PRT 277

Interscholastic sport participation is at an all-time high.

False

Punishments for violations (i.e., breaking the rules) have decreased in the NCAA.

False

The terms Latino and Hispanic have the same definition.

False

A sporting tradition can be a barrier to good sporting behavior.

True

One type of deviant behavior involves overconformity to the expectations of a group.

True

Sport team owners can depreciate their athletes in their tax returns.

True

The Special Olympics include athletes with cognitive delay or intellectual disability.

True

There is still resistance to changing the names of Native American mascots.

True

Which of the following is not true for the Title IX test of compliance?

a. Club team members count when adding up participation numbers.

Which social group influences young children the most in terms of sport participation?

c. Family

According to the textbook author, which of the following is not a sport?

chess

The Americans with Disabilities Act covers all but which of the following areas?

d. private club membership

A Long-Term Athlete Development plan is based on a child's skill level.

false

For many individuals in the lower class, sport provides an excellent way to move into the middle or upper class.

false

The upper class has the lowest rate of sport participation.

false

Which of the following is not a typical reason that children drop out of youth sport?

not winning

If you wished to analyze a situation based on economics, you could use a conflict perspective.

true

In 2012, Division I Football Bowl Subdivision schools spent, on average, more than 70 percent of their budget on men's athletics.

true

Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning include a "law and order" stage.

true

The United States and Russia (formerly the Soviet Union) have long dominated the Olympics medal race. What country ranks third by a sizable margin over the country in fourth place?

Great Britain

In a 2013 Harris poll, less than 10 percent of respondents indicated that their favorite sport was professional basketball.

True

One difference between play and games is the fact that games involve competition.

True

The Paralympics constitute the second-largest sporting event in the world.

True

The U.S. Congress established the United States Olympic Committee by means of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978.

True

The proportion of female coaches and athletic directors is getting smaller.

True

U.S. Paralympics is a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

True

Which of the following is true about gambling and sport?

a. College athletes gamble more than nonathletes.

Which of these statements is true about the definition of sport?

a. It is always changing.

Which of the following statements is false?

a. Players are never rewarded for violent behavior.

Which of the following is true about girls and sport after Title IX?

a. Sport facilities provided for girls are inferior to those provided for boys.

How much time per day does the average U.S. youth spend watching television, playing video games, or using a computer?

a. about 7.5 hours

Which of the following is not a positive effect of participating in high school sport?

a. more involvement in student government

The economic effects of recreational sport are measured through sales of which of the following?

a. sport equipment

Obesity among U.S. youth of ages 12 to 19 has increased in the past two decades from 5 percent to

b. 21 percent

Which of the following is not a finding from the "What Are Your Children Learning" survey conducted by Josephson?

b. Baseball players indicated a high inclination toward good sporting behavior.

Which of the following is not a way in which minority athletes are exploited?

b. Colleges want athletes to stay in school for the athletes' own best interests.

Which of the following is another name for participation sport?

b. Recreational sport

Which of the following statements is not true of content analysis?

b. Theory can be created after the data are analyzed.

Which of the following is not an example of a financial effect of sport media?

c. As sports rely on television to increase the exposure of a sport, television gains more control of sport.

Which of the following is not true?

c. Blacks are overrepresented in baseball.

Which of the following is true about high school sport and moral development?

c. Intervention programs can exert a positive effect on moral reasoning.

Which of the following is not true about sport at different ages?

c. Older adults are at the highest risk for dropping out.

In local communities, the people who control sport tend to be which of the following?

c. Parents and politicians who serve on boards of directors

Which of the following is not true in relation to sporting behavior?

c. Participation sports typically have fewer instances of good sporting behavior.

Which of the following statements is false about the Paralympics?

c. The Paralympics and the Special Olympics are the same event.

Which of the following statements about women in sport is true?

c. Women are interested in participating in sport.

The Drake Group's suggested reforms for collegiate sport do not include which of the following?

c. allowing first-year students to play

Which of the following is not a way in which sport contributes to peace building?

c. building new sport facilities

Which of the following is not an example of "rational" rule breaking?

c. intentionally injuring another player

In the article "Olympics 2012: US Domination of Women's Sports Proves Power of Positive Thinking," which of the six team sports did the women NOT outsucceed the men?

d. Handball

Data collected about trends in sport participation do not indicate which of the following?

d. Inactivity has decreased among youth.

Which of the following is not an example of media influence on sport?

d. Media outlets change their programming to accommodate sporting events.

What is ethnicity?

d. The cultural heritage of a group

Which of the following is not a category of spending for the Olympic host city?

d. athletic training items

Which of the following is not among the top five participation team sports for men?

football

The Olympic Games moved away from the traditional nationalistic model because of the huge commercial and financial impact of the Games as a result of television and corporate sponsorship.

true

The U.S. Olympic Committee was created as the coordinating body for all Olympic-related athletic activities by the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 of the U.S. Congress

true

The cost of broadcast rights increases with every Olympics.

true

The majority of athletics departments rely on student fees and other institutional subsidies to balance their budgets.

true

There are corporate sponsors for youth sport.

true