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3/23/24 Newly Elected Officials Course Learning Assessment
Name
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First
Last
Email
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Municipality
(Required)
1) Which of the following is NOT a factor which the Court uses to determine whether a social media post is a municipal record:
(Required)
a. Whether the social media account is operated by an elected official or the municipality itself
b. Whether the posts themselves are related to a transaction or activity of the municipality
c. Whether the post was created on a device owned by the elected official or issued from a device owned by the municipality.
d. Whether the elected official acted in an official capacity
2) Under the Right to Know Law, which of the following is NOT an exception to prevent public access to a personal social media post:
(Required)
a. Pre-decisional deliberations
b. Intent of the person posting that the posts were private
c. Personal notes and working papers
d. Privacy interest in name or address
3) Which of the following is NOT a best practice for email and social media use:
(Required)
a. Only use email accounts issued by the municipality or municipal sponsored social media to discuss municipal business
b. Adopt a policy to clearly state that the municipality’s sponsored social media are limited forums
c. Work with municipal IT staff to ensure that comments for postings are enabled
d. Do not engage in deliberations of municipal business with a quorum of members via email or social media communications
4) Traffic signals in Pennsylvania are all owned by PennDOT:
(Required)
a. True
b. False
5) Liquid Fuels Funds can be used to replace a piece of park equipment like a playset:
(Required)
a. True
b. False
6) If your community only uses a small amount of weed killer around your municipal building, you do not need to be licensed under the PA Department of Agriculture:
(Required)
a. True
b. False
7) MS4 stands for:
(Required)
a. Multiple Sanitary Sewerage System
b. Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
c. Municipal Sanitary Storm System
8) What is an O&M Plan?
(Required)
a. Order and Maintain Plan
b. Operation and Maintenance Plan
c. Odor and Management Plan
9) Which of the following is NOT a Minimum Control Measure of an MS4 permit requirement:
(Required)
a. Public Educations & Outreach
b. Odor Control & Detection
c. Illicit Discharge, Detection & Elimination
d. Pollution Prevention & Good Housekeeping
10) Which of ALCOSAN's programs works with municipalities to take ownership of trunk sewers and related facilities to create a streamlined collection system:
(Required)
a. GROW
b. Regional Tunnel System
c. Regionalization
d. Plant Expansion
11) How many municipalities does ALCOSAN serve?
(Required)
a. 36
b. 63
c. 83
12) On a scale from 1 to 5 (with 5 being the highest), to what level do you feel today’s session increased your ability to effectively do your job as a municipal official/representative?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
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