BIO 104 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The professional organization with the largest number of members dedicated to exercise physiology and
exercise physiologists is the ___________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅American College of Sports
Medicine
The scientific method is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅arguably the most successful approach yet
devised to ascertain truth about the natural world
Peer review means that
Peer review means that - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅scientific research articles are reviewed by other
peer scientists working in the same field BEFORE the article is published
Data such as numbers, tables, graphs, and charts would be found almost exclusively in which section of
a scientific research article? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Results
Which of the following statements regarding hypotheses are true? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Regardless of how plausible and attractive the hypothesis seems, one should try to
disprove the hypothesis with the most rigorous experiment possible.
Before formulating a hypothesis, a scientist should - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅define the problem
and collect all available information about the problem
Attributes that make the scientific method so successful at uncovering truth include - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅all of the above
Which of the following is not a section in a typical scientific journal article? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Advertisement
, Placing the results in context with other studies, acknowledging the limitations, explaining the
implications of the results, and making conclusions would be written in which section of a scientific
research article? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Discussion
After conducting an experiment, which of the following is not part of the scientific method? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅marketing a product
Presenting data from a study in the results section of a research article is important because - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅it allows the reader to make his/her own conclusions based on the original data
In a scientific research article, the section that contains a brief summary of the other sections is the -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Abstract
The most crucial standard to assure the quality of research being considered for publication is
___________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅peer review
Dr. John Jones purchases a group of adult rats from a supplier. He measures the maximal oxygen uptake
(VO2max) of each rat at the beginning of the study. He keeps the rats inactive in their cages for 6 weeks,
and then measures the VO2max of each rat again. He then subjects all the rats to a 6-week treadmill
training program and measures the VO2max again at the conclusion of the training. The rats are then
kept inactive in their cages for a final 6 weeks, after which he measures the VO2max for the 4th and final
time. The hypothesis was that the VO2max would be unchanged after the first inactive period, would
increase after 6 weeks of training, and decrease after 6 weeks of detraining. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅longitudinal
Conclusions would be most appropriately found in the Methods section of a scientific journal article. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
All research studies have limitations of some sort. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
A study in which subjects are divided into two or more groups, assigned a treatment, and then
compared after a treatment period would be which type of study? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅cross-
sectional
The professional organization with the largest number of members dedicated to exercise physiology and
exercise physiologists is the ___________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅American College of Sports
Medicine
The scientific method is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅arguably the most successful approach yet
devised to ascertain truth about the natural world
Peer review means that
Peer review means that - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅scientific research articles are reviewed by other
peer scientists working in the same field BEFORE the article is published
Data such as numbers, tables, graphs, and charts would be found almost exclusively in which section of
a scientific research article? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Results
Which of the following statements regarding hypotheses are true? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Regardless of how plausible and attractive the hypothesis seems, one should try to
disprove the hypothesis with the most rigorous experiment possible.
Before formulating a hypothesis, a scientist should - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅define the problem
and collect all available information about the problem
Attributes that make the scientific method so successful at uncovering truth include - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅all of the above
Which of the following is not a section in a typical scientific journal article? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Advertisement
, Placing the results in context with other studies, acknowledging the limitations, explaining the
implications of the results, and making conclusions would be written in which section of a scientific
research article? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Discussion
After conducting an experiment, which of the following is not part of the scientific method? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅marketing a product
Presenting data from a study in the results section of a research article is important because - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅it allows the reader to make his/her own conclusions based on the original data
In a scientific research article, the section that contains a brief summary of the other sections is the -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Abstract
The most crucial standard to assure the quality of research being considered for publication is
___________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅peer review
Dr. John Jones purchases a group of adult rats from a supplier. He measures the maximal oxygen uptake
(VO2max) of each rat at the beginning of the study. He keeps the rats inactive in their cages for 6 weeks,
and then measures the VO2max of each rat again. He then subjects all the rats to a 6-week treadmill
training program and measures the VO2max again at the conclusion of the training. The rats are then
kept inactive in their cages for a final 6 weeks, after which he measures the VO2max for the 4th and final
time. The hypothesis was that the VO2max would be unchanged after the first inactive period, would
increase after 6 weeks of training, and decrease after 6 weeks of detraining. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅longitudinal
Conclusions would be most appropriately found in the Methods section of a scientific journal article. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
All research studies have limitations of some sort. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
A study in which subjects are divided into two or more groups, assigned a treatment, and then
compared after a treatment period would be which type of study? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅cross-
sectional
