KINES 455 - Exam 1 Questions with verified
answers
Absolute risk: Ans✓✓✓ Risk of being a case / outcome if you are
"exposed".
After the age of 25, each hour of TV viewed reduced life expectancy by:
Ans✓✓✓ 22 minutes.
Atherosclerosis: Ans✓✓✓ A lifelong process of plaque build-up in the
arteries.
Barry Franklin: Ans✓✓✓ Proactive health care.
Not much attention paid to anything until you already have symptoms.
BMI units? Ans✓✓✓ kg / m2
Calculation of relative risk: Ans✓✓✓
Can meeting the daily recommendations for activity counteract the
effects of prolonged sitting? Ans✓✓✓ No, the longer you sit, the
greater your risk.
, Especially in women.
Can physical activity be viewed as therapy to prevent disease?
Ans✓✓✓ Yes.
Case report study: Ans✓✓✓ Single case.
Cohort: Ans✓✓✓ Follows populations over time.
Communicable diseases: Ans✓✓✓ Can be spread from person to
person.
HIV / AIDS.
Influenza.
Malaria.
Polio.
Tuberculosis.
answers
Absolute risk: Ans✓✓✓ Risk of being a case / outcome if you are
"exposed".
After the age of 25, each hour of TV viewed reduced life expectancy by:
Ans✓✓✓ 22 minutes.
Atherosclerosis: Ans✓✓✓ A lifelong process of plaque build-up in the
arteries.
Barry Franklin: Ans✓✓✓ Proactive health care.
Not much attention paid to anything until you already have symptoms.
BMI units? Ans✓✓✓ kg / m2
Calculation of relative risk: Ans✓✓✓
Can meeting the daily recommendations for activity counteract the
effects of prolonged sitting? Ans✓✓✓ No, the longer you sit, the
greater your risk.
, Especially in women.
Can physical activity be viewed as therapy to prevent disease?
Ans✓✓✓ Yes.
Case report study: Ans✓✓✓ Single case.
Cohort: Ans✓✓✓ Follows populations over time.
Communicable diseases: Ans✓✓✓ Can be spread from person to
person.
HIV / AIDS.
Influenza.
Malaria.
Polio.
Tuberculosis.
