Deck 13: Exercise Science in the Twenty-First Century

Question 1

Physical inactivity is considered a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Information derived from epidemiologic research studies is often used to guide future health promotion and disease prevention strategies by public and private organizations.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A clinical trial is the study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in specifically defined populations.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The primary objective of the Framingham Heart Study was to identify the common factors or characteristics that contribute to CVD by following its development over a long period of time in a large group of participants.

Question 5

The Framingham Heart Study demonstrated that genetic factors explain almost one-half of the individual variations in cardiorespiratory fitness.

Question 6

The federal government's Healthy People program was developed to assist state and local communities plan to improve specific health outcomes of the population.

Question 7

The poor health of our population is creating considerable economic burden on our nation's health care system.

Question 8

In order to improve the health of the population of a nation, effective program development and implementation need only occur at the national level.

Question 9

Improvements in sport and athletic competition require a coordinated and integrated effort of the various components that make up exercise science including physical, psychological, and nutritional aspects.

Question 10

Examining and analyzing performance during the sporting event or athletic competition provides the complete picture of how to enhance performance success in an athlete.

Question 11

An important future role of research in exercise and sport nutrition will be to assist in the refinement of appropriate macronutrient and micronutrient intakes for performance enhancement of different sports and different age groups.

Question 12

Epidemiology is the process of enabling people to increase their control over and improvements in their health.

Question 13

Framingham Heart Study has produced many major discoveries and understanding of the development and progression of CVD and its risk factors.

Question 14

Metabolomics is the study of compounds that are produced and released through physiologic processes at both the cellular and systemic levels.

Question 15

__________ is the comparison test of a medical intervention versus a control condition, placebo condition, or the standard medical treatment for a patient's condition.

A) An epidemiologic study
B) A clinical trial study
C) A cross-sectional study
D) A case-controlled study

Question 16

Which of the following risk factors for cardiovascular disease can be positively modified through participation in a regular program of physical activity?

A) Family history for cardiovascular disease
B) Use of smoking tobacco
C) Influence of Type 2 diabetes
D) Chronological age

Question 17

The primary objectives of the __________ was to examine the role of the human genotype in the cardiovascular and metabolic responses to aerobic exercise training and the changes brought about by regular exercise for several CVD and diabetes risk factors.

A) Heritage Family Study
B) Framingham Heart Study
C) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
D) Behavioral Risk Factor Survey

Question 18

__________ allows local, state, and federal agencies to detect the extent to which various health problems and risk factors have changed in the United States population over time.

A) Heritage Family Study
B) Framingham Heart Study
C) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
D) Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study

Question 19

The __________ is an example of a national and local-based intervention program developed to improve the health and well-being of our nation's population.

A) Heritage Family Study
B) Exercise is Medicine Program
C) Weight Bias Task Force Policy Statement
D) Diabetes Advocacy Action Center

Question 20

The clarification of optimal learning and practice strategies for individual and team sports will be an important objective for:

A) motor behavior specialists.
B) athletic trainers.
C) exercise physiologists.
D) sport dieticians.

Question 21

__________ is a research investigation conducted to identify factors that affect the health and disease of populations.

A) Case study
B) Epidemiological study
C) Laboratory study
D) Independent observational study

Question 22

__________ is a process whereby the quality of proof relative to the risks and benefits of treatment is determined.

A) Evidenced-based medicine
B) Epidemiological study
C) Clinical case study
D) Observational study

Question 23

The overarching vision of __________ is to make physical activity and exercise a standard part of a disease prevention and medical treatment paradigm in the United States.

A) evidenced-based medicine
B) Exercise is Medicine
C) NHANES
D) Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study