1. True or False? Events that move around, like the Olympics or the NCAA Final Four, have consistent host committee that travel from event to event.

A) True

B) False

2. During a mega event, like the Super Bowl, the event staff grows astronomically as the event nears, but once the event ends and the host committee dissolves, all of the staff members move on or become unemployed. Please explain why?

A) True

B) False

3. Which of the following is an example of a pulsating event?

A) NCAA Frozen Four

B) Super Bowl

C) World Series

D) The U.S. Open tennis tournament

4. True or False? People who only join the organization for the period of time around the event have minimal exposure to the culture and are also limited in their contribution to build and sustain the culture.

A) True

B) False

5. Which of the following is not an example of nonstandard labor?

A) Building maintenance

B) Usher

C) Ticket taker

D) Concession worker

6. When a facility needs extra help for a large event, one option is to use which labor source?

A) Core staff

B) Nonstandard labor

C) Outsourced labor

D) Standard labor

7. List the sources of stress for event managers when dealing with employees.

8. __________ is caused by physical or mental exhaustion from a person's workload.

A) Role ambiguity

B) Burnout

C) Emotional distress

D) Cognitive discontent

9. A common best practice for event organizations is to help employees by:

A) providing access to local job fairs.

B) writing letters of recommendation.

C) giving resume assistance.

D) providing post-event career opportunities for the staff

10. Which of the following is not a challenge faced by people working in mega events?

A) High workloads

B) Time-pressure

C) Lack of emotional connection to the event itself

D) Work-family conflict

11. As the number and scope of sport events has grown over the past two decades, so has the demand for volunteer services, making volunteers an increasingly valuable asset. As the demand for volunteers is increasing and the overall rate of volunteer activity is declining, explain how you would recruit volunteers for a local holiday 5K race you are in charge of executing.

12. Volunteering as serious leisure is defined as a methodical and deliberate pursuit of a voluntary activity, which gives the participant which of the following?

A) A weekly outlet to help others

B) A place to have fun and help others

C) An adequate challenge in which they can acquire, develop, and express special skills, knowledge, and experience

D) An independent role and increased identity

13. Which of the following is not an approach to examine motivations for volunteering?

A) Altruistic motives

B) Egoistic motives

C) Social motives

D) Leisure motives

14. Which of the following is an example of volunteering that most likely has an altruistic motive?

A) Ushering in a stadium

B) Helping coach children in need

C) Serving on the board of a non-profit sport organization to improve one's own status

D) Sending out mailings for an organization

15. Which of the following is an example of volunteering that most likely has an egoistic motive?

A) Ushering in a stadium

B) Helping coach children in need

C) Serving on the board of a non-profit sport organization to improve one's own status

D) Sending out mailings for an organization

16. True or False? It is important that the volunteer manager be cognizant of why his or her volunteer workers are giving their time. In doing so, the organization or event can benefit from higher volunteer satisfaction and retention rates.

A) True

B) False

17. True or False? There is a value judgment placed on the altruistic, egoistic, or social motives of a volunteer, and altruistic motives are the ones you want volunteers to possess.

A) True

B) False