AFAA Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Which of the following is true regarding the BORG RPE scale?
Subject measures of intensity are highly correlated to workload,heart rate and oxygen
consumption.
What should instructors focus on when observing participants posture and form?
The five kinetic chain checkpoints.
Which of the following are fibrous connective tissues that connect bone to bone and
provide static and dynamic stability as well as input to the nervous system?
Ligaments.
Which of the following is a clear sign a participant is overexerting themselves?
losing color in the face
What is a specialized area of cardiac tissue, located in the right atrium of the heart,
which initiates the electrical impulses that determine the heart rate?
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Which of the following nervous systems consist of the brain and the spinal cord with
primary function to coordinate activity in all parts of the body?
Central
Balance
It is both a static and dynamic process
, The following terms refers to the teaching method where a class template provides the
over all class direction and standards while allowing instructors to manipulate other
variables within those standards?
Pre-designed Class
Chemical reactions that occur in the body to maintain itself?
Metabolism
Describes muscle balance?
Equivalent muscle length surrounding a joint.
Unable to perform a burpee with proper form and technique, which of the following is
an appropriate regression to help the participant feel successful?
Push-UP on knees
Unstable hips is a common form mistake for which of the following cycle positions?
Standing Flat
What is caused by a tight muscle decreasing the neural drive to its functional
antagonist?
Altered reciprocal inhabition
A position away from the center of the body or point of reference?
Distal
Example of format-specific movement prep?
Punch combo breakdown
Safely takes participants through a gradual physiological change from exertion to rest?
Which of the following is true regarding the BORG RPE scale?
Subject measures of intensity are highly correlated to workload,heart rate and oxygen
consumption.
What should instructors focus on when observing participants posture and form?
The five kinetic chain checkpoints.
Which of the following are fibrous connective tissues that connect bone to bone and
provide static and dynamic stability as well as input to the nervous system?
Ligaments.
Which of the following is a clear sign a participant is overexerting themselves?
losing color in the face
What is a specialized area of cardiac tissue, located in the right atrium of the heart,
which initiates the electrical impulses that determine the heart rate?
Sinoatrial (SA) node
Which of the following nervous systems consist of the brain and the spinal cord with
primary function to coordinate activity in all parts of the body?
Central
Balance
It is both a static and dynamic process
, The following terms refers to the teaching method where a class template provides the
over all class direction and standards while allowing instructors to manipulate other
variables within those standards?
Pre-designed Class
Chemical reactions that occur in the body to maintain itself?
Metabolism
Describes muscle balance?
Equivalent muscle length surrounding a joint.
Unable to perform a burpee with proper form and technique, which of the following is
an appropriate regression to help the participant feel successful?
Push-UP on knees
Unstable hips is a common form mistake for which of the following cycle positions?
Standing Flat
What is caused by a tight muscle decreasing the neural drive to its functional
antagonist?
Altered reciprocal inhabition
A position away from the center of the body or point of reference?
Distal
Example of format-specific movement prep?
Punch combo breakdown
Safely takes participants through a gradual physiological change from exertion to rest?
