Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of biomechanics?
Answers:
A. the study of biological organisms
B. the study of human movement
C. the study of the mechanical aspects of biological
organisms
D. the study of movement mechanics - Answer-C. the study of the mechanical aspects of biological
organisms
Which of the following terms is applied to the study of systems in a constant state of motion?
Answers:
A. statics
B. dynamics
,C. anthropometrics
D. plyometrics - Answer-A. statics
What term is given to considerations such as the size, shape, and weight of body segments?
Answers:
A. kinetic
B. kinematic
C. cybernetic
D. anthropometric - Answer-D. anthropometric
Which of the following would not be measured in a kinematic analysis of a tennis serve?
Answers:
A. angular velocity
B. linear velocity
C. muscular force
D. angular acceleration - Answer-C. Muscular force
Which of the following is an example of a kinetic consideration?
Answers:
A. muscle force producing a vertical jump
,B. impact force landing from a jump
C. both A and B
D. neither A nor B - Answer-C. both A and B
Which of the following is an example of a static situation?
Answers:
A. a cyclist riding at a constant velocity
B. a person balancing motionless on one foot
C. both A and B
D. neither A nor B - Answer-C. both A and B
Which of the following is associated with kinematics?
Answers:
A. force
B. displacement
C. mass
D. all of the above - Answer-B. displacement
Which of the following are anthropometric factors?
Answers:
, A. all of the above
B. the shape of a body
C. the length of a forearm
D. the weight of the trunk - Answer-A. all of the above
Which of the following is included in sports medicine?
Answers:
A. clinical aspects of exercise and sport
B. scientific aspects of exercise and sport
C. both A and B
D. neither A nor B - Answer-C. both A and B
Which of the following topics might be studied by biomechanists?
Answers:
A. optimal form during the pole vault
B. forces on the spine during lifting
C. the mechanics of the jump shot
D. all of the above - Answer-D. all of the above
Biomechanics has roots in which of the following disciplines?
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