Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 1 Multiple Choice Questions

• Which medical condition is most closely associated with obesity?

a) Coronary heart disease

b) Hypertension

c) Type 2 diabetes

d) Cancer

• What is the strongest risk factor for dementia?

a) Sex

b) Genetics

c) Physical inactivity

d) Age

• Which of the following features of physical activity data is not common to most

countries?

a) Physical activity declines with increasing age

b) Women are more physically active than men

c) Occupation-related energy expenditure has decreased in recent decades

d) Most children and adolescents are insufficiently active

• Which four healthy lifestyle behaviours have been suggested to increase the number

of years lived free from chronic disease?

a) Physical activity, never smoking, body mass index < 25 kg m

−2 , moderate alcohol consumption

b) Physical activity, not currently smoking, body mass index < 25 kg m

−2 , healthy diet

c) Physical activity, never smoking, body mass index < 30 kg m

−2 , healthy diet

d) Physical activity, not currently smoking, body mass index < 30 kg m

−2 , moderate alcohol consumption

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• What is the estimated worldwide population attributable fraction for all-cause

mortality associated with physical inactivity?

• 3%
• 6%
• 9%
• 12%

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Chapter 1 Multiple Choice Answers

1 Correct answer: C

2 Correct answer: D

3 Correct answer: B

4 Correct answer: A

5 Correct answer: C

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Chapter 2 Multiple Choice Questions

• What type of study is the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study?

a) Case-control

b) Prospective cohort

c) Randomised controlled trial

d) Cross-sectional survey

• Which statistic quantifies the proportion of individuals in a population that exhibits

the outcome of interest at a specified time?

a) Relative risk

b) Incidence

c) Prevalence

d) Population-attributable risk

• In epidemiology, what is meant by 'confounding'?

a) Distortion of the effect of an exposure on disease because of systematic error

b) Introduction of a systematic error into results because of selection bias

c) Distortion of the effect of an exposure on disease because a third factor

associated with the exposure independently affects the risk of developing the disease

d) A finding due to chance or the 'luck of the draw'

• What does the unit called the ‘MET’ measure?

a) Total volume of physical activity

b) Intensity of physical activity relative to the individual

c) Intensity of physical activity relative to V̇O2max reserve

d) Intensity of physical activity in multiples of the resting metabolic rate

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