CCD Accreditation Standards & Compliance 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: How often must an ACA-accredited camp undergo a full on-site accreditation visit?
- Every year
- Every 3 years (Correct answer)
- Every 5 years
- Every 10 years
Correct answer: Every 3 years
ACA requires an on-site accreditation visit every 3 years to verify continued compliance with standards.
Question 2: Which ACA standard category specifically addresses the ratio of staff to campers during waterfront activities?
- Health & Wellness
- Transportation
- Aquatics (Correct answer)
- Site & Facilities
Correct answer: Aquatics
ACA Aquatics standards govern supervision ratios, lifeguard placement, and swimmer classification at waterfront areas.
Question 3: A camp director discovers a non-compliance issue during a routine internal audit before an ACA visit. What is the BEST immediate action?
- Wait to see if the ACA visitor notices it
- Document it and implement a corrective action plan (Correct answer)
- Temporarily suspend the activity and do nothing further
- Report it only after the visit is complete
Correct answer: Document it and implement a corrective action plan
Proactively documenting the issue and creating a corrective action plan demonstrates good-faith compliance management.
Question 4: Under ACA standards, which document must be on file for every staff member before they work with campers?
- College transcript
- Background check clearance (Correct answer)
- Personal reference letter
- Insurance policy copy
Correct answer: Background check clearance
ACA requires a criminal background check on file for all staff before they have unsupervised access to campers.
Question 5: Which ACA standards domain covers procedures for managing camper medications and visiting health professionals?
- Program Design
- Human Resources
- Health & Wellness (Correct answer)
- Emergency Preparedness
Correct answer: Health & Wellness
ACA Health & Wellness standards address medication management, health screenings, and the role of healthcare staff.
Question 6: A camp's accreditation lapses because it missed the renewal visit window. What must the camp do to regain ACA accreditation?
- Pay a reinstatement fee and automatically regain status
- Complete a new full application and on-site visit process (Correct answer)
- Submit only updated paperwork to the regional office
- Request a one-year grace period extension
Correct answer: Complete a new full application and on-site visit process
A lapsed camp must restart the full accreditation process, including a new application and on-site visit.
Question 7: Which statement BEST describes the purpose of ACA's 'applicable' versus 'not applicable' standard designations?
- They allow camps to ignore difficult standards
- They acknowledge that some standards only apply to specific program types or facilities (Correct answer)
- They indicate standards that were recently removed from the system
- They separate mandatory rules from optional best-practice guidelines
Correct answer: They acknowledge that some standards only apply to specific program types or facilities
ACA marks some standards as 'not applicable' when a camp's specific programming or facilities make a standard irrelevant (e.g., no waterfront for non-aquatic camps).
CCD Accreditation Standards & Compliance 2
How often must an ACA-accredited camp undergo a full on-site accreditation visit?