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1) Women need ________% essential fat for reproductive system-related fat deposits. |
C) 12 |
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2) ________ is defined as the relative amounts of lean and fat tissue in the human body. |
A) Body composition |
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3) ________ is defined as the body’s total amount of fat-free tissue. |
C) Lean body mass |
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4) The minimal amount of fat needed for normal physiological functions is defined as |
C) essential fat. |
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5) Which of the following provides energy, insulation, and padding? |
B) storage fat |
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6) Which of the following is true of storage fat? |
A) Men and women have significantly different amounts of storage fat. |
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7) In comparing typical 20- to 24-year-old men and women, gender variations in body composition are found primarily in ________ and ________. |
B) muscle; essential fat |
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8) From the mid-1970s to 2010, the number of overweight children and adolescents |
B) increased by 12%. |
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9) What would cause a beginning exerciser to experience weight gain without an accompanied increase in storage fat? |
A) an increase in muscle tissue |
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10) Your friend Joe would like to know his BMI. He is 6′ 3" (1.905 m) and his weight is 250 lbs (113.4 kg). What is his BMI (kg/m2)? |
C) 31.2 |
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11) A disease risk assessment using height and weight is |
A) BMI. |
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12) A BMI of 30 or higher is classified as |
D) obese. |
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13) A BMI between 25 and 29.9 is classified as |
C) overweight. |
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14) Your roommate is 5′ 1" (1.5 m) and weighs 100 lbs (45.5 kg). What BMI (kg/m2) category would she be in? |
A) normal weight |
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15) BMIs in ________ and ________ ranges are associated with increased risk for premature death and disease. |
D) extremely high; extremely low |
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16) Which of the following is a limitation of BMI? |
A) It doesn’t differentiate between fat and lean tissue. |
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17) Waist circumference is a measurement that assesses potential risk for disease based on ________ fat. |
C) abdominal |
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18) ________ and ________ put an individual at greatest risk for cardiovascular disease. |
B) A high BMI; a high waist circumference |
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19) Waist-to-hip ratio is calculated by |
C) waist circumference divided by hip circumference. |
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20) Your brother has a waist circumference of 33" and a hip circumference of 40". What is his waist-to-hip ratio? |
B) 0.825 |
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21) Which of the following is the best assessment for indicating disease risk? |
B) waist circumference |
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22) People with android fat distribution carry more fat around their |
B) stomach. |
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23) Which waist-to-hip ratio is an indicator of high risk in young women? |
B) 0.82 or more |
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24) A person with gynoid pattern obesity would most likely carry excess body fat in which area? D) hips |
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25) Adipose tissue that surrounds organs in the abdomen is known as |
D) visceral fat. |
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26) Which of the following is the most accurate method of estimating body composition? |
C) hydrostatic weighing |
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27) Which of the following techniques is considered the "gold standard" for assessing body fat percentage? |
C) DXA |
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28) Which method of body composition assessment uses low-dose beams of X-ray energy to measure total fat mass, fat distribution pattern, and bone density? |
C) DXA |
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29) Which of the following skinfold sites is used to measure body fat in females? |
B) thigh |
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30) Skinfold measurements have what range of error in predicting percent body fat? |
D) 3-4% |
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31) Skinfold thickness is measured with a |
A) caliper. |
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32) Which of the following conditions would make hydrostatic weighing most difficult for the subject? |
A) if the subject is excessively lean |
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33) Which of the following is a disadvantage of DXA? |
C) cost |
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34) Hydrostatic weighing is a body composition technique that utilizes |
A) water displacement. |
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35) Which method of body composition assessment calculates body volume from the air displaced by an individual sitting inside a small chamber? |
A) Bod Pod |
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36) Which of the following best illustrates the principle of water displacement? |
C) Denser objects sink while lighter objects float. |
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37) Which of the following techniques of body composition assessment is most similar in concept to hydrostatic weighing? |
A) air displacement |
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38) Bioelectrical impedance is based on the principle that |
B) lean tissue is a better conductor of an electrical current than fat tissue. |
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39) Max climbs into a Bod Pod at the football training camp to have his body composition assessed. What method does the Bod Pod use to calculate estimated percent body fat? |
C) air displacement |
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40) The range of error for a bioelectrical impedance (BIA) in measuring body composition is |
C) 3-4%. |
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41) Quick weight loss results in a loss of |
A) water. |
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42) When setting goals for achieving a healthy body composition, it is a good idea to |
D) choose a target weight that is healthy and that you can maintain for a lifetime. |
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43) Which of the following assessment techniques may be monitored weekly to track progress in meeting body composition goals? |
A) body weight |
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44) Jessie is trying to meet a healthy body composition goal. How often should Jessie have his BMI reassessed? |
D) once a month or less |
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45) Which of the following is associated with the unhealthy "female athlete triad"? |
A) disordered eating |
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46) Which of the following groups are at greatest risk for the female athlete triad? |
C) gymnasts |
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47) The self-esteem and body composition disorder in which men who are of normal weight and even unusually muscular think that they are "puny" is which of the following? |
B) muscle dysmorphia |
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48) Kim is a college soccer player. Her training coach assessed her body composition using skinfold thickness. She had 15% body fat. This percentage body fat is classified as |
A) athletic/low. |
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