PDGA CERTIFIED RULES EXAM SCRIPT
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
⫸ Skeletal muscles are connected to bones by a Answer: tendon
⫸ Skeletal muscles can only push. Answer: False
⫸ This type of exercise builds up lactic acid because of the lack of
oxygen. Answer: Anaerobic
⫸ The two diagrams have a subject facing us and facing away. Which
term best describes the subject facing us in anatomical position?
Answer: Anterior
⫸ Deltoid Answer: Shoulder
⫸ Pectoralis Major Answer: Chest
⫸ Vastus Medialis Answer: Thigh
⫸ Soleus Answer: Calf
⫸ Gluteus Maximus Answer: Buttocks
,⫸ Support Answer: Layout of your body structure
⫸ Protects Answer: secure environment
⫸ Movement Answer: lever system
⫸ Storage and Production Answer: relaces calcium and minerals when
needed
⫸ Who has the most bones? Answer: baby
⫸ Muscles originate and insert on the skeletal system, which function of
the skeletal system relates best to origin and insertion? Answer: support
⫸ Long bones Answer: provide leverage for movement
⫸ Irregular Answer: vertebrae (spinal column)
⫸ Short Answer: 32 bones as wide as they are long
⫸ Flat Answer: armor ; protector
⫸ ball-and-socket joint Answer: multi-directional movement
, ⫸ Hinge joint Answer: knee or elbow
⫸ Pivot joint Answer: rotation within a ring
⫸ Gliding joint Answer: bones slide over one another
⫸ Kinesiology is the study of all types of movement from the human
body to how vehicles move. Answer: True
⫸ Why is kinesiology important to study? Answer: Helps in physical
therapy
⫸ An antagonist is the muscle that moves a part of the body directly.
Answer: False
⫸ Bicep Arm Curl - Agonist Answer: bicep
⫸ Bicep Arm Curl - Antagonist Answer: Tricep
⫸ Leg Extension - Agonist Answer: Quadriceps (Thighs)
⫸ Leg Extension - Antagonist Answer: Hamstrings
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
⫸ Skeletal muscles are connected to bones by a Answer: tendon
⫸ Skeletal muscles can only push. Answer: False
⫸ This type of exercise builds up lactic acid because of the lack of
oxygen. Answer: Anaerobic
⫸ The two diagrams have a subject facing us and facing away. Which
term best describes the subject facing us in anatomical position?
Answer: Anterior
⫸ Deltoid Answer: Shoulder
⫸ Pectoralis Major Answer: Chest
⫸ Vastus Medialis Answer: Thigh
⫸ Soleus Answer: Calf
⫸ Gluteus Maximus Answer: Buttocks
,⫸ Support Answer: Layout of your body structure
⫸ Protects Answer: secure environment
⫸ Movement Answer: lever system
⫸ Storage and Production Answer: relaces calcium and minerals when
needed
⫸ Who has the most bones? Answer: baby
⫸ Muscles originate and insert on the skeletal system, which function of
the skeletal system relates best to origin and insertion? Answer: support
⫸ Long bones Answer: provide leverage for movement
⫸ Irregular Answer: vertebrae (spinal column)
⫸ Short Answer: 32 bones as wide as they are long
⫸ Flat Answer: armor ; protector
⫸ ball-and-socket joint Answer: multi-directional movement
, ⫸ Hinge joint Answer: knee or elbow
⫸ Pivot joint Answer: rotation within a ring
⫸ Gliding joint Answer: bones slide over one another
⫸ Kinesiology is the study of all types of movement from the human
body to how vehicles move. Answer: True
⫸ Why is kinesiology important to study? Answer: Helps in physical
therapy
⫸ An antagonist is the muscle that moves a part of the body directly.
Answer: False
⫸ Bicep Arm Curl - Agonist Answer: bicep
⫸ Bicep Arm Curl - Antagonist Answer: Tricep
⫸ Leg Extension - Agonist Answer: Quadriceps (Thighs)
⫸ Leg Extension - Antagonist Answer: Hamstrings
