Deck 1: Introduction to Exercise Science

Question 1

The mortality rate describes the relative increase in a disease condition within a specific population of people.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The morbidity rate describes the relative increase in a disease condition within a specific population of people.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Exercise is any deliberate and structured movement designed to improve fitness that an individual participates in during the day.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Physical activity includes all movement that involves work, household chores, childcare, and elder care.

Question 5

Regular physical activity has little influence on many of the leading causes of death in the United States.

Question 6

Exercise science professionals play an important role in promoting both individual and population health.

Question 7

Exercise science is an interdisciplinary field of study because it includes knowledge developed in a variety of academic disciplines and subdisciplines.

Question 8

Sport involves movement in structured and organized activities that includes a competitive aspect.

Question 9

Sport involves free movement in unstructured activities that typically occurs in a playground environment.

Question 10

The American College of Sports Medicine was established primarily to promote the development of professional and amateur sports.

Question 11

Position stands are a valuable way for professional organizations to disseminate information about a particular topic or issue.

Question 12

A sound approach to developing an academic plan of study would include taking coursework that fulfills the requirements for taking a certification or licensure examination upon graduation.

Question 13

Few exercise science and allied health care professions are regulated by governing organizations.

Question 14

The number of individuals participating in NCAA-sponsored sports and high school athletics has remained at about the same level since the 1980s.

Question 15

Physical activity is defined as those movement activities of daily living, including work and leisure time activities.

Question 16

Poor performance on physical fitness testing helped promote an increased interest in physical activity and health in the mid-20th century.

Question 17

A peer-reviewed journal article requires evaluations by experts in the field before a publication decision can be made.

Question 18

The leading causes of death in the United States and other developed countries are:

A) a result of lifestyle related diseases.
B) more prominent with increased levels of physical activity.
C) the result of increases in the amount of physical labor performed by individuals.
D) partly the result of low levels of physical inactivity.

Question 19

The structured movement process that individuals consciously and voluntarily engage in for the purpose of improving or maintaining fitness and health is called:

A) physical activity.
B) exercise.
C) athletic competition.
D) leisure activities.

Question 20

Movement in structured and organized activities that include a competitive aspect is best described as:

A) physical activity.
B) exercise.
C) athletic competition.
D) leisure activities.

Question 21

Exercise science as an area of study:

A) is closely related to the field of physical education.
B) has curricular requirements that are very similar to health education.
C) is primarily interested in the nutritional, physiologic, psychological, and functional adaptations to movement.
D) is primarily interested in how an individual gains or acquires motor movement skills.

Question 22

The first written recordings of individuals participating in sport and athletic competition arises from the:

A) Greeks and Romans.
B) Renaissance period.
C) Era of Enlightenment.
D) Early 19th century.

Question 23

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being is best described as:

A) morbidity.
B) mortality.
C) health.
D) disease risk.

Question 24

Which of the following factors occurred first in the development of exercise science in the 20th century?

A) The establishment of the Harvard Fatigue Laboratory
B) The formation of specific programs of study in colleges and universities to prepare professional physical education teachers and athletic coaches
C) The results of the Kraus-Weber physical fitness tests comparing children in the United States to children in Europe
D) The development of programs in calisthenics and gymnastics as a way to improve fitness

Question 25

Which of the following factors played a prominent role in the development of the American College of Sports Medicine?

A) The need for a professional organization to promote the development of sport
B) The desire for a professional organization to compete with international organizations for promoting sport
C) An increased interest in health and exercise by professionals in physical education, physiology, and medicine
D) An increased desire for medical professionals to treat injured athletes

Question 26

Professional organizations such as the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association are responsible for:

A) developing and administering changes in public health policy at the local level.
B) providing and disseminating educational information to the public.
C) building and operating fitness and health facilities.
D) developing and implementing academic curricula at colleges and universities.

Question 27

The professional field that works to deliver patient care services for the identification, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disabilities, and disorders is called:

A) sport nutrition.
B) allied health care.
C) sports medicine.
D) graduate school.

Question 28

Most allied health care professions require academic coursework to be:

A) focused only on the sciences.
B) completed at a large research university.
C) broad based and include coursework in various disciplines.
D) completed using only human-based courses.

Question 29

Position stands developed and published by the ACSM are designed to:

A) serve as reviews of literature for research projects.
B) inform educational institutions about changes in health care laws.
C) promote the development of amateur sports.
D) help shape views of health, physical activity, exercise, sport, and athletic performance.

Question 30

Which of the following best describes the exercise science disciplines that involves the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries.

A) Exercise physiology
B) Clinical exercise physiology
C) Biomechanics
D) Athletic training

Question 31

The study of the physical measurements and characteristics of humans and animals is called:

A) Anthropometry.
B) Motor development.
C) Sports medicine.
D) Ergonomics.

Question 32

Absence of preventable or unfair differences among groups of people defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically is:

A) peer-reviewed health.
B) health equity.
C) environmental health.
D) position stand.

Question 33

An evidence-based statement on a topic of relevance to those in the fields created by experts in the topic is called a:

A) discipline.
B) field of study.
C) position stand.
D) Exercise is Medicine initiative.

Question 34

The professional field that works to deliver patient care services for the identification, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disabilities, and disorders is called:

A) Exercise is Medicine.
B) health equity.
C) allied health profession.
D) exercise science.

Question 35

The branch of medicine that uses medications, radiation, or surgery to treat or suppress symptoms or the ill effects of disease is:

A) Osteopathic medicine.
B) Allopathic medicine.
C) Allied health medicine.
D) Sports medicine.