To best understand the internal and external situation the agency is operating in requires a situational analysis. What is the main element of the
... [Show More] situational analysis that looks at internal operations and external envionments?
SWOT analysis
Your agency is updating its logo and developing a marketing plan to showcase the new logo and make it recognizable by the entire community when they see it. The agency is doing what?
Branding the agency
When developing an emergency action plan, what should the parks and recreation professional do first?
Identify poential threats
Your supervisor has asked you to identify a financially feasible solution to an ongoing problem occurring at a park that is used during the community's annual summer celebration. In particular, your supervisor wants to more easily control and direct pedestrian traffic to key park locations while limiting traffic within dark and hazardous areas. Based on your supervisors request, which of the following would be the most appropriate solution?
Work with the park maintenance department to construct temporary fencing to direct traffic and control access to hazardous area
When determining night lighting needs for athletic fields which of the following factors is true?
Higher light levels are needed for incresed (player) skill levels (higher light levels needed for competitive play fields compared to recreational play fields)
Your current definition of a capital inventory item, developed in 1988, is that "it is an item that costs in excess of $100, is tangible, has a useful life exceeding one year, and is not materially reduced in value immediately by use." During the past 5 years, a larger percentage of the inventory has been missing each year. Your inventory this year indicates that you are currently missing 40% of the inventory. Which of the following strategies is the most likely solution to this problem?
Redefine a captial item as one costing in excess of $1,000 and redo the inventory
A park and recreation professional is planning a bike ride on local trails for participants over 50. Which of the following participant characteristics will most likely impact program planning?
Health status
The park and recreation professional supervises an aquatic center and has been in charge of the facility since it opened in 2005. Unfortunately, the facility is regularly opening each season with a deficit in the operating budget. Often, this deficit is attributed to expenses associated with mechanical failures or physical repairs needed at the start of the new season. Which of the following would be the most appropriate initial response to this issue?
Develop a seasonal checklist to ensure the appropriate mechanical systems and/or physical amenities are being shut down during the off season.
Which of the following best describe the values, attitudes, beliefs, personality traits, and interests of your consumers?
Psychographics
Your public agency wants to apply for a grant to build a bike trail. The grant is only open to non profit organizations. What is the best way to go about applying for this grant?
Form a 501(c)3 friends group and apply through it
Complex activities with extensive rules would best be experienced by adults rather than children because of what factor?
The cognitive abilities of children are not as advanced as adults
Hotel/motel taxes, rental car taxes, and sin taxes are considered what type of tax:
Excise tax
Which of the following is considereed a variable cost?
Participant lunches
Someone leaves your organization. Your human resources director decides it is time to examine this position to see exactly what the person does, what skills they use, how much time they spend on tasks and what sort of working conditions exist. The HR director is performing what task?
A job analysis
In the following example, what is "1000: Services: Personnel" considered? Administration, recreation, golf, operations
Budget classification
What is the break even cost of a program that has $500 in fixed costs, $700 in variable costs and will have a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 25 participants?
$60
When would be the least likely time to check references on a job candidate?
Prior to initial screening of applications
Which of the following is false in terms of dismissing an employee?
Severance packages are required of all employees being dismissed
A brief published summary of a position that includes how and where to apply for a job is called:
Job announcement
Which of the following training methods would best address/meet a skill based training outcome?
Simulations
The park and recreation professional has recently completed a training program for her soccer officials. Now the professional is concerned with the transfer of the officials training to the work place. Which of the following activities best promotes training transfer by the officials?
Ensure officials have an opportunity to perform the trained tasks in the workplace
The park and recreation professional plans to complete a natural resource assessment for their community. Which of the following activities would be most appropriate when assesssing these natural resource areas?
Determine the maintenance and operation requirements for the areas
Which of the following are considered to be more beneficial to the community than the individual?
Parks
Which of the following is true about legislative advocacy?
A public agency employee may lobby as a citizen of the community but not as an employee of the agency
Making your park and recreation agency the beneficiary of a life insurance policy is:
Considered a planned gift
Which statement is false regarding a p-card?
P-cards can have a rolling monthly balance
Which change would make this organization chart correct without changing the direct supervisor?
Move the director of maintenance and both coordinators down one line from the current location
Interview questions for candidates are driven by:
The essential functions on the job description
You are doing a performance appraisal on an employee. What should the performance appraisal be based on?
Job description
Disciplinary action can be taken for all of the following except:
Personality
Responsibility for the development of a checklist for assuring uniformity and thoroughness of facility opening and closing procedures typically lies with the:
First line facility supervisor
You have been assigned as the agency liaison to the project team overseeing the construction of a new recreation center. As the project progresses, the agency decides it wants a split-half, dutch door for the entrance to the office. Which of the following procedures would you use to accomplish this?
A change order
During the past 6 months, the agency has been sued 5 times by individuals who entered one of the agencys facilities soon after it opened and were injured by a premise defect. Which of the following maintenance functions should the parks and recreation professional improve in order to reduce the number of incidents described above?
Scheduled inspections [Show Less]