Contemporary Issues Exam 1
Which of these is NOT an example of sport being operated as a monopoly?
Anyone can own a team.
The majority of venues are privately owned. (True/False)
False
Which of these is true about the NCAA graduation success rate?
All of these are true
____________ ___________ views life as complex and diverse. Order is obtained through struggles over ideology and power. The goal is a better life for all citizens.
Critical theory
A survey of 4500 African American male youths found that no child picked an educator as his role model.
False
Conflict theory evaluates culture and determines the source of authority wielded by one group over another. (True/False)
False
The IOC is required to make its financial practice public. (True/False)
False
The amount of money spent on recreational sport is approximately equal to the amount generated by professional sport. (True/False)
False
The most popular sports in the world are also the most popular in the United States. (T/F)
False
Which theory would point out the unifying trends that sport can bring to all cultures by promoting the "modern" ideals of industrialism and capitalism, thus improving the status of less developed nations?
Functionalism
Which of these is an example of an international governing body?
International Olympic Committee
As of 2017, which segment of the sports industry had the largest revenue?
Media rights
The teams of which league divide more than 80 percent of league revenue evenly between all teams?
National Football League
The media sometimes have the power to change the rules of a sport.
True
There is still resistance to changing the names of Native American mascots. (True/False)
True
WNBA players often play in both the WNBA and overseas so that they can make a living playing professional basketball. (True/False)
True
In which NCAA Division I sport do African-American male athletes have the highest participation percentage?
Basketball
Why are participants of golf, baseball, and tennis prime targets for corporate advisers?
Because participants tend to be in higher economic groups
What was the fastest-growing sport between the years 2013 and 2018?
Lacrosse
Which professional league has the highest percentage of international players?
Major League Soccer
Which of these is NOT true about the Native American Sports Council (NASC)?
The NASC was established in 1936.
Which of these is an example of the importance placed on winning at the Olympics?
shift from amateur to professional participants
Sport psychology is
the study of human behavior in sport, including the enhancement of performance and the treatment of disorders affecting optimal performance
What is an example in which the Olympics were used for political purposes?
All of the above
Sport sociology is the study of the individual in a sport setting. (True/False)
False
Which team is owned by members of the general public who hold shares in the team?
Green Bay Packers
In what area do challenges to the integration of athletes of diverse races and ethnicities in sport remain?
All of these
Which of these is NOT an example of a financial effect of sports media?
As sports rely on television to increase the exposure of a sport, television gains more control of sport.
Which of these is NOT true about black women in sports?
Black females represent 11 percent of Division 1 head coaches of women's teams
What is the richest sporting body in the world?
Board of Control for Cricket in India
What is the most popular sport world-wide?
Soccer
Which of these is NOT true about lacrosse?
The states with the most youth lacrosse players are Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska
A sport sociologist generally uses two types of information: quantifiable data and qualitative data. (True/False)
True
Functionalist theorists see sport as contributing to the smooth functioning of a society by helping people promote common values, which in turn leads to stability in communities and in the nation as a whole. (True/False)
True
Host countries sometimes use the Olympics to promote nationalist sentiment. (T/F)
True
Individuals like to own sport teams in part because teams tend to increase in value. (True/False)
True
Industrialization of the American economy during the 20th century significantly increased the number of people participating and watching sport. (True/False)
True
Interactionist theories allow us to look in depth at sport from an athlete's point of view and add a qualitative bent to our analysis using tools such as ethnography. (True/False)
True
International sport traditions began with Greek civilization (True/False)
True
One difference between play and games is that games involve competition. (True/False)
True
One reason we study sport is that it affects our culture, traditions, and values. (True/False)
True
Sport influences the media because it can attract huge television audiences. (T/F)
True
Sport team owners can depreciate their athletes in their tax returns. (True/False)
True
The United States Olympic Committee (USOPC) accepts money from corporate sponsors to support the training and competition of US athletes (True/False)
True
To understand how sport operates, researchers analyze institutions such as schools, colleges, clubs, etc. as well as social processes such as commercialization, mass communication, conflict, and change. (T/F)
True
Compared with the overall proportion of Asian Americans in the population, Asian Americans are overrepresented in men's and women's college fencing. (T/F)
Truefhu
The term stacking refers to an unusual distribution of which two races in certain sport positions that cannot be explained by a random distribution?
Whites and Blacks
Which of these is the most-watched sporting event in the world?
World Cup
Which theory sees sport as not simply mirroring society but as offering the opportunity to help create a better society by affecting how people think and feel about social conditions?
critical theories
Which of these is an example of private funds used for construction of a new venue?
league contribution
Which of these is NOT an area of study in the biophysical domain?
motor learning
The host city's financial considerations include all but which of these?
paying the athletes
Since the 1970s, obesity for children ages 12 to 19 years has _________ and ________ for adults.
tripled; doubled
In which professional sport have athletes of Asian descent dominated?
golf
What percentage of US adults participate in at least 30 minutes of daily physical activity?
5 percent
Which of these statements about esports is true?
All of the above are true
Which sport has the highest percentage of Latina athletes in NCAA Division 1?
Softball
The economic effects of recreational sport are measured through sales of which of these?
Sport equipment
FIFA has appointed an anti-racism task force. (T/F)
True
Which of these is an example of social media use?
posting on Twitter by athletes
