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Practice test - What do you know about Sports Return to Assessment List
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Question 1 of 26
People around the world define sport in the same way because it has a fundamental essence that
transcends culture.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 2 of 26
Historically, the earliest sports often were connected with festivals and grounded in religious ritual
and ceremony.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 3 of 26
Research consistently shows that sports build character.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
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Question 4 of 26
Research shows that when the rate of participation in organized sports increases, the rate of obesity in the society
declines dramatically.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 5 of 26
The growth of organized youth sports since the 1950s has been influenced more by television than
by changes in family life.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 6 of 26
Compared with informal games, organized youth sports emphasize rules and strategies more than
action and involvement.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 7 of 26
Boys are more likely than girls to think they are better at sports than they actually are when it comes
to sport skills.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 8 of 26
Most deviance within sports occurs because athletes overconform to norms in society.
A. True
B. False
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Answer Key: True
Question 9 of 26
Research indicates that the athletes most likely to use performance-enhancing drugs are those who
are least committed to sports and to their teammates.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 10 of 26
Prior to the 20th century, violence among spectators at sport events seldom occurred and was tame
in comparison to crowd violence today.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 11 of 26
Despite Title IX, women still lag behind men in participation and funding in both high school and
college sports.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 12 of 26
The proportion of women coaches for the most popular intercollegiate sports was significantly
higher in 2004 than in 1977.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 13 of 26
African Americans have more opportunities in professional sports than in traditional professions
such as medicine and law.
A. True
B. False
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Answer Key: False
Question 14 of 26
Sports have had a democratizing influence on American society by giving low-income people as
much opportunity to participate as high-income people.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 15 of 26
The most powerful people in sports today are the men who control massive media corporations
such as Comcast, DIRECTV, and Cablevision.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 16 of 26
In high school, students who play a sport generally have higher grade point averages than those
who do not.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 17 of 26
Female intercollegiate athletes as a group have a higher graduation rate than other female college
students.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 18 of 26
Profits from intercollegiate sport programs are often used to support academic programs.
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A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 19 of 26
At elite liberal arts colleges like Harvard, students recruited as athletes stand a better chance of
being admitted than other students.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 20 of 26
Owning a sport team is most likely to be profitable when sport leagues are organized as cartels
and operate as monopolies.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 21 of 26
Ticket prices to sport events are primarily a function of player salaries.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 22 of 26
Television coverage of sports such as golf and tennis is based on the attraction of many viewers and
high ratings.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 23 of 26
Aside from the positive public relations gained by politicians associating with athletes and teams,
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there is little connection between government and sports.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
Question 24 of 26
Traditional Protestant beliefs generally favor competitive sports over free and expressive play
because competitive sports are oriented around work and achievement.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 25 of 26
According to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying public prayers at a public school's sport event is a
violation of the U.S. Constitution.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: True
Question 26 of 26
Athletes possess exceptional power to create meaningful social changes in society.
A. True
B. False
Answer Key: False
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