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SPMT 217 Exam 1 (Quiz Questions)
Questions With Correct Answers.
The first sport management academic organization was called? - answer✔✔SMARTS
Approximately how many sport management academic programs are there in? - answer✔✔350
Who was the first professional baseball team? - answer✔✔Cincinnati Red Stockings
The practice of binding a professional baseball player to his ball club was called? -
answer✔✔The Reserve System
The club structure still exists as a modern sport management structure. - answer✔✔TRUE
Despite other strict rules, William Hulbert allowed players in the National League to gamble. -
answer✔✔FALSE
Tournaments today are often created by marketing agencies or broadcast media rather than by
player associations - answer✔✔TRUE
Around the same time period of the ancient Olympic Games, a competition was held for women
known as the Heraea Games - answer✔✔TRUE
Despite many advances for women's sports, today there are no women who hold high executive
positions in the NFL - answer✔✔FALSE
Which of the following is a practice that can raise the level of employee motivation? -
answer✔✔Take interest in their work-life balance, listen and align individual economic interests
with company performance. (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
Change dictated by new government regulations or changes in consumer demand are
___________ change. - answer✔✔Externally Driven
___________ involves employees or members of the organization in the actual decision-making
process. - answer✔✔Participative Decision Making
The manager performs the ________ function by measuring and ensuring progress toward
organizational objectives. - answer✔✔Evaluating
SPMT 217 Exam 1 (Quiz Questions)
Questions With Correct Answers.
The first sport management academic organization was called? - answer✔✔SMARTS
Approximately how many sport management academic programs are there in? - answer✔✔350
Who was the first professional baseball team? - answer✔✔Cincinnati Red Stockings
The practice of binding a professional baseball player to his ball club was called? -
answer✔✔The Reserve System
The club structure still exists as a modern sport management structure. - answer✔✔TRUE
Despite other strict rules, William Hulbert allowed players in the National League to gamble. -
answer✔✔FALSE
Tournaments today are often created by marketing agencies or broadcast media rather than by
player associations - answer✔✔TRUE
Around the same time period of the ancient Olympic Games, a competition was held for women
known as the Heraea Games - answer✔✔TRUE
Despite many advances for women's sports, today there are no women who hold high executive
positions in the NFL - answer✔✔FALSE
Which of the following is a practice that can raise the level of employee motivation? -
answer✔✔Take interest in their work-life balance, listen and align individual economic interests
with company performance. (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
Change dictated by new government regulations or changes in consumer demand are
___________ change. - answer✔✔Externally Driven
___________ involves employees or members of the organization in the actual decision-making
process. - answer✔✔Participative Decision Making
The manager performs the ________ function by measuring and ensuring progress toward
organizational objectives. - answer✔✔Evaluating
