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 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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Which of the following is not one of the main physiological roles of growth hormone?
(A) Increase amino acid transport across cell membranes
(B) Increase fatty acid utilization
(C) Increase glucose utilization
(D) Increase protein synthesis
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When instructing athletes to perform the power clean, how low should they be squatting during the catch phase of the lift?
(A) 1/4 squat
(B) 1/2 squat
(C) Full squat
(D) They should not be squatting
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Use of creatine causes an increase in the intramuscular water content. In this situation, is there greater solute concentration inside or outside of the muscle cell?
(A) Inside
(B) Outside
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An athlete is about to step onto the court in a championship basketball game. As a result of the stress from this event, the athlete’s internal organs, blood vessels, and digestive tract behave differently than they would if the athlete were at rest. The organs, blood vessels, and digestive tract are under __________ control.
(A) Autonomic
(B) Somatic
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During the upward phase of the back squat exercise, the primary muscle group acts as a…
A) Flexor
B) Extensor
C) Stabilizer
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