IWU EXERCISE SCIENCE FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the use of cold to assist in the rehabilitation and recovery from injury or surgery is
called: - Correct Answers -cryotherapy
Most allied healthcare professions require academic coursework to be: - Correct
Answers -broad based and include coursework in various disciplines
which of the following factors played a prominent role in the development of the
American College of Sports Medicine? - Correct Answers -An increases interest in
health and exercise by professionals in physical education, physiology, and medicine
the professional field that works to deliver patient care services for the identification,
prevention, and treatment of diseases, disabilities, and disorders called: - Correct
Answers -allied healthcare
a metabolic measurement cart can be used to: - Correct Answers -determine the fitness
level of individuals performing exercise
exercise science as an area of study: - Correct Answers -is primarily interested in the
nutritional, physiologic, psychological, and functional adaptations to movement
Which of the following is a commonly used approach for qualitatively analyzing the
mechanics of human movement? - Correct Answers -visual observation
which of the following is not a body movement in transverse plane? - Correct Answers -
ankle dorsiflexion
a force that tends to shorten or squeeze something, decreasing its volume is called: -
Correct Answers -compressive force
Using the best information available to inform a question, address a problem, or create
a program is called: - Correct Answers -evidence-based practice
the measurement of obstructive lung disease can most easily be obtained using: -
Correct Answers -a spirometer
, T or F: an electronically braked cycle ergometer allows the resistance to be
automatically adjusted so that the workload remains constant at different cycling
speeds. - Correct Answers -True
the first written recordings of individuals participating in sport and athletic competition
arises from the: - Correct Answers -greeks and romans
when individuals are suspected of having heart disease or cardiovascular abnormality,
____________ may be used as part of a comprehensive physical examination - Correct
Answers -an electrocardiograph machine
T or F: Heart rate monitors are commonly used instruments that provide actual counts
of the amount of physical activity performed, which can be converted to energy
expenditure - Correct Answers -False
position stands developed and published by the ACSM are designed to: - Correct
Answers -help shape views of health, physical activity, exercise, sport, and athletic
performance
_______ is an assessment technique that allows for the measurement and recording of
the electric activity of skeletal muscles at rest and during contraction - Correct Answers
-electromyography
research aimed to discover new and unknown knowledge without regard for any specific
application is called - Correct Answers -basic research
the measurement of brain activity is best accomplished using: - Correct Answers -
electroencephalography
T or F: a laboratory test is. measurement procedure that is conducted while the
individual is performing in an actual competitive sport or athletic situation - Correct
Answers -False
the leading cause of death in the united states and other developed countries are: -
Correct Answers -a result of a lifestyle related disease
T or F: sport involves movement in structured and organized activities that includes a
competitive aspect - Correct Answers -True
The structured movement process that individuals consciously and voluntarily engage in
for the purpose of improving or maintaining fitness and health is called: - Correct
Answers -exercise
T or F: the mortality rat describes the relative increase in a disease condition within a
specific population of people - Correct Answers -False
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the use of cold to assist in the rehabilitation and recovery from injury or surgery is
called: - Correct Answers -cryotherapy
Most allied healthcare professions require academic coursework to be: - Correct
Answers -broad based and include coursework in various disciplines
which of the following factors played a prominent role in the development of the
American College of Sports Medicine? - Correct Answers -An increases interest in
health and exercise by professionals in physical education, physiology, and medicine
the professional field that works to deliver patient care services for the identification,
prevention, and treatment of diseases, disabilities, and disorders called: - Correct
Answers -allied healthcare
a metabolic measurement cart can be used to: - Correct Answers -determine the fitness
level of individuals performing exercise
exercise science as an area of study: - Correct Answers -is primarily interested in the
nutritional, physiologic, psychological, and functional adaptations to movement
Which of the following is a commonly used approach for qualitatively analyzing the
mechanics of human movement? - Correct Answers -visual observation
which of the following is not a body movement in transverse plane? - Correct Answers -
ankle dorsiflexion
a force that tends to shorten or squeeze something, decreasing its volume is called: -
Correct Answers -compressive force
Using the best information available to inform a question, address a problem, or create
a program is called: - Correct Answers -evidence-based practice
the measurement of obstructive lung disease can most easily be obtained using: -
Correct Answers -a spirometer
, T or F: an electronically braked cycle ergometer allows the resistance to be
automatically adjusted so that the workload remains constant at different cycling
speeds. - Correct Answers -True
the first written recordings of individuals participating in sport and athletic competition
arises from the: - Correct Answers -greeks and romans
when individuals are suspected of having heart disease or cardiovascular abnormality,
____________ may be used as part of a comprehensive physical examination - Correct
Answers -an electrocardiograph machine
T or F: Heart rate monitors are commonly used instruments that provide actual counts
of the amount of physical activity performed, which can be converted to energy
expenditure - Correct Answers -False
position stands developed and published by the ACSM are designed to: - Correct
Answers -help shape views of health, physical activity, exercise, sport, and athletic
performance
_______ is an assessment technique that allows for the measurement and recording of
the electric activity of skeletal muscles at rest and during contraction - Correct Answers
-electromyography
research aimed to discover new and unknown knowledge without regard for any specific
application is called - Correct Answers -basic research
the measurement of brain activity is best accomplished using: - Correct Answers -
electroencephalography
T or F: a laboratory test is. measurement procedure that is conducted while the
individual is performing in an actual competitive sport or athletic situation - Correct
Answers -False
the leading cause of death in the united states and other developed countries are: -
Correct Answers -a result of a lifestyle related disease
T or F: sport involves movement in structured and organized activities that includes a
competitive aspect - Correct Answers -True
The structured movement process that individuals consciously and voluntarily engage in
for the purpose of improving or maintaining fitness and health is called: - Correct
Answers -exercise
T or F: the mortality rat describes the relative increase in a disease condition within a
specific population of people - Correct Answers -False
