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1What makes a diagnostic territorial partagé (shared territorial diagnostic) methodologically suitable for DEIS-level social engineering?

A.It combines administrative statistics, stakeholder knowledge, and residents' lived experience in a jointly interpreted account of needs and resources

B.It relies on a consultant's observations alone so that local interests cannot influence the diagnosis

C.It aggregates national indicators without testing whether they describe the territory being studied

D.It asks partner organizations to list their existing services and treats that inventory as a complete needs assessment

Explanation: A shared territorial diagnosis triangulates quantitative evidence with qualitative inquiry and collective interpretation. It identifies needs, resources, service gaps, and disagreements instead of reducing the territory to a service directory or a national average.

2Which description best distinguishes a semi-structured interview guide from a standardized closed questionnaire?

A.The interview guide fixes the wording and response choices so every interview follows an identical script

B.The interview guide organizes open prompts by theme while allowing follow-up questions and unanticipated meanings to emerge

C.The interview guide eliminates the need to document sampling, consent, and analysis procedures

D.The interview guide is used only after quantitative data have produced a statistically significant result

Explanation: A semi-structured guide gives interviews enough common structure for comparison while preserving open exploration. The researcher can probe examples, meanings, and unexpected themes without treating the exchange as a fixed-choice survey.

3In a multi-agency social project, what is the principal function of a comité de pilotage (COPIL)?

A.To conduct every interview, workshop, and data-cleaning task assigned to the project team

B.To provide informal peer supervision for frontline workers without making resource decisions

C.To validate strategic direction, arbitrate major issues, monitor milestones, and commit participating institutions

D.To replace each partner's governing body and assume permanent authority over its internal operations

Explanation: The COPIL is the project's strategic governance forum. It validates orientations, follows major results and risks, arbitrates resources, and maintains institutional commitment; operational preparation normally belongs to a technical committee or project team.

4Which indicator is an outcome indicator rather than an input or activity indicator for a housing-stability program?

A.The amount of grant funding allocated to the program

B.The number of adviser hours delivered during the year

C.The number of household budget workshops completed

D.The proportion of participating households still in stable housing twelve months after support ended

Explanation: An outcome indicator measures a change experienced by the target population. Funding is an input, adviser time is a resource, and workshops are outputs; sustained housing stability is a result that the intervention seeks to influence.

5A rural poverty study recruits respondents only through an online questionnaire promoted by partner websites. What is the most important threat to the validity of its territorial estimates?

A.Interviewer effects, because every respondent is questioned face to face by a different researcher

B.Coverage and self-selection bias, because people with limited access, low digital literacy, or weak institutional ties are less likely to be represented

C.Recall bias, because online questionnaires necessarily ask only about events that occurred many years earlier

D.Attrition bias, because a one-time questionnaire always requires a longitudinal follow-up sample

Explanation: An online-only design can systematically miss precisely the residents most affected by digital exclusion and isolation. A mixed-mode design, targeted outreach, and comparison with population benchmarks are needed before making territorial estimates.

6In an impact evaluation, what does the effet d'aubaine (deadweight effect) represent?

A.Benefits received by people outside the program's eligibility area

B.Additional administrative costs created by collecting outcome data

C.Observed improvements that would probably have occurred even without the intervention

D.Unexpected harmful effects caused by the intervention

Explanation: Deadweight is the portion of observed change that the counterfactual suggests would have happened anyway. Estimating it prevents evaluators from attributing every improvement after a program to the program itself.

7Before interviewing people about disability, health, and benefit use, which step best reflects informed consent in social research?

A.Explain the purpose, voluntary nature, data uses, confidentiality limits, and withdrawal rights in accessible language, then record the participant's agreement

B.Ask a service manager to consent once on behalf of every service user, regardless of each person's decision-making ability

C.Collect names and detailed histories first, then disclose the research purpose only after publication

D.Promise absolute anonymity even though identifiable audio and contact details will be retained indefinitely

Explanation: Consent must be informed, specific, understandable, and voluntary. The information and consent process should be adapted where necessary, while data minimization and realistic explanations of confidentiality protect participants from misleading assurances.

8How should responsibilities normally be divided between a COPIL and a comité technique (COTEC) in a territorial program?

A.The COTEC approves political funding commitments, while the COPIL performs routine data entry

B.Both bodies perform identical tasks so that either can reverse the other's decisions at any time

C.The COPIL handles only external publicity, while the COTEC independently changes the program's mandate

D.The COPIL provides strategic arbitration and commitment; the COTEC prepares technical options, coordinates implementation, and reports progress

Explanation: Tiered governance separates strategic authority from operational coordination. The COTEC turns agreed direction into workable methods and escalates decisions or risks that require the COPIL's institutional authority.

9In the HAS quality-evaluation framework for ESSMS, what is the purpose of the accompagné traceur method?

A.To score an establishment solely from its written policies before evaluators visit the site

B.To follow the experience of a consenting supported person and compare that account with professionals' practices and relevant evidence

C.To track a person's movements electronically so evaluators can verify compliance with house rules

D.To select only successful cases that demonstrate the establishment's strongest results

Explanation: The accompagné traceur crosses the person's experience with the professionals' account of everyday support. It evaluates the reality and continuity of practices, not just the existence of policies, and participation by the person is voluntary.

10A coalition seeks regional funding for a mobile youth mental-health service. Which advocacy package is most credible for a DEIS professional to present?

A.A petition count presented without information about unmet need, service design, cost, or expected outcomes

B.A cost-saving claim based only on one favorable anecdote from another region

C.A territorial needs analysis, an explicit intervention model, feasible costs, user perspectives, outcome indicators, and alignment with the regional health strategy

D.A request to fund the service permanently before any governance, safeguarding, or evaluation arrangements are defined

Explanation: Institutional advocacy is strongest when it links verified local need to a feasible theory of change, accountable governance, financial assumptions, user knowledge, and the priorities of the funding authority. Testimony adds meaning but does not replace analysis.

About the DEIS Exam

The DEIS certifies advanced practice in producing knowledge about social issues, engineering social-transformation projects, and contributing to their implementation.

Exam sponsor: Regional DREETS and the examination jury under the ministry responsible for social affairs. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

Three certification blocks; 700 hours of theory and 175 hours of practical training. The official curriculum may run for up to six semesters and does not state a universal two-year, 120-ECTS format.

Time Limit

Up to six semesters

Passing Score

At least 10/20 in each of the three blocks; no inter-block compensation

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Official block 1

Knowledge Production & Social Analysis

Research questions, mixed methods, ethics, territorial diagnosis, and critical interpretation.

Official block 2

Social-Transformation Project Engineering

Prospective analysis, theory of change, project governance, resources, indicators, and evaluation.

Official block 3

Contribution, Communication & Partnership

Stakeholder participation, institutional strategy, accessible reporting, and knowledge transfer.

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Passing score: At least 10/20 in each of the three blocks; no inter-block compensation
Assessment: Three certification blocks; 700 hours of theory and 175 hours of practical training. The official curriculum may run for up to six semesters and does not state a universal two-year, 120-ECTS format.
Time limit: Up to six semesters
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DEIS: Suggested Study Strategy

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the principal official DEIS assessments?

They include a 90-to-120-page research dissertation with a 50-minute defence, a 30-to-35-page collective development-project report with an individual oral component, and a professional article of 10,000 to 12,000 characters. Continuous assessments also contribute to certification.

Who can enter DEIS training?

The order provides several routes based on specified social-work or other qualifications and, for some routes, relevant experience. Eligibility must be checked against the current consolidated order and the provider; it is not limited to one degree-plus-experience formula.