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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE (2025/2026)
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1. What is the time and intensity association w/ each energy system? -
ANS ✓ATP-CP - High Intensity, less than 10 seconds
Glycolysis - High intensity, lasting 1-3 minutes
Oxidative Phosphorylation - Long duration, lasting more than 3 minutes
2. What is the force around a joint called? - ANS ✓Force around joint is
called torque
3. How can you increase the force around a joint w/o increasing load? -
ANS ✓Increase force w/o increasing load when center of gravity of free
weight falls further away from axis of rotation
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4. What are the curves of the spine called and where are they located? -
ANS ✓Kyphotic Curve - Thoracic Region
Lordotic Curve - Lumbar Region
5. What are the bones of the spine? - ANS ✓Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar,
Sacrum, Coccyx
6. What is in between the bones of the spine? (except the sacrum and
coccyx) - ANS ✓In between the bones of your spine are vertebrae and in
between that you have intervertebral discs
7. Where is the sacroiliac joint? What 2 bones make up the SI joint? -
ANS ✓The sacroiliac joint is where the pelvis and sacrum meet.
8. What bones make up the shoulder complex? - ANS ✓The humerus,
clavicle, and scapula
9. Name 2 joints of the shoulder complex? - ANS ✓Gleno Humeral (GH
Joint) & Scapulo
10. What muscles act as ligaments and hold the gleno-humeral
joint together? - ANS ✓Infranspinatus, Supraspinatus, Teres Minor,
Subscapularis act as ligaments
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NCEP CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE (2025/2026)
GUARANTEED PASS
1. What is the time and intensity association w/ each energy system? -
ANS ✓ATP-CP - High Intensity, less than 10 seconds
Glycolysis - High intensity, lasting 1-3 minutes
Oxidative Phosphorylation - Long duration, lasting more than 3 minutes
2. What is the force around a joint called? - ANS ✓Force around joint is
called torque
3. How can you increase the force around a joint w/o increasing load? -
ANS ✓Increase force w/o increasing load when center of gravity of free
weight falls further away from axis of rotation
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4. What are the curves of the spine called and where are they located? -
ANS ✓Kyphotic Curve - Thoracic Region
Lordotic Curve - Lumbar Region
5. What are the bones of the spine? - ANS ✓Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar,
Sacrum, Coccyx
6. What is in between the bones of the spine? (except the sacrum and
coccyx) - ANS ✓In between the bones of your spine are vertebrae and in
between that you have intervertebral discs
7. Where is the sacroiliac joint? What 2 bones make up the SI joint? -
ANS ✓The sacroiliac joint is where the pelvis and sacrum meet.
8. What bones make up the shoulder complex? - ANS ✓The humerus,
clavicle, and scapula
9. Name 2 joints of the shoulder complex? - ANS ✓Gleno Humeral (GH
Joint) & Scapulo
10. What muscles act as ligaments and hold the gleno-humeral
joint together? - ANS ✓Infranspinatus, Supraspinatus, Teres Minor,
Subscapularis act as ligaments
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