CPRE Risk Management and Legal Compliance 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: An incident command system is most useful to a park agency during:
- Routine daily program delivery
- Emergencies and large events requiring multi-agency coordination (Correct answer)
- Annual budget preparation
- Employee performance reviews
Correct answer: Emergencies and large events requiring multi-agency coordination
ICS provides a standardized scalable management structure for coordinating response to emergencies, incidents, and large-scale events.
Question 2: Public agencies typically receive sovereign immunity protection, which generally means:
- They can never be sued under any circumstances
- They cannot be sued without their consent, though most states have enacted tort claims acts waiving immunity for certain claims (Correct answer)
- All claims against them are automatically dismissed
- They are immune from federal law requirements
Correct answer: They cannot be sued without their consent, though most states have enacted tort claims acts waiving immunity for certain claims
Sovereign immunity protects government entities from lawsuits without consent, but most states have passed tort claims acts that allow suits under defined conditions.
Question 3: A contractual risk transfer clause in a park facility rental agreement should require the renter to:
- Provide proof of residency only
- Name the park agency as an additional insured on their liability policy and include a hold harmless agreement (Correct answer)
- Sign a property tax waiver
- Agree to waive all rights to refund
Correct answer: Name the park agency as an additional insured on their liability policy and include a hold harmless agreement
Requiring renters to name the agency as additional insured and include hold harmless language shifts liability for renter-caused incidents back to the renter.
Question 4: Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, eligible employees are entitled to up to how many weeks of unpaid leave per year?
- 6 weeks
- 12 weeks (Correct answer)
- 26 weeks
- 52 weeks
Correct answer: 12 weeks
FMLA provides eligible employees at covered employers up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year for qualifying family and medical reasons.
Question 5: An agency's emergency action plan for a park facility should be:
- Created once and never updated
- Reviewed and updated annually and after every significant incident (Correct answer)
- Available only to senior management
- Kept confidential from frontline staff
Correct answer: Reviewed and updated annually and after every significant incident
EAPs should be reviewed at least annually and after any significant incident to incorporate lessons learned and address changes in the facility or staffing.
Question 6: Which OSHA standard requires parks departments to protect workers from chemical hazards and provide access to Safety Data Sheets?
- OSHA 1910.146 Confined Space
- OSHA 1910.1200 Hazard Communication Standard (Correct answer)
- OSHA 1926.502 Fall Protection
- OSHA 1910.138 Personal Protective Equipment
Correct answer: OSHA 1910.1200 Hazard Communication Standard
OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard requires employers to maintain Safety Data Sheets and train workers on chemical hazards they may encounter.
CPRE Risk Management and Legal Compliance 2
An incident command system is most useful to a park agency during: