KNS 200 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Most societies in the world include... - Answer -Organized play, sports, and exercise
(i.e., physical activity)
What in society can influence physical activity? - Answer -People, Social Norms,
Beliefs, Policies, Events
A collective documented "memory" provides..... - Answer -Reason and insight which
guides actions intelligently (helps us not makes mistakes of the past)
Pre - 1840s - Answer -Native Americans sport/game plus the influence of European
colonizers & Puritan leaders of the original 13 colonies
1899 - Answer -- Physical Training (Edward Hartwell)
- Influence of westward expansion & Industrialization
1917 - Answer -The rise of sports (Frederic Paxson)
1920s - 1930s - Answer -- Growth in publications for physical Ed.
- Evidence that 1/3rd WW2 draftees were unfit to serve
Seward Staley (1920s - 1930s) - Answer -- Suggest inclusion of sport history
- Prominence of pro. basketball & football
- lack of females in sports
1956 - Answer -- Presidents council on Physical Fitness (Pres. Eisenhower)
- Presidents cardiac rehabilitation included a novel exercise components
1970s - Answer -- Increased public interest in jogging, aerobic dance, and fitness clubs
- Tittle (9) provides equal opportunity for men and women in education and sports
2008 - Answer -First publication of the evidence-based physical activity guidelines of
Americans
2019 to Current - Answer -- Covid 19 Pandemic
- What will we learn? What will historians say?
Biomechanics - Answer -Application of natural laws (physics, math) to investigate the
structure and function of living organisms
Biomechanics contributions - Answer -Middle Eastern, African, Near Eastern, Asian,
and Greek-Roman civilizations from thousands of years ago
, Renaissance (1400s-1600s) - Answer -Had a renewed interest in biomechanics during
this time
When were low-cost computer tech introduced? - Answer -In the 1980's
Rene Decartes - Answer -Perception of human body as a machine
Giovanni Alfonso Taylor - Answer -Understood muscles used leverage to exert
movement; discovered calculations to understand bodily forces
Frederick Winslow Taylor - Answer -Scientific study of human motion and time
requirements for work task; proposed principles for production efficiency
Vsevolod Meyerhold - Answer -"Biomechanics" as a method of acting; productions
integrated laws of mechanical physics with balance, coordination, and rhythm
Ruth Glassow - Answer -Quantification of joint motion via high-speed film analysis tech;
classification system of activities based on movement
Antoine Lavosier and Pierre de Laplace - Answer -Developed method to measure O2
and CO2 during respiration in animals
August Krogh - Answer -Developed first cycle ergometer
Archibald V. Hill - Answer -Increased understanding of energy metabolism (O2
consumption / dept, lactate production
Peter Karpovich - Answer -Ergogenic aids to enhance physical performance; one of
original ACSM founders
Thomas Cureton - Answer -Understanding physical fitness
Norman Triplett - Answer -Impact of the presence of others on cycling performance
Coleman Griffith - Answer -Interviewed and profiled sport celebrities
Rod Dishman - Answer -Understanding psychological and behavioral determinants of
physical activity and exercise
Panteleimon Ekkekakia - Answer -Importance of assessing states during exercise
Motor Learning - Answer -- Assessing motor skills to understand cognition (Late
1800's- Early 1900's)
- Knowledge of results, distribution of practice, transfer of training, retention, individual
differences
Most societies in the world include... - Answer -Organized play, sports, and exercise
(i.e., physical activity)
What in society can influence physical activity? - Answer -People, Social Norms,
Beliefs, Policies, Events
A collective documented "memory" provides..... - Answer -Reason and insight which
guides actions intelligently (helps us not makes mistakes of the past)
Pre - 1840s - Answer -Native Americans sport/game plus the influence of European
colonizers & Puritan leaders of the original 13 colonies
1899 - Answer -- Physical Training (Edward Hartwell)
- Influence of westward expansion & Industrialization
1917 - Answer -The rise of sports (Frederic Paxson)
1920s - 1930s - Answer -- Growth in publications for physical Ed.
- Evidence that 1/3rd WW2 draftees were unfit to serve
Seward Staley (1920s - 1930s) - Answer -- Suggest inclusion of sport history
- Prominence of pro. basketball & football
- lack of females in sports
1956 - Answer -- Presidents council on Physical Fitness (Pres. Eisenhower)
- Presidents cardiac rehabilitation included a novel exercise components
1970s - Answer -- Increased public interest in jogging, aerobic dance, and fitness clubs
- Tittle (9) provides equal opportunity for men and women in education and sports
2008 - Answer -First publication of the evidence-based physical activity guidelines of
Americans
2019 to Current - Answer -- Covid 19 Pandemic
- What will we learn? What will historians say?
Biomechanics - Answer -Application of natural laws (physics, math) to investigate the
structure and function of living organisms
Biomechanics contributions - Answer -Middle Eastern, African, Near Eastern, Asian,
and Greek-Roman civilizations from thousands of years ago
, Renaissance (1400s-1600s) - Answer -Had a renewed interest in biomechanics during
this time
When were low-cost computer tech introduced? - Answer -In the 1980's
Rene Decartes - Answer -Perception of human body as a machine
Giovanni Alfonso Taylor - Answer -Understood muscles used leverage to exert
movement; discovered calculations to understand bodily forces
Frederick Winslow Taylor - Answer -Scientific study of human motion and time
requirements for work task; proposed principles for production efficiency
Vsevolod Meyerhold - Answer -"Biomechanics" as a method of acting; productions
integrated laws of mechanical physics with balance, coordination, and rhythm
Ruth Glassow - Answer -Quantification of joint motion via high-speed film analysis tech;
classification system of activities based on movement
Antoine Lavosier and Pierre de Laplace - Answer -Developed method to measure O2
and CO2 during respiration in animals
August Krogh - Answer -Developed first cycle ergometer
Archibald V. Hill - Answer -Increased understanding of energy metabolism (O2
consumption / dept, lactate production
Peter Karpovich - Answer -Ergogenic aids to enhance physical performance; one of
original ACSM founders
Thomas Cureton - Answer -Understanding physical fitness
Norman Triplett - Answer -Impact of the presence of others on cycling performance
Coleman Griffith - Answer -Interviewed and profiled sport celebrities
Rod Dishman - Answer -Understanding psychological and behavioral determinants of
physical activity and exercise
Panteleimon Ekkekakia - Answer -Importance of assessing states during exercise
Motor Learning - Answer -- Assessing motor skills to understand cognition (Late
1800's- Early 1900's)
- Knowledge of results, distribution of practice, transfer of training, retention, individual
differences
