Weightlifting Exam Study Guide
questions with correct answers
What is a benefit of weight training? - correct answer -Increased muscular strength
& injury prevention & better support for joints
What is not a component of safety in the weight room? - correct answer -Wearing
proper shorts and shirt
What is the primary muscle involved in the bench press? - correct answer -Anterior
Deltoid
What is a primary muscle involved when performing cleans? - correct answer -
Hamstrings, calves, quadriceps
Weight plates are. . . - correct answer -Weight lifting equipment used to add
resistance to adjustable dumbbells and barbells
An isolation exercise that targets the hamstring muscles and involves flexing the
lower leg against resistance towards the glutes. - correct answer -Leg curls
Any position of the human body where one leg is positioned forward with knee bent
and foot flat on the ground while the other leg is positioned behind. - correct answer
-Lunges
A weight lifting exercise, which consists of the lifter moving a weighted barbell from
the top of the knee to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles. The primary
muscles targeted are the hamstrings, gluteus maximus, quadriceps, and calves. -
correct answer -Hang cleans
What piece of weight room equipment has a flat, cushioned surface that you lie
down on when lifting weights overhead? - correct answer -Bench
questions with correct answers
What is a benefit of weight training? - correct answer -Increased muscular strength
& injury prevention & better support for joints
What is not a component of safety in the weight room? - correct answer -Wearing
proper shorts and shirt
What is the primary muscle involved in the bench press? - correct answer -Anterior
Deltoid
What is a primary muscle involved when performing cleans? - correct answer -
Hamstrings, calves, quadriceps
Weight plates are. . . - correct answer -Weight lifting equipment used to add
resistance to adjustable dumbbells and barbells
An isolation exercise that targets the hamstring muscles and involves flexing the
lower leg against resistance towards the glutes. - correct answer -Leg curls
Any position of the human body where one leg is positioned forward with knee bent
and foot flat on the ground while the other leg is positioned behind. - correct answer
-Lunges
A weight lifting exercise, which consists of the lifter moving a weighted barbell from
the top of the knee to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles. The primary
muscles targeted are the hamstrings, gluteus maximus, quadriceps, and calves. -
correct answer -Hang cleans
What piece of weight room equipment has a flat, cushioned surface that you lie
down on when lifting weights overhead? - correct answer -Bench
