EXW 344 Final Review Exam Questions
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The general physical activity recommendations call for 30 minutes of
moderate intensity physical activity on at least 5 days of the week. -
✔✔True
Which of the following are given as examples of additional demands that
often accompany heavy work. - ✔✔high environmental temperature,
awkward posture, heavy loading of mall muscle groups
The average life expectancy has decreased by 5 years over the past 100
years. - ✔✔false
Which of the following are part of the 5 components of health-related
fitness? - ✔✔morphology/body composition, cardiorespiratory, muscular
fitness
When looking at physical inactivity as a risk factor, the term "hypokinetic
diseases" was a previously used term about 50 years ago. Based on the
informaiton discussed in the text, what does this term mean? - ✔✔due to
decreased or less movement
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,When did the American Heart Association officially recognize Physical
Inactivity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease? - ✔✔1992
who is credited as being called the father of preventive medicine? -
✔✔Hippocrates
The Family Heritage Study found that about 20% of aerobic fitness (i.e.,
VO2max) is determined by genetics. - ✔✔false
In relation to weight gain, what did the panel from the U.S. Dietary
Guidelines Advisory Committee determine? - ✔✔It may be necessary to
get more than 30 minutes of daily physical activity to prevent excessive
weight gain.
The current "Play 60" initiative to get children exercising for at least 60 min
per day would fit within the recommendations for children and adolescents
given in the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. - ✔✔true
NHANES data has been used to establish national norms, such as growth
charts. - ✔✔true
NHANES stands for National Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Survey. -
✔✔false
NAHNES began in the early 1960s. - ✔✔true
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,NHANES has determined world-wide disease and risk factor prevalance. -
✔✔false
The National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and
CDC are among the agencies that rely upon NHANES to provide data
essential for the implementation and evaluation of program activities. -
✔✔true
Although recent trends indicate increasing levels of leisure-time physical
activity in the past 20 years, greater public awareness of health benefits of
physical activity is NOT noted as a potential contributer to this trend. -
✔✔false
People tend to inflate their self-reported physical activity levels, which is a
reason why objectively measured physical activity levels tend to be lower
compared to physical activity levels which were measured subjectively. -
✔✔true
It is possible for the validity of information collected about ethnicity and
physical activity is affected by questions in surveys and questionnaires that
may not be ethnically specific. - ✔✔true
Elderly women tend to be the most sedentary population. - ✔✔true
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, The graph in Figure 3.4 clearly distinguishes between the physical activity
levels of all ethnicities represented in our country. - ✔✔false
Mortality risk is lower when you expend 500 kcal/wk through physical
activity compared to 2,000 kcal/wk. - ✔✔false
physical activity, as opposed to sitting, lowers blood pressure chronically. -
✔✔true
sitting increases the risk of Type 2 Diabetes because cellular glucose
uptake is impaired at rest compared to physical activity. - ✔✔true
Does lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activation increase or decrease with physical
activity? - ✔✔increase
On average, how much time is a person with a sedentary occupation
spending sitting or reclining? - ✔✔9-11 hours
What does EPOC stand for in relation to time following exercise? -
✔✔Excess Postexercise Oxygen Consumption
Energy expenditure increases as exercise intensity decreases. - ✔✔false
Stroke volume (SV) tends to plateau at a certain exercise intensity in
untrained persons but it may not plateau in trained persons. - ✔✔true
During a single bout of exercise, we can expect to see the heart rate
increase steadily as the demands increase. - ✔✔true
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The general physical activity recommendations call for 30 minutes of
moderate intensity physical activity on at least 5 days of the week. -
✔✔True
Which of the following are given as examples of additional demands that
often accompany heavy work. - ✔✔high environmental temperature,
awkward posture, heavy loading of mall muscle groups
The average life expectancy has decreased by 5 years over the past 100
years. - ✔✔false
Which of the following are part of the 5 components of health-related
fitness? - ✔✔morphology/body composition, cardiorespiratory, muscular
fitness
When looking at physical inactivity as a risk factor, the term "hypokinetic
diseases" was a previously used term about 50 years ago. Based on the
informaiton discussed in the text, what does this term mean? - ✔✔due to
decreased or less movement
1
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
,When did the American Heart Association officially recognize Physical
Inactivity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease? - ✔✔1992
who is credited as being called the father of preventive medicine? -
✔✔Hippocrates
The Family Heritage Study found that about 20% of aerobic fitness (i.e.,
VO2max) is determined by genetics. - ✔✔false
In relation to weight gain, what did the panel from the U.S. Dietary
Guidelines Advisory Committee determine? - ✔✔It may be necessary to
get more than 30 minutes of daily physical activity to prevent excessive
weight gain.
The current "Play 60" initiative to get children exercising for at least 60 min
per day would fit within the recommendations for children and adolescents
given in the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. - ✔✔true
NHANES data has been used to establish national norms, such as growth
charts. - ✔✔true
NHANES stands for National Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Survey. -
✔✔false
NAHNES began in the early 1960s. - ✔✔true
2
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
,NHANES has determined world-wide disease and risk factor prevalance. -
✔✔false
The National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and
CDC are among the agencies that rely upon NHANES to provide data
essential for the implementation and evaluation of program activities. -
✔✔true
Although recent trends indicate increasing levels of leisure-time physical
activity in the past 20 years, greater public awareness of health benefits of
physical activity is NOT noted as a potential contributer to this trend. -
✔✔false
People tend to inflate their self-reported physical activity levels, which is a
reason why objectively measured physical activity levels tend to be lower
compared to physical activity levels which were measured subjectively. -
✔✔true
It is possible for the validity of information collected about ethnicity and
physical activity is affected by questions in surveys and questionnaires that
may not be ethnically specific. - ✔✔true
Elderly women tend to be the most sedentary population. - ✔✔true
3
©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, The graph in Figure 3.4 clearly distinguishes between the physical activity
levels of all ethnicities represented in our country. - ✔✔false
Mortality risk is lower when you expend 500 kcal/wk through physical
activity compared to 2,000 kcal/wk. - ✔✔false
physical activity, as opposed to sitting, lowers blood pressure chronically. -
✔✔true
sitting increases the risk of Type 2 Diabetes because cellular glucose
uptake is impaired at rest compared to physical activity. - ✔✔true
Does lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activation increase or decrease with physical
activity? - ✔✔increase
On average, how much time is a person with a sedentary occupation
spending sitting or reclining? - ✔✔9-11 hours
What does EPOC stand for in relation to time following exercise? -
✔✔Excess Postexercise Oxygen Consumption
Energy expenditure increases as exercise intensity decreases. - ✔✔false
Stroke volume (SV) tends to plateau at a certain exercise intensity in
untrained persons but it may not plateau in trained persons. - ✔✔true
During a single bout of exercise, we can expect to see the heart rate
increase steadily as the demands increase. - ✔✔true
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