SPTM 225 Midterm – Study Guide, Revision Notes, and Practice Questions for Exam
Preparation
Which of the following has been identified as the first professional intercollegiate athletic
coach? - ANS ✔✔William Wood
Of the following, who was NOT a major non-White figure in early intercollegiate athletics? - ANS
✔✔Thom Gossom, Jr.
According to Henri Fayol, management must perform which five key functions? - ANS
✔✔Planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling.
The 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell was a blow to Title IX
enforcement of college athletic departments because it ruled that __________. - ANS ✔✔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 does NOT include three functions that Henry Mintzberg identified as key
managerial roles? - ANS ✔✔Disturbance handler, facilitator, spokesperson
The traditional definition of management includes each of the following EXCEPT: - ANS
✔✔Responsibility for performance.
Which of the following organizations challenged the NCAA's efforts to control womenâ s sports
in the 1980s? - ANS ✔✔AIAW
Athletic activities were first organized and run by students, but by 1881 Princeton University
formed the first faculty committee to gain control of college athletics from students. Reasons for
the formation of this committee included each of the following EXCEPT: - ANS ✔✔The desire to
create more opportunities for women and minorities.
, Each of the following events occurred in 1905, leading up to the formation of the NCAA, EXCEPT:
- ANS ✔✔Efforts by Walter Camp to promote the forward pass in football.
Which of the following does not describe elements of the first intercollegiate athletic contest? -
ANS ✔✔The contest occurred on a river in Vermont in 1903.
"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)? -
ANS ✔✔III
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
separate divisions. Which of the following criteria serves to differentiate these divisions? - ANS
✔✔The amount and type of athletically related financial aid that schools can award
Ron Meyer, who would meet high school prospects by peeling off hundred-dollar bills from a
money clip, was from which of the following schools? - ANS ✔✔SMU
In which decade did the NCAA develop enforcement powers over television contracts? - ANS
✔✔1950s
Maintaining an environment where cultural diversity and gender equity are valued, protecting
the health and safety of student-athletes, maintaining and fostering an environment where the
student-athlete/coach relationship is positive, and assuring that there is fairness, openness, and
honesty in the relationship between administrators and student-athletes are points of emphasis
in which of the NCAA's 16 Principles for the Conduct of Intercollegiate Athletics? - ANS
✔✔Principle of student-athlete well-being
Preparation
Which of the following has been identified as the first professional intercollegiate athletic
coach? - ANS ✔✔William Wood
Of the following, who was NOT a major non-White figure in early intercollegiate athletics? - ANS
✔✔Thom Gossom, Jr.
According to Henri Fayol, management must perform which five key functions? - ANS
✔✔Planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling.
The 1984 Supreme Court decision in Grove City College v. Bell was a blow to Title IX
enforcement of college athletic departments because it ruled that __________. - ANS ✔✔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 does NOT include three functions that Henry Mintzberg identified as key
managerial roles? - ANS ✔✔Disturbance handler, facilitator, spokesperson
The traditional definition of management includes each of the following EXCEPT: - ANS
✔✔Responsibility for performance.
Which of the following organizations challenged the NCAA's efforts to control womenâ s sports
in the 1980s? - ANS ✔✔AIAW
Athletic activities were first organized and run by students, but by 1881 Princeton University
formed the first faculty committee to gain control of college athletics from students. Reasons for
the formation of this committee included each of the following EXCEPT: - ANS ✔✔The desire to
create more opportunities for women and minorities.
, Each of the following events occurred in 1905, leading up to the formation of the NCAA, EXCEPT:
- ANS ✔✔Efforts by Walter Camp to promote the forward pass in football.
Which of the following does not describe elements of the first intercollegiate athletic contest? -
ANS ✔✔The contest occurred on a river in Vermont in 1903.
"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)? -
ANS ✔✔III
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
separate divisions. Which of the following criteria serves to differentiate these divisions? - ANS
✔✔The amount and type of athletically related financial aid that schools can award
Ron Meyer, who would meet high school prospects by peeling off hundred-dollar bills from a
money clip, was from which of the following schools? - ANS ✔✔SMU
In which decade did the NCAA develop enforcement powers over television contracts? - ANS
✔✔1950s
Maintaining an environment where cultural diversity and gender equity are valued, protecting
the health and safety of student-athletes, maintaining and fostering an environment where the
student-athlete/coach relationship is positive, and assuring that there is fairness, openness, and
honesty in the relationship between administrators and student-athletes are points of emphasis
in which of the NCAA's 16 Principles for the Conduct of Intercollegiate Athletics? - ANS
✔✔Principle of student-athlete well-being
