Test Bank for Psychology of Physical Activity

Test Bank for Psychology of Physical Activity Determinants, Well-Being and Interventions, 4e by Stuart Biddle, Nanette Mutrie, Trish Gorely, Guy Faulkner (All Chapters)

Chapter 1: Introduction and setting the scene

Multiple choice questions (MCQs)

• Which of the following does not contain one of the 8 sustainable development goals

that physical activity can help achieve?

• Quality education, Health and well being , Peace and justice
• Health and well being, Gender Equity, Life below Water
• Gender Equity, Life on the Land, Sustainable cities and communities
• Peace and Justice, Climate action, reduced inequalities

2. The important final step in the behavioural epidemiological model is:

• Transformation of policy
• Translation of research
• Transformation of research to practice
• Translation of policy to practice

• Which of the following is false?

• Globally men and more active than women
• Globally inactivity increases dramatically with age
• Globally at least a quarter of the adult population is insufficiently active
• Globally the populations of high income countries are more active than the

populations of low income countries

• The origins of contemporary ecological frameworks are in psychological

thinking go back to when?

• 1900s
• 1930s
• 1960s
• 1990s

• Which of the following components are NOT part of the definition of physical

activity?

• Movement of the body produced by the skeletal muscles 1 / 4

• Resulting energy expenditure which varies from low to high
• A positive correlation with physical fitness.
• Associated with competition

Other learning tasks

• Choose two of the milestones depicted in Figure 1.1. Make these milestones at least

one decade apart. For each milestone provide:

• In 100 words or less describe the output [ for example give the authors and

journal citation and summarise the findings or the message from this output]

• In 100 words or less say why you think this has been selected as in important

milestone in the history of physical activity for health

2. Search for your own Physical Activity country card here :

http://new.globalphysicalactivityobservatory.com/countrycards/

• For your own country there should be a current and previous version of the card.

Note any improvements that you can see from the previous card to the current card. What improvements you would like to see over the next 5 years on any of the data presented on the current card?

• Select another country of your choice and write a short report [500 words] on

the differences you can note [eg overall prevalence rate, gender gap ] between the two countries. Note some possible reasons for the differences you observe.

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Chapter 2: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL -BEING

Multiple choice questions (MCQs)

Question 1.This chapter reviews the evidence on the links between physical activity and

psychological well-being, looking at which combination of these four items: 1)

Depression, 2) Mood, 3) Self-esteem, and 4) ‘core’ affect?

• 1 and 2
• 3 and 4.
• 2 and 4
• 1 and 4.

Question 2.Rejeski et al. (1996) suggest that it is typical for health-related quality of life (HRQoL) to be defined in terms of participants’ perceptions of function. They outline six types of HRQoL measures, but which one of the below is NOT one of those measures?

a) Global indices of HRQL

b) Physical symptoms

c) Social function

d) Spiritual function

Question 3.Which measure of HRQoL uses a visual analogue scale ranging from ‘worst imaginable health state’ (score = 0) to ‘best imaginable health state’ (score = 100)?

a) EQ-5D.

b) SF-12. 3 / 4

c) SF-36.

d) QALY - 24.

Question 4.What is defined as “global set of affective (feeling) states we experience on a day-to- day basis and may last hours, days, weeks, or even months”?

a) Affect

b) Emotion

c) Mood

d) Arousal

Question 5.Evidence suggests that maintenance of physical activity is best predicted by which affective states?

a) Those before exercise

b) Those during exercise

c) Those after exercise

d) None of the above

Question 6.Which of the below is not one of the approaches to enjoyment identified that are relevant to health-related physical activity?

a) Intrinsic motivational processes

b) Csikzentmihalyi's 'flow' model

c) Exercise deprivation model.

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