Basic Biomechanics 8th Ed Susan J. Hall - Test Bank

Basic Biomechanics, 8e (Hall)

Chapter 1   What Is Biomechanics?

1) Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of biomechanics?

A) the study of human movement

B) the study of biological organisms

C) the study of movement mechanics

D) the study of the mechanical aspects of biological organisms

2) Which of the following terms is applied to the study of systems in a constant state of motion?

A) statics

B) dynamics

C) anthropometrics

D) plyometrics

3) What term is given to considerations such as the size, shape, and weight of body segments?

A) cybernetic

B) anthropometric

C) kinematic

D) kinetic

4) Which of the following is an example of a static situation?

A) a cyclist riding at a constant velocity

B) a person balancing motionless on one foot

C) both a cyclist riding at a constant velocity and a person balancing motionless on one foot

D) neither a cyclist riding at a constant velocity nor a person balancing motionless on one foot

5) Which of the following are anthropometric factors?

A) the length of a forearm

B) the shape of a body

C) the weight of the trunk

D) all of these answers are correct

6) Which of the following is included in sports medicine?

A) clinical aspects of exercise and sport

B) scientific aspects of exercise and sport

C) both clinical aspects of exercise and sport and scientific aspects of exercise and sport

D) neither clinical aspects of exercise and sport nor scientific aspects of exercise and sport

7) Biomechanics has roots in which of the following disciplines?

A) physics

B) biology

C) both physics and biology

D) neither physics nor biology

8) Which of the following questions about the long jump should be answered quantitatively?

A) What is the horizontal velocity at take-off?

B) What is the angle at take-off?

C) Both what is the horizontal velocity at take-off? and what is the angle at take-off?

D) Neither what is the horizontal velocity at take-off? nor what is the angle at take-off?

9) Which of the following characterizes a formal problem?

A) a goal or answer

B) a set of given information

C) a set of operations that can be used to arrive at the desired answer from the given information

D) all of these answers are correct

10) What does the word qualitative mean?

A) general

B) numerical

C) pertaining to quality

D) all of these answers are correct

11) Which of the following statements is true regarding qualitative analysis?

A) It is always of a general nature.

B) It does not involve the use of numbers.

C) Both it is always of a general nature and it does not involve the use of numbers.

D) Neither it is always of a general nature nor it does not involve the use of numbers.

12) Which of the following professionals regularly make use of qualitative observations?

A) teachers

B) coaches

C) clinicians

D) all of these answers are correct

13) Which of the following are components of a structured approach to problem solving?

A) writing down the given information

B) drawing a diagram representing the problem situation

C) rereading the problem to look for additional information that may be inferred from the problem statement

D) all of these answers are correct

14) Which of the following countries uses the metric system?

A) France

B) Germany

C) Japan

D) All of these answers are correct