HNES 226 Exam 2 Questions and
Answers
Which one of the following is NOT one of the major issues negotiated in the Collective Bargaining
Agreements that are negotiated in professional team sports in North America? - Answer-The extent to
which team owners can share revenues with other team owners
Research shows that when athletes with disabilities are covered in mainstream media, they are
portrayed as "courageous victims" or as: - Answer-Heroic supercrips
Professional sport teams in North America are privately owned. Most people who own the hundreds of
minor league teams in North America - Answer-Regularly lose money on their teams
Among people born in the U.S., the odds of playing professional sports are - Answer-extremely limited
for women from all ethnic backgrounds
Golf has become a major commercial sport in certain countries because those who are interested in golf
- Answer-have more economic resources and influence than others in society
Which of the statements correctly explains racial ideology - Answer-All of the following are correct:
- racial ideology encourages people to explain the success or failure of people with dark skin in racial
terms
- racial ideology encourages people to use whiteness as the taken - for - granted standard in sports
, - racial ideology encourages people to focus on social and cultural factors rather than biological and
genetic factors when it comes to white athletes
Teams such as the Indianapolis Clowns and the Harlem Globetrotters were able to make a living in the
mid-20th century by playing sports in ways that - Answer-Entertained white spectators by reaffirming
their racial stereotypes
Data on sport participation patterns among African Americans indicates that they - Answer-Remain
underrepresented in most pro and amateur sports
In the box, Identity Theft? Using Native American Names and Images in Sports, it is noted that team -
Answer-Mascots like Chief Wahoo is a form of bigotry
Calculating the odds or chances that an athlete from a U.S. high school will play on a college or
professional team is difficult because - Answer-college and pro teams recruit athletes from countries
other than the U.S.
Football has become "America's game" because it - Answer-celebrates the values and experiences of
powerful people in the society.
The medical model of disability emphasizes that disability refers to a(n) - Answer-physical inability that
prevents a person from achieving goals
In the box, Extreme Heroic Action, it is noted that professional wrestling is - Answer-organized around
the mastery of dramatic expression
When tax money is used to build sport stadiums and arenas for professional teams, one of the main
results is that - Answer-public money is transferred to wealthy individuals and corporations
Answers
Which one of the following is NOT one of the major issues negotiated in the Collective Bargaining
Agreements that are negotiated in professional team sports in North America? - Answer-The extent to
which team owners can share revenues with other team owners
Research shows that when athletes with disabilities are covered in mainstream media, they are
portrayed as "courageous victims" or as: - Answer-Heroic supercrips
Professional sport teams in North America are privately owned. Most people who own the hundreds of
minor league teams in North America - Answer-Regularly lose money on their teams
Among people born in the U.S., the odds of playing professional sports are - Answer-extremely limited
for women from all ethnic backgrounds
Golf has become a major commercial sport in certain countries because those who are interested in golf
- Answer-have more economic resources and influence than others in society
Which of the statements correctly explains racial ideology - Answer-All of the following are correct:
- racial ideology encourages people to explain the success or failure of people with dark skin in racial
terms
- racial ideology encourages people to use whiteness as the taken - for - granted standard in sports
, - racial ideology encourages people to focus on social and cultural factors rather than biological and
genetic factors when it comes to white athletes
Teams such as the Indianapolis Clowns and the Harlem Globetrotters were able to make a living in the
mid-20th century by playing sports in ways that - Answer-Entertained white spectators by reaffirming
their racial stereotypes
Data on sport participation patterns among African Americans indicates that they - Answer-Remain
underrepresented in most pro and amateur sports
In the box, Identity Theft? Using Native American Names and Images in Sports, it is noted that team -
Answer-Mascots like Chief Wahoo is a form of bigotry
Calculating the odds or chances that an athlete from a U.S. high school will play on a college or
professional team is difficult because - Answer-college and pro teams recruit athletes from countries
other than the U.S.
Football has become "America's game" because it - Answer-celebrates the values and experiences of
powerful people in the society.
The medical model of disability emphasizes that disability refers to a(n) - Answer-physical inability that
prevents a person from achieving goals
In the box, Extreme Heroic Action, it is noted that professional wrestling is - Answer-organized around
the mastery of dramatic expression
When tax money is used to build sport stadiums and arenas for professional teams, one of the main
results is that - Answer-public money is transferred to wealthy individuals and corporations
