Fitness for Living / Exercise Principles Unit Test

Personal fitness includes all of the following EXCEPT:

• An active lifestyle

• Forgoing medical checkups

• Eating nutritious food

• Sleeping 8-9 hours each night

Life expectancy increases when people have

• Cardiovascular disease

• Negative attitudes

• Active lifestyles

• Obesity

Which is NOT a health risk factor?

• Smoking

• Functional health

• Age

• Heredity

The Physical Activity pyramid recommends

• Sedentary activities

• Body composition

• The behavioral-change stairway

• 30 minutes daily of moderate-intensity activity

Adjusting FITT factors will apply

• The principle of overload

• The principle of specificity

• The principle of progression

• All of these

Methods of measuring exercise intensity include all of the following EXCEPT

• The heat stress index

• Percentage of maximum heart rate

• Perceived exertion

• The talk test

The maximum heart rate for a 16 year old boy is

• 207 beats per minute

• 220 beats per minute

• 205 beats per minute

• 204 beats per minute

The factors of exercise training are

• Warm up, workout, cool down

• Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type

• Overtraining, detraining, and cross training

Health is a state of well being that includes:

• Physical aspects

• Mental/emotional aspects

• Social aspects

• All of the above

Which of the following best defines the principle of overload?

• Exercising at a comfortable level to maintain fitness

• Gradually increasing the amount of stress placed on the body to improve fitness

• Training at the same intensity every session

• Avoiding challenging exercises to prevent injury