CCSP - Exercise Physiology test
questions and answers
During exercise of increasing intensity, the point at which blood
lactate begins to accumulate above resting levels is called the
____________.
Lactate threshold
Extreme muscle soreness results primarily after a bout of ___________
exercise. (Hint: a type of muscle contraction)
Eccentric
Epinephrine and norepinephrine are referred to as _______________.
Neurotransmitters
The actual shortening of muscle during muscle contraction is due to
the action of ___________, which enable the thin filaments to slide past
the thick filaments.
Cross-bridges
The fuel source most likely to limit endurance is ____________.
Glycogen
The form of resistance training where you resist the movement of
an object is referred to as...
a. static-action training
b. plyometrics
c. isokinetics
d. eccentric training
eccentric training
The increase in the number of individual muscle fibers is referred to
as...
a. atrophy
b. hypertrophy
c. hyperplasia
d. hypoplasia
hyperplasia
, The basic difference between a power movement and a strength
movement is...
a. the distance moved
b. the force generated
c. the speed of the movement
d. the two are the same
the speed of the movement
The increase in strength with resistance training results from...
a. hypertophy of the muscle
b. increased motor unit recruitment
c. synchronization
d. all of the above
all of the above
Fiber-type conversion (e.g., fast-twitch [FT] to slow-twitch [ST]
conversion) has been shown to occur under which of the following
conditions?
a. cross-innervation of motor nerve to muscle fibers
b. chronic stimulation of FT motor units with low-frequency nerve
stimulation
c. both a and b
d. there is no conversion
both a and b
Which of the following types of athletes would be expected to have
the highest percentage of fast-twitch fibers in the muscles of their
legs?
a. sprinter
b. shot putter
c. middle distance runner
d. long distance runner
sprinter
Other than genetics, what exerts the most significant control on
whether a muscle fiber is of a Type I or Type II fiber type?
a. training program
b. the type of neuron that stimulates it
c. age
d. none of the above
the type of neuron that stimulates it
questions and answers
During exercise of increasing intensity, the point at which blood
lactate begins to accumulate above resting levels is called the
____________.
Lactate threshold
Extreme muscle soreness results primarily after a bout of ___________
exercise. (Hint: a type of muscle contraction)
Eccentric
Epinephrine and norepinephrine are referred to as _______________.
Neurotransmitters
The actual shortening of muscle during muscle contraction is due to
the action of ___________, which enable the thin filaments to slide past
the thick filaments.
Cross-bridges
The fuel source most likely to limit endurance is ____________.
Glycogen
The form of resistance training where you resist the movement of
an object is referred to as...
a. static-action training
b. plyometrics
c. isokinetics
d. eccentric training
eccentric training
The increase in the number of individual muscle fibers is referred to
as...
a. atrophy
b. hypertrophy
c. hyperplasia
d. hypoplasia
hyperplasia
, The basic difference between a power movement and a strength
movement is...
a. the distance moved
b. the force generated
c. the speed of the movement
d. the two are the same
the speed of the movement
The increase in strength with resistance training results from...
a. hypertophy of the muscle
b. increased motor unit recruitment
c. synchronization
d. all of the above
all of the above
Fiber-type conversion (e.g., fast-twitch [FT] to slow-twitch [ST]
conversion) has been shown to occur under which of the following
conditions?
a. cross-innervation of motor nerve to muscle fibers
b. chronic stimulation of FT motor units with low-frequency nerve
stimulation
c. both a and b
d. there is no conversion
both a and b
Which of the following types of athletes would be expected to have
the highest percentage of fast-twitch fibers in the muscles of their
legs?
a. sprinter
b. shot putter
c. middle distance runner
d. long distance runner
sprinter
Other than genetics, what exerts the most significant control on
whether a muscle fiber is of a Type I or Type II fiber type?
a. training program
b. the type of neuron that stimulates it
c. age
d. none of the above
the type of neuron that stimulates it
