HSC 220- EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Body composition - Answers - ratio of body fat to lean body tissue
Skin folds - Answers - pro: easy to use
Con: expensive
Sarcopenia - Answers - the loss of muscle mass, strength, and function that comes with
aging
Sarcopenia is a major predictor of ___________ - Answers - disability
% fat mass vs % fat-free mass - Answers - % fat mass- fat only
% fat-free mass- everything but fat
Minimal amount of fat needed for woman - Answers - 8-12%
Minimal amount of fat for men - Answers - 3-5%
ACSM obesity - Answers - >25 for men
>38 for woman
Body Fat Standards for men and woman (18-34 yrs old) - Answers - Men: 8-22
Women: 20-35
Android - Answers - Apple shape; increased risk for chronic disease
Gynoid - Answers - pear-shaped; typically found in females
The Gold Standard Test - Answers - the test with the highest known accuracy of
identifying a person as having or not having the disease being assessed
DEXA- underwater weighing
Direct methods and indirect methods - Answers - direct is dead and the rest is indirect
Anthropometrics - Answers - BMI
Waist to hip
Waist circumference
Girth
Skinfolds
,Densiometer - Answers - hydrostatic weighing
Above ____ is obese - Answers - >30
Normal BMI - Answers - 18.5-24.9
Waist to hip ratios - Answers - Greater than 1 in men and 0.8 in women indicates health
risk
Waist circumference - Answers - >102 cm in men
>88 cm in women
Waist measurements - Answers - the narrowing of the torso above the umbilicus but
below the xiphoid process
Hip measurements - Answers - takin from the side
Widest part of buttocks
Circumference measurements - Answers - Measurements of the circumferences of
different body parts - these measurements provide some basic indication about the
distribution of fat in the body, although they cannot actually distinguish between muscle
and fat.
Abdomen measurement - Answers - level with umbilicus
Mark sites for skin folds are always taken on the _____ side of the body - Answers -
right
Skinfold readings with a difference > ___mm need to be repeated. A pinch should be
maintained while taking each measurement. - Answers - 2
Common Skinfold Sites - Answers - Triceps
Biceps
Subscapular
Chest/pectoral
Midaxillary
Abdominal
Suprailiac
Thigh
Calf
What kind of fold is triceps? - Answers - vertical
What kind of fold is the biceps? - Answers - vertical
, What kind of fold is the subscapular? - Answers - diagonal
What kind of fold is the chest? - Answers - diagonal
What kind of fold is the midaxillary? - Answers - vertical
Make sure your in line with the middle of the armpit
What kind of fold is abdominal? - Answers - vertical
What kind of fold is the suprailiac? - Answers - diagonal
Anterior axillary line
What kind of fold is the thigh? - Answers - vertical
What kind of fold is the calf? - Answers - vertical
Widest point on the midline
If skinfolds increase in size then % body fat _______ - Answers - increases
Archiemedes' Principle - Answers - V= M/D
Residual Volume (RV) - Answers - Amount of air remaining in the lungs after a forced
exhalation
Hydrodensitometry - Answers - underwater weighing
Air displacement plethysmography - Answers - Bod pod
A process for measuring body composition that utilizes the inverse relationship between
pressure and volume to measure body volume directly
Advantages of Air displacement plethysmography over hydrostatic weighing - Answers -
lesstime consuming
Generally less anxiety
BIA - Answers - bioelectrical impedance analysis
Low level electrical current
Highly dependent on hydration content
Two compartment - Answers - body fat and lean tissue
Multicompartment models - Answers - partitions body into more than two compartments,
which provides more accurate results
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Body composition - Answers - ratio of body fat to lean body tissue
Skin folds - Answers - pro: easy to use
Con: expensive
Sarcopenia - Answers - the loss of muscle mass, strength, and function that comes with
aging
Sarcopenia is a major predictor of ___________ - Answers - disability
% fat mass vs % fat-free mass - Answers - % fat mass- fat only
% fat-free mass- everything but fat
Minimal amount of fat needed for woman - Answers - 8-12%
Minimal amount of fat for men - Answers - 3-5%
ACSM obesity - Answers - >25 for men
>38 for woman
Body Fat Standards for men and woman (18-34 yrs old) - Answers - Men: 8-22
Women: 20-35
Android - Answers - Apple shape; increased risk for chronic disease
Gynoid - Answers - pear-shaped; typically found in females
The Gold Standard Test - Answers - the test with the highest known accuracy of
identifying a person as having or not having the disease being assessed
DEXA- underwater weighing
Direct methods and indirect methods - Answers - direct is dead and the rest is indirect
Anthropometrics - Answers - BMI
Waist to hip
Waist circumference
Girth
Skinfolds
,Densiometer - Answers - hydrostatic weighing
Above ____ is obese - Answers - >30
Normal BMI - Answers - 18.5-24.9
Waist to hip ratios - Answers - Greater than 1 in men and 0.8 in women indicates health
risk
Waist circumference - Answers - >102 cm in men
>88 cm in women
Waist measurements - Answers - the narrowing of the torso above the umbilicus but
below the xiphoid process
Hip measurements - Answers - takin from the side
Widest part of buttocks
Circumference measurements - Answers - Measurements of the circumferences of
different body parts - these measurements provide some basic indication about the
distribution of fat in the body, although they cannot actually distinguish between muscle
and fat.
Abdomen measurement - Answers - level with umbilicus
Mark sites for skin folds are always taken on the _____ side of the body - Answers -
right
Skinfold readings with a difference > ___mm need to be repeated. A pinch should be
maintained while taking each measurement. - Answers - 2
Common Skinfold Sites - Answers - Triceps
Biceps
Subscapular
Chest/pectoral
Midaxillary
Abdominal
Suprailiac
Thigh
Calf
What kind of fold is triceps? - Answers - vertical
What kind of fold is the biceps? - Answers - vertical
, What kind of fold is the subscapular? - Answers - diagonal
What kind of fold is the chest? - Answers - diagonal
What kind of fold is the midaxillary? - Answers - vertical
Make sure your in line with the middle of the armpit
What kind of fold is abdominal? - Answers - vertical
What kind of fold is the suprailiac? - Answers - diagonal
Anterior axillary line
What kind of fold is the thigh? - Answers - vertical
What kind of fold is the calf? - Answers - vertical
Widest point on the midline
If skinfolds increase in size then % body fat _______ - Answers - increases
Archiemedes' Principle - Answers - V= M/D
Residual Volume (RV) - Answers - Amount of air remaining in the lungs after a forced
exhalation
Hydrodensitometry - Answers - underwater weighing
Air displacement plethysmography - Answers - Bod pod
A process for measuring body composition that utilizes the inverse relationship between
pressure and volume to measure body volume directly
Advantages of Air displacement plethysmography over hydrostatic weighing - Answers -
lesstime consuming
Generally less anxiety
BIA - Answers - bioelectrical impedance analysis
Low level electrical current
Highly dependent on hydration content
Two compartment - Answers - body fat and lean tissue
Multicompartment models - Answers - partitions body into more than two compartments,
which provides more accurate results
