Exam 5: Clinical Exercise Physiology

The United States Surgeon General's Report in 1996 was a significant milestone in the promotion of physical activity and exercise for both healthy and diseased individuals.

The best measure of functional capacity is maximal oxygen consumption.

A graded exercise test requires an individual to:

Type 2 diabetes is characterized by a lack of insulin production by the pancreas in the body.

The assessment of an individual's personal health history and risk factors for cardiovascular disease is an important component of the pretesting screening phase of exercise testing and prescription.

A medical contraindication is a condition that makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable.

Which of the following organizations is considered the most responsible for leading the development of professional cardiac rehabilitation programs?

The improvement of blood glucose control, as a result of participation in regular exercise, will most likely improve which of the following diseases?

A decrease in bone mineral density is reflective of which disease condition?

An exercise prescription is a plan for physical activity and exercise developed to achieve specific outcomes such as improvement in fitness, reduction in cardiovascular disease risk, or weight loss.

Hypertension is generally defined as a blood pressure reading greater than 140 (systolic) over 90 (diastolic) mm Hg.

The narrowing of the opening of the vessel through the buildup of plaque is often referred to as:

Which of the following respiratory diseases is the result of a genetically inherited disorder?

Which of the following combinations of measurements are used to evaluate cardiovascular function during a graded exercise test?

Prior to performing a graded exercise test, a patient must undergo pretest screening for the assessment of health.

The assessment of health-related physical fitness is not a very commonly performed practice in preventive and rehabilitative exercise programs.

Which of the following is the leading cause of mortality in the United States?

All individuals must have a physical examination from a medical doctor prior to performing a graded exercise test.

The first researcher to scientifically demonstrate the relationship between the level of physical activity performed and heart disease was:

Clinical exercise physiologists use physical activity and exercise to prevent or delay the onset of chronic disease in healthy individuals and to provide therapeutic or functional benefits to individuals with disease conditions or physical disabilities.