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Question 1.
Why are sports games one of the most difficult and challenging types of games to make for the virtual world?

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Question 2.
What is the primary type of challenge faced during management activities in a sports game?

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Question 3.
Which is NOT a common player role in a sports game?

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Question 4.
What is NOT true about manager games?

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Question 5.
What can players do during match play?

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Question 6.
What is NOT part of the coach's role in a sports game?

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Question 7.
The rules of a sports game are, for the most part, the rules of the sport that is being simulated.

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Question 8.
Sports games sell far more copies for PCs than they do for console machines.

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Question 9.
What competition mode is almost never implemented outside the sports game genre?

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Question 10.
Which mode requires that the number of players be a power of two?

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Question 11.
In which mode does luck play a larger role in victory than in other modes?

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Question 12.
In which mode does the player control the same team for several years?

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Question 13.
What is NOT an opportunity for creative play?

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Question 14.
Hardcore sports gamers are seldom interested in playing a newly invented sport.

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Question 15.
Instant replay shows the action only from the same perspective used when actually playing the game.

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Question 16.
Which is an example of a specialized rating that applies to a specific position?

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Question 17.
Whenever something changes that requires the athletes to adopt a different tactic, the game has moved into a different state.

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Question 18.
Most sports games allow the players to turn off injuries if they don't like the effect that injuries have on the game.

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Question 19.
What perspective works best for a game that focuses on the ball and the athletes in two separate locations such as a baseball game?

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Question 20.
Match the term to the description.

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A Provides formulaic comments
B Player controls an avatar who is an athlete in the match
C Describes the action on a moment-by-moment basis
D Offers insights into strategy and tactics
 
 
 
 
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Question 21.
Match the term to the description.

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A What the team should be trying to accomplish in a particular state
B Skews the play toward lots of action
C Simplest way to simulate matches automatically
D What the athlete should be trying to accomplish in a particular state
 
 
 
 
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Question 22.
Match the term to the description.

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A Determines the behavior of moving bodies in the match
B Raw data needed to simulate the behavior of the athletes accurately
C Produce artificially intelligent behavior
D Breakdown of the play in a sports match
 
 
 
 
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Question 23.
Match the term to the description.

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A Winner of a match plays the winner of a different match
B Play a single match without long-term consequences
C Players take a team and play each other's teams a fixed number of times
D Match ends when the first score is made
 
 
 
 
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Question 24.
Match the term to the description.

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A Athlete's ability to change directions while moving
B Athlete's maximum movement in ideal conditions
C Probability that an athlete will be injured
D Rate at which the athlete can reach top speed
 
 
 
 
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Question 25.
Match the term to the description.

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A Athlete's control over his name and likeness
B Simulates the sport itself as it is played
C Rate at which the athlete tires
D Determines athlete's inertia when struck by someone else
 
 
 
 
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