The Middle School Nurse Is Speaking to Parents About Prevention

question 44

Multiple Choice

The middle school nurse is speaking to parents about prevention of injuries as a goal of the physical education program.How should the goal be achieved?

• A) Use of protective equipment at the family's discretion
• B) Education of adults to recognize signs that indicate a risk for injury
• C) Sports medicine program to help student athletes work through overuse injuries
• D) Arrangements for multiple sports to use same athletic fields to accommodate more children

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Definitions:

Total Utility

The complete gratification or advantage gained from using a specific quantity of a product or service.

Marginal Utility

The additional satisfaction or utility that a consumer receives from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

Utility-maximizing

Utility-maximizing refers to a principle in economics where individuals or businesses seek to achieve the highest level of satisfaction or profit from their decisions, given their resources and constraints.

Diminishing Marginal Utility

The more of any one good consumed in a given period, the less incremental satisfaction is generated by consuming a marginal or incremental unit of the same good.