Role of Risk in Events
True or False: An event itself is a speculative risk.
True (Chapter 1 -page 2, Week 1, Class 2 - Slide 7)
True or False: The duty of care is only an ethical requirement that everything 'reasonably practical' has been done to protect safety and health.
False, it is a legal requirement (Chapter 2 -page 30, Week 1, Class 2 - Slide 29)
True or False: One of the components of a life safety evaluation includes the access/egress movement. This specific component refers to counterflow, cross-flow, and congestion.
True (Chapter 4 -page 93, Week 2, Class 3 - Slide 7) *Know the major components of a life safety evaluation
True or False: In events, critical path analysis is typically used as a forward planning tool to help determine the projected completion date.
False, it is a forward planning tool, but events utilize this as a backwards planning tool (from the date of the event) (Chapter 7 -page 184-185, Week 3, Class 6 -Slide 10)
True or False: Structure and sequencing assist with program development in designing proper order or flow.
True (Chapter 10 -page 280, Week 5, Class 9 -Slide 3 & 9)
The role of risk management is to prevent and reduce loss by doing what?
Making events as safe and secure as possible (Chapter 1 -page 3, Week 1, Class 2 - Slide 7)
There are four processes as demonstrated in the widely accepted process model for risk management, risk items, categories, causes, and sources are a subcomponent of risk assessment but fall under which of the four risk management processes?
Identify (Chapter 2 -page 26/27/28, Week 1, Class 2 - Slide 18 *Know all four of the processes -Planning, Identify, Analyze, Response)
Which tool should be utilized to make certain all obvious and obscure elements are examined?
A site inspection checklist (Chapter 4, page 99/100, Week 2, Class 3 - Slide 17)
Workforce planning and the formulation of the appropriate organizational structure, policies, and procedures, refers to which administrative function?
Human resources management (Chapter 7 -page 193. 199-200, Week 3, Class 6 - Slide 17)
Attendees who arrive and/or depart at various times throughout the duration of the event refer to what type of arrival/departure mode?
Trickle mode (Chapter 12 -page 339, Week 5, Class 10 -Slide 8)
Risk is any condition or occurrence that might affect the [what] of an event?
Outcome(s) (Chapter 1 -page 2)
Of the four typical risk treatment options, which strategy eliminates the cause of the risk?
Avoiding Risk (Chapter 2 -page 33 & 48-49, Week 1, Class 2 - Slide 44 > Risk response/Tools and techniques for effective risk management/Threat Response *Know all four: Avoidence, reduction, retention, and transference)
Every event should have a formal, written what?
Emergency action plan (EAP) (Chapter 6 -page 159/160 - Week 7, Class 7 -Slide 15) - This clearly describes what will be done, by whom, when, where, and how
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability are the foundation for what?
Effective and secure data systems (Chapter 6 -page 229, Week 4, Class 7 - Slide 11)
The event organizer should concentrate on becoming completely familiar with the venue and its vicinity in order to determine the resources and services. This is referred to as what?
Advancing the production (Chapter 11 -page 310, Week 5, Class 9 -Slide 17)
Understanding the risks surrounding the event assists in making viable, effective, and acceptable decisions. Some hosts, producers, or sponsoring organizations have different levels of what for risk and for different categories of risk.
Tolerance (Chapter 1 -page 22, Week 1, Class 2 - Slide 15)
What are the five primary contents of the risk management plan?
Program summary and specifications (including the organization and authority), Risk assessment system, Risk response system, Risk monitoring system, and the Risk management information system (Chapter 2 -pages 28-30, Week 1, Class 2 - Slides 21-26)** Have the ability to describe the five primary contents of the risk management plan and what each of these contents is comprised of.
Foods with inherent contaminants (e.g., seafood, poultry, and dairy products) should be identified in what risk form for off-premise events or events using food concessionaires.
The risk assessment (Chapter 4 -Page 104, Week 2, Class 3 - Slides 24 & 25 - Food Safety)
Advertising restrictions, antitrust repercussions, conflict of interest, tax implications, and a wide variety of reporting requirements are areas of risk in relationship to what organizational safeguard?
Marketing: Sponsorship Management (Chapter 9 -page 262, Week 4, Class 7 - Slide 21)
This describes the science of personal navigation through a space.
Wayfinding (Chapter 10 -page 285, Week 5, Class 9)
The functional areas of event management as they relate specifically to the risk domain deal with seven (7) of the protective obligations, opportunities, and legalities. Which domain refers to medical services, evacuations, crisis management, and disaster recovery?
Emergency Management (Chapter 1 -pages 16/17, Week 1, Class 2 - Slide 14 *Know all seven)
[What] are indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur and is typically determined in the risk identification process?
Triggers (Chapter 2 -page 34, Week 1, Class 2 - Slide 36 > Risk monitoring and control)
Strategies and detailed plans to deal with and recover from possible and unanticipated problems or risks should they materialize refer to what?
Contingency planning (Chapter 5 -page 120, Week 2, Class 4 - Slide 10) **Be able to discuss contingency and continuity planning.
This type of management is considered to be one of the key tools in project management, keeping the project's resources defined and controlled.
Scope management (Chapter 7 -page183, Week 3, Class 6 - Slide 5) *Understand the key resources under administrative functions/safeguards (e.g., time, finance, HR, procurement, systems)
What are two of the most significant factors in crowd management?
Crowd size and density (Chapter 12 -page 341, Week 5, Class 10 -Slide 11) **Know the differences between crowd management, control, and security.