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EXW 344 Final Exam Questions andAnswers
In relation to weight gain, what did the panel from the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory
Committee determine? - Answers -It may be necessary to get more than 30 minutes of
daily physical activity to prevent excessive weight gain
Who was the Secretary of Health and Human Services who got the process started for
creating a Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee? - Answers -Michael Leavitt
True or False: The Cooper Institute has an ongoing longitudinal study with the largest
database in the world on physical fitness - Answers -True
Who is credited as being called he father of preventive medicine? - Answers -
Hippocrates
According to our textbook, which book published in 1967 is often credited as having
launched a fitness revolution with its description of simple walking and running plan
progressions? - Answers -Jogging by Bill Bowerman
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, what is Partial Disability? -
Answers -some degree of difficulty in performing activities of daily living
Mark all that apply. Which of the following are given as examples of additional demands
that often accompany heavy work? - Answers -high environmental temperature
awkward posture
heavy loading of small muscle groups
True or False: the average life expectancy has decreased by 5 years over the past 100
years - Answers -False
True or False: Human beings have not evolved to handle a sedentary lifestyle, meaning,
human beings need sufficient movement to be at optimal health - Answers -True
Which of the following are part of the 5 components of health-related fitness as
described in the powerpoint? - Answers -Morphology/body composition,
cardiorespiratory, muscular fitness
, Select the Hill's Criterion which fits this description best: a sample of 100 people is
randomly divided into a control group and an exercise group. the baseline VO2max
values of both groups are the same. after 12 weeks of intervention, only the exercise
group showed an improvement in VO2max - Answers -experiment
Select the Hill's Criterion which fits this description best: Drug X is associated with
decreased LDL cholesterol levels, but not with decreased triglyceride levels - Answers -
specificity
Select the Hill's Criterion which fits this description best: in this experiment, 100 people
were randomized either to a control group or a strength training group. At baseline, both
groups had the same average muscular strength. after 12 weeks of intervention, only
the strength training group showed improvements in muscular strength. - Answers -
temporality
Select the Hill's Criterion which fits this description best: a study in China found that an
additional 30 minutes of walking per day can improve the cardiorespiratory fitness of
elderly women. a study in England found that an additional 30 minutes of walking per
day can improve the cardiorespiratory fitness in middle aged men - Answers -
consistency
Select the Hill's Criterion which fits this description best: people who accumulate 40
MET/hrs per week of aerobic training tend to have better cardiorespiratory fitness
compared to people who accumulate only 20 MET/hrs per week of aerobic training -
Answers -dose response
true or false: a specific strength of an accelerometer in a smart phone is that it can
provide detailed information on frequency, duration and intensity of the activity -
Answers -true
rank order (provide a number between 1 - 7 where 1 is most feasible; 7 is least feasible)
each of the following PA assessment tools in terms of the feasibility of the tool to assess
PA behavior in a public health or community setting - Answers -(1) Global PA
questionnaires (2) pedometers), (3) accelerometers, (4) doubly labeled water, (5) direct
observation, (6) PA questionnaires, (7) indirect calorimetry
when considering the different PA assessment tools to use for clients or participants;
which tool would be considered best if you needed something that could give immediate
feedback for the participant? - Answers -pedometers
true or false: physical activity measures are dependent on if your outcomes are
behavior or physiology related - Answers -true
the type of validity called criterion validity is defined as: - Answers -the extent to which a
test measurement is relate to a definitive technique or "gold standard"
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