Lifetime Physical Fitness and Wellness A Personalized Program, Hoeger - Complete test bank - exam questions - quizzes (updated 2022)

CHAPTER 1—PHYSICAL FITNESS AND WELLNESS




MATCHING



Select the key term that best associates with the description below. Each term is used only once.

a. Altruism

b. Cardiorespiratory

c. Chronic

d. Health-related Fitness

e. Metabolic Profile

f. Morbidity

g. Prayer

h. Risk Factors

i. Sedentary

j. Skill-related Fitness



1. A general condition related to illness or disease.


2. Important for athletics; includes power, balance, and reaction time.


3. Includes body composition and flexibility.


4. Lasting a long time.


5. Lifestyle and genetic variables that may lead to disease.


6. Refers to the function of the heart and lungs.


7. Relatively inactive; includes a lot of sitting.

, 8. Risk assessment for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.


9. Sincere and humble communication with a higher power.


10. True concern for the welfare of others.



1. ANS: F PTS: 1

REF: Leading Health Problems in the United States; Key Terms


2. ANS: J PTS: 1 REF: Types of Physical Fitness; Key Terms


3. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Types of Physical Fitness; Key Terms


4. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Introduction; Key Terms


5. ANS: H PTS: 1 REF: Wellness; Key Terms


6. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Key Terms


7. ANS: I PTS: 1 REF: Wellness, Fitness, and Longevity; Key Terms


8. ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: Health Fitness Standards; Key Terms


9. ANS: G PTS: 1 REF: Spiritual Wellness; Key Terms


10. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Spiritual Wellness; Key Terms




TRUE/FALSE



1. Research shows that deterioration of the human body can be hastened by physical inactivity.


ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Introduction

,2. The epidemic of physical inactivity in the United States is called the Pedestrian Death Syndrome
(PDS).


ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Introduction



3. Life expectancy is higher for men than for women in the United States.


ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Life Expectancy



4. The National Institute of Aging projects a decrease in life expectancy in the United States for the
coming decades.


ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Life Expectancy



5. Cardiovascular disease is the second leading cause of death in the United States.


ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Leading Health Problems in the United States



6. The general recommendation for adults is to take 8,000 steps per day.


ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Monitoring Daily Physical Activity



7. Cardiovascular disease has decreased (as a percentage of all deaths) for most of the last 30 years.


ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: Wellness, Fitness, and Longevity



8. The largest decrease in mortality in the Harvard alumni study occurred with alumni who burned
1,000 calories per week using physical activity.


ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Wellness, Fitness, and Longevity

, 9. Yearly per capita health care costs in the United States are currently about $5,000.


ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: Economic Benefits



10. Tobacco use is the largest cause of preventable death in the United States.


ANS: T PTS: 1

REF: Introduction; Figure 1.5; Healthy Lifestyle Habits Behavior Modification Planning Box




MULTIPLE CHOICE



1. Life expectancy for a child born in the United States at the beginning of the 20 th century was
about ____ years.

a. 35–40

b. 45–50

c. 55–60

d. 65–70

e. 75–80



ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Introduction



2. A cause of death that increased (as a percentage of all deaths) over the last 100 years in the
United States is:

a. accidents.

b. cancer.

c. influenza.

d. pneumonia.