CERTIFIED PARKS AND RECREATION
PROFESSIONAL CPRP CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAMS 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
◉What two management strategies can conflict when conducting a
natural resource needs assessment? Answer: development and
conservation
◉Market segmentation . Answer: divides a diverse market into smaller
alike groups
◉Target marketing . Answer: The practice of tailoring the marketing
mix to one of more market segments
◉LEED . Answer: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
◉3 Levels of LEED Certification . Answer: -Silver
-Gold
-Platinum
,◉green initiatives . Answer: Improve efficiency and eco-friendly
practices in waste management, electronics usage and disposal, energy
and water use, and transportation
◉Maintenance standard . Answer: The maintenance tasks themselves
(tile floors wet mopped once per day, Toilets will be sanitized once per
day, etc.)
◉Maintenance productivity standard . Answer: The expected time to
complete a given task (an employee should be able to mow 4,800 square
feet of turf in one hour)
◉Routine Maintenance . Answer: Activities that preserve or improve
the appearance of a facility or piece of equipment. Ex: Stripping/waxing
floors, Painting walls, changing furnace filters
◉Preventative Maintenance . Answer: Routine servicing that prolongs
equipment lifespan and delays equipment failures
◉Premises defects . Answer: A defect to the facility that could cause
harm to users.
◉When should you communicate your expectations for conduct to
participants and staff? . Answer: As early as possible
,◉When should you communicate the consequences for the violations of
the code of conduct? . Answer: As soon as possible
◉Which Title of the ADA addresses public service provisions? .
Answer: Title II
◉Accident Report vs. Incident Report . Answer: For all incidents other
than accidents with injuries, fill out an incident report (Ex: customer
complaints, records of behavior problems.)
◉Comprehensive Plan . Answer: Includes the agency's goals and
policies, development standards for parks, facility assessment data,
agency inventories, socio-demographic data for the community, and the
identification of park or other facility deficiencies.
Serves as an overall plan for the entire agency and its operations.
◉Master Plan . Answer: Master Plans are subsets of the comprehensive
plan and tend to focus on the agency's specific physical resources (land,
facilities, etc.)
Typically updated every 10 years
, ◉Strategic Plan . Answer: Focus on the development or revision of the
agency's mission and vision. List of goals, priorities, and objectives as
well as an action plan for achieving the goals.
◉Policies . Answer: Policies are more general than rules and
regulations. They may require you to interpret a set of facts and act
accordingly.
◉Rules and Regulations . Answer: More specific than policies. They
direct employees and participants to act in a prescribed manner.
◉Procedures . Answer: Outline chronological actions for completing a
task
◉Encumberance . Answer: purchase orders, contracts, salary
commitments. Used to ensure that there will be sufficient cash available
to pay for specific obligations.
◉Capital outlay . Answer: expenditures for land or existing structures,
improvements on grounds, construction of recreation facilities, additions
or remodeling of facilities, or initial equipment purchases (Large
purchases)
◉Debt Service . Answer: money spent by the agency to pay off debt;
includes interest and principal payments
PROFESSIONAL CPRP CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION EXAMS 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
◉What two management strategies can conflict when conducting a
natural resource needs assessment? Answer: development and
conservation
◉Market segmentation . Answer: divides a diverse market into smaller
alike groups
◉Target marketing . Answer: The practice of tailoring the marketing
mix to one of more market segments
◉LEED . Answer: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
◉3 Levels of LEED Certification . Answer: -Silver
-Gold
-Platinum
,◉green initiatives . Answer: Improve efficiency and eco-friendly
practices in waste management, electronics usage and disposal, energy
and water use, and transportation
◉Maintenance standard . Answer: The maintenance tasks themselves
(tile floors wet mopped once per day, Toilets will be sanitized once per
day, etc.)
◉Maintenance productivity standard . Answer: The expected time to
complete a given task (an employee should be able to mow 4,800 square
feet of turf in one hour)
◉Routine Maintenance . Answer: Activities that preserve or improve
the appearance of a facility or piece of equipment. Ex: Stripping/waxing
floors, Painting walls, changing furnace filters
◉Preventative Maintenance . Answer: Routine servicing that prolongs
equipment lifespan and delays equipment failures
◉Premises defects . Answer: A defect to the facility that could cause
harm to users.
◉When should you communicate your expectations for conduct to
participants and staff? . Answer: As early as possible
,◉When should you communicate the consequences for the violations of
the code of conduct? . Answer: As soon as possible
◉Which Title of the ADA addresses public service provisions? .
Answer: Title II
◉Accident Report vs. Incident Report . Answer: For all incidents other
than accidents with injuries, fill out an incident report (Ex: customer
complaints, records of behavior problems.)
◉Comprehensive Plan . Answer: Includes the agency's goals and
policies, development standards for parks, facility assessment data,
agency inventories, socio-demographic data for the community, and the
identification of park or other facility deficiencies.
Serves as an overall plan for the entire agency and its operations.
◉Master Plan . Answer: Master Plans are subsets of the comprehensive
plan and tend to focus on the agency's specific physical resources (land,
facilities, etc.)
Typically updated every 10 years
, ◉Strategic Plan . Answer: Focus on the development or revision of the
agency's mission and vision. List of goals, priorities, and objectives as
well as an action plan for achieving the goals.
◉Policies . Answer: Policies are more general than rules and
regulations. They may require you to interpret a set of facts and act
accordingly.
◉Rules and Regulations . Answer: More specific than policies. They
direct employees and participants to act in a prescribed manner.
◉Procedures . Answer: Outline chronological actions for completing a
task
◉Encumberance . Answer: purchase orders, contracts, salary
commitments. Used to ensure that there will be sufficient cash available
to pay for specific obligations.
◉Capital outlay . Answer: expenditures for land or existing structures,
improvements on grounds, construction of recreation facilities, additions
or remodeling of facilities, or initial equipment purchases (Large
purchases)
◉Debt Service . Answer: money spent by the agency to pay off debt;
includes interest and principal payments
