Question:
Why are anabolic steroids used as performance-enhancing drugs?
(A) Athletes get a boost of energy from their use
(B) Fat oxidation occurs at a lower rate
(C) Red blood cell production is stimulated
(D) They stimulate protein synthesis
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Question:
The sit-up is performed in which anatomical plane?
(A) Frontal
(B) Sagittal
(C) Transverse
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Question:
True or False: Peptide hormones bind to receptors within the nucleus of target cells.
(A) True
(B) False
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Question:
Nutritional muscle buffers are dietary supplements that work to buffer the acidity created within the muscle during high intensity exercise. If the muscle tissue were to become more basic, the pH level would…
(A) …go down
(B) …go up
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While watching practice on day, one of the girls soccer players breaks away and is one-on-one with the goalie. The goalie dives to make an unbelievable save. The coach congratulates her for the effort and tells her that she gets to skip wind sprints at the end of the day. This is an example of __________.
(A) Negative Punishment
(B) Negative Reinforcement
(C) Positive Punishment
(D) Positive Reinforcement
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A hormone binds to a cell-surface-bound receptor molecule. What type of hormone is this likely to be?
(A) Peptide Hormone
(B) Steroid Hormone
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One of your clients tells you that she doens’t want to lift weights because she doesn’t want to get big like a man. You tell her that it’s not likely since women have about a ____________ lower concentration of testosterone than men.
(A) 5 to 10-fold
(B) 10 to 15-fold
(C) 15 to 20-fold
(D) 20 to 25-fold
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Which of the following is a “fulcrum?”
(A) Elbow
(B) Midpoint of the tibia
(C) Soleus
(D) Trapezius
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Which of the following exercises occurs primarily in the transverse anatomical plane?
(A) Bench Press
(B) Lat Pulldown
(C) Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press
(D) Sit Up
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Which of the following energy system enzymes plays a greater role in powerlifting, considering the metabolic demands of this sport.
(A) Creatine Kinase
(B) Hormone-Sensitive Lipase
(C) Lactate Dehydrogenase
(D) Phosphofructokinase (PFK)
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A very eager parent calls your office at the start of the summer and tells you that his son will be starting high school in the fall. The parent wants to know how often he should be having his son training with weights over the summer to prepare for football season. After asking the parent some back ground information on the athlete, you find out that the student has no prior resistance training experience. You tell the parent that the student should be instructed by a NSCA-certified strength and conditioning coach to ensure proper technique is learned and that beginner athletes should be resistance training up to __________ times per week.
(A) 1-2
(B) 3-4
(C) 5-6
(D) 7+
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Which of the following resistance training exercises is considered a “single-joint” exercise?
(A) Bench Press
(B) Incline Dumbbell Fly
(C) Incline Dumbbell Press
(D) Assisted Dip (Machine)
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A typical creatine supplementation routine involves a loading dose of 20 – 25 grams of creatine per day for __________ days.
(A) 2
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 14
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Your sitting through an anatomy lecture while checking March Madness scores on your iPhone when your professor calls your name and asks you, “Alpha motor neurons leave the spinal column through which root?”
(A) Dorsal Root
(B) Lateral Root
(C) Ventral Root
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Which part of the heart depolarizes during the p-wave of this ECG readout?
(A) Atria
(B) Ventricles
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