Question 1

Each of the following events occurred in 1905, leading up to the formation of the NCAA, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Efforts by Walter Camp to promote the forward pass in football. 
B)  A meeting of school leaders, convened by New York University Chancellor Henry McCracken, to discuss violence in football. 
C)  President Theodore Roosevelt's summoning of coaches from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale to the White House to lobby their programs to reform football. 
D)  The death of Union College football player Harold Moore. 
A)  Efforts by Walter Camp to promote the forward pass in football. 
B)  A meeting of school leaders, convened by New York University Chancellor Henry McCracken, to discuss violence in football. 
C)  President Theodore Roosevelt's summoning of coaches from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale to the White House to lobby their programs to reform football. 
D)  The death of Union College football player Harold Moore. A

Question 2

Which of the following does NOT include three functions that Henry Mintzberg identified as key managerial roles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disturbance handler, facilitator, spokesperson 
B)  Figurehead, leader, disseminator 
C)  Liaison, resource allocator, monitor 
D)  Monitor, negotiator, entrepreneur 
A)  Disturbance handler, facilitator, spokesperson 
B)  Figurehead, leader, disseminator 
C)  Liaison, resource allocator, monitor 
D)  Monitor, negotiator, entrepreneur A

Question 3

Athletic activities were first organized and run by students, but by 1881 Princeton University formed the first faculty committee to gain control of college athletics from students. Reasons for the formation of this committee included each of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Concern over the injuries and deaths in football. 
B)  The desire to create more opportunities for women and minorities. 
C)  The fear among many educators that, as the continent was settled and as the nineteenth century drew to a close, American society would become soft. 
D)  The potential for publicity and cultivation of off-campus constituencies. 
A)  Concern over the injuries and deaths in football. 
B)  The desire to create more opportunities for women and minorities. 
C)  The fear among many educators that, as the continent was settled and as the nineteenth century drew to a close, American society would become soft. 
D)  The potential for publicity and cultivation of off-campus constituencies. B

Question 4

The 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell was a blow to Title IX enforcement of college athletic departments because it ruled that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Athletics was noneducational and therefore Title IX did not apply. 
B)  A "programmatic approach" should be taken, and only those programs that receive direct federal funding had to comply with Title IX. 
C)  Private institutions and all of their programs and offices are exempt from Title IX. 
D)  Because Grove City College was an NCAA Division III institution, it did not offer athletic scholarships and therefore Title IX did not apply to its athletic department. 
A)  Athletics was noneducational and therefore Title IX did not apply. 
B)  A "programmatic approach" should be taken, and only those programs that receive direct federal funding had to comply with Title IX. 
C)  Private institutions and all of their programs and offices are exempt from Title IX. 
D)  Because Grove City College was an NCAA Division III institution, it did not offer athletic scholarships and therefore Title IX did not apply to its athletic department.

Question 5

Of the following, who was NOT a major non-White figure in early intercollegiate athletics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thom Gossom, Jr. 
B)  Fritz Pollard 
C)  Paul Robeson 
D)  Jim Thorpe 
A)  Thom Gossom, Jr. 
B)  Fritz Pollard 
C)  Paul Robeson 
D)  Jim Thorpe

Question 6

According to Henri Fayol, management must perform which five key functions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Planning, organizing, contending, commanding, and coordinating. 
B)  Planning, ordering, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. 
C)  Planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. 
D)  Preparing, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. 
A)  Planning, organizing, contending, commanding, and coordinating. 
B)  Planning, ordering, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. 
C)  Planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. 
D)  Preparing, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling.

Question 7

Discuss how the athletic department at your school would demonstrate the characteristics of a learning organization to deal with a significant management challenge relating to diversity.

Accepted Answer

In explaining how the issue could be add

Question 8

Which of the following does not describe elements of the first intercollegiate athletic contest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boat races took place between crews from Harvard and Yale. 
B)  The contest occurred on a river in Vermont in 1903. 
C)  The contest was sponsored by a local railroad company. 
D)  For their efforts, the victors took home a handsome pair of black, silver-tipped walnut oars. 
A)  Boat races took place between crews from Harvard and Yale. 
B)  The contest occurred on a river in Vermont in 1903. 
C)  The contest was sponsored by a local railroad company. 
D)  For their efforts, the victors took home a handsome pair of black, silver-tipped walnut oars.

Question 9

Intercollegiate athletic departments exist because the operations are far too complex, with far too many related products and services and necessary tasks, to be performed by a single individual working alone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The event that stands out to many as the seminal moment in the struggle for racial equality in intercollegiate athletics occurred in men's basketball between the all-African American team from the University of Kentucky and the all-African American team from Texas Western College.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following has been identified as the first professional intercollegiate athletic coach?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bill Bradley 
B)  Walter Camp 
C)  Bill Reid 
D)  William Wood 
A)  Bill Bradley 
B)  Walter Camp 
C)  Bill Reid 
D)  William Wood

Question 12

American institutions of higher education have sought to integrate all facets of life into the collegiate experience. Harvard University's founders intentionally chose the European collegiate system where student lived and boarded in the community and not on a single unified campus, rather than the English or Scottish model where students and masters lived, ate, studied, worshipped, and played together.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Outline the athletic participation and activities that occurred before the first intercollegiate athletic contest, and describe how students and faculty reacted at the time.

Accepted Answer

Nearly a century before the advent of in

Question 14

When Title IX was first passed in 1972, numerous athletic directors and college presidents believed they did not have to comply with the legislation because it did not apply to athletics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Author Welch Suggs wrote that, as a result of various concerns, women's programs were kept "low key" because female teacher-coaches "wanted to preserve young women's modesty and accommodate their perceived daintiness," and because of "a general suspicion of competition, particularly as it was being practiced in men's sports."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following organizations challenged the NCAA's efforts to control women's sports in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  AIAW 
B)  AAPHER 
C)  CIAW 
D)  DGWS 
A)  AIAW 
B)  AAPHER 
C)  CIAW 
D)  DGWS

Question 17

Recount the experiences of African-American student-athletes who were involved in integrating intercollegiate athletic programs in the 1960s and 1970s, and explain why their efforts were so challenging.

Accepted Answer

Students can mention any one of the key

Question 18

Outline the concept of the "play day," and explain how it reinforced the perceptions of the proper role of women's sports held at the time by many educators.

Accepted Answer

"Play day": Groups of women from various

Question 19

The traditional definition of management includes each of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Responsibility for performance. 
B)  The coordination of human, material, technological, and financial resources needed for an organization to achieve its goals. 
C)  The designing of the tasks and organizing of the work to be done. 
D)  The provision of the sense of direction and purpose that can unify diverse people in a productive enterprise. 
A)  Responsibility for performance. 
B)  The coordination of human, material, technological, and financial resources needed for an organization to achieve its goals. 
C)  The designing of the tasks and organizing of the work to be done. 
D)  The provision of the sense of direction and purpose that can unify diverse people in a productive enterprise.

Each of the following events occurred in 1905, leading up to the formation of the NCAA, EXCEPT:

Which of the following does NOT include three functions that Henry Mintzberg identified as key managerial roles?

Athletic activities were first organized and run by students, but by 1881 Princeton University formed the first faculty committee to gain control of college athletics from students. Reasons for the formation of this committee included each of the following EXCEPT:

The 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell was a blow to Title IX enforcement of college athletic departments because it ruled that __________.

Of the following, who was NOT a major non-White figure in early intercollegiate athletics?

According to Henri Fayol, management must perform which five key functions?

Discuss how the athletic department at your school would demonstrate the characteristics of a learning organization to deal with a significant management challenge relating to diversity.

Which of the following does not describe elements of the first intercollegiate athletic contest?

Intercollegiate athletic departments exist because the operations are far too complex, with far too many related products and services and necessary tasks, to be performed by a single individual working alone.

The event that stands out to many as the seminal moment in the struggle for racial equality in intercollegiate athletics occurred in men's basketball between the all-African American team from the University of Kentucky and the all-African American team from Texas Western College.

Which of the following has been identified as the first professional intercollegiate athletic coach?

Outline the athletic participation and activities that occurred before the first intercollegiate athletic contest, and describe how students and faculty reacted at the time.

When Title IX was first passed in 1972, numerous athletic directors and college presidents believed they did not have to comply with the legislation because it did not apply to athletics.

Which of the following organizations challenged the NCAA's efforts to control women's sports in the 1980s?

Recount the experiences of African-American student-athletes who were involved in integrating intercollegiate athletic programs in the 1960s and 1970s, and explain why their efforts were so challenging.

Outline the concept of the "play day," and explain how it reinforced the perceptions of the proper role of women's sports held at the time by many educators.

The traditional definition of management includes each of the following EXCEPT:

The Role of National Governing Bodies in the Contemporary Sport Management Environment

The Role of Conferences and Developing Goals

Institutional and Departmental Mission and Goals and Strategic Management

Departmental Organizational Structure and Human Resource Management

Finances and Operational Planning

Recruiting and Decision Making

Compliance, Enforcement and Performance Motivation

Academic Standards and Managing Change

Reform Efforts and Ethical Concerns

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Exam 1: Introduction to the Management of Intercollegiate Athletics

Each of the following events occurred in 1905, leading up to the formation of the NCAA, EXCEPT:

Which of the following does NOT include three functions that Henry Mintzberg identified as key managerial roles?

Athletic activities were first organized and run by students, but by 1881 Princeton University formed the first faculty committee to gain control of college athletics from students. Reasons for the formation of this committee included each of the following EXCEPT:

The 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell was a blow to Title IX enforcement of college athletic departments because it ruled that __________.

Of the following, who was NOT a major non-White figure in early intercollegiate athletics?

According to Henri Fayol, management must perform which five key functions?

Discuss how the athletic department at your school would demonstrate the characteristics of a learning organization to deal with a significant management challenge relating to diversity.

Which of the following does not describe elements of the first intercollegiate athletic contest?

Intercollegiate athletic departments exist because the operations are far too complex, with far too many related products and services and necessary tasks, to be performed by a single individual working alone.

The event that stands out to many as the seminal moment in the struggle for racial equality in intercollegiate athletics occurred in men's basketball between the all-African American team from the University of Kentucky and the all-African American team from Texas Western College.

Which of the following has been identified as the first professional intercollegiate athletic coach?

Outline the athletic participation and activities that occurred before the first intercollegiate athletic contest, and describe how students and faculty reacted at the time.

When Title IX was first passed in 1972, numerous athletic directors and college presidents believed they did not have to comply with the legislation because it did not apply to athletics.

Which of the following organizations challenged the NCAA's efforts to control women's sports in the 1980s?

Recount the experiences of African-American student-athletes who were involved in integrating intercollegiate athletic programs in the 1960s and 1970s, and explain why their efforts were so challenging.

Outline the concept of the "play day," and explain how it reinforced the perceptions of the proper role of women's sports held at the time by many educators.

The traditional definition of management includes each of the following EXCEPT:

The Role of National Governing Bodies in the Contemporary Sport Management Environment

The Role of Conferences and Developing Goals

Institutional and Departmental Mission and Goals and Strategic Management

Departmental Organizational Structure and Human Resource Management

Finances and Operational Planning

Recruiting and Decision Making

Compliance, Enforcement and Performance Motivation

Academic Standards and Managing Change

Reform Efforts and Ethical Concerns

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