Question 1

In order to survive during the 21st century,the International Paralympic Association has

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A) allowed the International Olympic Committee to manage its events. 
B) adopted a commercial approach similar to that used by the IOC. 
C) asked all Paralympic athletes to work as fundraisers. 
D) eliminated the Paralympic Games as its premier event and focused on smaller events. 
A) allowed the International Olympic Committee to manage its events. 
B) adopted a commercial approach similar to that used by the IOC. 
C) asked all Paralympic athletes to work as fundraisers. 
D) eliminated the Paralympic Games as its premier event and focused on smaller events. B

Question 2

As they become older,people in the baby boom generation in the United States

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A) are less physically active than previous generations of older people. 
B) are more physically active than previous generations of older people. 
C) have higher rates of exercise-induced injuries than past generations. 
D) are not regularly active because social security is their only source of income. 
A) are less physically active than previous generations of older people. 
B) are more physically active than previous generations of older people. 
C) have higher rates of exercise-induced injuries than past generations. 
D) are not regularly active because social security is their only source of income. B

Question 3

The Special Olympics is the most successful disability sport organization in the world.It sponsors and organizes over 50,000 competitions each year.The main criticism of the Special Olympics is that

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A) the organization depends too much on the name and reputation of its founder. 
B) there are not enough volunteers to sustain events year after year. 
C) participants don't develop functional skills or become integrated into the community. 
D) most people with an intellectual disability work full-time and can't participate. 
A) the organization depends too much on the name and reputation of its founder. 
B) there are not enough volunteers to sustain events year after year. 
C) participants don't develop functional skills or become integrated into the community. 
D) most people with an intellectual disability work full-time and can't participate. C

Question 4

The history of disability is a series of stories about how people in various cultures have given meaning to physical and intellectual "difference." "Disability" comes to exist when people with certain differences are defined as

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A) others and given over to care by experts. 
B) special people and embraced at the social center of a community. 
C) God-given gifts that personify the meaning of humanness. 
D) a burden to be borne by those who are able-bodied. 
A) others and given over to care by experts. 
B) special people and embraced at the social center of a community. 
C) God-given gifts that personify the meaning of humanness. 
D) a burden to be borne by those who are able-bodied.

Question 5

Sport participation patterns among people with disabilities are influenced by the fact that people with a disability

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A) receive special social security payments for purchasing sports equipment. 
B) are more likely than other people to live in poverty households. 
C) receive annual government subsidies for prosthetic and assistive devices. 
D) usually have jobs that prevent them from playing sports. 
A) receive special social security payments for purchasing sports equipment. 
B) are more likely than other people to live in poverty households. 
C) receive annual government subsidies for prosthetic and assistive devices. 
D) usually have jobs that prevent them from playing sports.

Question 6

The belief that rigorous physical exercise enables people to stay youthful and healthy

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A) can lead people to conclude that illness is a sign of irresponsibility. 
B) provides hope that health care costs can be contained in an aging society. 
C) has been proven repeatedly in research de by exercise physiologists. 
D) is dangerous because older people don't know how to exercise properly. 
A) can lead people to conclude that illness is a sign of irresponsibility. 
B) provides hope that health care costs can be contained in an aging society. 
C) has been proven repeatedly in research de by exercise physiologists. 
D) is dangerous because older people don't know how to exercise properly.

Question 7

Media coverage of the Paralympics has been uneven in most countries around the world.In the case of the 2012 Paralympics in London,which of the following countries provided no live coverage and little highlights coverage?

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A) United States. 
B) Australia. 
C) England. 
D) Canada. 
A) United States. 
B) Australia. 
C) England. 
D) Canada.

Question 8

When people share a particular disability and want to play sports,they are most likely to

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A) form their own sport associations and sponsor their own events. 
B) disrupt sports events in the Empire of the Normal. 
C) try out for high school sport teams. 
D) form their own teams and join leagues in the Empire of the Normal. 
A) form their own sport associations and sponsor their own events. 
B) disrupt sports events in the Empire of the Normal. 
C) try out for high school sport teams. 
D) form their own teams and join leagues in the Empire of the Normal.

Question 9

When the IOC branded itself and its logo,the Paralympics were forced to

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A) cancel the Paralympic Games for over 20 years. 
B) allow their athletes to train and compete with Olympic athletes. 
C) use a flag that resembled the flag of the IOC. 
D) discontinue the use of the 5-teardrop flag. 
A) cancel the Paralympic Games for over 20 years. 
B) allow their athletes to train and compete with Olympic athletes. 
C) use a flag that resembled the flag of the IOC. 
D) discontinue the use of the 5-teardrop flag.

Question 10

When older people participate in competitive sports,they

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A) tend to be obsessive about their training. 
B) prefer team sports over individual sports. 
C) focus on progressive improvement and placing high in their age group. 
D) often avoid sports with high injury rates. 
A) tend to be obsessive about their training. 
B) prefer team sports over individual sports. 
C) focus on progressive improvement and placing high in their age group. 
D) often avoid sports with high injury rates.

Question 11

The decisions to ban and then reinstate eligibility in the Oscar Pistorius case raises questions about the

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A) training methods used by athletes with disabilities. 
B) moral character of elite athletes. 
C) processes through which deviance is defined in sports. 
D) need to ban all forms of technology in sports. 
A) training methods used by athletes with disabilities. 
B) moral character of elite athletes. 
C) processes through which deviance is defined in sports. 
D) need to ban all forms of technology in sports.

Question 12

People who define disability by using the social model are likely to view

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A) the Americans with Disability Act as a needless piece of legislation. 
B) political activism as a futile waste of time. 
C) disability as a social issue in need of a social solution. 
D) medical treatment as a requirement for receiving government support. 
A) the Americans with Disability Act as a needless piece of legislation. 
B) political activism as a futile waste of time. 
C) disability as a social issue in need of a social solution. 
D) medical treatment as a requirement for receiving government support.

Question 13

In their study of two Paralympic promotion campaigns,Silva and Howe found that representations of athletes in the Paralympics varied widely and often created controversy.They attributed this to the fact that

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A) people do not want to see athletes with physical or intellectual impairments. 
B) most people have ageist attitudes and refuse to change them. 
C) there is little consensus today on how disability should be represented in sports events. 
D) sport is about excellence,and disability makes excellence impossible. 
A) people do not want to see athletes with physical or intellectual impairments. 
B) most people have ageist attitudes and refuse to change them. 
C) there is little consensus today on how disability should be represented in sports events. 
D) sport is about excellence,and disability makes excellence impossible.

Question 14

During most of history

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A) people have felt comfortable around others who have disabilities. 
B) disabled people had impairments,making them seriously abnormal. 
C) people who are normal have accepted those with physical disabilities. 
D) disability is tied to the ways that people give meaning to difference. 
A) people have felt comfortable around others who have disabilities. 
B) disabled people had impairments,making them seriously abnormal. 
C) people who are normal have accepted those with physical disabilities. 
D) disability is tied to the ways that people give meaning to difference.

Question 15

The events that occurred when the Paralympics wanted to use the five Olympic rings symbol and the Olympic flag during their event that was to follow the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles demonstrates that the

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A) IOC has not been a willing supporter of the Paralympic Games. 
B) Paralympics has always been able to obtain support from the IOC. 
C) IOC and the Paralympics have assisted each other in mutually beneficial ways. 
D) merger of the Olympics and Paralympics will occur before 2025. 
A) IOC has not been a willing supporter of the Paralympic Games. 
B) Paralympics has always been able to obtain support from the IOC. 
C) IOC and the Paralympics have assisted each other in mutually beneficial ways. 
D) merger of the Olympics and Paralympics will occur before 2025.

Question 16

Transhumanism is a perspective based on the idea that

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A) God has created human beings as technology users. 
B) surgeries to improve bodies is a form of medical doping. 
C) ableist ideology is destructive of human progress. 
D) all human bodies are in need of improvements. 
A) God has created human beings as technology users. 
B) surgeries to improve bodies is a form of medical doping. 
C) ableist ideology is destructive of human progress. 
D) all human bodies are in need of improvements.

Question 17

The term "handicapped" refers to

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A) people who have impairments that potentially limit sport participation. 
B) people with disabilities who are unwilling to play sports. 
C) the consequence of being defined as inferior due to perceived disabilities. 
D) an inability to move easily in physical environments. 
A) people who have impairments that potentially limit sport participation. 
B) people with disabilities who are unwilling to play sports. 
C) the consequence of being defined as inferior due to perceived disabilities. 
D) an inability to move easily in physical environments.

Question 18

The prosthetic technologies that enable leg amputees to participate in running sports are

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A) too expensive to be acquired by most people with leg amputations. 
B) funded by the U.S.military and available to anyone who qualifies for food stamps. 
C) generally provided by charitable organizations serving people with a disability. 
D) now manufactured with lifetime warranties and replacement guarantees. 
A) too expensive to be acquired by most people with leg amputations. 
B) funded by the U.S.military and available to anyone who qualifies for food stamps. 
C) generally provided by charitable organizations serving people with a disability. 
D) now manufactured with lifetime warranties and replacement guarantees.

Question 19

When using a social model of disability,dealing with disability involves

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A) treatment to make a person as normal as possible. 
B) efforts to eliminate social and physical barriers that limit participation. 
C) developing assistive technologies that eliminate physical impairments. 
D) teaching normal people to ignore disabilities and treat everyone as normal. 
A) treatment to make a person as normal as possible. 
B) efforts to eliminate social and physical barriers that limit participation. 
C) developing assistive technologies that eliminate physical impairments. 
D) teaching normal people to ignore disabilities and treat everyone as normal.

Question 20

Because of the connotations that come with the labels of "able-bodied" and "disabled," many athletes in the Paralympic Games

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A) want to combine the Paralympics and Special Olympics. 
B) hide their impairments during competitions. 
C) do not describe themselves as disabled. 
D) avoid other competitors with similar impairments. 
A) want to combine the Paralympics and Special Olympics. 
B) hide their impairments during competitions. 
C) do not describe themselves as disabled. 
D) avoid other competitors with similar impairments.

In order to survive during the 21^st century,the International Paralympic Association has

As they become older,people in the baby boom generation in the United States

The Special Olympics is the most successful disability sport organization in the world.It sponsors and organizes over 50,000 competitions each year.The main criticism of the Special Olympics is that

The history of disability is a series of stories about how people in various cultures have given meaning to physical and intellectual "difference." "Disability" comes to exist when people with certain differences are defined as

Sport participation patterns among people with disabilities are influenced by the fact that people with a disability

The belief that rigorous physical exercise enables people to stay youthful and healthy

Media coverage of the Paralympics has been uneven in most countries around the world.In the case of the 2012 Paralympics in London,which of the following countries provided no live coverage and little highlights coverage?

When people share a particular disability and want to play sports,they are most likely to

When the IOC branded itself and its logo,the Paralympics were forced to

When older people participate in competitive sports,they

The decisions to ban and then reinstate eligibility in the Oscar Pistorius case raises questions about the

People who define disability by using the social model are likely to view

In their study of two Paralympic promotion campaigns,Silva and Howe found that representations of athletes in the Paralympics varied widely and often created controversy.They attributed this to the fact that

During most of history

The events that occurred when the Paralympics wanted to use the five Olympic rings symbol and the Olympic flag during their event that was to follow the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles demonstrates that the

Transhumanism is a perspective based on the idea that

The term "handicapped" refers to

The prosthetic technologies that enable leg amputees to participate in running sports are

When using a social model of disability,dealing with disability involves

Because of the connotations that come with the labels of "able-bodied" and "disabled," many athletes in the Paralympic Games

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In order to survive during the 21st century,the International Paralympic Association has

As they become older,people in the baby boom generation in the United States

The Special Olympics is the most successful disability sport organization in the world.It sponsors and organizes over 50,000 competitions each year.The main criticism of the Special Olympics is that

The history of disability is a series of stories about how people in various cultures have given meaning to physical and intellectual "difference." "Disability" comes to exist when people with certain differences are defined as

Sport participation patterns among people with disabilities are influenced by the fact that people with a disability

The belief that rigorous physical exercise enables people to stay youthful and healthy

Media coverage of the Paralympics has been uneven in most countries around the world.In the case of the 2012 Paralympics in London,which of the following countries provided no live coverage and little highlights coverage?

When people share a particular disability and want to play sports,they are most likely to

When the IOC branded itself and its logo,the Paralympics were forced to

When older people participate in competitive sports,they

The decisions to ban and then reinstate eligibility in the Oscar Pistorius case raises questions about the

People who define disability by using the social model are likely to view

In their study of two Paralympic promotion campaigns,Silva and Howe found that representations of athletes in the Paralympics varied widely and often created controversy.They attributed this to the fact that

During most of history

The events that occurred when the Paralympics wanted to use the five Olympic rings symbol and the Olympic flag during their event that was to follow the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles demonstrates that the

Transhumanism is a perspective based on the idea that

The term "handicapped" refers to

The prosthetic technologies that enable leg amputees to participate in running sports are

When using a social model of disability,dealing with disability involves

Because of the connotations that come with the labels of "able-bodied" and "disabled," many athletes in the Paralympic Games

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In order to survive during the 21^st century,the International Paralympic Association has