CEE 583 Physical Education Facilities & Event Management

2011 USSA

Final Exam - Answer Key

1. A ____________ is a large facility designed for field sports such as football, baseball,
soccer, lacrosse, rugby and athletic events.
a. stadium
b. sports complex
c. gymnasium
d. arena
2. Many facility management concerns are the same today as they were in ancient times,
which of the following IS NOT a concern common to both?
a. controlling and moving large numbers of people
b. managing rowdy or violent crowds
c. maintaining multiuse facilities
d. providing athletic training rooms
3. Which of the following is the best definition for a Sport Complex?
a. a large bowl or square- or rectangular- shaped playing area with spectator seating
b. a complex centrally located for sport
c. a multi-use facility combining different activities on various fields or courts
d. a facility or group of facilities centrally located for ease of access and use
4. Which of the following is an innovation seen in the construction of sports facilities in the
last 40 years?
a. stadiums with girder roofs
b. stadiums with planked roofs
c. stadiums without cantilever roofs
d. domed stadiums
5. Which of the following countries will host the 2012 Olympics?
a. England
b. Japan
c. France
d. Italy
6. The art and science of managing a facility to help meet the facilities objectives, goals,
and mission would best be described as facility ____________.
a. guidance
b. management
c. control
d. planning

7. The four phases of facility development are:

a. pre-design, design, construction and operations
b. pre-planning, planning, construction and operations
c. planning, design, construction, opening the building
d. planning, design, hiring architect, construction
8. The master plan is best described as which of the following?
a. strategic plan
b. operational plan
c. functional plan
d. business plan
9. Which of the following are the types of goals set by the highest-level managers and are
introduced to affect and empower the overall facility for the long run?
a. strategic goals
b. overall goals
c. tactical goals
d. operational goals
10. Which of the following is a more accurate description of an operational goal?
a. plan
b. tract
c. objective
d. tenet
11. The process of managing or inspiring people to work together to achieve the goals of the
facility, is best described as which of the following?
a. personnel management
b. facility management
c. management by directive
d. management by objective
12. During the pre-design stage of the planning process, a ____________ plan is created.
a. Overall
b. Master
c. Comprehensive
d. Usable
13. The one area in most facilities that is rarely large enough is the ____________.
a. concession area
b. locker rooms
c. storage space
d. car park

14. The entire building from the ground to the foundation, including the basement or
underground parking structure is called the ____________.
a. superstructure
b. substructure
c. structure
d. substrate
15. Any space that is available during renovations, alterations, or realignment is
____________.
a. swing space
b. space management
c. move management
d. growth space
16. Space contiguous to currently utilized space that allows a business to expand without
undertaking any additional construction or leasing is ____________.
a. swing space
b. space management
c. move management
d. growth space
17. Choose the best type of facility to match the following description: ____________ differs
from a stadium in its capacity to host more types of events and is protected from the
elements. It is a fixed-seating facility that can typically hold several hundred to over
30,000 spectators.
a. a sportplex
b. a dome
c. a gym
d. an arena
18. Which of the following represents the letters in the SWOT analysis acronym?
a. strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
b. strengths, willingness, opportunities, and threats
c. strengths, weaknesses, obstacles, and threats
d. strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and time factors
19. Which of the following is best defined as, the process of smoothing over land to build
the foundation of a building?
a. marking
b. leveling
c. grading
d. skimming

20. Crowning a field means:

a. making sure it has been watered properly
b. creating an area in the center of the field that slopes downward toward the
sidelines
c. topping the field off with the best fertilizer
d. covering it with a tarp
21. Cooling effectiveness is influenced by the occupant ____________.
a. airflow load
b. ventilation load
c. cooling load
d. heat load
22. Which of the following is the definition of air exchange?
a. circulating air into a building from the outside and exhausting air from the
building
b. re-circulating air into a building from the outside and exhausting air from the
building
c. exchanging air in a building
d. evacuating air in a building and exhausting air from the building
23. Atmosphere lighting or actual sunlight coming through a window is called
____________.
a. ambient lighting
b. abstract lighting
c. incandescent lighting
d. direct lighting
24. How is light intensity measured?
a. inch-candles at the playing surface
b. foot-candles at the playing surface
c. yard-candles at the playing surface
d. meter-candles at the playing surface
25. The entire system utilized to suspend items from a facilitys roof is called ____________.
a. supports
b. wires
c. trapeze
d. rigging

26. What does the term, changeover mean?

a. Changeover refers to the process of adding an activity to a facility
b. Changeover refers to the process of eliminating activities
c. Changeover refers to the process of converting a facility from one activity for
another
d. Changeover refers to the process of bartering for an activity at another facility
27. Bermuda Grass and zoysia grass are examples of ____________ grass.
a. warm season
b. use and abuse
c. user attitudes
d. users level of training
28. The process of spreading grass seeds to start a lawn instead of rolling out pregrown
grass is the description for which of the following?
a. sodding
b. propagating
c. seeding
d. sowing
29. Which of the following fields are constructed using native-type soil materials?
a. top-dressed fields
b. soil-based fields
c. sand-modified fields
d. indigenous fields
30. What does the European practice of planting grass on rooftops do?
a. block sunlight
b. absorb sunlight
c. transfer sunlight
d. insulate
31. The concept of packaging a product and services in the right way, at the right price, and
in the right environment to encourage individuals to buy is best described as which of
the following?
a. advertising
b. publicity
c. promotion
d. marketing
32. Marketing is often examined in terms of positioning a product or service according to the
4 Ps. Which of the following are the 4 Ps?
a. product, process, price, promotion
b. product, place, policy, promotion
c. product, place, price, promotion
d. product, place, price, publicity

33. The activity of informing people about the product to help sell it is referred to as
____________.
a. product
b. process
c. policy
d. promotion
34. The item (whether a service or goods) that is being marketed is the ____________.
a. product
b. process
c. policy
d. publicity
35. The budgeting that requires determining the needed space for any given planned activity
and determining whether existing facilities can fill those needs is called ____________.
a. financial budgeting
b. capital budgeting
c. principle budgeting
d. asset budgeting
36. Which of the following describes financial forecasting? (Choose one answer)
a. An attempt to plan for future financial EXPECTATIONS based on expected
revenues and expenses.
b. An attempt to plan for future financial OPPORTUNITIES based on expected
revenues and expenses.
c. An attempt to plan for future financial NEEDS based on expected revenues
and expenses.
d. An attempt to plan for future financial PROSPECTS based on expected revenues
and expenses.
37. Which of the following terms is best described as When a paid message is designed to
inform customers?
a. promotion
b. advertising
c. publicity
d. marketing
38. Which of the following is a blend of advertising and publicity for a facility as it deals
with trying to reach out to the public with a positive message?
a. public relations
b. promotional relations
c. public revelations
d. public outreach

39. In order to keep track of what needs to be done and what has been accomplished for an
event, every area should maintain a ____________.
a. budget
b. large staff
c. checklist
d. proper office
40. ____________ can change an event in many ways.
a. players
b. officials
c. VIPs
d. volunteers
41. Which of the following is the process used by public entities to evaluate different vendors
to determine which company can perform the required work at the best cost?
a. bid process
b. promotional process
c. marketing process
d. exposure process
42. Which of the following is an agreement between at least two parties to complete a
transaction?
a. indenture
b. contract
c. convention
d. consideration
43. Which of the following is an exchange of value or promises?
a. indenture
b. contract
c. convention
d. consideration
44. Which of the following is the type of contract that has no special ending period and keeps
renewing unless terminated by one of the parties?
a. open-term contract
b. period-term contract
c. closed-term contract
d. term contract
45. The key to proper security management is ____________.
a. foresee-ability
b. reaction
c. response
d. feedback

46. Which of the following is the term for An event where there are no reserved seats and
the first people into the facility have the first choice of where they will sit or stand?
a. all-purpose seating
b. ordinary seating
c. general seating
d. global seating
47. Which of the following is the process of taking proactive steps before a crowd gets out of
hand?
a. proactive planning
b. proactive management
c. crowd management
d. crowd planning
48. Which of the following is the formula to determine how quickly people can exit a
facility?
a. speed = flow x density x width
b. flow = speed x density x width
c. density = speed x flow x width
d. width = speed x density x flow
49. Participants, sponsors, and spectators are referred to as the ____________.
a. three amigos
b. managing partners
c. triangle of stakeholders
d. event management personnel
50. Which of the following is identified as one of the most important post-event activities in
terms of employees and contractors?
a. routine appraisal
b. regular appraisal
c. practice appraisal
d. performance appraisal