Chapter 4 – Body Composition

Chapter 4 – Body Composition

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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Multiple Choice

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1       c       11.  Recommended body weight is best determined based on:

1. the amount of storage fat and lean tissue.
2. height/weight charts.
3. the percentages of body fat and lean tissue.
4. the ratio of essential fat to lean tissue.

1       b       12.  _____ is used in reference to the fat and nonfat components of the human body.

1. Percent of body fat
2. Body composition
3. Lean body mass
4. Fat body weight

1       c       13.  “Healthy weight” refers to:

1. ideal body weight.
2. standard body weight.
3. recommended body weight.
4. average body weight.

1       a       14.  _____ implies the absence of any medical condition that would improve with weight loss and a fat distribution pattern that is not associated with higher risk for illness.

1. Healthy weight
2. Ideal body weight
3. Perfect body weight
4. Lean body weight

1       d       15.  Some muscular athletes who appear to be 20 or 30 pounds overweight:

1. are considered obese.
2. need to reduce their weight.
3. are considered abnormal.
4. really have little body fat.

1       c       16.  The best way to determine whether people are truly overweight or falsely at recommended body weight is:

1. to monitor body weight on a regular basis.
2. to use the simple height/weight charts.
3. through assessment of body composition.
4. to correlate the body weight with body height.

1       a       17.  When a highly muscular young man who weighed about 225 pounds applied to join a city police force but was turned down without having been granted an interview, this illustrated:

1. the inaccuracy of height/weight charts.
2. that the young man indeed has too much fat.
3. the bias of the city police force toward obese individuals.
4. that the city police force makes good hiring judgments.

2       b       18.  The minimal amount of body fat needed for normal physiological functions is called:

1. body fat.
2. essential fat.
3. human fat.
4. storage fat.