CPRP Parks & Rec Exam Study Guide 1 with Verified
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Operations management consists of what 3 requires what 3 elements? - ANSWER -
components? - ANSWER -Planning and Personnel, equipment and money
Management, Maintenance Management and
Facility Operations
When conducting a needs assessment for facility
development name some areas of focus. -
Purpose of needs assessment - ANSWER - ANSWER -Demographic, current
To receive feedback from the communities' participation, attitudes and opinions, barriers
attitudes, opinions and perceptions of the parks. facing users, future interests and needs, current
satisfaction of facilities and services, safety
issues, suggestions for improvement
The recreation agency conducts a resources
survey to provide the community with what? -
ANSWER -Programming, facilities, park What are the 3 types of fixed asset inventories? -
areas, and services ANSWER -Real estate, capital items,
special assets
Assessing natural resources requires
consideration from what 4 areas? - real estate - ANSWER -Deeds and legal
ANSWER -Environmental Impact, Access, descriptions of the land including all the natural
Developmental Features, Maintenance and resources and permanent buildings on it.
Operations
Capital items - ANSWER -More expensive
Environmental Impact - ANSWER -To organizational products with a longer useful life,
develop a plan to preserve the natural ranging from office and fitness equipment to
environment, resulting from an organization's automobiles
activities, products, or services that should be
beneficial to both visitors and the environment
Name some examples of special assets that may
be inventoried. - ANSWER -Zoo animals,
Access - ANSWER -A way of entering or painting in an art gallery, plants in an arboretum
leaving that requires the least disturbance to the
natural resource area.
Commodities - ANSWER -Products or
goods that carry little value but are needed in
Developmental features - ANSWER -Man- maintaining the programs operation and day to
made and natural resources that enhances user day functions
participation and increases the aesthetic value of
the area.
Why is it important to plan ahead for capital
improvement programs? - ANSWER -To
Staffing and maintaining a natural resource area identify future needs, provide long-term financing
, CPRP Parks & Rec Exam Study Guide 1 with Verified
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for special projects and coordinate community packages.
growth.
In general, building safety and security inspection
True or False: A typical part of a checklist for checklist should be developed for what 4 areas? -
opening a facility should be to inspect the site or ANSWER -Opening, closing, operating and
facility for potential hazards to staff and users. - monitoring procedures for each facility
ANSWER -True
What are some of the safety inspections that
True or False: Assessing infrastructure (utilities, should be done on a regular basis? -
parking, floodplains) should be solely done by ANSWER -Inspections of the sprinklers, fire
the planning commission. - ANSWER - alarms, fire/security doors, downspouts/drains,
False - This should be a cooperative effort in flammable liquids and chemicals, heating/AC
addition to the Parks & Recreation personnel, systems, housekeeping problems and personal
local school district(s), planning commissions, protective equipment
other city departments, and/ or local business
Strategic Plan - ANSWER -Plans for
True or False: Site plans are an estimate of a operations, program, marketing, facility, and
proposed facility and/or park area. - natural resources.
ANSWER -False - Site plans are an
accurate, clear, scale depiction of the dimensions
and angles of a proposed facility or park area. SWOT analysis - ANSWER -Determine
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats
True or False: A site master plan should exist for
each area and facility within the park and
recreation agency. - ANSWER -True Master Plans - ANSWER -Cover parks,
natural resources, and facilities
True or False: Any facility built or modified after
1992 must be readily accessible for people with Marketing Plans - ANSWER -Cover all
disabilities. - ANSWER -True aspects of marketing
The park and recreation professional should Program plans - ANSWER -Detail programs
adhere to 4 guidelines in preparing for currently offered as well as future programming
emergencies and the unexpected; what are needs
they? - ANSWER -1. Identifying potential
treat 2. Create an emergency operations plan 3.
Develop an evacuation plan for buildings and Making partnerships work requires: -
facilities 4. Establish mail-handling precautions ANSWER -1. Open communication 2.
and protocols to identify suspicious letters or
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Operations management consists of what 3 requires what 3 elements? - ANSWER -
components? - ANSWER -Planning and Personnel, equipment and money
Management, Maintenance Management and
Facility Operations
When conducting a needs assessment for facility
development name some areas of focus. -
Purpose of needs assessment - ANSWER - ANSWER -Demographic, current
To receive feedback from the communities' participation, attitudes and opinions, barriers
attitudes, opinions and perceptions of the parks. facing users, future interests and needs, current
satisfaction of facilities and services, safety
issues, suggestions for improvement
The recreation agency conducts a resources
survey to provide the community with what? -
ANSWER -Programming, facilities, park What are the 3 types of fixed asset inventories? -
areas, and services ANSWER -Real estate, capital items,
special assets
Assessing natural resources requires
consideration from what 4 areas? - real estate - ANSWER -Deeds and legal
ANSWER -Environmental Impact, Access, descriptions of the land including all the natural
Developmental Features, Maintenance and resources and permanent buildings on it.
Operations
Capital items - ANSWER -More expensive
Environmental Impact - ANSWER -To organizational products with a longer useful life,
develop a plan to preserve the natural ranging from office and fitness equipment to
environment, resulting from an organization's automobiles
activities, products, or services that should be
beneficial to both visitors and the environment
Name some examples of special assets that may
be inventoried. - ANSWER -Zoo animals,
Access - ANSWER -A way of entering or painting in an art gallery, plants in an arboretum
leaving that requires the least disturbance to the
natural resource area.
Commodities - ANSWER -Products or
goods that carry little value but are needed in
Developmental features - ANSWER -Man- maintaining the programs operation and day to
made and natural resources that enhances user day functions
participation and increases the aesthetic value of
the area.
Why is it important to plan ahead for capital
improvement programs? - ANSWER -To
Staffing and maintaining a natural resource area identify future needs, provide long-term financing
, CPRP Parks & Rec Exam Study Guide 1 with Verified
Answers Graded A+
for special projects and coordinate community packages.
growth.
In general, building safety and security inspection
True or False: A typical part of a checklist for checklist should be developed for what 4 areas? -
opening a facility should be to inspect the site or ANSWER -Opening, closing, operating and
facility for potential hazards to staff and users. - monitoring procedures for each facility
ANSWER -True
What are some of the safety inspections that
True or False: Assessing infrastructure (utilities, should be done on a regular basis? -
parking, floodplains) should be solely done by ANSWER -Inspections of the sprinklers, fire
the planning commission. - ANSWER - alarms, fire/security doors, downspouts/drains,
False - This should be a cooperative effort in flammable liquids and chemicals, heating/AC
addition to the Parks & Recreation personnel, systems, housekeeping problems and personal
local school district(s), planning commissions, protective equipment
other city departments, and/ or local business
Strategic Plan - ANSWER -Plans for
True or False: Site plans are an estimate of a operations, program, marketing, facility, and
proposed facility and/or park area. - natural resources.
ANSWER -False - Site plans are an
accurate, clear, scale depiction of the dimensions
and angles of a proposed facility or park area. SWOT analysis - ANSWER -Determine
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats
True or False: A site master plan should exist for
each area and facility within the park and
recreation agency. - ANSWER -True Master Plans - ANSWER -Cover parks,
natural resources, and facilities
True or False: Any facility built or modified after
1992 must be readily accessible for people with Marketing Plans - ANSWER -Cover all
disabilities. - ANSWER -True aspects of marketing
The park and recreation professional should Program plans - ANSWER -Detail programs
adhere to 4 guidelines in preparing for currently offered as well as future programming
emergencies and the unexpected; what are needs
they? - ANSWER -1. Identifying potential
treat 2. Create an emergency operations plan 3.
Develop an evacuation plan for buildings and Making partnerships work requires: -
facilities 4. Establish mail-handling precautions ANSWER -1. Open communication 2.
and protocols to identify suspicious letters or
