Leisure Studies Exam 3
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- One advantage for charging fees to recreation facilities and services listed in the book is allowing more people to recreate.
- False
- One of the leading federal agencies with respect to outdoor recreation is the National Park Service. The NPS is housed under what federal department?
- Department of the Interior
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Outdoor recreation can involve numerous activities, which one of the following is NOT an outdoor activity listed in the book:
Hunting
Fishing
Watching wildlife
Visiting a health spa
Boating - Visiting a health spa
- Which federal agency is responsible for administering wilderness preserves for public recreation use?
- Forest Service
- What amendment to the Constitution gives individual States' the power to develop education, welfare and health services?
- Tenth Amendment
- The smallest national park became a memorial in what year?
- October 21, 1972
- When "Parks in Peril" was written in 1997 how many park units were in the system?
- 375
- What was the name of the expedition that determined in 1870 that Yellowstone was too important to commercialize? This comes from the article "Parks in Peril".
- Washburn
- According to a Consumer Reports survey _____% of those polled said their trip to natural areas mostly or completely lived up to expectations. This is from "Parks in Peril".
- 93%
- In what year was the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness broadened to include sports and who was president at the time?
- 1968; Johnson
- National Park Service
- overcrowding, deteriorating parks
- United States Forest Service
- Mechanized travel
- Bureau of Land Management
- $800 million in revenues
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Most acres in Alaska
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Land between the lakes
- This federal program provides for a wide variety of programs addressing the needs of a broad spectrum of the population:
- Health and Human Services
- This agency administers the "small Parks Program":
- Housing and Urban Development
- The Tennessee Valley Authority's primary goal is operating recreation resources:
- False
- During the 1960's and 1970's much of the expansion of state parks was due to what program?
- Land and Water Conservation Fund
- State fairs are typically publically owned and operated:
- True
- What park and recreation designation is best described as bridging the gap between state and incorporated local governments?
- Special Park Districts
- Federal and state governments get their legal authority for legislative bodies. What provides for local governments to operate parks?
- Enabling legislation
- What are the four classes of federal land?
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Multiple Use
Reserved Lands
Water Projects
Special Use Lands -
Which of the following is not one of the four classes of federal land?
Game Reserves
Multiple Use
Reserved Lands
Water Projects
Special Use Lands - Game Reserves
- Commercial recreation sponsors have to constantly seek and capitalize on recreation interests to keep their participation levels high to make a profit.
- True
- Which is the largest voluntary organization serving girls in the world?
- Girl Scouts
- Which type of organizational structure most likely has it's leadership trained in social work?
- Nonprofit
- Which of the Non-Sectarian Youth Serving Organizations were founded in 1912?
- Girl Scouts of America
- Nonprofit agencies do not pay staff
- False
- In modern society, there are ______ different types of leisure-service organizations:
- 10
- One way to recreation enterprises have involved children in activities is by building areas for children to play called family fun centers.
- True
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Which of the following is an issue facing YMCA's and YWCA's?
Not enough aggressive marketing,
Lawsuits from private organizations because of competition advantages,
Movement to affiliate with protestants - Lawsuits from private organizations because of competition advantages.
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Which of the following is a recognized youth organization?
TTRA
PTYA
CYO
YCHA
ACMY - CYO: Catholic Youth Organization