Missed Questions

Question 1

What condition is characterized by the narrowing of coronary arteries?

Answer 1

Ischemic heart disease

Question 2

What statement best describes a mid-market health club?

Answer 2

A health club that provides all the features of low-cost clubs and additional amenities like higher-end locker rooms, snack and supplement sales, and group fitness workouts included in the price of membership

Question 3

What type of fitness professional has advanced knowledge, training, and experience in designing and implementing strength and conditioning programs for competitive athletes?

Answer 3

Strength and conditioning coach

Question 4

A client has been journaling their behavior. They find that if they get home and sit on the couch to watch television, they do not end up exercising. But if they bring their gym clothes to work with them and change before leaving the office, they are more likely to exercise. Which behavior change technique are they using?

Answer 4

Self-monitoring

Question 5

When family members are not supportive of exercise-related behaviors, it can be viewed as which of the following?

Answer 5

A barrier to exercise

Question 6

Which heart chamber gathers oxygenated blood coming to the heart from the lungs?

Answer 6

Left atrium

Question 7

What component of breathing improves blood flow back to the heart?

Answer 7

Inspiration with a decrease in intrathoracic pressure

Question 8

What is explained by the sliding filament theory?

Answer 8

The shortening of a sarcomere to produce a muscle contraction

Question 9

What are the end products of the electron transport chain?

Answer 9

ATP and water

Question 10

Catecholamines are responsible for which of the following actions?

Answer 10

Increased lipolysis

Question 11

Which part of a food label would help a client review the ingredients in a food product?

Answer 11

The ingredients list

Question 12

Improved performance during a plyometric jump is dependent upon which of the following?

Answer 12

Rapid amortization phase

Question 13

What type of muscle action would expend the highest amount of energy at a fixed resistance level over a comparable duration?

Answer 13

Concentric

Question 14

What is the concept used to describe the action of muscles that have the ability to contract automatically in anticipation of movement?

Answer 14

Feed-forward

Question 15

Into which category would a resting blood pressure score of 128/79 mm Hg fall?

Answer 15

Elevated

Question 16

When properly activated, which muscle of the core creates tension in the thoracolumbar fascia?

Answer 16

Transverse abdominis

Question 17

What is the corresponding heart rate for an intensity scored as 14 on the original Borg 6 to 20 scale of exertion?

Answer 17

140 beats per minute

Question 18

What key term would best describe an overactive hip flexor complex decreasing neural drive to the hip extensor complex?

Answer 18

Altered reciprocal inhibition

Question 19

Which of these joint movements is part of backside mechanics?

Answer 19

Hip extension

Question 20

The hamstring complex compensating for weakened hip extensors, which cannot produce force effectively, is an example of what key term?

Answer 20

Synergistic dominance

Question 21

What is the process in which neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles?

Answer 21

Autogenic inhibition

Question 22

Which option is an inaccurate description of the Valsalva maneuver?

Answer 22

It is a recommended technique for those with hypertension.

Question 23

Active and dynamic stretching utilize which physiological action?

Answer 23

Reciprocal inhibition

Question 24

What is the physical action in the body during the eccentric phase of the stretch-shortening cycle?

Answer 24

Stretching of the agonist muscle

Question 25

During what phase of the stretch-shortening cycle is stored elastic energy converted to explosive force production?

Answer 25

Amortization

Question 26

What is the neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when a synergist muscle takes over for a weak or inhibited muscle?

Answer 26

Synergistic dominance

Question 27

Which of the following is a component of agility training?

Answer 27

Deceleration

Question 28

How much rest should be given between each repetition of an SAQ exercise for young athletes?

Answer 28

15 to 60 seconds

Question 29

Speed is the product of what two variables?

Answer 29

Stride rate and stride length

Question 30

Which of the following modalities has the potential to be used effectively in every phase of the OPT model?

Answer 30

Cable machines

Question 31

What type of periodization uses changes in volume and intensity on a daily or weekly basis?

Answer 31

Undulating

Question 32

Which of the following would be an appropriate Phase 2 superset?

Answer 32

Bench press and stability ball push-ups