Alpha Phi Alpha Risk Management - 71 Practice Questions and
Answers.
Risk Management Fundamentals and Policy (Questions 1-14)
1. What is risk management in a fraternity chapter? Answer: Identifying, assessing and controlling
activities that could harm members, guests or the organization's reputation and finances.
2. What are the basic steps of the risk management process? Answer: Identify risks, assess
likelihood and severity, choose controls, put them in place and monitor and review.
3. Name four ways of responding to a risk. Answer: Avoid it, reduce it, transfer it (such as
insurance or contracts) and accept it.
4. Why do chapters follow national risk management policies? Answer: To protect members and
guests, comply with laws and insurance requirements, and protect the fraternity's standing on
campus.
5. Who is responsible for risk management in a chapter? Answer: Every member, with leaders
such as the president and the risk manager or designated officer taking primary responsibility.
6. True or false: Ignorance of the policy is an acceptable defense for violating it. Answer: False.
Members are expected to know and follow national, campus and legal requirements.
7. What should a chapter do if it is unsure whether an activity is permitted? Answer: Ask the
advisor, the national office or campus Greek life staff before proceeding.
8. What is the role of a chapter advisor? Answer: To guide and support the chapter and help it
follow policy. The advisor does not carry the chapter's legal responsibility.
9. What is meant by "duty of care"? Answer: The obligation to act reasonably to avoid foreseeable
harm to others.
, 10. What is negligence? Answer: Failure to use reasonable care, which results in harm to another
person.
11. What is a crisis management plan? Answer: A pre-agreed set of steps, contacts and roles to
follow in an emergency such as a serious injury, death or arrest.
12. Who should be contacted first in a life-threatening emergency? Answer: Emergency services
(911 or the local number), then campus authorities and the national office as policy requires.
13. Why must incidents be reported promptly? Answer: Quick reporting protects people, allows
support and investigation, and meets insurance and policy requirements.
14. What is the purpose of a risk assessment before an event? Answer: To find hazards in advance
and plan controls such as staffing, security and emergency procedures.
Hazing and Membership Intake (Questions 15-28)
15. How is hazing generally defined? Answer: Any act or requirement, on or off campus, that
harms, endangers, humiliates or demeans someone as a condition of joining or belonging to a
group.
16. True or false: Hazing is acceptable if the person agrees to it. Answer: False. Consent is not a
defense under most laws and policies.
17. Give examples of hazing. Answer: Forced consumption of alcohol or food, sleep deprivation,
physical abuse, humiliation, forced servitude or secret tasks and excessive exercise.
18. Is hazing against the law? Answer: Yes. Most U.S. states have anti-hazing laws, and penalties
can include fines, criminal charges and imprisonment.
19. What does the national fraternity's stance on hazing say? Answer: It has a zero-tolerance
policy. Hazing is prohibited in all forms and can lead to suspension or expulsion of members and
chapters.
Answers.
Risk Management Fundamentals and Policy (Questions 1-14)
1. What is risk management in a fraternity chapter? Answer: Identifying, assessing and controlling
activities that could harm members, guests or the organization's reputation and finances.
2. What are the basic steps of the risk management process? Answer: Identify risks, assess
likelihood and severity, choose controls, put them in place and monitor and review.
3. Name four ways of responding to a risk. Answer: Avoid it, reduce it, transfer it (such as
insurance or contracts) and accept it.
4. Why do chapters follow national risk management policies? Answer: To protect members and
guests, comply with laws and insurance requirements, and protect the fraternity's standing on
campus.
5. Who is responsible for risk management in a chapter? Answer: Every member, with leaders
such as the president and the risk manager or designated officer taking primary responsibility.
6. True or false: Ignorance of the policy is an acceptable defense for violating it. Answer: False.
Members are expected to know and follow national, campus and legal requirements.
7. What should a chapter do if it is unsure whether an activity is permitted? Answer: Ask the
advisor, the national office or campus Greek life staff before proceeding.
8. What is the role of a chapter advisor? Answer: To guide and support the chapter and help it
follow policy. The advisor does not carry the chapter's legal responsibility.
9. What is meant by "duty of care"? Answer: The obligation to act reasonably to avoid foreseeable
harm to others.
, 10. What is negligence? Answer: Failure to use reasonable care, which results in harm to another
person.
11. What is a crisis management plan? Answer: A pre-agreed set of steps, contacts and roles to
follow in an emergency such as a serious injury, death or arrest.
12. Who should be contacted first in a life-threatening emergency? Answer: Emergency services
(911 or the local number), then campus authorities and the national office as policy requires.
13. Why must incidents be reported promptly? Answer: Quick reporting protects people, allows
support and investigation, and meets insurance and policy requirements.
14. What is the purpose of a risk assessment before an event? Answer: To find hazards in advance
and plan controls such as staffing, security and emergency procedures.
Hazing and Membership Intake (Questions 15-28)
15. How is hazing generally defined? Answer: Any act or requirement, on or off campus, that
harms, endangers, humiliates or demeans someone as a condition of joining or belonging to a
group.
16. True or false: Hazing is acceptable if the person agrees to it. Answer: False. Consent is not a
defense under most laws and policies.
17. Give examples of hazing. Answer: Forced consumption of alcohol or food, sleep deprivation,
physical abuse, humiliation, forced servitude or secret tasks and excessive exercise.
18. Is hazing against the law? Answer: Yes. Most U.S. states have anti-hazing laws, and penalties
can include fines, criminal charges and imprisonment.
19. What does the national fraternity's stance on hazing say? Answer: It has a zero-tolerance
policy. Hazing is prohibited in all forms and can lead to suspension or expulsion of members and
chapters.
