SPTM 225 Exam – Study Guide, Revision Notes, and Practice Questions for Exam
Preparation
Which of the following does not describe elements of the first intercollegiate athletic contest? -
✔✔The contest occurred on a river in Vermont in 1903.
Athletic activities were first organized and run by students, but by 1881 Princeton University
formed the faculty committee to gain control of college athletics from students. Reasons for the
formation of this committee included each of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔The desire to create
more opportunities for women and minorities
Each of the following events occurred in 1905, leading up the formation of the NCAA, EXCEPT -
✔✔Efforts by Walter Camp to promote the forward pass in football
The traditional definition of management includes each of the following EXCEPT -
✔✔Responsibility of performance.
According to Henri Fayol, management must perform which five key functions? - ✔✔Planning,
organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling
Which of the following organizations challenged the NCA's efforts to control women's sports in
the 1980s? - ✔✔AIAW
The 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell was a blow to Title IX enforce
ment of college athletic departments because it ruled that - ✔✔A "programmatic approach"
should be taken, and only those programs that receive direct federal funding had to comply
with Title IX
, Which of the following is NOT one of the NCAA's goals for the intercollegiate athletic programs
it seeks to maintain? - ✔✔That the NCAA works closely with international and professional
sport organizations to manage postseason competitions
The purposes stated in Article 1 of the NCAA Constitution relate to general areas of managerial
operations These are codified operationally in 16 principles of conduct in Article 2 of the
Constitution. Which of the following is NOT one of these principles of conduct? - ✔✔Principle
of postseason excellence
Which of the following statements is NOT true of a Division I school? - ✔✔It has a student
body of more than 10,000 students.
"Place special importance on the impact of athletics on the participants rather than on the
spectators and place greater emphasis on the internal constituency (e.g., students, alumni,
institutional personnel) than on the general public and its entertainment needs;" and "Shall not
award financial aid to any student on the basis of athletics leadership, ability, participation or
performance" are part of the philosophy statement for which NCAA divisional classification(s)? -
✔✔Both III and II
Maintaining an environment where cultural diversity and gender safety of student-athletes,
maintaining and fostering an environment where the student-athlete/coac fairness, openness,
and honest y in the relationship between equity are valued, protecting the health and
relationship is positive, and assuring that there is administrators and student-athletes are points
of emphasis in which of the NCAA's 1 6 Principles for the Conduct of Intercollegiate Athletics? -
✔✔Principle of student-athlete well-being
Which of the following lists the names of directors/presidents of the NCAA in correct
chronological order? - ✔✔Walter Byers, Myles Brand, Mark Emmert
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) sponsors championships for two-year
schools in 13 men's sports and 13 women's sports, some of which offer competitions in three
Preparation
Which of the following does not describe elements of the first intercollegiate athletic contest? -
✔✔The contest occurred on a river in Vermont in 1903.
Athletic activities were first organized and run by students, but by 1881 Princeton University
formed the faculty committee to gain control of college athletics from students. Reasons for the
formation of this committee included each of the following EXCEPT - ✔✔The desire to create
more opportunities for women and minorities
Each of the following events occurred in 1905, leading up the formation of the NCAA, EXCEPT -
✔✔Efforts by Walter Camp to promote the forward pass in football
The traditional definition of management includes each of the following EXCEPT -
✔✔Responsibility of performance.
According to Henri Fayol, management must perform which five key functions? - ✔✔Planning,
organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling
Which of the following organizations challenged the NCA's efforts to control women's sports in
the 1980s? - ✔✔AIAW
The 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell was a blow to Title IX enforce
ment of college athletic departments because it ruled that - ✔✔A "programmatic approach"
should be taken, and only those programs that receive direct federal funding had to comply
with Title IX
, Which of the following is NOT one of the NCAA's goals for the intercollegiate athletic programs
it seeks to maintain? - ✔✔That the NCAA works closely with international and professional
sport organizations to manage postseason competitions
The purposes stated in Article 1 of the NCAA Constitution relate to general areas of managerial
operations These are codified operationally in 16 principles of conduct in Article 2 of the
Constitution. Which of the following is NOT one of these principles of conduct? - ✔✔Principle
of postseason excellence
Which of the following statements is NOT true of a Division I school? - ✔✔It has a student
body of more than 10,000 students.
"Place special importance on the impact of athletics on the participants rather than on the
spectators and place greater emphasis on the internal constituency (e.g., students, alumni,
institutional personnel) than on the general public and its entertainment needs;" and "Shall not
award financial aid to any student on the basis of athletics leadership, ability, participation or
performance" are part of the philosophy statement for which NCAA divisional classification(s)? -
✔✔Both III and II
Maintaining an environment where cultural diversity and gender safety of student-athletes,
maintaining and fostering an environment where the student-athlete/coac fairness, openness,
and honest y in the relationship between equity are valued, protecting the health and
relationship is positive, and assuring that there is administrators and student-athletes are points
of emphasis in which of the NCAA's 1 6 Principles for the Conduct of Intercollegiate Athletics? -
✔✔Principle of student-athlete well-being
Which of the following lists the names of directors/presidents of the NCAA in correct
chronological order? - ✔✔Walter Byers, Myles Brand, Mark Emmert
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) sponsors championships for two-year
schools in 13 men's sports and 13 women's sports, some of which offer competitions in three
