NSCA-CSCS CHAPTER 7 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A specialized method of conditioning whereby an individual is working against a wide
range of resistive loads to enhance health, fitness, and performance - Correct Answers -
Resistance Exercise
A sport in which individuals attempt to lift maximal amounts of weight in competition,
specifically in the clean and jerk, and snatch exercise - Correct Answers -Weightlifting
A period of time in which secondary sex characteristics develop and a child transitions
to young adulthood - Correct Answers -Puberty
Why wouldn't it be accurate to define a stage of maturation or development based on
chronological age? - Correct Answers -There are substantial inter individual differences
in physical development, which can be related to the timing, tempo, and magnitude of
growth during puberty
Who begins puberty first, boys or girls? How much earlier? - Correct Answers -Girls
about 2 years before boys
Onset of puberty for boys and girls - Correct Answers -8-13 years old for girls
9-15 years old for boys
Marker of sexual maturity in girls vs. boys - Correct Answers -Girls - onset of
menstruation (menarche)
Boys - appearance of pubic hair, deepening of voice, facial hair
True or false: There is scientific evidence that physical training accelerates growth or
maturation in boys and girls - Correct Answers -false- there is no evidence that physical
training accelerates or delays this
What is the gold standard for determining biological maturation? - Correct Answers -
Skeletal age assessment
What does the skeletal age assessment involve? - Correct Answers -trained
radiographers comparing XRs of a child against standard reference XRs to determine
the extent of ossification of the bones of the L wrist
Why is skeletal age assessment an unrealistic method for most practitioners working
with the youth? - Correct Answers --need specialist equipment
, -costly
-time constraints
-need for specific radiography expertise
What is the alternative method too evaluating biological age? - Correct Answers -Taner
classification
How does the Taner method of classifying biological age work? - Correct Answers -
Visual assessment of the development of identifiable secondary sex characteristics
(breast development in girls, genital development in boys, pubic hair development for
both sexes)
How many stages are there in the Taner assessment? - Correct Answers -Stages 1-5
1 = the immature, preadolescent state
5 = full sexual maturation
What is the greatest constraint for the Taner method? - Correct Answers --invasive
nature of the procedure
-inherent concerns for both the child and the parents
Would a strength and conditioning professional perform the Taner assessment? -
Correct Answers -No. that would be performed only when necessary by suitable
qualified clinicians
For most practitioners, the most realistic and feasible means of estimating biological
age is from: - Correct Answers -somatic assessments
Somatic age reflects the degree of: - Correct Answers -growth in overall stature or
smaller, sub dimensions of the body (i.e. limb length)
Techniques of somatic assessment - Correct Answers --longitudinal growth curve
analysis
-percentages and predictions of final adult height
-the prediction of age from peak height velocity (PHV)
Peak height velocity - Correct Answers --the age at maximum rate of growth during the
pubertal growth spurt
-the point in which the adolescent is growing most rapidly
The length of time a child has consistently followed a formalized and supervised
resistance training program - Correct Answers -training age
The magnitude of gain in any strength-related measure is affect by the amount of : -
Correct Answers -adaptation that has already occurred
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A specialized method of conditioning whereby an individual is working against a wide
range of resistive loads to enhance health, fitness, and performance - Correct Answers -
Resistance Exercise
A sport in which individuals attempt to lift maximal amounts of weight in competition,
specifically in the clean and jerk, and snatch exercise - Correct Answers -Weightlifting
A period of time in which secondary sex characteristics develop and a child transitions
to young adulthood - Correct Answers -Puberty
Why wouldn't it be accurate to define a stage of maturation or development based on
chronological age? - Correct Answers -There are substantial inter individual differences
in physical development, which can be related to the timing, tempo, and magnitude of
growth during puberty
Who begins puberty first, boys or girls? How much earlier? - Correct Answers -Girls
about 2 years before boys
Onset of puberty for boys and girls - Correct Answers -8-13 years old for girls
9-15 years old for boys
Marker of sexual maturity in girls vs. boys - Correct Answers -Girls - onset of
menstruation (menarche)
Boys - appearance of pubic hair, deepening of voice, facial hair
True or false: There is scientific evidence that physical training accelerates growth or
maturation in boys and girls - Correct Answers -false- there is no evidence that physical
training accelerates or delays this
What is the gold standard for determining biological maturation? - Correct Answers -
Skeletal age assessment
What does the skeletal age assessment involve? - Correct Answers -trained
radiographers comparing XRs of a child against standard reference XRs to determine
the extent of ossification of the bones of the L wrist
Why is skeletal age assessment an unrealistic method for most practitioners working
with the youth? - Correct Answers --need specialist equipment
, -costly
-time constraints
-need for specific radiography expertise
What is the alternative method too evaluating biological age? - Correct Answers -Taner
classification
How does the Taner method of classifying biological age work? - Correct Answers -
Visual assessment of the development of identifiable secondary sex characteristics
(breast development in girls, genital development in boys, pubic hair development for
both sexes)
How many stages are there in the Taner assessment? - Correct Answers -Stages 1-5
1 = the immature, preadolescent state
5 = full sexual maturation
What is the greatest constraint for the Taner method? - Correct Answers --invasive
nature of the procedure
-inherent concerns for both the child and the parents
Would a strength and conditioning professional perform the Taner assessment? -
Correct Answers -No. that would be performed only when necessary by suitable
qualified clinicians
For most practitioners, the most realistic and feasible means of estimating biological
age is from: - Correct Answers -somatic assessments
Somatic age reflects the degree of: - Correct Answers -growth in overall stature or
smaller, sub dimensions of the body (i.e. limb length)
Techniques of somatic assessment - Correct Answers --longitudinal growth curve
analysis
-percentages and predictions of final adult height
-the prediction of age from peak height velocity (PHV)
Peak height velocity - Correct Answers --the age at maximum rate of growth during the
pubertal growth spurt
-the point in which the adolescent is growing most rapidly
The length of time a child has consistently followed a formalized and supervised
resistance training program - Correct Answers -training age
The magnitude of gain in any strength-related measure is affect by the amount of : -
Correct Answers -adaptation that has already occurred
