1.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Only 20% of the schoolboys in Johannesburg who were 
surveyed believed that the use of ‘performance-enhanc-
ing substances’ was increasing among their peers.

2.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
According to a survey of schoolboys, most of the in-
formation about performance-enhancing substances is 
obtained from the internet. 

3.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
The South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) 
is one of the many signatories that complies with the 
prohibited list of substances of the World Anti-Doping 
Agency (WADA).

4.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
‘The pressure to perform in sport’ was the reason given 
by schoolboys when they were asked why they used 
performance-enhancing substances. 

5.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
The Commonwealth Games will be held in Delhi (India) 
in 2010.

6.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
According to a forecasting study, South Africa will get 
up to 5 gold medals and 62 medals in total at the 2010 
Commonwealth Games.

7.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Athletics and swimming accounted for 50% of all med-
als won by South Africa in the Commonwealth Games 
in Melbourne 2006. 

8.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
The magnitude of confidence intervals around calcu-
lated injury rates will be artificially narrow if recurrent 
injuries are not considered in the analysis. 

9.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Genetic factors have been identified as intrinsic risk 
factors in chronic Achilles tendinopathy.

10.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Studies investigating the interaction between genetic 
variables and injury do not need to consider age in 
their research design.

11.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Sternal stress fractures are common injuries in young 
gymnasts.

12.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Forty-five per cent of all stress fractures in gymnasts 
involve the pars interarticularis, because of consider-
able stress on the lower back as a result of repetitive 
flexion, hyperextension, rotation and compressive load-
ing of the spine on landings.

13.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
The majority of stress fractures in gymnasts occur dur-
ing competition, rather than during practice. 

14.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
In order to incur health benefits, it is more important to 
be lean rather than be physically fit.

15.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Individuals engaging in a standardised, supervised 
exercise programme have been shown to have very 
similar adaptive responses.

16.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
‘Non-responders’ to a 12-week aerobic training pro-
gramme experienced a statistically significant mean 
reduction in body weight from week 0 to week 12.

17.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Exercise-induced improvements in blood pressure 
have been shown to be least effective in individuals 
classified as hypertensive at baseline.

18.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Some individuals may be resistant to exercise-induced 
weight loss because of strong physiological compensa-
tory processes.

19.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
Waist circumference has been shown to be a better 
marker of response to exercise than BMI.

20.   True (A) or false (B) – click on the correct answer:  
The physiological and psychological benefits of exer-
cise are dependent on weight loss. 

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