EXERCISE SCIENCE FINAL STUDY GUIDE
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED APLUS
●● Name 3 of the most common causes of mortality from the 2005
chart?
Answer: stroke, cancer, and heart disease
●● Who was the father of exercise physiology?
Answer: Fitz
●● During what years was the Harvard Fatigue Lab open and
conducting experimental research? Who was the first ans only director
of this lab?
Answer: 1927-1947, David Bruce Dill
●● Name the physical fitness test that revealed poor performance in the
US children compared to the European children. What year did this
discovery occur?
Answer: Kraus-Weber Test, 1955
●● What was the original name of the ACSM? What year did the org
change its name to ACSM?
, Answer: Federation of exercise science, 1955
●● The study of the interaction between humans, the objectives they
use, and the environments in which they function is called?
Answer: Ergonomics
●● Recording of professional qualification information relevant to
government licensing regulations
Answer: registration
●● Individual, institution, or educational program is evaluated and
recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards through
successful completion of a valid and reliable examination
Answer: credentials
●● Granting of permission by a competent authority (usually a
government agency) to an organization or individual to engage in a
practice or activity that would otherwise be illegal
Answer: licensure
●● ACSM
Answer: American College of Sports Medicine
●● NSCA
TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED APLUS
●● Name 3 of the most common causes of mortality from the 2005
chart?
Answer: stroke, cancer, and heart disease
●● Who was the father of exercise physiology?
Answer: Fitz
●● During what years was the Harvard Fatigue Lab open and
conducting experimental research? Who was the first ans only director
of this lab?
Answer: 1927-1947, David Bruce Dill
●● Name the physical fitness test that revealed poor performance in the
US children compared to the European children. What year did this
discovery occur?
Answer: Kraus-Weber Test, 1955
●● What was the original name of the ACSM? What year did the org
change its name to ACSM?
, Answer: Federation of exercise science, 1955
●● The study of the interaction between humans, the objectives they
use, and the environments in which they function is called?
Answer: Ergonomics
●● Recording of professional qualification information relevant to
government licensing regulations
Answer: registration
●● Individual, institution, or educational program is evaluated and
recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards through
successful completion of a valid and reliable examination
Answer: credentials
●● Granting of permission by a competent authority (usually a
government agency) to an organization or individual to engage in a
practice or activity that would otherwise be illegal
Answer: licensure
●● ACSM
Answer: American College of Sports Medicine
●● NSCA
