appropriate place in the questionnaire, you should always draw a circle around the ‘Go to’ instruction corresponding to the response entry.

a) True

b) False

5. Main job refers to the job that yields the highest income.

a) True

b) False


The Background Questionnaire (BQ), Continued


6. Andrew completed his Secondary School programme and is currently taking a course at College towards a diploma in ‘Computer Sciences’. Which category would you mark in Questions A4 ‘What is the highest level of education that you have ever completed?

1. Pre-primary or primary

2. Lower/Junior Secondary (Forms 1-2) /Senior Primary

3. Upper Secondary (Forms 4 & 5)

4. Post secondary, non-tertiary (certificate, diploma or associate degree)

5. Tertiary level, general degree courses

6. Tertiary level, technical or vocational degree courses

7. Doctorate level programmes

7. Julia indicates that she worked for 7 months and was on maternity leave for the rest of the year. How should she respond to the following question?

Did you work at a job or business for pay or profit at any time in the last 12 months, that is from <month and year> to <month and year>, regardless of the number of hours per week?

a) Yes

b) No

8. ‘____________________________’ means any activity carried out by the respondent for ____________ and includes ‘_______________’ (payment in goods or services rather than money).

9. For the past 12 months, Jeff has been enrolled in a college degree programme. During the first college semester, he completed five courses as a full-time student. After the first semester, he needed to get a part-time job to help pay his college expenses. For the next two semesters he worked part-time and was enrolled at the college as a part-time student. During these last eight months, he completed another five courses, giving him the equivalent of a full-time student. For questions F6 ‘Were you mostly a full-time or part-time student? What should be entered?

a) Mostly full-time

b) Mostly part-time

c) Both full-time and part-time equally


Chapter 8 – Description of Booklets


1. If an interruption has occurred (e.g. family emergency) and you must leave the respondent’s home, you can return to complete the interview provided that the interruption occurred:

a) During the Background Questionnaire (BQ)

b) Before the Filter Booklet is started

c) Before the Locator or Main Booklet

d) (a) and (b)

2. If the respondent is having difficulty with a question, you should:

a) Tell him/her that time is up

b) Allow him/her to take as much time as needed to complete the item.

c) Suggest they move on to the next question (they can return to the skipped

question later)


3. You may help a respondent complete the Filter Booklet, Locator or Main Booklet.

a) True

b) False

4. A respondent finds the question too difficult. What do you do?

5. A respondent refuses to continue working on the Booklets after intervention has occurred. What do you do?


Chapter 9 – The Filter Booklet


1. The Filter Booklet is administered to all selected respondent once the Background Questionnaire (BQ) is complete.

a) True

b) False

2. The Filter Booklet can be administered after the Locator Booklet.

a) True

b) False

3.. There is a 30 minute time limit for completing the Filter Booklet.

a) True

b) False

4. Why do you need to be seated at an angle that allows you to see the respondent’s answers, yet does not allow the respondent to see you scoring the Filter Booklet?

5. In administering the Filter Booklet you are required to read the Filter Booklet questions to the respondent.

a) True

b) False


Chapter 10 – The Locator or Main Booklet


1. How do you determine whether the respondent gets the Locator or Main Booklet?

2. The scoring of the Locator and Main Booklet is done by the Interviewer.

a) True

b) False

3. If a respondent has a mental or physical state of health that prevents him/her from completing the Locator or Main Booklet, you can assist the respondent by reading the Main Booklet questions to the respondent.

a) True

b) False


Chapter 11 – The Reading Exercises


1. The respondent is asking questions during the Reading Exercises. What should you do?

2. The tape recorder malfunctions during the Digit Span Forward Exercise. What do you do?


Chapter 12 – Outcome Codes


1. Indicate the final outcome code to be used for the case beside each description.

a) __ The selected respondent is not at home for the entire survey period.

b) __ All household members are over the age of 65.

c) __ An interview is prevented due to illness of the selected respondent.

2. Owing to language difficulties, a respondent was unable to complete the Background Questionnaire (BQ) or attempt any of the Filter Booklet. What is the final outcome code for the case?

a) Code 90

b) Code 71

c) Code 22.

3. The respondent completes the Background Questionnaire (BQ). He attempts all items on the Filter Booklet. He refuses to attempt any of the items in the Locator Booklet. Record the outcome code for the Locator Booklet on the line below.

__

4. You administer the Background Questionnaire (BQ) to the respondent but, owing to a physical disability, she is not able to attempt the Filter booklet. What steps would you take to have the case coded appropriately?

5. The respondent has a severe hearing impairment. You should:

a) End the interview and record Code 80 (refused) as the Final Outcome code

b) Attempt the interview

c) End the interview and record Code 92 (Interview prevented – respondent’s

mental or physical condition) as the Final Outcome code.



Chapter 13 – Maintaining Response


1. If the respondent is reluctant to participate and asks questions regarding the survey which document should you refer to? (Mark all that apply.)

a) Review Exercise

b) Interviewer’s Manual

c) Exercise to Minimize Non-response

d) Reference Card

2. List 2 suggestions for minimizing non-interviews.


Chapter 14 – Reports


1. What is the objective of the Non-Interview Report?

Chapter 15 – Reporting and Monitoring Cost and Progress


1. What is the purpose of the Interviewer’s Progress and Cost Report?

2. How often is the Interviewer’s Progress and Cost Report prepared?


Chapter 16 – Delivery of Survey Documents


1. All deliveries of completed survey documents are to be accompanied by the <<Country>> Literacy Survey Transmittal Form.

a) True

b) False

2. Interviewer must send completed survey documents to Supervisors/<<Head Office>> every Friday during data collection.

a) True

b) False

3. Before sending survey documents to your Supervisor/<<Head Office>> what must you do?

Chapter 17 – Debriefing Report


1. When do you complete the Field staff’s Debriefing Questionnaire?


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