Class Quiz Questions Ch 1

Question 1

When discussing performance efficiency, achieving the goal in the shortest or fastest time possible is called…

a. Minimum energy expenditure
b. Minimum movement time
c. Maximum certainty
d. All of the above

Answer 1

B. Minimum movement time.

Question 2

_______ skills unfold without a recognizable beginning and end in an ongoing fashion and are often repetitive.

Answer 2

Continuous

Question 3

Putting a wheelchair into a car is what kind of skill?

Answer 3

A serial skill

Question 4

Stepping up a curb is what kind of skill?

Answer 4

Discrete skill

Question 5

Climbing up a flight of stairs is what kind of skill?

Answer 5

Continuous skill

Question 6

Marching on a gymnastics ball is what kind of skill?

Answer 6

Continuous skill

swimming, walking, marching, running. The same thing over and over again.

Question 7

Wheelchair transfer to sofa is what kind of task?

Answer 7

Serial task

Question 8

Writing an answer to an essay is more

a. Motor
b. Cognitive
c. In between

Answer 8

B. Cognitive

Question 9

Doing sit-ups is more

a. Motor
b. Cognitive
c. In between

Answer 9

Motor

Question 10

Performing a resisted leg exercise with a patient is more

a. Motor
b. Cognitive
c. In between

Answer 10

In between

Question 11

Doing hip exercises at home

a. Closed environment
b. In between (semi predictable) environment
c. Open environment

Answer 11

Closed environment.

Question 12

Playing W/C basketball

a. Closed environment
b. In between (semi predictable) environment
c. Open environment

Answer 12

Open environment

Question 13

Maneuvering a w/c in hospital corridor is:

a. Closed environment
b. In between (semi predictable) environment
c. Open environment

Answer 13

In between (semi predictable) environment

Question 14

Characteristics of an open-loop control system include all of the following except

a. specified instructions that specify the functions to be performed during movement
b. feedback to provide information from different sensory systems for adjusting the movement as it is carried out.
c. A system that carries out the instructions with little or no modifications.
d. is used to explain rapid and discrete movements.

Answer 14

C.

Question 15

The two components of the open loop control system are

a. effector and feedback
b. feedback and comparator
c. comparator and executive
d. executive and effector

Answer 15

Executive and effector

Question 16

All of the following movements are considered open loop control, Except

a. kicking a ball
b. throwing the ball
c. running a mile
d. hitting a golf ball

Answer 16

Running a mile

Question 17

Which of the following are necessary for an open loop control program to run?

a. specific muscles producing the action
b. force of various muscle contraction
c. timing and sequence
d. duration of contractions
e. all of the above

Answer 17

All of the above

Question 18

Components of a movement that do not change when the speed and size of the action changes are

a. Concrete learning
b. Parameter
c. Invariant features
d. Surface features

Answer 18

Invariant features

Question 19

Movement time and movement amplitude are considered to be ___________ movement.

a. concrete learning
b. invariant features
c. surface features

Answer 19

Surface features

Question 20

Relative timing is considered a(n) __________ of movement.

a. Concrete learning
b. Parameter
c. Invariant feature
d. Surface feature

Answer 20

Invariant feature

Question 21

Parameter value allows a person to change features such as speed and amplitude to meet the environmental demands of the task

a. True
b. False

Answer 21

True

Question 22

_________ is a centrally located mechanism that produces genetic, repetitive actions; it is similar to a motor program and triggered by some stimulus and seems to use patterns for activation.

a. Electromyography (EMG)
b. Central pattern generator
c. Reaction time (RT)
d. De-afferentation

Answer 22

Central pattern generator

Question 23

The generalized motor program accounts for the novel problems and storage problems associated with motor programs.

a. True
b. False

Answer 23

True

Question 24

The major difference between a motor program and the central pattern generator is that a motor program is genetically defined and a central pattern generator is learned.

a. True
b. False

Answer 24

False

Statement is backwards

Question 25

Which theory is best?

a. Hierarchical?
b. Motor programming?
c. Systems?
d. Ecological?
e. Integration of current theories?

Answer 25

Integration of current theories

Different terminology makes integration difficult, but there are more commonalities than differences.

Question 26

Most mvts are most likely a combination of a system perspective and motor program theory.

a. true
b. flase

Answer 26

true

Hierarchical programs have adapted systems perspective.