Missed Questions Flashcards
What condition is characterized by the narrowing of coronary arteries?
Ischemic heart disease
What statement best describes a mid-market health club?
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
What type of fitness professional has advanced knowledge, training, and experience in designing and implementing strength and conditioning programs for competitive athletes?
Strength and conditioning coach
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?
Self-monitoring
When family members are not supportive of exercise-related behaviors, it can be viewed as which of the following?
A barrier to exercise
Which heart chamber gathers oxygenated blood coming to the heart from the lungs?
Left atrium
What component of breathing improves blood flow back to the heart?
Inspiration with a decrease in intrathoracic pressure
What is explained by the sliding filament theory?
The shortening of a sarcomere to produce a muscle contraction
What are the end products of the electron transport chain?
ATP and water
Catecholamines are responsible for which of the following actions?
Increased lipolysis
Which part of a food label would help a client review the ingredients in a food product?
The ingredients list
Improved performance during a plyometric jump is dependent upon which of the following?
Rapid amortization phase
What type of muscle action would expend the highest amount of energy at a fixed resistance level over a comparable duration?
Concentric
What is the concept used to describe the action of muscles that have the ability to contract automatically in anticipation of movement?
Feed-forward
Into which category would a resting blood pressure score of 128/79 mm Hg fall?
Elevated
When properly activated, which muscle of the core creates tension in the thoracolumbar fascia?
Transverse abdominis
What is the corresponding heart rate for an intensity scored as 14 on the original Borg 6 to 20 scale of exertion?
140 beats per minute
What key term would best describe an overactive hip flexor complex decreasing neural drive to the hip extensor complex?
Altered reciprocal inhibition
Which of these joint movements is part of backside mechanics?
Hip extension
The hamstring complex compensating for weakened hip extensors, which cannot produce force effectively, is an example of what key term?
Synergistic dominance
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?
Autogenic inhibition
Which option is an inaccurate description of the Valsalva maneuver?
It is a recommended technique for those with hypertension.
Active and dynamic stretching utilize which physiological action?
Reciprocal inhibition
What is the physical action in the body during the eccentric phase of the stretch-shortening cycle?
Stretching of the agonist muscle
During what phase of the stretch-shortening cycle is stored elastic energy converted to explosive force production?
Amortization
What is the neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when a synergist muscle takes over for a weak or inhibited muscle?
Synergistic dominance
Which of the following is a component of agility training?
Deceleration
How much rest should be given between each repetition of an SAQ exercise for young athletes?
15 to 60 seconds
Speed is the product of what two variables?
Stride rate and stride length
Which of the following modalities has the potential to be used effectively in every phase of the OPT model?
Cable machines
What type of periodization uses changes in volume and intensity on a daily or weekly basis?
Undulating
Which of the following would be an appropriate Phase 2 superset?
Bench press and stability ball push-ups
