RECL 1P90 EXAM (QUIZ 3)
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS PASSED 100%
Which of the following is one of the challenges faced by many public agencies in recent
years?
a) budget cuts
b) increased resources
c) expanded priorities
d) increase in employees - Correct Answer ✔✔ a) budget cuts
What type of education includes after-school and evening classes and activities and
programs at the local school?
a) higher education
b) general education
c) special education
d) community education - Correct Answer ✔✔ d) community education
_______________________ ensures that an agency meets national standards and
best practices for recreation programs and services.
a) A certified playground safety inspector (CPSI)
b) A certified park and recreation professional (CPRP)
c) An aquatic facility operator (AFO)
d) The Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) -
Correct Answer ✔✔ d) The Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation
Agencies (CAPRA)
The purpose of the National Physical Fitness Program is to encourage, develop, and
correlate all activities related to physical development of the people through sports,
athletics, and similar pursuits.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
The roots of public recreation can be traced to the southwestern part of the United
States at the turn of the 20th century.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Public recreation is focused on values that stress the quality of the leisure experiences
over profit and, in some cases, the customer.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
, The first director of the provincial recreation program in British Columbia was Ian
Eisenhardt, a Vancouver Parks Board staff member who had been trained in Denmark.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
Municipal recreation services provide opportunities at a state level, and state recreation
opportunities focus on the wants and needs of people of the entire nation.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Provincial recreation entities have all of the following responsibilities EXCEPT:
a) providing recreation services
b) coordinating programs.
c) planning and supporting research.
d) providing information and financial resources to program delivery services. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ a) providing recreation services
The certified park and recreation professional (CPRP) credential:
a) ensures that each playground meets the current national standards set by the
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC)
b) ensures that an agency meets national standards and best practices for recreation
programs and services
c) is granted to people employed in the recreation, park resources, and leisure services
profession who meet high standards of performance
d) is a state-of-the-art certification for pool operators and aquatic facility managers -
Correct Answer ✔✔ c) is granted to people employed in the recreation, park resources,
and leisure services profession who meet high standards of performance
The _________________________________ ensures that each playground meets the
current national standards set by the American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
a) certified playground safety inspector (CPSI) credential
b) Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA)
c) quatic facility operator (AFO) certification
d) certified park and recreation professional (CPRP) credential - Correct Answer ✔✔ a)
certified playground safety inspector (CPSI) credential
In delivering public services, the government's role is as an arm's-length provider when;
a) the government passes laws that leisure service providers and consumers must
abide by
b) the government creates a special-purpose agency, such as a museum, that operates
outside the regular apparatus of government
c) the government department or agency develops and maintains leisure facilities,
operates programs, and delivers services using public funds and public employees
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS PASSED 100%
Which of the following is one of the challenges faced by many public agencies in recent
years?
a) budget cuts
b) increased resources
c) expanded priorities
d) increase in employees - Correct Answer ✔✔ a) budget cuts
What type of education includes after-school and evening classes and activities and
programs at the local school?
a) higher education
b) general education
c) special education
d) community education - Correct Answer ✔✔ d) community education
_______________________ ensures that an agency meets national standards and
best practices for recreation programs and services.
a) A certified playground safety inspector (CPSI)
b) A certified park and recreation professional (CPRP)
c) An aquatic facility operator (AFO)
d) The Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) -
Correct Answer ✔✔ d) The Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation
Agencies (CAPRA)
The purpose of the National Physical Fitness Program is to encourage, develop, and
correlate all activities related to physical development of the people through sports,
athletics, and similar pursuits.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
The roots of public recreation can be traced to the southwestern part of the United
States at the turn of the 20th century.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Public recreation is focused on values that stress the quality of the leisure experiences
over profit and, in some cases, the customer.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
, The first director of the provincial recreation program in British Columbia was Ian
Eisenhardt, a Vancouver Parks Board staff member who had been trained in Denmark.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ True
Municipal recreation services provide opportunities at a state level, and state recreation
opportunities focus on the wants and needs of people of the entire nation.
True
False - Correct Answer ✔✔ False
Provincial recreation entities have all of the following responsibilities EXCEPT:
a) providing recreation services
b) coordinating programs.
c) planning and supporting research.
d) providing information and financial resources to program delivery services. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ a) providing recreation services
The certified park and recreation professional (CPRP) credential:
a) ensures that each playground meets the current national standards set by the
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC)
b) ensures that an agency meets national standards and best practices for recreation
programs and services
c) is granted to people employed in the recreation, park resources, and leisure services
profession who meet high standards of performance
d) is a state-of-the-art certification for pool operators and aquatic facility managers -
Correct Answer ✔✔ c) is granted to people employed in the recreation, park resources,
and leisure services profession who meet high standards of performance
The _________________________________ ensures that each playground meets the
current national standards set by the American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
a) certified playground safety inspector (CPSI) credential
b) Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA)
c) quatic facility operator (AFO) certification
d) certified park and recreation professional (CPRP) credential - Correct Answer ✔✔ a)
certified playground safety inspector (CPSI) credential
In delivering public services, the government's role is as an arm's-length provider when;
a) the government passes laws that leisure service providers and consumers must
abide by
b) the government creates a special-purpose agency, such as a museum, that operates
outside the regular apparatus of government
c) the government department or agency develops and maintains leisure facilities,
operates programs, and delivers services using public funds and public employees
