CISSN PRACTICE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Oral ATP administration can ____ blood flow and may be effective during exercise
_____. - Correct Answers -increase, recovery
While running on a treadmill, a subjects RER was measured at 0.75. This indicates the
primary fuel used during this run would be: - Correct Answers -free fatty acids
Factors that influence the amount of water lost through sweating include all of the
following except:
- exercise intensity
- relative humidity
- body weight
- environmental temperature - Correct Answers -body weight
In humans, glucose may be produced by gluconeogenesis, synthesizing it from all of the
following except:
- pyruvate
- fatty acids
- glycerol
- carbon skeletons of specific amino acids - Correct Answers -fatty acids
_____ exerts the greatest effect on a sedentary person's TDEE - Correct Answers -
metabolism during rest (RMR)
_____ supplementation can increase muscle power and force output when taken for 14
days at a daily dose of 2.5 grams - Correct Answers -Betaine
Cholesterol is needed for which of the following:
- Gluconeogenesis
- Anti-proteolysis
- Steroid hormone synthesis - Correct Answers -Steroid hormone synthesis
What is the most common side effect from creatine supplementation reported in the
scientific literature? - Correct Answers -weight gain
Carnosine is a dipeptide composed of which compounds? - Correct Answers -histidine
and beta-alanine
, Consuming a high protein diet (4.4g/kg/d) in resistance trained men and women for 2
months with no change in training volume/intensity will result in: - Correct Answers -no
change in either LBM or Fat mass
About 400 enzymes that regulate metabolism contain ____. - Correct Answers -
magnesium
When an amino acid provides the body with energy, ____ - Correct Answers -the liver
must first delaminate it
Which of the following statements are true about protein's role as energy fuel during
physical activity? - Correct Answers -it serves as energy fuel to a much greater extent
than perviously believed, depending on the energy expenditure and nutritional status
Probiotics may be beneficial for an athlete for all of the following reasons except:
- supports enhanced skin appearance
- may help decrease the incidence of URTI
- may help maintain an overall healthy immune system
- may enhance protein absorption - Correct Answers -supports enhanced skin
appearance
During the recovery period of high-intensity interval exercise, in skeletal muscle the ratio
of ATP:ADP will be elevated, which slows the activity of Phosphofructokinase.
Therefore, ingesting CHO during this time will primarily have which off the following
fates:
- fatty acid (palmitate) synthesis
- lipolysis
- glycogenolysis
- glycogenesis - Correct Answers -glycogenesis
Vitamins play an important physiologic role related to ____. - Correct Answers -
metabolic regulation
The main energy fuel during light to moderate exercise is ______. - Correct Answers -
fat
Most of the energy for ATP phosphorylation comes from ____ of the carbohydrate, lipid,
and protein consumed in the diet. - Correct Answers -oxidation
Four weeks of beta-alanine supplementation (___ daily) significantly augments muscle
carnosine concentrations, thereby acting as a intracellular pH buff. - Correct Answers -
4-6g
AND ANSWERS
Oral ATP administration can ____ blood flow and may be effective during exercise
_____. - Correct Answers -increase, recovery
While running on a treadmill, a subjects RER was measured at 0.75. This indicates the
primary fuel used during this run would be: - Correct Answers -free fatty acids
Factors that influence the amount of water lost through sweating include all of the
following except:
- exercise intensity
- relative humidity
- body weight
- environmental temperature - Correct Answers -body weight
In humans, glucose may be produced by gluconeogenesis, synthesizing it from all of the
following except:
- pyruvate
- fatty acids
- glycerol
- carbon skeletons of specific amino acids - Correct Answers -fatty acids
_____ exerts the greatest effect on a sedentary person's TDEE - Correct Answers -
metabolism during rest (RMR)
_____ supplementation can increase muscle power and force output when taken for 14
days at a daily dose of 2.5 grams - Correct Answers -Betaine
Cholesterol is needed for which of the following:
- Gluconeogenesis
- Anti-proteolysis
- Steroid hormone synthesis - Correct Answers -Steroid hormone synthesis
What is the most common side effect from creatine supplementation reported in the
scientific literature? - Correct Answers -weight gain
Carnosine is a dipeptide composed of which compounds? - Correct Answers -histidine
and beta-alanine
, Consuming a high protein diet (4.4g/kg/d) in resistance trained men and women for 2
months with no change in training volume/intensity will result in: - Correct Answers -no
change in either LBM or Fat mass
About 400 enzymes that regulate metabolism contain ____. - Correct Answers -
magnesium
When an amino acid provides the body with energy, ____ - Correct Answers -the liver
must first delaminate it
Which of the following statements are true about protein's role as energy fuel during
physical activity? - Correct Answers -it serves as energy fuel to a much greater extent
than perviously believed, depending on the energy expenditure and nutritional status
Probiotics may be beneficial for an athlete for all of the following reasons except:
- supports enhanced skin appearance
- may help decrease the incidence of URTI
- may help maintain an overall healthy immune system
- may enhance protein absorption - Correct Answers -supports enhanced skin
appearance
During the recovery period of high-intensity interval exercise, in skeletal muscle the ratio
of ATP:ADP will be elevated, which slows the activity of Phosphofructokinase.
Therefore, ingesting CHO during this time will primarily have which off the following
fates:
- fatty acid (palmitate) synthesis
- lipolysis
- glycogenolysis
- glycogenesis - Correct Answers -glycogenesis
Vitamins play an important physiologic role related to ____. - Correct Answers -
metabolic regulation
The main energy fuel during light to moderate exercise is ______. - Correct Answers -
fat
Most of the energy for ATP phosphorylation comes from ____ of the carbohydrate, lipid,
and protein consumed in the diet. - Correct Answers -oxidation
Four weeks of beta-alanine supplementation (___ daily) significantly augments muscle
carnosine concentrations, thereby acting as a intracellular pH buff. - Correct Answers -
4-6g
