Question: Changes noted in the thermic effect of food due to exercise are:

Answer Choices: A. major
B. consistently observed
C. minor

Answer: C. minor

Question: Training in the “fat burning zone” for weight loss usually involves:

Answer Choices: A. high intensity exercise.
B. exercising at 40–50% of maximal heart rate.
C. low intensity exercise.
D. exercising at 80–100% of maximal heart rate.

Answer: B. exercising at 40–50% of maximal heart rate.
C. low intensity exercise.

Question: What is the difference between exercise-trained and untrained individuals in the thermic effect of food?

Answer Choices: A. about 5–9 kcal
B. about 1–4 kcal
C. about 10–14 kcal
D. about 15–20 kcal

Answer: A. about 5–9 kcal

Question: How does the calorie cost of running a mile differ from the calorie cost of walking a mile?

Answer Choices: A. Running or walking a mile will use about the same number of calories.
B. Running a mile will use more calories.
C. Walking a mile will use more calories.

Answer: A. Running or walking a mile will use about the same number of calories.

Question: The energy cost of riding a bicycle depends on:

Answer Choices: A. body weight.
B. ambient temperature.
C. type of bicycle.
D. hills.
E. body position.

Answer: A. body weight.
C. type of bicycle.
D. hills.
E. body position.

Question: The oxygen system receives most of its energy from:

Answer Choices: A. fats
B. proteins
C. carbohydrates
D. phosphocreatine

Answer: A. fats
C. carbohydrates

Question: Phosphocreatine (PCr) is a high-energy compound that can be used to re-form ATP and is useful during bursts of activity that need maximal muscle contraction for at most 60 seconds. Which of the following statements about PCr and exercise is true?

Answer Choices: A. PCr can be activated instantly.
B. PCr can replenish ATP rates fast enough to meet energy demands of quick, powerful actions like shotputting and bench pressing.
C. PCr can be stored in large quantities in the muscles.
D. Taking creatine supplements to increase PCr in muscles may improve performance in certain athletes.

Answer: A. PCr can be activated instantly.
B. PCr can replenish ATP rates fast enough to meet energy demands of quick, powerful actions.
D. Taking creatine supplements to increase PCr in muscles may improve performance.

Question: Label the Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) bar graph sections correctly.

Answer Choices: Basal Energy Expenditure (BEE)

Thermic Effect of Food (TEF)

Thermic Effect of Exercise / Physical Activity Energy Expenditure (PAEE)

Answer: BEE = bottom (largest section)

TEF = middle (smallest section)

PAEE = top

Question: What are some ways to increase walking intensity?

Answer Choices: A. carry loads
B. slow down
C. climb more stairs
D. add hand weights

Answer: A. carry loads
C. climb more stairs
D. add hand weights

Question: Correct order from most to least calories burned for three pool-related activities.

Answer Choices: beginning swimming using the breaststroke to swim the length of the pool

an aerobic exercise participant jogging the length of the pool in chest-deep water

a parent walking the length of the pool on the pool deck

Answer: beginning swimming using the breaststroke

jogging in chest-deep water

walking on the pool deck

Question: How accurate are MET values for an activity?

Answer Choices: A. MET values are accurate
B. MET values are not precise in people with high amounts of body fat
C. MET values are not precise

Answer: C. MET values are not precise

Question: Cycling for one mile is approximately the energy equivalent of running Blank______ the distance.

Answer Choices: A. one-third
B. one-half
C. three-fourths

Answer: A. one-third

Question: The most important factor determining which energy system will be used is the:

Answer Choices: A. fitness of the athlete performing the exercise
B. type of exercise
C. intensity of the exercise

Answer: C. intensity of the exercise

Question: Choose the characteristics of swimming for exercise.

Answer Choices: A. It will take more energy to walk a mile than it will to swim a mile.
B. Swimming a quarter-mile is the energy equivalent of running a mile.
C. Swimming may help prevent injuries due to its low impact.

Answer: B. Swimming a quarter-mile is the energy equivalent of running a mile.
C. Swimming may help prevent injuries due to its low impact.

Question: Which of the following factors is the MOST important impacting physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE), also called the exercise metabolic rate (EMR)?

Answer Choices: A. The person’s body composition (fat versus muscle mass)
B. The training level of the person exercising
C. Intensity of the physical activity
D. Whether the physical activity is done indoors or outdoors

Answer: C. Intensity of the physical activity