Health & Disease
What is the leading cause of death in the United States?
a. Heart Disease
b. Cancer
c. Accidents
d. Respiratory Illness
Heart Disease
True or False - Most people in the United States meet the recommended amount of physical activity as prescribed by the American College of Sports Medicine.
What is the primary structure/component that makes up the nervous system?
a. Epithelial cells
b. Hormones
c. Squamous cells
d. Neurons
Neurons
True or False - Clinical exercise physiologist can work with both healthy and diseased populations?
True
Which of the following is NOT a type of research discussed in class?
a. Basic
b. Applied
c. Transformative
d. Translational
Transformative
Which of the following is likely to increase the risk of someone having cold-related illnesses?
a. Being 20 years old
b. Wearing lots of layers
c. Having lower body fat percentage
d. Slowly increasing exposure to the cold over a long period of time
Having lower body fat percentage
True or False - Exercise has no effect on anxiety or Depression?
False
At high intensity the body relies more on _______ for energy.
a. Carbohydrates
b. Fats
c. Protein
d. Vitamins
Carbohydrates
Exercise testing and evaluation are used for:
a. Only diagnosing diseases
b. Clearing individuals for exercise, developing prescriptions, and assessing cardiovascular health
c. Solely research purposes
d. Determining personal preferences for exercise
Clearing individuals for exercise, developing prescriptions, and assessing cardiovascular health
Which of the following types of research is the highest quality?
a. Surveys
b. Systematic Reviews
c. Interview
d. Randomized Clinical trials
Systematic Reviews
Which of the following is likely to increase the risk of someone having heat-related illnesses?
a. High fitness level
b. Adequate hydration
c. Lack of acclimatization
d. Lower exercise intensity and duration with lots of breaks
Lack of acclimatization
Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting strength development?
a. Age and Gender
b. Fitness Level
c. Exercise Intensity
d. Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
Which of the following ranges is considered normal blood pressure?
a. <120/<80
b. 120-129/80-89
c. 130-139/90-99
d. 140-149/100-110
<120/<80
Which of the following is not the duty of a clinical exercise physiologist?
a. Performing exercise testing
b. Conducting pre-exercise screening
c. Instruction on training techniques
d. Altering medical prescriptions
Altering medical prescription
Which of the following is NOT a step in the research process?
a. Hypothesis Development
b. Personal Bias/Opinion
c. Study Methodology
d. Data Collection
What is the condition called where there is a sever loss of bone mineral density?
a. Osteoarthritis
b. Osteochondritis
c. Osteophyte
d. Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis
What is the difference between physical activity and exercise?
a. Physical activity is activities of daily living including all movements that humans perform, where Exercise is a structured movement process for the purpose of improving fitness and performance
b. Exercise is activities of daily living including all movements that humans perform, where Physical Activity is a structured movement process for the purpose of improving fitness and performance
c. Exercise is movement in structured and organized activities that involve a competitive aspect, where Physical Activity is a structured movement process for the purpose of improving fitness and performance
d. Physical Activity is a structured movement process for the purpose of improving fitness and performance, Where Exercise is activities of daily living including all movements that humans perform
Physical activity is activities of daily living including all movements that humans perform, where Exercise is a structured movement process for the purpose of improving fitness and performance
If my energy intake is more than my energy expenditure (Energy intake > Energy expenditure) what will likely happen to my body weight?
a. It will increase
b. It will decrease
c. It will stay the same
d. Who knows?
It will increase
What does rate of perceived exertion (RPE) measure?
a. the heart rhythm
b. the heart rate
c. the pressure of blood exerts on the artery walls
d. the subjective measure of how hard exercise feels to the individual
the subjective measure of how hard exercise feels to the individual
What are the 3 components of evidence-based practice?
a. Best Evidence from Literature, Clinical Experience and Expertise, Client/Patient Perspective and Input
b. Personal Beliefs and Bias, Patient Request, Time Effective Modalities
c. Clinical Evidence, Execution of Proper Health Care Model, Proper Billing Practices
d. Evidence from Non-peer Review Sources, Clinical Opinions of Other Practitioners, Ethical Decision Making
Best Evidence from Literature, Clinical Experience and Expertise, Client/Patient Perspective and Input
Which of the following is true regarding the female athlete triad?
a. It's normal and nothing to be concerned about
b. If symptoms continue it could increase osteoporosis
c. It improves hypothalamic control of menstrual cycle
d. It is always associated with an eating disorder
If symptoms continue it could increase osteoporosis
Which of the following is not a training and conditioning principle?
a. Overload
b. Specificity
c. Adaptability
d. Reversibility
Adaptability
What are the three energy systems of the body?
a. Fast, Medium, Slow
b. Immediate source (ATP and PC), Glycolysis and Oxidative metabolism
c. Neurons, Hormones and Vessels
d. Resting metabolic rate, Lactate Shuffle, Excess post exercise energy
Immediate source (ATP and PC), Glycolysis and Oxidative metabolism
During an exercise test, which of the following measures are typically NOT taken?
a. Cortisol levels
b. Heart rate, blood pressure
c. rating of perceived exertion
d. oxygen consumption
e. Electrocardiograms
Which of the following is NOT a step involved in the process of creating the best evidence-based practice?
a. Recognizing the need for information and translating that need into an answerable question
b. Identifying the best evidence available to answer the question
c. Reading only the abstracts of all the evidence to get as much information as possible in the shortest amount of time
d. Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the best evidence-based practice and looking for ways to improve it
Reading only the abstracts of all the evidence to get as much information as possible in the shortest amount of time