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Exercise Scienc e Founda tions Final Study guide
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Most allied heal th care
professions requir e
academic coursework to beBroad-b ased and incl ude coursework in various
discipl ines
Which of the following
factors played a prominent
role in the development of
the American College of
Sports Medicine?An incr eased int erest in heal th and e xercise by
professional s in phy sical educa tion, phy siology, and
medicine
True or false? Exercise
science pr ofessional s play
an import ant role in
promoting both individual
and popul ation heal th.True
True or False? Humans can
only get ener gy from the
metabolism of
carbohy drates, fats, and
proteins.True
True or False? A lower BMI
indica tes a higher level of
risk for developing
cardiovascul ar disease .False
The mos t commonl y used
way to gener ate knowledge
in exercise science is by
usingThe scientific metho d of disco very
Exercise Scienc e Founda tions Final Study guide True or False? Insul in
resistance describes the
condition of the bo dy when
elevated levels of blood
insulin are requir ed in order
to help contr ol blood
glucose l evels.True
True or false? The mort ality
rate describes the relative
increase in a disease
condition within a specific
popul ation of peopl e.False
True or False? The
morbidity rate describes the
relative incr ease in a
disease condition within a
specific popul ation of
peopl e.True
True or false? Exercise
physiology is the s tudy of
how the s ystems of the
body individual ly and
collectiv ely respond to
acute and chronic bouts of
physical activity and
exercise.True
True or False? The chronic
adapt ations to exercise
improve various functions
of the bo dy while at rest
and during both
subma ximal and ma ximal
exercise.True
Exercise Scienc e Founda tions Final Study guide Resear ch that acquir es
solutions to an immedia te
practical problem is calledApplied resear ch
True or False? The term
chronic adapt ations to
physical activity and
exercise r efers to the
changes that occur in the
systems of the bo dy in
response to one bout of
physical activity or exercise.False
Which of the following
terms describes the
condition of the various
systems of the bo dy when
the bo dy is in a resting
state?Homeos tasis
__________ is the type of
resear ch that is often
conduct ed for many years
at a time.Longitudinal
True or false? Sport
involves free mo vement in
unstructur ed activities that
typical ly occur s in a
playground en vironment .False
__________ is the type of
resear ch that combines
both cross-sectional and
longitudinal resear ch.Sequential
During e xercise in hot and
humid en vironment al
conditions, the urinar y
systemIncreases the reabsorption of water in the k idneys
Exercise Scienc e Founda tions Final Study guide True or false? The American
College of Sports Medicine
was established primaril y to
promot e the development
of professional and amateur
sports.False
True or False? The immune
system does not impr ove its
ability to protect the bo dy
from certain disease
conditions in response to
improvements in the level of
physical fitness.False
Glucose transport proteins
(Glut 4 pr oteins) incr ease in
number in response toAcute exercise
Which of the following
factors would incr ease the
use of fat as an ener gy
source?Increase e xercise duration
Muscl e fiber hypertr ophy
describes the change in
muscl e fiber s that is a result
ofAn incr ease in pr otein synthesis
True or False? During
exercise it is import ant to
match fluid and el ectrolyte
intake to water loss in order
to prevent dehy dration.True
Exercise Scienc e Founda tions Final Study guide
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