CPRE Risk Management and Safety 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The attractive nuisance doctrine most commonly applies to park agencies when:
- A park charges admission fees
- A dangerous feature like an unfenced pool attracts and injures a child trespasser (Correct answer)
- A program cancellation causes financial loss to participants
- A vendor fails to meet contract specifications
Correct answer: A dangerous feature like an unfenced pool attracts and injures a child trespasser
The attractive nuisance doctrine requires property owners to protect child trespassers from hazards that are both dangerous and likely to attract children.
Question 2: When an agency purchases general liability insurance, the coverage primarily protects against:
- Employee workers' compensation claims
- Third-party bodily injury and property damage claims (Correct answer)
- Vehicle collision damage
- Employee embezzlement losses
Correct answer: Third-party bodily injury and property damage claims
General liability insurance covers claims from third parties (visitors, participants) who suffer bodily injury or property damage due to agency operations.
Question 3: Emergency action plans (EAPs) for park facilities should include all of the following EXCEPT:
- Evacuation routes and assembly points
- Communication chain and contact numbers
- Employee annual performance goals (Correct answer)
- Roles and responsibilities during emergencies
Correct answer: Employee annual performance goals
EAPs address emergency-specific procedures like evacuation, communication, and roles — performance goals are a human resources function unrelated to emergency response.
Question 4: Sovereign immunity historically protected government park agencies from lawsuits, but today most states:
- Maintain full immunity with no exceptions
- Have waived immunity to varying degrees, allowing certain claims against public entities (Correct answer)
- Require all claims to be filed in federal court
- Only allow immunity claims for facilities over 50 acres
Correct answer: Have waived immunity to varying degrees, allowing certain claims against public entities
Most states have enacted tort claims acts that partially waive sovereign immunity, allowing individuals to sue government agencies under specified conditions.
Question 5: Which document records all accidents, injuries, and near-misses at a park facility and is essential for risk management analysis?
- Daily activity log
- Incident report (Correct answer)
- Personnel file
- Capital asset inventory
Correct answer: Incident report
Incident reports document circumstances, contributing factors, and witness information, forming the basis for risk pattern analysis and legal defense.
Question 6: The process of systematically identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing risks before developing mitigation strategies is called:
- Risk transfer
- Risk financing
- Risk assessment (Correct answer)
- Risk avoidance
Correct answer: Risk assessment
Risk assessment involves identifying potential hazards, evaluating the likelihood and severity of harm, and ranking risks so resources can be applied where most needed.
CPRE Risk Management and Safety 2
The attractive nuisance doctrine most commonly applies to park agencies when: