CPRE Facility Management and Maintenance 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the primary purpose of a facility condition assessment (FCA)?
- To set annual program registration fees
- To document current physical condition of assets and project future capital replacement needs (Correct answer)
- To evaluate staff performance at each facility
- To determine daily maintenance staffing schedules
Correct answer: To document current physical condition of assets and project future capital replacement needs
An FCA inventories the condition of all facility components and forecasts capital investment needs, forming the foundation of long-term asset management planning.
Question 2: A park agency uses a deferred maintenance approach to budget cuts. The primary long-term risk of this strategy is:
- Increased utility consumption in the short term
- Accelerated asset deterioration leading to higher total lifecycle costs and safety hazards (Correct answer)
- Reduced staff overtime hours
- Lower insurance premiums due to fewer repair claims
Correct answer: Accelerated asset deterioration leading to higher total lifecycle costs and safety hazards
Deferring maintenance allows minor issues to compound into major failures, significantly increasing long-term repair costs and creating liability exposure.
Question 3: Which maintenance management system is most effective for tracking work orders, preventive maintenance schedules, and asset histories?
- Spreadsheet-based manual logs updated weekly
- A Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) (Correct answer)
- Paper-based maintenance logs stored at each facility
- Annual staff recall surveys
Correct answer: A Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
A CMMS centralizes asset data, automates preventive maintenance scheduling, and provides analytics on cost and performance, dramatically improving maintenance efficiency.
Question 4: The Level of Service (LOS) standard in parks maintenance defines:
- The number of staff required per acre of parkland
- The expected condition, cleanliness, and functionality of park assets based on community expectations and funding (Correct answer)
- The minimum square footage per facility user
- Federal environmental compliance requirements for park operations
Correct answer: The expected condition, cleanliness, and functionality of park assets based on community expectations and funding
LOS standards translate community expectations into measurable maintenance outcomes, allowing managers to align resource allocation with agreed service quality.
Question 5: When a park facility contains materials identified as containing asbestos, the regulatory framework governing management and removal is primarily:
- OSHA's General Industry Standard only
- EPA's NESHAP regulations and OSHA's Asbestos Standards for construction and general industry (Correct answer)
- Local building codes exclusively
- NRPA facility safety guidelines
Correct answer: EPA's NESHAP regulations and OSHA's Asbestos Standards for construction and general industry
Asbestos management in public facilities falls under EPA NESHAP for demolition and renovation and OSHA standards for worker protection, creating overlapping federal obligations.
Question 6: A lifecycle cost analysis for a new park restroom building should include which of the following?
- Construction cost only
- Construction, operations, maintenance, and eventual demolition or replacement costs over the asset's useful life (Correct answer)
- Only annual operating costs
- Projected revenue from facility rentals
Correct answer: Construction, operations, maintenance, and eventual demolition or replacement costs over the asset's useful life
Lifecycle cost analysis encompasses all costs from construction through end-of-life, enabling more informed capital investment decisions than first-cost comparisons alone.
CPRE Facility Management and Maintenance 1
What is the primary purpose of a facility condition assessment (FCA)?