Certified Prevention Specialist CPS Practice Exam

What term refers to the various types and levels of resources that an individual, organization, or collaborative has to meet the demands of specific interventions?

1. Best Practices

2. Community Mobilization

3. Capacity

4. Coalitions

The correct answer is: Capacity

Capacity refers to the resources that an individual, organization, or collaborative has at their disposal to carry out specific interventions. These resources may include financial resources, people, equipment, skills, knowledge, and more. Best Practices (A) are established methods that are considered the most effective for achieving a specific goal. Community Mobilization (B) is the process of engaging and motivating community members to take action towards a common goal. Coalitions (D) are groups of individuals or organizations that come together to work towards a common goal, but they do not necessarily have specific resources allocated to them like capacity does. While all of these concepts are important in interventions, capacity specifically refers to the resources available to actually carry out the work.