CRP Recreation Laws, Ethics, & Regulations 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which term describes the obligation to modify policies, practices, or procedures to accommodate individuals with disabilities?
- Structural modification
- Reasonable accommodation (Correct answer)
- Affirmative action
- Universal design
Correct answer: Reasonable accommodation
Reasonable accommodation refers to the ADA requirement to modify policies, practices, or procedures unless doing so would impose an undue hardship.
Question 2: A recreation professional discovers a colleague is falsifying inspection records for playground equipment. According to NRPA's Code of Ethics, what is the FIRST appropriate step?
- Report directly to the media
- Confront the colleague privately and document the concern (Correct answer)
- Ignore it as an internal matter
- Immediately terminate the colleague
Correct answer: Confront the colleague privately and document the concern
NRPA ethics require professionals to address misconduct directly and document concerns before escalating through proper channels.
Question 3: Which federal law specifically prohibits discrimination in programs receiving federal financial assistance on the basis of sex?
- Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
- Title IX of the Education Amendments (Correct answer)
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- The Equal Pay Act
Correct answer: Title IX of the Education Amendments
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination in any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
Question 4: A park district wants to close a public trail to commercial vendors on weekends. Which legal doctrine gives them the authority to regulate use of public land for the general welfare?
- Sovereign immunity
- Police power (Correct answer)
- Eminent domain
- Public trust doctrine
Correct answer: Police power
Police power grants government agencies authority to enact regulations protecting public health, safety, and general welfare, including controlling commercial activity on public land.
Question 5: When a recreation agency conducts a risk management audit, which document establishes the minimum standards for playground equipment safety in the US?
- OSHA General Industry Standards
- ASTM F1487 Standard (Correct answer)
- NFPA Life Safety Code
- ISO 9001 Quality Standard
Correct answer: ASTM F1487 Standard
ASTM F1487 is the Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for playground equipment for public use, serving as the benchmark for safety compliance.
Question 6: Which ethical principle requires a recreation professional to honestly represent their qualifications and not practice beyond their scope of competence?
- Beneficence
- Professional integrity (Correct answer)
- Social justice
- Autonomy
Correct answer: Professional integrity
Professional integrity requires practitioners to be honest about their credentials and skills, and to only practice within their areas of competence.
Question 7: A city recreation department receives a complaint that its senior fitness program is not accessible to wheelchair users. Under the ADA, which type of assessment should be conducted first?
- Environmental impact assessment
- Self-evaluation and transition plan review (Correct answer)
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Community needs survey
Correct answer: Self-evaluation and transition plan review
The ADA requires public entities to conduct a self-evaluation of their programs and develop a transition plan identifying barriers and remedies.
CRP Recreation Laws, Ethics, & Regulations 2
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which term describes the obligation to modify policies, practices, or procedures to accommodate individuals with disabilities?