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1Racial segregation and exclusion are most likely to be eliminated in sports when
A)team success depends on friendships among team members
B)the entire team benefits from the success of individual team members.
C)team owners must make financial sacrifices.
D)being a good player leads to promotions and control in sport organizations.


2When people in racial and ethnic minority populations have disabilities, they are less likely than others to participate in sports because they often
A)lack role models.
B)encounter physical abuse in the medical care system.
C)face point-of-entry barriers.
D)have parents who are embarrassed to bring them to programmes.


3Efforts to challenge discrimination in sports have been motivated strongly by
A)financial profits for those who control sports.
B)legislation that mandates fair treatment.
C)the liberal attitudes of sport team owners.
D)political pressure coming from the black community.


4The elimination of racial exclusion tends to be slowest in sports that involve
A)extensive off-the-field social contact.
B)high salaries for athletes at the professional level.
C)teamwork combined with complex strategies.
D)heavy media attention and widespread national publicity.


5Racial and ethnic exclusion occurs today at the community level, where it is
A)tied to ethnic traditions that discourage sport participation.
B)perpetuated by the racism of people who work in public sport programmes.
C)hidden behind participation fees and lack of access to transportation.
D)based on a lack of knowledge about how to organize sports.


6When racial and ethnic exclusion are eliminated from sports, we can expect that
A)new and different challenges will emerge related to managing diversity.
B)coaches and managers will no longer have to deal with diversity issues.
C)players will automatically become friends regardless of their backgrounds.
D)all forms of racial and ethnic stereotyping by players will disappear.


7British people tend to avoid public discussions of issues related to race and ethnicity because
A)most of them have deep personal prejudices.
B)these issues have become irrelevant in recent years.
C)whites fear violence in connection with those discussions.
D)they follow a civic etiquette that calls for polite avoidance of those issues.


8The most difficult diversity issue faced in sports today is
A)selling season tickets to immigrants.
B)integrating positions of power in sport organizations.
C)coaching European athletes who have never dealt with cultural diversity.
D)determining the citizenship of athletes who play sports in many countries.


9The prospects for positive changes in racial and ethnic relations depend on
A)ignoring all racial and ethnic differences and treating everyone as equal.
B)returning to past ways of handling racial and ethnic problems on teams.
C)dealing directly with racial and ethnic issues and related challenges.
D)eliminating the importance of racial and ethnic history and heritage.


10The authors recommend that sport programmes should involve athletic directors, coaches, trainers, and athletes in
A)biofeedback training focused on thought control.
B)behaviour modification exercises focused on being kind to others.
C)teamwork training focused on cooperation in groups.
D)diversity training that critically examines diversity issues in society.





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