Question: Which of the following muscles DOES NOT assist during a stiff leg deadlift?
Answer Choices:
Gluteus Maximus
Rectus Femoris
Biceps Femoris
Answer: Rectus Femoris
Question: Progression of a training program consisting of variations in load, but no variation in sets or reps during a microcycle is referred to as:
Answer Choices:
Nonlinear progression
Preparatory Phase
Progressive overload
Linear or traditional progression
Answer: Linear or traditional progression
Question: The biggest reason women cannot add muscle mass to the same extent that men can is because:
Answer Choices:
Women’s bodies are less efficient at digesting protein
Men generally focus more on hypertrophy whereas women generally focus more on strength
Women are too flexible
Women produce less testosterone
Answer: Women produce less testosterone
Question: How is time measured on the treadmill?
Answer Choices:
In stages
In seconds
As a fraction of a minute
In minutes
Answer: As a fraction of a minute
Question: The YMCA Bench Press test measures:
Answer Choices:
Upper body muscular strength
Upper body muscular endurance
Lower body muscular strength
Lower body muscular endurance
Answer: Upper body muscular endurance
Question: Which of the following HAS NOT been shown to improve change of direction?
Answer Choices:
Lower center of mass
Decreased body mass
Decreased knee flexion
Increased lateral trunk tilt
Answer: Increased lateral trunk tilt
Question: Many sport-specific and common everyday movements take place in <2msec. How would resistance training benefit human performance and completing everyday tasks?
Answer Choices:
Better proprioception
Increased ability to co-contract agonist and antagonistic muscles
Increase in flexibility
Increase the ability to produce force rapidly
Answer: Increase the ability to produce force rapidly
Question: What type of exercises most frequently recruit smaller muscle areas, involve only one primary joint, and are thought to be of less importance in sport performance improvement?
Answer Choices:
Structural exercises
Core exercises
Assistance exercises
Power exercises
Answer: Assistance exercises
Question: True/False: Unilateral resistance training on only one limb can show positive benefits on the untrained limb due to modulations in the central nervous system.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following drills is considered the least intensive?
Answer Choices:
Squat Jump
Pike Jump
Single-Leg Hop
Squat Box Jump
Answer: Squat Jump
Question: Did you review the Bruce protocol?
Answer Choices:
No
Yes
Answer: Yes
Question: If the scores of a test are associated with scores from the ‘gold standard’ test, the test has:
Answer Choices:
Predictive Validity
Face Validity
Concurrent Validity
Content Validity
Answer: Concurrent Validity
Question: According to the Fitness-Fatigue Paradigm, Preparedness is:
Answer Choices:
The sum of Fitness and Fatigue
A model that allows modification of adaptive responses
Increased with a high training load
Provides a manipulation of Intensity, Frequency and Mode
Answer: The sum of Fitness and Fatigue
Question: Which of the following is NOT used to achieve progressive overload during a resistance training program?
Answer Choices:
Increasing exercise complexity
Increasing rest
Increasing sets
Increasing load
Answer: Increasing rest
Question: Describe how cardiovascular efficiency is used for the prediction of maximal oxygen consumption using submaximal data from the Astrand-Ryhming bicycle ergometer test.
Answer: It is based on the linear relationship between heart rate and workload, assuming that heart rate at a given workload can predict VO2max.
Question: When changing directions during running, the change in momentum is determined by:
Answer Choices:
The magnitude of the impulse
The stretch shortening cycle
The response to a stimulus
The product of mass and velocity
Answer: The magnitude of the impulse
Question: During the Resistance Phase of the General Adaptation Syndrome, which of the following occurs?
Answer Choices:
There is an increase in fatigue, soreness and stiffness
The body returns to normal functional capacity
There is an inability to adapt to training
Adaptations raise functional capacity above previous levels
Answer: Adaptations raise functional capacity above previous levels