AFAA Test 1 Questions with Correct Answers
What type of music is best for motivating participants to rise to a challenge?
Positive and Empowering
What term describes the ability to sense body and limb positions?
Proprioception, or kinesthesia
Within muscle fibers, there are two protein filaments that slide past each other to
produce muscular contractions. What are these filaments called?
actin and myosin
Which types of cues work best to facilitate efficient movement execution for the
participants?
Alignment and safety
A participant in class exhibits dyspnea. What is the best recommendation for
Suggest a different exercise
Which is a direct progression for a single-leg, two-arm overhead press?
Single-leg, alternating-arm overhead press
What term describes the ability of music to distract the participant from pain and
create enjoyment?
Dissociation
Scope of practice can be best described by which statement?
It refers to limitations imposed by law on a vocation.
, What are the two main divisions of the skeletal system called?
Axial and appendicular
What is a common error to monitor for in the supine position?
Arching lower back
What strategy is being used when introducing participants in class to each other and
fostering a community?
Customer Service
Rate of perceived exertion can be effected by what class environment change?
Increase or decrease in temperature
Which statement best describes rate of perceived exertion (RPE)?
A subjective technique used by the instructor to assess how hard he or she feels a participant
is working during exercise.
Where is glycogen typically stored?
Liver
What neural component is sensitive to change in tension of muscle and the rate of that
change?
Golgi tendon organs
What term best describes the process of how a human body responds to stress?
General adaptation syndrome
Which progression would make a squat with a heel raise less complex but add intensity?
What type of music is best for motivating participants to rise to a challenge?
Positive and Empowering
What term describes the ability to sense body and limb positions?
Proprioception, or kinesthesia
Within muscle fibers, there are two protein filaments that slide past each other to
produce muscular contractions. What are these filaments called?
actin and myosin
Which types of cues work best to facilitate efficient movement execution for the
participants?
Alignment and safety
A participant in class exhibits dyspnea. What is the best recommendation for
Suggest a different exercise
Which is a direct progression for a single-leg, two-arm overhead press?
Single-leg, alternating-arm overhead press
What term describes the ability of music to distract the participant from pain and
create enjoyment?
Dissociation
Scope of practice can be best described by which statement?
It refers to limitations imposed by law on a vocation.
, What are the two main divisions of the skeletal system called?
Axial and appendicular
What is a common error to monitor for in the supine position?
Arching lower back
What strategy is being used when introducing participants in class to each other and
fostering a community?
Customer Service
Rate of perceived exertion can be effected by what class environment change?
Increase or decrease in temperature
Which statement best describes rate of perceived exertion (RPE)?
A subjective technique used by the instructor to assess how hard he or she feels a participant
is working during exercise.
Where is glycogen typically stored?
Liver
What neural component is sensitive to change in tension of muscle and the rate of that
change?
Golgi tendon organs
What term best describes the process of how a human body responds to stress?
General adaptation syndrome
Which progression would make a squat with a heel raise less complex but add intensity?
