CPRP EXAM PREP 2026 STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Purpose of needs assessment Answer: To receive feedback from
the communities' attitudes, opinions and perceptions of the parks.
◉ The recreation agency conducts a resources survey to provide the
community with what? Answer: Programming, facilities, park areas,
and services
◉ Assessing natural resources requires consideration from what 4
areas? Answer: Environmental Impact, Access, Developmental
Features, Maintenance and Operations
◉ Environmental Impact Answer: To develop a plan to preserve the
natural environment, resulting from an organization's activities,
products, or services that should be beneficial to both visitors and
the environment
◉ Access Answer: A way of entering or leaving that requires the
least disturbance to the natural resource area.
,◉ Developmental features Answer: Man-made and natural resources
that enhances user participation and increases the aesthetic value of
the area.
◉ Staffing and maintaining a natural resource area requires what 3
elements? Answer: Personnel, equipment and money
◉ When conducting a needs assessment for facility development
name some areas of focus. Answer: Demographic, current
participation, attitudes and opinions, barriers facing users, future
interests and needs, current satisfaction of facilities and services,
safety issues, suggestions for improvement
◉ What are the 3 types of fixed asset inventories? Answer: Real
estate, capital items, special assets
◉ real estate Answer: Deeds and legal descriptions of the land
including all the natural resources and permanent buildings on it.
◉ Capital items Answer: More expensive organizational products
with a longer useful life, ranging from office and fitness equipment
to automobiles
, ◉ Name some examples of special assets that may be inventoried.
Answer: Zoo animals, painting in an art gallery, plants in an
arboretum
◉ Commodities Answer: Products or goods that carry little value but
are needed in maintaining the programs operation and day to day
functions
◉ Why is it important to plan ahead for capital improvement
programs? Answer: To identify future needs, provide long-term
financing for special projects and coordinate community growth.
◉ True or False: A typical part of a checklist for opening a facility
should be to inspect the site or facility for potential hazards to staff
and users. Answer: True
◉ True or False: Assessing infrastructure (utilities, parking,
floodplains) should be solely done by the planning commission.
Answer: False - This should be a cooperative effort in addition to the
Parks & Recreation personnel, local school district(s), planning
commissions, other city departments, and/ or local business
◉ True or False: Site plans are an estimate of a proposed facility
and/or park area. Answer: False - Site plans are an accurate, clear,
scale depiction of the dimensions and angles of a proposed facility or
park area.
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ Purpose of needs assessment Answer: To receive feedback from
the communities' attitudes, opinions and perceptions of the parks.
◉ The recreation agency conducts a resources survey to provide the
community with what? Answer: Programming, facilities, park areas,
and services
◉ Assessing natural resources requires consideration from what 4
areas? Answer: Environmental Impact, Access, Developmental
Features, Maintenance and Operations
◉ Environmental Impact Answer: To develop a plan to preserve the
natural environment, resulting from an organization's activities,
products, or services that should be beneficial to both visitors and
the environment
◉ Access Answer: A way of entering or leaving that requires the
least disturbance to the natural resource area.
,◉ Developmental features Answer: Man-made and natural resources
that enhances user participation and increases the aesthetic value of
the area.
◉ Staffing and maintaining a natural resource area requires what 3
elements? Answer: Personnel, equipment and money
◉ When conducting a needs assessment for facility development
name some areas of focus. Answer: Demographic, current
participation, attitudes and opinions, barriers facing users, future
interests and needs, current satisfaction of facilities and services,
safety issues, suggestions for improvement
◉ What are the 3 types of fixed asset inventories? Answer: Real
estate, capital items, special assets
◉ real estate Answer: Deeds and legal descriptions of the land
including all the natural resources and permanent buildings on it.
◉ Capital items Answer: More expensive organizational products
with a longer useful life, ranging from office and fitness equipment
to automobiles
, ◉ Name some examples of special assets that may be inventoried.
Answer: Zoo animals, painting in an art gallery, plants in an
arboretum
◉ Commodities Answer: Products or goods that carry little value but
are needed in maintaining the programs operation and day to day
functions
◉ Why is it important to plan ahead for capital improvement
programs? Answer: To identify future needs, provide long-term
financing for special projects and coordinate community growth.
◉ True or False: A typical part of a checklist for opening a facility
should be to inspect the site or facility for potential hazards to staff
and users. Answer: True
◉ True or False: Assessing infrastructure (utilities, parking,
floodplains) should be solely done by the planning commission.
Answer: False - This should be a cooperative effort in addition to the
Parks & Recreation personnel, local school district(s), planning
commissions, other city departments, and/ or local business
◉ True or False: Site plans are an estimate of a proposed facility
and/or park area. Answer: False - Site plans are an accurate, clear,
scale depiction of the dimensions and angles of a proposed facility or
park area.
