Name: _______________________________

Date: _______________________________

Performance-Enhancing Substances and Techniques

Quiz

Section A. Multiple choice choose the best answer.

1. Which aid is not a performance enhancing substance?

a. Nutritional aid
b. Psychological aid
c. Physiological aid
d. Pharmacological aid
e. They are all types of performance enhancing substances
2. Nutritional Aids are hard to access.
a. True
b. False
3. Which aid can help the recovery process?
a. Nutritional aids
b. Pharmacological aid
c. Psychological aid
4. Examples of Nutritional Aids include
a. Vitamins
b. Morphine
c. Carnitine
d. All of the above
e. Both A and C
5. “The use of an artifice, whether substance or method, potentially dangerous to
athletes health and/or capable of enhancing their performance” is a definition of:
a. The use of vitamins
b. The use of minerals
c. Doping
d. Both A and C
6. The definition from above is from
a. The IOC (International Olympic Committee)
b. The WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency)
c. Superior Collegiate Vocational Institute
d. Lakehead University
7. Blood doping is:
a. The removal of one’s red blood cells and re-injecting them later
b. Injecting insulin into the blood stream before performances
c. The removal and donation of one’s red blood cells to local blood clinic
d. The removal of one’s white blood cells and re-injecting them later
 8. Drug tests are done:
a. To ensure an even playing field
b. Randomly, year-round and/or unannounced
c. Using saliva to detect the presence of any banned substances
d. All of the above
e. Both A and B
9. The WADA:
a. Promotes and coordinates doping internationally
b. Promotes and coordinates the fight against doping internationally
c. Is responsible for drug testing at the Olympics
d. Is responsible for broadcasting the results to the whole world
e. Both B and C
f. Both C and D
10. This nutritional aid claims to reduce body fat
a. Creatine
b. Carnitine
c. Protein
d. Vitamins

Section B. Matching. Choose the appropriate words or phrases from column B that match
the terms in column A.

Column A Column B

1. _____ Creatine A. Caffeine

2. _____ Blood doping B. Reduces body fat

3. _____ Diuretics C. Leads to dehydration

4. _____ Anabolic steroids D. Year-round, unannounced, random

5. _____ Drug testing E. Reduces heart rate

6. _____ Carnitine F. Facilitates the production of ATP

7. _____ Narcotics G. Masks pain

8. _____ Beta-Blockers H. Increasing the total volume of O2

blood cells
9. _____ Increases alertness I. Muscle building agent

10. _____ Human growth hormone J. Anabolic and androgenic effects