Final questions for into to Health/PE/Recreation
False
All high school coaches must have degrees in physical education.
True
A Ph.D. degree is more research oriented than is the Ed.D. degree.
True
Examples of professional involvement would be joining, reading the journals published by, and attending the conferences of a professional organization.
False
Games are defined as organized, highly structured competitive activities in which skilled individuals participate.
False
School administrators have been the leading supporters for the expansion of school physical education programs.
False
Applied sport sociology focuses on understanding psychological theories and techniques so that they can help athletes improve their performances.
True
Motor learning specialists study how types of practice, knowledge of results, transfer of learning, and types of feedback impact the learning of movement skills.
True
Movement education focuses on the developmental readiness of a child to learn through problem solving and guided discovery.
False
School education programs should emphasize team sports.
False
A sport philosopher studies the optimal frequency, intensity, and duration of an effective conditioning program.
True
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires that each child with special needs have an Individual Education Plan.
True
The NCAA requires minimal academic achievement to qualify for intercollegiate competition.
True
The responsibility of a Roman male during the Republic was to become a citizen-soldier.
False
The win-at-all-costs attitude so pervasive in youth sports can be attributed mostly to coaches.
True
Physical activity can serve as a preventive measure for both disease and degeneration for senior citizens.
False
Practitioners are only interested in the application of knowledge, while disciplinarians are only interested in the creation of new knowledge.
True
Because dietary factors often affect physical performances, some exercise physiologists conduct research relative to nutritional factors.
True
Gambling was often a part of sports for Native Americans.
False
School physical education programs are financed well and an educational priority because of their unique contributions to the education of each child.
False
Sport biomechanists use treatment modalities such as ultrasound, whirlpool, and ice massage.
True
Study in the exercise and sport sciences helps prepare graduates to conduct research in various aspects of human movement.
False
Teaching physical education and coaching of an interscholastic team are compatible, complimentary, and non-conflicting roles.
False
Technological advances will not affect physical education, exercise science, and sport programs in the future.
False
The American College for Sports Medicine specifies course work and clinical hours for undergraduates in athletic training.
False
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education requires either an institutional self-study or on-site peer evaluation for the accreditation of programs.
False
The Reformation was a time of the rebirth of knowledge and an eagerness for learning.
True
The curricular focus for secondary school physical education programs should be lifetime sports and fitness activities.
False
The faculty initially organized men's intercollegiate athletics.
True
Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments requires that physical education programs in schools include boys and girls, except in contact sports.
True
A need exists for physical education, exercise science, and sport professionals trained to provide recreational and leisure activities for senior citizens.
True
A sport psychologist may use biofeedback to help athletes relax or control their arousal levels.
False
An academic discipline by definition must practically apply its body of knowledge.
True
Basketball and volleyball originated in the United States, while football evolved from rugby and soccer and baseball from rounders and cricket.
False
Because athletic programs at large universities have become businesses, their coaches increasingly have earned master's degrees in sport management.
True
Coaches' jobs depending on winning is sometimes a problem associated with interscholastic sport.
False
In a movement education program, the allocation of time for any special activity is based on the teacher's assessment of the children's progress.
False
In a movement education program, the allocation of time for any specific activity is based on the teacher's assessment of the children's progress.
True
Inclusion is the placement of students with special physical, mental, or emotional needs into regular classes with their peers.
True
Luther Gulick worked with the Playground Association of America in the promotion of play for children.
True
Many corporate fitness centers provide individually prescribed exercise programs, health appraisals, and stress management workshops.
False
Master's degree programs in physical education require specialization and a thesis or an internship.
False
Methods of practice, such as whole or part and physical or mental, are often studied by the sport sociologist.
False
Motor development applies only to children's learning of motor skills.
False
When an individual signs an agreement to participate, which warns about risks involved in an activity, there can never be a lawsuit changing negligence.
General Supervision and Constructive Notice (Both A and C)
Which of the following is an essential component of providing a safe environment?
True
Women in intercollegiate athletics in all programs have achieved equal treatment relative to grants-in-aid, program support like equipment and coaches, and number of teams.