Exam 2

Question 1

Which of the following is a skill required for leisure service managers?

Answer 1

Accounting

Question 2

Making a ________ changes the dynamic of a leisure service business.

Answer 2

Profit

Question 3

The approach where the focus is on the customer is called the ____.

Answer 3

Marketing approach

Question 4

Approximately how many nonprofit organizations exist in the United States?

Answer 4

1.8 million

Question 5

The gross domestic national product is used to measure HOW MUCH MONEY GOVERNMENT SPENDS IN TOTAL.

Answer 5

False - Sum of total goods and services

Question 6

A constitutional monarchy is the form of governments used in Canada with allegiance to the Queen of England.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The United States is different from Canada because the United States operates under a constitutional republic.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The private sector includes local governments managed by private individuals.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The movement to create parks and protect areas in the 1880s was driven by society’s need to reconnect with nature after having been removed from it because of ________ and _________.

Answer 9

Industrialization and technological advances

Question 10

The oldest trail in Canada is the ________ Trail in southern Ontario.

Answer 10

Bruce

Question 11

The most notable city park built between 1850 and 1930 (the period in which early American cities began to build parks and playgrounds) was?

Answer 11

Central Park

Question 12

The first national park in the world was?

Answer 12

Yellowstone

Question 13

All of the following are or have been areas of concern for parks, except:

Answer 13

Over popularization

Question 14

In Canada the provincial governments have a formal role in the creation or management of long-distance biking trails.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Olmsted believed that parks could serve as meeting grounds for people of various backgrounds and classes.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Fleming and Adams were central figures in the creation of Canada’s first national park in 1885, now known as Banff National Park

Answer 16

False - Fleming and Macdonald

Question 17

The Canadian provincial parks suffered the massive budget cuts that the American state parks suffered in the same period.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT one of the changes faced by many public agencies in recent years?

Answer 18

Increase in employees

Question 19

What type of education includes after-school and evening classes and activities and programs at the local school?

Answer 19

Community education

Question 20

What is the practice of putting together people of all ages, races, and abilities in the same recreation programs?

Answer 20

Inclusion

Question 21

Managers must have three types of skills. Which is not one of them?

Answer 21

Physical skills allow for long hours of work.

Question 22

Special recreation is best characterized by which of the following statements?

Answer 22

It takes place in a public community setting and is offered to all types of people, those with disabilities and those without, for the purpose of creating inclusive recreation.

Question 23

What is the name of the process in which people move from large hospital or institutional settings back to their home communities?

Answer 23

Deinstitutionalization

Question 24

Public recreation is still considered a staple for a high quality of life in a community.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Public recreation is focused on traditional cultural values that stress the quality of the leisure experiences over profit and, in some cases, the customer.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

The first director of the Provincial Recreation Program in British Columbia was Ian Eisenhardt, a Vancouver Parks Board staff meme we who had been trained in Denmark.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

The backbone of the public recreation systems in Canada is the local recreation leisure service provider.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Identifying Nonprofit Organizations

Answer 28

Red Cross

Question 29

Nanus and Dobbs (1999) identified three primary sectors of society. What are they?

Answer 29

Economic, political and social

Question 30

The four major subcategories of nonprofits in the United States are?

Answer 30

Charities, foundations, social welfare organizations, and professional and trade associations

Question 31

Which of the following is not a religious and faith-based organization?

Answer 31

CFO

Question 32

Canada has a central registry for nonprofits that register with Revenue Canada.

Answer 32

False

Question 33

One way in which our sense of belonging and identification of feelings are attached to nonprofit organizations is through acts of philanthropy

Answer 33

True

Question 34

National Recreation and Park Association is the national voice for the parks and recreation field.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) is the largest membership organization representing the interests and needs of health care providers who use recreational therapy to improve the functioning of people with illness or disabling conditions.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

The primary difference between an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur

Answer 36

Entrepreneur - provides new recreation related services and products through new businesses that use trends and changes in recreational habits Intrapreneur - provides new recreation related services and products within an organization

Question 37

A specialized RET certificate

Answer 37

Recreation, event and tourism

Question 38

Technology-dependent RET businesses, as described in the chapter, are characterized by

Answer 38

Attraction, support, and facilitation

Question 39

Incentives for RET businesses to become more sustainable include:

Answer 39

Significant portion of clients seek out green or Eco-friendly businesses Government land management agencies require companies to report their environmental performance Higher profitability when providing similar services

Question 40

Which of the following is not a step in the therapeutic recreation process?

Answer 40

Discharge planning

Question 41

A common component of all definitions of therapeutic recreation is

Answer 41

Quality of life

Question 42

The process of determining a person's interests and needs is know as

Answer 42

Assessment

Question 43

The principles of autonomy, well-being, and justice are addressed in the

Answer 43

Code of ethics

Question 44

The first research project in therapeutic recreation was completed in the early 1900s

Answer 44

True

Question 45

The rate of disability in the Canadian population is substantially smaller than in the United States

Answer 45

False

Question 46

Focusing on the client's limitations allows the therapeutic recreation specialist to design the most appropriate plan

Answer 46

False

Question 47

Being a member of a professional organization is a requirement for certification

Answer 47

False

Question 48

What are the two primary goals that frame the orientation of most nonprofit organizations?

Answer 48

Public benefit - organized specifically for social outcomes that appeal to a wide spectrum of population groups Mutual benefit - to provide services to a limited number of members with common interests

Question 49

What is meant by the term stay cation?

Answer 49

Stay cation came into the vocabulary as families started to take vacations staying at, or close to home. The term came about during economic recession and it reduced personal travel because traveling was expensive

Question 50

Identify and describe the steps in the therapeutic recreation process and the purpose of each step

Answer 50

Assessment - to gather and synthesize info about client and his or her environment in order to devise an individualized treatment plan Planning - the development of the clients treatment plan Implementation - to implement the program; to put the treatment plan into action Evaluation - formative evaluation is ongoing during program, and summative occurs at the end of program to see clients goals were met

Question 51

Which of the following is a nonprofit leisure service organization?

Answer 51

Boy Scouts of America