PUBH 101 EXAM 2 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. What do proteins do for your body?
Answer:
Form muscle, bone, enzymes, hormones, and cell membranes
Question:
2. What do fats do for your body?
Answer:
Most concentrated source of energy - stored, usable energy that provides insula-tion for your body,
and helps support and cushion your organs. Helps your body during rest and light activity
Question:
3. What do carbs do for your body?
What are simple vs. complex carbs and name one ex-ample of each?
Answer:
Supply energy for the body's cells: Simple - 1 or 2 sugar units; table sugar, fruit sugar, honey, malt,
and milk sugar Complex- multiple sugar units; starches and dietary fiber (grains, legumes, tubers, and
fiber)
Question:
4. What is glycemic index?
Answer:
A measure of how ingestion of a particular food affects our blood glucose levels
Question:
5. What is a dietary fiber?
Answer:
Nondigestible carb that is present naturally in plants Soluble-delays stomach emptying, reduces
absorption of cholesterol Insoluble - helps prevent constipation and other digestive disorders
Question:
6. There are 13 vi-tamins that we need. Name the 2 groups they are divided into and the vitamins in
each group
Answer:
Fat-soluble - A, D, E, and K Water soluble - C and 8 B-complex vitamins: thiamin(B1),
riboflavin(B2), niacin(B3), pantothenic acid(B5), pyridoxine(B6), biotin(B7), folate(B9), and B12
Question:
7. What do minerals do for your body?
Answer:
Helps to regulate body functions, aid in growth and maintenance of body tissues, and a catalyst for
energy release
, Question:
8. What is the difference be-tween food aller-gies and food in-tolerances?
Answer:
Food allergy - reaction of body's immune system to a food or food ingredient Food intolerance -
problem dealing w/ the metabolism of certain foods
Question:
9. What is physical fitness?
Answer:
Set of physical attributes that allows the body to respond or adapt to the demands and stress of
physical effort
Question:
10. There are 5 health-related components of fitness.
Answer:
Cardiorespiratory endurance - ability of the heart and lungs to deliver oxygen to working muscles for
a sustained activity Muscle strength - amount of force a muscle can produce w/ a single maximum
effort Muscular endurance - ability of a muscle to resist fatigue and sustain a given level of muscle
tension Flexibility - ability to move the joints through their full range of motion Body composition -
amount of fat-free mass vs body fat
Question:
11. What is the dif-ference between physical activity and exercise?
Answer:
Physical activity - any body movement carried out by skeletal muscles that requires energy Exercise -
planned, structured, repetitive movement of the body intended to im-prove or maintain physical
fitness
Question:
12. Every exercise program should include 3 specific activities.
Answer:
Aerobics - for the heart Strength training - forces the muscles to work Flexibility training - for the
joints
Question:
13. Why do you always warm-up and cool-down?
Answer:
To avoid injury and to return the body to normal
Question:
14. What is the pur-pose of the R.I.C.E. acronym and what does each letter stand for?
Answer:
Care for muscle and joint injuries that may occur Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevate
Question:
15. There are 3 meth-ods to determine healthy weight. Name them and explain them.
ANSWERS
Question:
1. What do proteins do for your body?
Answer:
Form muscle, bone, enzymes, hormones, and cell membranes
Question:
2. What do fats do for your body?
Answer:
Most concentrated source of energy - stored, usable energy that provides insula-tion for your body,
and helps support and cushion your organs. Helps your body during rest and light activity
Question:
3. What do carbs do for your body?
What are simple vs. complex carbs and name one ex-ample of each?
Answer:
Supply energy for the body's cells: Simple - 1 or 2 sugar units; table sugar, fruit sugar, honey, malt,
and milk sugar Complex- multiple sugar units; starches and dietary fiber (grains, legumes, tubers, and
fiber)
Question:
4. What is glycemic index?
Answer:
A measure of how ingestion of a particular food affects our blood glucose levels
Question:
5. What is a dietary fiber?
Answer:
Nondigestible carb that is present naturally in plants Soluble-delays stomach emptying, reduces
absorption of cholesterol Insoluble - helps prevent constipation and other digestive disorders
Question:
6. There are 13 vi-tamins that we need. Name the 2 groups they are divided into and the vitamins in
each group
Answer:
Fat-soluble - A, D, E, and K Water soluble - C and 8 B-complex vitamins: thiamin(B1),
riboflavin(B2), niacin(B3), pantothenic acid(B5), pyridoxine(B6), biotin(B7), folate(B9), and B12
Question:
7. What do minerals do for your body?
Answer:
Helps to regulate body functions, aid in growth and maintenance of body tissues, and a catalyst for
energy release
, Question:
8. What is the difference be-tween food aller-gies and food in-tolerances?
Answer:
Food allergy - reaction of body's immune system to a food or food ingredient Food intolerance -
problem dealing w/ the metabolism of certain foods
Question:
9. What is physical fitness?
Answer:
Set of physical attributes that allows the body to respond or adapt to the demands and stress of
physical effort
Question:
10. There are 5 health-related components of fitness.
Answer:
Cardiorespiratory endurance - ability of the heart and lungs to deliver oxygen to working muscles for
a sustained activity Muscle strength - amount of force a muscle can produce w/ a single maximum
effort Muscular endurance - ability of a muscle to resist fatigue and sustain a given level of muscle
tension Flexibility - ability to move the joints through their full range of motion Body composition -
amount of fat-free mass vs body fat
Question:
11. What is the dif-ference between physical activity and exercise?
Answer:
Physical activity - any body movement carried out by skeletal muscles that requires energy Exercise -
planned, structured, repetitive movement of the body intended to im-prove or maintain physical
fitness
Question:
12. Every exercise program should include 3 specific activities.
Answer:
Aerobics - for the heart Strength training - forces the muscles to work Flexibility training - for the
joints
Question:
13. Why do you always warm-up and cool-down?
Answer:
To avoid injury and to return the body to normal
Question:
14. What is the pur-pose of the R.I.C.E. acronym and what does each letter stand for?
Answer:
Care for muscle and joint injuries that may occur Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevate
Question:
15. There are 3 meth-ods to determine healthy weight. Name them and explain them.
