SPMT 260 Exam 1 (ch. 1, 2, 20) UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Clubs - CORRECT ANSWER -Sport management structures composed of a limited number of
members who organize events, standardize rules, and settle disputes.
James G. Mason and Walter O'Malley - CORRECT ANSWER -Co-inventors of the idea of a sport
management curriculum.
Fred Corcoran - CORRECT ANSWER -The architect of the professional golf tournament.
Jockey Club - CORRECT ANSWER --Newmarket, England
-1850
-Settle disputes, establish rules, determine eligibility, designate officials, regulate breeding, and punish
unscrupulous participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing
Leagues - CORRECT ANSWER -A profit-oriented legal and business entity organized so that
teams can compete against each other, but also operate together in areas such as rule making,
broadcasting, licensing, and marketing
Modern Olympic Games - CORRECT ANSWER -An international athletic event, started in 1896,
based on ancient Greek athletic games.
National Association of Professional Baseball Players - CORRECT ANSWER -A group of
professional baseball teams formed in 1871; any ball club that was willing to pay its elite players could
join.
National League of Professional Baseball Players - CORRECT ANSWER -The successor to the
National Association of Professional Baseball Players; formed in 1876, it was a stronger body in which
authority for the management of baseball rested.
, Pierre de Coubertin - CORRECT ANSWER -Founder of the modern Olympics.
Baseball - CORRECT ANSWER -First sport to adopt a league system
Cincinnati Red Stockings - CORRECT ANSWER -first professional baseball team
William Hulbert - CORRECT ANSWER -The "Czar of Baseball"; he developed the National
League of Professional Baseball Players
Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) - CORRECT ANSWER -A
specialized accrediting body launched by NASSM and NASPE that promotes and recognizes excellence
in sport management education in colleges and universities at the bachelor and graduate levels.
Ohio University - CORRECT ANSWER -The first university to establish a master's program in
sport management, in 1966.
Herean Games - CORRECT ANSWER -Female version of ancient olympics.
Emotional Intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER -The ability of workers to identify and
acknowledge people's emotions and, instead of having an immediate emotional response, to take a step
back and allow rational thought to influence their actions.
Empowerment - CORRECT ANSWER -The encouragement of employees to use their initiative and
make decisions within their areas of operations, and the provision of resources to enable them to do so.
Human Relations Movement - CORRECT ANSWER -Management theory focusing on the
behavior and motivations of people in the workplace.
Goal of sport managers - CORRECT ANSWER -To get workers to do what the manager wants in
an efficient and cost-effective manner
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Clubs - CORRECT ANSWER -Sport management structures composed of a limited number of
members who organize events, standardize rules, and settle disputes.
James G. Mason and Walter O'Malley - CORRECT ANSWER -Co-inventors of the idea of a sport
management curriculum.
Fred Corcoran - CORRECT ANSWER -The architect of the professional golf tournament.
Jockey Club - CORRECT ANSWER --Newmarket, England
-1850
-Settle disputes, establish rules, determine eligibility, designate officials, regulate breeding, and punish
unscrupulous participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing
Leagues - CORRECT ANSWER -A profit-oriented legal and business entity organized so that
teams can compete against each other, but also operate together in areas such as rule making,
broadcasting, licensing, and marketing
Modern Olympic Games - CORRECT ANSWER -An international athletic event, started in 1896,
based on ancient Greek athletic games.
National Association of Professional Baseball Players - CORRECT ANSWER -A group of
professional baseball teams formed in 1871; any ball club that was willing to pay its elite players could
join.
National League of Professional Baseball Players - CORRECT ANSWER -The successor to the
National Association of Professional Baseball Players; formed in 1876, it was a stronger body in which
authority for the management of baseball rested.
, Pierre de Coubertin - CORRECT ANSWER -Founder of the modern Olympics.
Baseball - CORRECT ANSWER -First sport to adopt a league system
Cincinnati Red Stockings - CORRECT ANSWER -first professional baseball team
William Hulbert - CORRECT ANSWER -The "Czar of Baseball"; he developed the National
League of Professional Baseball Players
Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) - CORRECT ANSWER -A
specialized accrediting body launched by NASSM and NASPE that promotes and recognizes excellence
in sport management education in colleges and universities at the bachelor and graduate levels.
Ohio University - CORRECT ANSWER -The first university to establish a master's program in
sport management, in 1966.
Herean Games - CORRECT ANSWER -Female version of ancient olympics.
Emotional Intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER -The ability of workers to identify and
acknowledge people's emotions and, instead of having an immediate emotional response, to take a step
back and allow rational thought to influence their actions.
Empowerment - CORRECT ANSWER -The encouragement of employees to use their initiative and
make decisions within their areas of operations, and the provision of resources to enable them to do so.
Human Relations Movement - CORRECT ANSWER -Management theory focusing on the
behavior and motivations of people in the workplace.
Goal of sport managers - CORRECT ANSWER -To get workers to do what the manager wants in
an efficient and cost-effective manner
