KNR 311 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
most americans are between what ages - Answers 53 and 72
most americans are what sex - Answers female
most americans live what kind of lifestyle and what does that cause - Answers inactive, eating
unhealthily, causes them to be on meds for degenerative disease, over fat or obese
what is the most common disease amongst americans? - Answers cardiovascular
what percentage of adults in america doesn't participate in enough physical activity to maintain
health - Answers 70%
whats the main cause of people not being active like they used to? - Answers they don't have to be
because our environment does not require it, and they don't make the time for it because they don't
prioritize it. also more work and leisure time is sedentary
what is the best exercise for most people to do? - Answers walking because we are designed for it and
it is a common everyday movement, its free and can be done anywhere
is HIIT important for fitness/health - Answers no, you can get majority of health benefits from low to
mod intensity exercise, HIIT is meant for more fit individuals
what are the statistics of overfat and obese americans - Answers 65% of adults are overfat, 39% are
obese
why is weight not representative of health and body composition - Answers more important is what
your weight consists of, diseases are more linked to overfatness
what is the best predictor of health risk and all cause mortality - Answers cardiovascular fitness
hippocratic oath - Answers first, do no harm
what is important about safety - Answers you can literally kill someone with exercise, doing anything
that is not appropriate for your client
exercise programming steps - Answers identify the client, gather data, assess clients fitness, develop
the program, follow up
doesn't exercise, has no disease or symptoms of disease - Answers no medical clearance needed
doesn't exercise, has disease but no symptoms - Answers medical clearance recommended
doesn't exercise, has signs and symptoms of disease, regardless of if they actually have disease -
Answers medical clearance recommended
exercises, has no signs or symptoms of disease - Answers no medical clearance needed
exercises, has disease but no symptoms - Answers medical clearance not needed for moderate
exercise, but for vigorous exercise it is recommended
exercises, has signs or symptoms of disease, regardless of if they actually have a disease - Answers
stop exercise program and get medical clearance
PA levels of around the world - Answers inactivity is the 4th leading cause of death in the world, 33%
of all adults in the world are inactive
types of activities participated in by people and who does the most or least - Answers lowest inactivity
is in the south east asia and africa, women are less active especially in middle east cause not allowed,
human powered transportation and labor
primary characteristics of physical activity - Answers bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles
that require energy expenditure
specificity - Answers if you wish to have a system improve, you need to stress it and do specific
exercises for it
overload - Answers make the system work at a level that it normally doesn't work at, key is to reach
or slightly exceed the level of fitness youre at, but dont wanna go far over
progression - Answers best to gradually increase fitness
individual differences - Answers tailor it to your clients needs and what is appropriate for them
reversibility - Answers if you don't use it then you lose it
principles of conditioning - Answers specificity, overload, progression, individual differences,
reversibility
most common form of pa of people who are active - Answers walking
frequency, intensity and duration, which should be manipulated first second and last - Answers
manipulate frequency first, then time/duration and last is intensity (FIT is actually FTI)
causes of obesity epidemic - Answers increase in technology, less active everyday lives, more
processed foods
rhabdomyalosis - Answers disease where you die because exercise was too intense
most americans are between what ages - Answers 53 and 72
most americans are what sex - Answers female
most americans live what kind of lifestyle and what does that cause - Answers inactive, eating
unhealthily, causes them to be on meds for degenerative disease, over fat or obese
what is the most common disease amongst americans? - Answers cardiovascular
what percentage of adults in america doesn't participate in enough physical activity to maintain
health - Answers 70%
whats the main cause of people not being active like they used to? - Answers they don't have to be
because our environment does not require it, and they don't make the time for it because they don't
prioritize it. also more work and leisure time is sedentary
what is the best exercise for most people to do? - Answers walking because we are designed for it and
it is a common everyday movement, its free and can be done anywhere
is HIIT important for fitness/health - Answers no, you can get majority of health benefits from low to
mod intensity exercise, HIIT is meant for more fit individuals
what are the statistics of overfat and obese americans - Answers 65% of adults are overfat, 39% are
obese
why is weight not representative of health and body composition - Answers more important is what
your weight consists of, diseases are more linked to overfatness
what is the best predictor of health risk and all cause mortality - Answers cardiovascular fitness
hippocratic oath - Answers first, do no harm
what is important about safety - Answers you can literally kill someone with exercise, doing anything
that is not appropriate for your client
exercise programming steps - Answers identify the client, gather data, assess clients fitness, develop
the program, follow up
doesn't exercise, has no disease or symptoms of disease - Answers no medical clearance needed
doesn't exercise, has disease but no symptoms - Answers medical clearance recommended
doesn't exercise, has signs and symptoms of disease, regardless of if they actually have disease -
Answers medical clearance recommended
exercises, has no signs or symptoms of disease - Answers no medical clearance needed
exercises, has disease but no symptoms - Answers medical clearance not needed for moderate
exercise, but for vigorous exercise it is recommended
exercises, has signs or symptoms of disease, regardless of if they actually have a disease - Answers
stop exercise program and get medical clearance
PA levels of around the world - Answers inactivity is the 4th leading cause of death in the world, 33%
of all adults in the world are inactive
types of activities participated in by people and who does the most or least - Answers lowest inactivity
is in the south east asia and africa, women are less active especially in middle east cause not allowed,
human powered transportation and labor
primary characteristics of physical activity - Answers bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles
that require energy expenditure
specificity - Answers if you wish to have a system improve, you need to stress it and do specific
exercises for it
overload - Answers make the system work at a level that it normally doesn't work at, key is to reach
or slightly exceed the level of fitness youre at, but dont wanna go far over
progression - Answers best to gradually increase fitness
individual differences - Answers tailor it to your clients needs and what is appropriate for them
reversibility - Answers if you don't use it then you lose it
principles of conditioning - Answers specificity, overload, progression, individual differences,
reversibility
most common form of pa of people who are active - Answers walking
frequency, intensity and duration, which should be manipulated first second and last - Answers
manipulate frequency first, then time/duration and last is intensity (FIT is actually FTI)
causes of obesity epidemic - Answers increase in technology, less active everyday lives, more
processed foods
rhabdomyalosis - Answers disease where you die because exercise was too intense
