Ethics in Sport Mock
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Ethics in Sport explores the moral and ethical issues that arise in contemporary sports environments, from amateur to professional levels. The course examines topics such as fair play, performance enhancement, gender equity, diversity, sportsmanship, and the responsibilities of athletes, coaches, and organizations. Through case studies and ethical frameworks, students will learn to analyze dilemmas commonly faced in sport and develop reasoned arguments for resolving complex ethical situations, fostering integrity and accountability within the sporting world.
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Sports in Society Issues and Controversies12th Edition by Jay Coakley
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Chapter 1: The Sociology of Sport: What Is It and Why Study
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Q1) When people in a society generally see the body as machine and sport as performance,it is likely that
A)they will focus on bodily pleasure and joy in sports.
B)athletes will use technology to control and manage their bodies.
C)there will be no need for drug testing in sports.
D)people will view their bodies as unchangeable and beautiful.
Answer: B
Q2) Social class ideology in the United States is organized around
A)ideas and beliefs about what is defined as "cool" in society.
B)a generalized belief that people either have class or they don't.
C)the idea income and wealth inequality is normal a belief in meritocracy.
D)a denial that there are real economic differences between people.
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is LEAST likely to be studied by someone in the sociology of sport?
A)The physical demands associated with individual and team sports.
B)The relationship between sports and religion.
C)The ways that sports are included into social life.
D)The forms and meanings of sports from one group to another.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Producing Knowledge About Sports in Society:
What Is the Role of Research and Theory
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Q1) Knowledge and theories in the sociology of sport enable us to A)discover ultimate truths about the role of spots in society.
B)view sports from multiple perspectives.
C)predict how athletes and teams will perform under pressure.
D)eliminate the causes of serious injuries in sports.
Answer: B
Q2) When Messner collected and analyzed data on the organization of the AYSO leagues and teams he found that they were organized in ways that A)made people very aware of gender.
B)eliminated the influence of gender.
C)created highly gendered experiences.
D)gave women formal authority over men.
Answer: C
Q3) In the chapter it is noted that personal theories,as opposed to sociological theories, A)have little practical value.
B)reproduce social worlds in their current forms.
C)are based on the immediate experiences of individuals.
D)enable people to anticipate general social events.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Sports and Socialization: Who Plays and What Happens to Them
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Q1) When the author paraphrases Gramsci's conclusion about hegemony,he says that "it is difficult to fight an enemy that
A)plays sports every day."
B)has outposts in your head."
C)works harder than you do."
D)will do anything to win."
Answer: B
Q2) Research done during the latter half of the twentieth century have helped us understand the process of changing or ending sport participation.Which of the following is NOT one of the findings in that research?
A)Dropping out of a sport often occurs in connection with other changes in a person's life.
B)When people stop playing a sport,they generally do not cut all ties with sports.
C)Decisions to drop out of sports are sometimes made due to negative experiences in sports.
D)People drop out of sports only when they are victims of exploitation by coaches.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Sports for Children: Are Organized Programs
Worth the Effort
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Q1) According to the conclusion at the close of the chapter,organized sport programs for children are worth the effort when the adults who control the programs
A)help children learn that games require cooperation between opponents.
B)create clear rules so that children know how they should act at all times.
C)are dedicated to preparing children to play at higher levels of competition.
D)treat children as little adults to teach them lessons they can use as adults.
Q2) Project Play,organized by ESPN journalist Tom Farrey,is focused on using youth sports to develop
A)Olympic athletes.
B)physical literacy.
C)young people who succeed in school.
D)political and economic leaders.
Q3) Research shows that the existence of informal children's games requires
A)that players have interpersonal skills and problem-solving abilities.
B)the existence of well-maintained play areas.
C)the availability of the proper equipment for every player.
D)that adults be available if they are needed to solve problems.
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Chapter 5: Deviance in Sports: Is It Out of Control
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Q1) Understanding deviance in sports requires an understanding of "the sport ethic." Which of the following beliefs is NOT one of the core norms of the sport ethic?
A)An athlete strives for distinction.
B)An athlete accepts no obstacles in the pursuit of success.
C)An athlete accepts pain but avoids risks.
D)An athlete is dedicated to "the game."
Q2) A reason that athletes may overconform to the norms of the sport ethic is because they
A)seek identity reaffirmation from other athlete.
B)were pressured by their parents to play sports.
C)want to be seen as normal by people outside of sports.
D)want to be seen as better than their fellow athletes.
Q3) The sport ethic is linked to deviance in sports because athletes
A)are unwilling to accept norms developed by others.
B)expect each other to overconform to its norms.
C)tend to be self-centered.
D)come from families in which parents valued conformity.
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Chapter 6: Violence in Sports: Does It Affect Our Lives
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Q1) The author notes that the legal liability related to brain injuries is most likely to affect the future of
A)global soccer leagues where players make low salaries.
B)heavy contact sports played by athletes under the legal age of consent.
C)sports played by people from low income families.
D)women's heavy contact and collision sports.
Q2) The author argues that players in noncontact sports are
A)seldom rewarded for aggressive behaviors.
B)taught to use psychological as well as physical violence.
C)the most violent of all athletes when they have opportunities to be violent.
D)more likely than athletes in contact sports to use intimidation.
Q3) Celebratory riots have been among the most dangerous and destructive forms of sport spectator violence in North America.In the past,they occurred most often at A)NFL playoff games.
B)college football games.
C)professional soccer matches in large cities.
D)World Series baseball games.
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Chapter 7: Gender and Sports: Is Equity Possible
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Q1) Research on new media suggest that
A)girls and women are creating their own sport coverage on their own terms.
B)female athletes have resisted using hand held media devices.
C)male athletes are creating media coverage that undermines female sports.
D)corporations now pay female athletes to create their own media coverage.
Q2) Sport participation can empower girls and women as individuals,but
A)as an institution,sport remains gendered so it reaffirms heterosexual male power.
B)this empowerment is usually undermined by serious injuries.
C)they lose that sense of empowerment if they promote feminist goals.
D)their empowerment leads directly to the disempowerment of boys and men.
Q3) The author concludes that at this point in time the most effective strategy for achieving gender equity in sport is
A)more government legislation that forces social inclusion in sports.
B)creating new sports that are controlled by females.
C)grass roots actions that identify inequities and support needed changes.
D)eliminating sex segregation so that all sports are open to everyone.
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Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity:
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Q1) The author notes that the racial and ethnic relations challenges faced by sports in the future will
A)fade because sports create positive forms of social integration.
B)decrease because conservative governments will ban most immigration.
C)increase due to more migration of athletes and other workers worldwide.
D)increase as more athletes come from working class backgrounds.
Q2) Research done by sociologist Christina Chin showed that Japanese parents in her study formed and supported a youth basketball league for their children in the hope that it would
A)encourage the children to move back to Japan in the future.
B)help their children more fully embrace dominant culture in the United States.
C)lead their children to form relationships with other Japanese children.
D)show their children the advantages of ethnically segregated activities.
Q3) When "whiteness" is used as the taken-for-granted standard against which everything else is viewed,the success of black athletes is
A)explained in terms of cultural factors by whites.
B)seen by whites as a "problem" in need of explanation.
C)seldom covered in the mainstream media.
D)defined by whites as a result of luck.
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Chapter 9: Social Class: Do Money and Power Matter in Sports
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Q1) The class ideology underlying dominant sport forms in North America involves the belief that
A)economic success is proof of ability,worth,and character.
B)money is important but it cannot buy happiness.
C)being a professional is always better than being an amateur.
D)it's better to be lucky than to work hard.
Q2) The two major challenges faced by retiring athletes are reconstructing their identities,and
A)finding jobs that didn't require physical work.
B)recovering from psychological trauma.
C)finding ways to stay active in sports.
D)renegotiating their relationships with family and friends.
Q3) When people who control money and economic power use their financial clout to organize and sponsor sports,they give preference to sport forms that
A)eliminate participation opportunities for those who lack resources.
B)provide impossible challenges to less fortunate people in society.
C)reflect and maintain their own values and interests.
D)promote the idea that success depends on fate and lucky breaks.
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Chapter 10: Age and Ability: Barriers to Participation and Inclusion
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Q1) When people share a particular disability and want to play sports,they are most likely to
A)form their own sport associations and sponsor their own events.
B)disrupt sports events in the Empire of the Normal.
C)try out for high school sport teams.
D)form their own teams and join leagues in the Empire of the Normal.
Q2) The author argues that when we use the opposing categories of "able-bodied" and "disabled," we
A)create dynamics that undermine inclusion.
B)make the concept of ability too complicated.
C)give special privileges to people with a disability.
D)destroy the meaning of "able-bodied."
Q3) Ludwig Guttmann,the father of sports for people with disabilities,was labelled as a radical in 1948 because he
A)believed that athletes with disabilities could compete against Olympic athletes.
B)forced people to confront bodies with disabilities in public.
C)use war veterans with disabilities to argue against war.
D)established a hospital that was called the "Empire of the Normal."
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Chapter 11: Sports and the Economy: What Are the
Characteristics of Commercial Sports
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Q1) Spectator interest in sports is created in connection with four cultural conditions.Which of the following is NOT one of the conditions discussed in the chapter?
A)A widespread ideology that connects success and hard work.
B)A system of youth sports in which children learn to value sport skills.
C)A large collection of low-income workers with free time on their hands.
D)A quest for excitement in social worlds characterized by order and control.
Q2) The contracts of most pro athletes in the major men's team sports are governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).This agreement is made between
A)team owners and players.
B)team owners and the U.S.Congress.
C)a neutral collection of labor lawyers.
D)players,fans,and media companies.
Q3) Commercial sports are most likely to grow and prosper in societies with A)market economies,large urban centers,and the availability of capital.
B)high rates of unemployment combined with access to transportation.
C)traditional definitions of masculinity and femininity.
D)low rates of consumption and little awareness of status differences.
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Chapter 12: Sports and the Media: Could They Survive
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Q1) Compared to past coverage,current media representations of race and ethnicity
A)present fewer narratives that reproduce racist stereotypes.
B)present fewer images of the lifestyles of successful black male athletes.
C)avoid any images of black male athletes as angry and fearsome.
D)ignore the records and achievements of black athletes.
Q2) The most effective way to reduce subtle forms of racial,ethnic,and national bias in the media coverage of sports is to hire at all levels of media production people who
A)have degrees in communication studies.
B)see the world in colorblind ways.
C)come from diverse racial,ethnic,and national backgrounds.
D)had experiences in jobs that are unrelated to sport.
Q3) Women's sport events do not receive more coverage in the media partly because the viewers of women's sports
A)have not been identified by advertisers as a unique target audience.
B)come primarily from low-income households.
C)are mostly stay-at-home moms who have little money to spend.
D)are mostly young men who see women athletes as sex objects.
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Chapter 13: Sports and Politics: How Do Governments and Global Political Processes Influence
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Q1) Data on connections between sports and international relations suggests that sports
A)shape important negotiations related to vital national interests in global politics.
B)are most often used as forms of public diplomacy.
C)only influence political relationships when nations have little power.
D)are unrelated to all aspects of international relations.
Q2) In the box,Olympism and the Olympic Games,which of the following is NOT a change recommended for reforming the Olympic Games?
A)Add demonstration sports native to the culture of the host nation.
B)Do away with national uniforms.
C)Eliminate the opening and closing ceremonies.
D)Integrate the Olympics and Paralympics.
Q3) In the box,Olympism and the Olympic Games,the table showing total medal counts from 1896 to 2004 indicates that when the size of nations is taken into account
A)large Asian nations are rated very highly.
B)the United States is not rated in the top 25.
C)Cuba is rated number 1.
D)Scandinavian nations are rated very low.
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Chapter 14: Sports in High School and College: Do
Competitive Sports Contribute to Education
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Q1) Richard Southall and his colleagues at the College Sport Research Center have developed an adjusted graduation gap measure that compares athletes with other full-time students.Their findings indicate that athletes
A)seldom graduate in four years.
B)graduate at the same rate as other full time students but have different majors.
C)consistently graduate at lower rates than other full-time students.
D)are not as interested in graduating as are other full time students.
Q2) Budget information for college athletic programs show that the programs could not exist with receive a significant amount of money from A)faculty members.
B)local businesses.
C)student fees.
D)parking revenues.
Q3) Title IX law remains controversial in intercollegiate sports because
A)it exposes the contradictions of big-time intercollegiate football.
B)it is unconstitutional to make men share budgets and resources for sports.
C)women never wanted or needed Title IX to become great athletes.
D)all women's sport teams are financially supported by football profits.
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Chapter 15: Sports and Religions: Is
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Q1) Religion is related to gender issues in sports because
A)religious leaders tend to be strong supporters of sports for women.
B)women are more religious than men.
C)religious beliefs often influence opportunities for females to play sports.
D)religious women are more likely to play sports than other women.
Q2) The major religious-sport organizations in the U.S.tend to
A)work hard on social issues and creating social change.
B)be comprised of both Muslims and Christians.
C)attract immigrants who come from Catholic countries.
D)emphasize conservative,fundamentalist Christian orientations.
Q3) Christians and Christian organizations have used sports to
A)identify people who embody Christ-like attitudes.
B)challenge traditional ideas about masculinity.
C)prioritize social problems and the need for social reform in society.
D)recruit new members to their organizations and belief systems.
Q4) A social constructionist approach to sports and religions is based primarily on
A)cultural and interactionist theories.
B)psychological and sociological theories.
C)Freudian and structural theories.
D)interactionist and feminist theories.
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Chapter 16: Sports in the Future: What Do We Want
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Q1) The major demographic change that will influence sports in the future is A)increased social and cultural diversity.
B)increases in family size.
C)less movement across national borders.
D)more women and children in the workforce.
Q2) When joining opposition groups to establish a vantage point for changing sports,a person is most likely to be successful when working to A)oppose mega-events such as the Olympic Games.
B)create more diverse sport spaces at a local level.
C)defeat legislation to build costly stadiums with public funds.
D)establish media coverage of a new sport played by low-income girls.
Q3) When highly visible and popular athletes become involved in efforts to change something related to sports,they usually have goals that are A)conservative.
B)reformist.
C)radical.
D)a combination of reformist and radical.
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