Question 1

Which of the following does not describe elements of the first intercollegiate athletic contest?

Accepted Answer

The first intercollegiate athletic contest did not occur on a river in Vermont in 1903, but rather on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire in 1852. Boat races did take place between crews from Harvard and Yale, the contest was sponsored by a local railroad company, and the victors took home a handsome pair of black, silver-tipped walnut oars.

Question 2

Athletic activities were first organized and run by students, but by 1881 Princeton University formed the first faculty committee to gain control of college athletics from students. Reasons for the formation of this committee included each of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

The passage does not mention the desire to create more opportunities for women and minorities as a reason for the formation of the faculty committee. The other options are mentioned as reasons, including concerns over injuries and deaths in football, the fear of American society becoming soft, and the potential for publicity and cultivation of off-campus constituencies.

Question 3

Which of the following has been identified as the first professional intercollegiate athletic coach?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 4

Each of the following events occurred in 1905, leading up to the formation of the NCAA, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

Walter Camp's efforts to promote the forward pass in football were part of the broader reforms in the sport but did not directly lead to the formation of the NCAA in 1905. The forward pass was not legalized until 1906, after the NCAA's formation, as part of the sweeping reforms to make the game safer.

Question 5

The traditional definition of management includes each of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

The traditional definition of management encompasses the coordination of resources, designing of tasks, and providing a sense of direction and purpose, but it does not specifically include responsibility for performance as a core element. Responsibility for performance is more of an outcome or expectation from the process of management rather than a defining characteristic.

Question 6

According to Henri Fayol, management must perform which five key functions?

Accepted Answer

According to Henri Fayol, management must perform five key functions: planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. Option A contains "contending" instead of "controlling" and option B contains "ordering" instead of "planning." Option D contains "preparing" instead of "planning."

Question 7

Which of the following does NOT include three functions that Henry Mintzberg identified as key managerial roles?

Accepted Answer

Henry Mintzberg identified ten key managerial roles, which are categorized into three groups: interpersonal (figurehead, leader, liaison), informational (monitor, disseminator, spokesperson), and decisional (entrepreneur, disturbance handler, resource allocator, negotiator). "Facilitator" is not one of the roles identified by Mintzberg, making option A the correct answer as it does not include three functions identified by Mintzberg.

Question 8

Which of the following organizations challenged the NCAA's efforts to control women's sports in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) challenged the NCAA's efforts to control women's sports in the 1980s.

Question 9

The 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell was a blow to Title IX enforcement of college athletic departments because it ruled that __________.

Accepted Answer

The Grove City College v. Bell decision ruled that only the specific programs at a college that receive direct federal funding have to comply with Title IX regulations, rather than the entire institution as a whole. This limited the reach of Title IX enforcement in college athletic departments, as many programs were able to avoid compliance by not receiving direct federal funds.

Question 10

Of the following, who was NOT a major non-White figure in early intercollegiate athletics?

Accepted Answer

Thom Gossom, Jr. is best known as an actor and writer, not as a major figure in early intercollegiate athletics, unlike Fritz Pollard, Paul Robeson, and Jim Thorpe, who were significant athletes during their time.

Question 11

Intercollegiate athletic departments exist because the operations are far too complex, with far too many related products and services and necessary tasks, to be performed by a single individual working alone.

Accepted Answer

Intercollegiate athletic departments require a team of individuals to manage the many tasks and services associated with running an athletic program at the college or university level.

Question 12

American institutions of higher education have sought to integrate all facets of life into the collegiate experience. Harvard University's founders intentionally chose the European collegiate system where student lived and boarded in the community and not on a single unified campus, rather than the English or Scottish model where students and masters lived, ate, studied, worshipped, and played together.

Accepted Answer

Harvard University's founders, inspired by the English and Scottish models, aimed to create a comprehensive collegiate experience where students and masters lived, ate, studied, worshipped, and played together, integrating all facets of life into the collegiate experience, contrary to the claim.

Question 13

Author Welch Suggs wrote that, as a result of various concerns, women's programs were kept "low key" because female teacher-coaches "wanted to preserve young women's modesty and accommodate their perceived daintiness," and because of "a general suspicion of competition, particularly as it was being practiced in men's sports."

Accepted Answer

This is an accurate statement from Welch Suggs about why women's sports programs were kept "low key."

Question 14

When Title IX was first passed in 1972, numerous athletic directors and college presidents believed they did not have to comply with the legislation because it did not apply to athletics.

Accepted Answer

This is true. Many athletic directors and college presidents mistakenly believed that Title IX only applied to academic programs and not athletics. It was not until the 1979 Policy Interpretation by the Department of Health Education and Welfare that clarified that Title IX did indeed apply to athletics as well.

Question 15

The event that stands out to many as the seminal moment in the struggle for racial equality in intercollegiate athletics occurred in men's basketball between the all-African American team from the University of Kentucky and the all-African American team from Texas Western College.

Accepted Answer

The seminal event in the struggle for racial equality in intercollegiate athletics occurred during the 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship, where Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso), which had an all-African American starting lineup, defeated the University of Kentucky, a team that was all-white.

Question 16

Outline the athletic participation and activities that occurred before the first intercollegiate athletic contest, and describe how students and faculty reacted at the time.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Outline the concept of the "play day," and explain how it reinforced the perceptions of the proper role of women's sports held at the time by many educators.

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Question 18

Recount the experiences of African-American student-athletes who were involved in integrating intercollegiate athletic programs in the 1960s and 1970s, and explain why their efforts were so challenging.

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Question 19

Discuss how the athletic department at your school would demonstrate the characteristics of a learning organization to deal with a significant management challenge relating to diversity.

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Quiz 1: Introduction to the Management of Intercollegiate Athletics