what is Health fitness?
A key component of wellness and important for the treatment and prevention of hypokinetic disease
Important for performing a motor skill better, typically a sport skill
A key component of wellness
Important for the treatment and prevention of hypokinetic disease
Moderate intensity activities:
require some effort but you should still be able to talk while doing them
require extreme effort
are not recommend for elderly people
cause shortness of breath which make talking difficult
With regards to anaerobic exercise, which statement is FALSE?
The main functional outcome of anaerobic exercise is to move quickly and deliver great force
Anaerobic exercise is performed for long distances or time periods
Anaerobic exercise is short duration exercise completed without the aid of oxygen
Anaerobic exercise positively affects resting metabolic rate
Which fitness principle relates to exercise being relevant and appropriate for the desired outcome?
Reversibility
Progressive overload
Specificity
Recovery
People engage in sports
for personal satisfaction
for enjoyment
for the opportunity to attain victory
all three are reasons why people engage in sports
In the Australian Health Survey 2011-12, ______% of adults met the sufficiently active threshold.
27%
43%
56%
19%
Most people in sports support a “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy about homosexuality because:
Gay men and lesbian women do not want to come ‘out’
There are very few homosexual people who play sport
Gay men and lesbian women have the freedom to express their sexuality
Gay men and lesbian women have too much to lose if they challenge traditional gender ideology
In Australia, those least likely to be active are:
females, those born overseas and people with higher incomes
females, teenagers and people with lower socioeconomic status
males, Indigenous Australians and older adults
females, Indigenous Australians and people with lower socioeconomic status
The elimination of racial and ethnic exclusion in sports is likely to occur when:
People with power and control benefit from exclusion
Individual player success leads to promotions
The success of the team depends on friendships amongst the individual players
The entire team benefits from the achievements of individual team members
When are children ready to play organised competitive sports?
Once they have developed the social and cognitive abilities to cooperate and understand competitive sports
As early as possible
Never, children should not play competitive sports
Over the age of 9 years
Youth sports are growing in popularity and have undergone some recent changes. Which of the following trends have NOT occurred in youth sports?
All of the listed trends have occurred in youth sports
Emphasis on performance ethic and elite, specialised sport-training programs
Privatisation of organised programs and emphasis on performance ethic
Greater focus on physical activity for development and decreased parent involvement
Which type of exercise is recommended for bone health?
Weight bearing endurance activities
Swimming endurance activities
Running endurance activities
All the listed activities are recommended for bone health
Which is NOT a physical activity recommendation for older adults (65 years +)?
Older adults should not perform vigorous physical activity
Activities should incorporate fitness, strength, balance and flexibility
Older adults should perform at least 30 mins of moderate intensity activity on most days
All the other statements are physical activity recommendations for older adults
With regards to obesity, which statement is TRUE?
High levels of physical activity strongly contribute to obesity
All statements are true
In Australia, 75.5% of men and 57.2% of women are obese
Obesity is linked to chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers
Coronary heart disease is caused by a lack of blood supply to the heart muscle due the formation of plaques in the arteries. Relative to the following two statements: I. Risk factors include age, obesity and physical inactivity
II. Regular physical activity lowers the risk by 4 times.
Both statements are true.
Both statements are false
Only statement I is true
Only statement II is true
A waist circumference of ____ cm for males, and _____ cm for females indicates a substantially increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, hypertension and some cancers.
90 and 84
102 and 88
94 and 80
80 and 94
Informal or alternative sports emphasise the following experiences EXCEPT:
Challenging experiences
Personal involvement
Set positions
Informal sports emphasise all the listed experiences
Jogging at a constant pace is an example of:
Continuous training
Sustained training
Interval training
Intense training
Which statement is FALSE with regards to core strength and core training?
Core muscles are responsible for stabilising the spine
Pilates is a form of core training that is not recommended for athletes
29 muscles attach to the body’s core
All of the other statements are false
The privatisation of organised programs may lead to:
Higher levels of participation for all children
An increase in public funding for youth programs
Gender, ethnic and socioeconomic inequality
Better gender, ethnic and socioeconomic equality
According to the National physical activity recommendations for children: I. For children 2 to 5 years of age, sitting and watching television and the use of other electronic media should be limited to less than one hour per day
II. Children younger than 2 years of age should not spend any time watching television or using other electronic media
Both statements are true
When prescribing strength training, the four primary variables to consider are:
Resistance, weight, repetitions and sets
Resistance, sets, number of workouts per week and load
Weight, repetitions, sets and number of workouts per week
Weight, height, age and BMI
Sedentary behaviour:
Is characterised by sitting or reclining posture and high energy expenditure
Is a sub-category of physical activity
Increases risk for cardiovascular related death
Increases risk for death from all causes by 80%
Australia's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines indicate that moving more and sitting less will:
reduce your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and weight gain
all of the other answers are correct
reduce your risk for all cancers
reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and type 1 diabetes
Racial ideology refers to:
The ideas and beliefs that people use to give meaning to skin colour
Beliefs about racial sporting attributes based on research
The biological factors that make each race different from one another
Explanations about why some races are more suited to certain sports
Which is TRUE of sports and the major spheres of social life?
Sport is connected to religion in Asia but not in Europe
There has been a decline in media coverage of sports in recent years
Sports are connected to politics and education but not religion
Sports are connected to all major spheres of social life
he following factors influence participation in sport EXCEPT
Educational attainment
Gender
Economic status
All of the listed factors influence participation in sport
When you stop exercising, you are likely to lose up to _____% of fitness improvements in 2 months:
30%
50%
15 %
75%
What strategies can be used to increase female participation in sport?
Use alternative definitions for masculinity and femininity
Emphasise the ‘cosmetic’ aspect of fitness
Classify all people as either male or female
Use alternative definitions for masculinity and femininity and Emphasise the ‘cosmetic’ aspect of fitness.
Hypertension is a chronic, persistent elevation of blood pressure. Relative to the following two statements: I. There is an inverse relationship between physical activity levels and resting blood pressure
II. Modest increases in blood pressure reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
