ISSA Certified Personal Trainer Exam
Questions with complete solution
Muscular, cardiopulmonary, and metabolic adaptations to exercise are known
as the training effect. - correct answer ✔True
The body's automatic tendency to maintain a constant internal body
environment through various processes is called: - correct answer
✔Homeostasis
What does BMR stand for and what does it mean? - correct answer ✔Basal
Metabolic Rate - Amount of calories you would burn if you stayed in bed all
day.
Anabolism and catabolism occur at the same time throughout the body. -
correct answer ✔True
Calories - correct answer ✔A calorie is a unit of heat
one calorie is the energy required to raise 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
Celsius
the preferred unit in metabolic studies and nutrition labels is the kilocalorie
(Kcal)
The primary (not initial) fuel during endurance exercise is - correct answer
✔Fatty acids
, The molecule used for storing and transferring energy in the body is called: -
correct answer ✔Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
The ATP/CP pathway is the primary pathway used for activities lasting two
minutes or greater - correct answer ✔False
About 98% of the human body is composed of only six elements: oxygen,
carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium and phosphorous. - correct answer
✔True
The respiratory system is responsible for - correct answer ✔Supplying
oxygen to the body
Eliminating carbon dioxide in the body
Helps regulate the body's pH balance
The circulatory system consists of - correct answer ✔Heart, arteries, veins
The nervous system is made up of - correct answer ✔central nervous
system and peripheral nervous system
Excretion is a function of the digestive system - correct answer ✔True
Hormones are classified - correct answer ✔Steroids, amino acid derivatives,
and peptides
Hemoglobin is an oxygen transporting protein in red blood cells - correct
answer ✔True
Questions with complete solution
Muscular, cardiopulmonary, and metabolic adaptations to exercise are known
as the training effect. - correct answer ✔True
The body's automatic tendency to maintain a constant internal body
environment through various processes is called: - correct answer
✔Homeostasis
What does BMR stand for and what does it mean? - correct answer ✔Basal
Metabolic Rate - Amount of calories you would burn if you stayed in bed all
day.
Anabolism and catabolism occur at the same time throughout the body. -
correct answer ✔True
Calories - correct answer ✔A calorie is a unit of heat
one calorie is the energy required to raise 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
Celsius
the preferred unit in metabolic studies and nutrition labels is the kilocalorie
(Kcal)
The primary (not initial) fuel during endurance exercise is - correct answer
✔Fatty acids
, The molecule used for storing and transferring energy in the body is called: -
correct answer ✔Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
The ATP/CP pathway is the primary pathway used for activities lasting two
minutes or greater - correct answer ✔False
About 98% of the human body is composed of only six elements: oxygen,
carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium and phosphorous. - correct answer
✔True
The respiratory system is responsible for - correct answer ✔Supplying
oxygen to the body
Eliminating carbon dioxide in the body
Helps regulate the body's pH balance
The circulatory system consists of - correct answer ✔Heart, arteries, veins
The nervous system is made up of - correct answer ✔central nervous
system and peripheral nervous system
Excretion is a function of the digestive system - correct answer ✔True
Hormones are classified - correct answer ✔Steroids, amino acid derivatives,
and peptides
Hemoglobin is an oxygen transporting protein in red blood cells - correct
answer ✔True
