EXS 410 FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. A female college softball player is using animal training during preseason conditioning to prepare for
the upcoming season which of the following exercise in interval duration and intensity combinations will
MOST effectively train the energy systems found in the softball game?
Answer:
8 seconds, 95 %
Question:
2. Which of the following structures of a muscle lengthens when the muscle eccentrically contracts
Answer:
H zones
Question:
3. After consistently following an aerobic endurance training program for five months, a previously
untrained individual experience which of the following physiological changes
Answer:
increased size the number of mitochondria
Question:
4. Which of the following combination of sports activity, major body movement, Plane of movement, and
common exercise best belong together
Answer:
Place kiicking a football, knee extension, sagittal plane, deadlift
Question:
5. Which of the following exercises involves a first class lever
Answer:
lying triceps extension
Question:
6. Which of the following arm muscle groups and types of muscle actions are associated with triceps pull
down
Answer:
II and IV only (extensors, eccentric and extensors, concentric)
Question:
7. Maximum torque capabilities of eccentric muscle actions at low angular velocities are
Answer:
Greater than at -10°
Question:
8. Oh which of the following would cause the smallest increase in serum growth hormone concentrations
, Answer:
Low intensity aerobic exercise session
Question:
9. As an athlete decreases exercise intensity of running from 95% around 70% of MHR, which of the
following will not occur
Answer:
decreased reliance on fat
Question:
10. Which of the following increases as a result of resistance training and decreases due to aerobic training
Answer:
maximal force production
Question:
11. Force and torque output always vary as joint angle changes because all the following reasons except
Answer:
changes in the pennation of the muscle
Question:
12. Decreasing which of the following training variables will help a person exercise at a higher intensity
before experiencing the onset of blood lactate accumulation during competition
Answer:
rest period
Question:
13. Which of the following is an expected change in an untrained 52-year-old man as a result of following
a four days per week moderate to heavy resistance training program for eight weeks
Answer:
Transition from type IIx to the more oxidative type IIax and IIa muscle fibers
Question:
14. Which of the following exercises would be least likely to increase the bone mineral density of the
vertebrae
Answer:
seated row
Question:
15. The depletion of which of the following fuel sources may contribute to fatigue in prolonged aerobic
endurance events AND repeated anaerobic exercise bouts?
Answer:
muscle glycogen
Question:
16. The result of a late preseason dietary analysis reveals that a senior women's softball pitcher has a daily
intake 2900 kg calories that consist of this nutrient breakdown which of the following changes to the
strength and conditioning professional suggest
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. A female college softball player is using animal training during preseason conditioning to prepare for
the upcoming season which of the following exercise in interval duration and intensity combinations will
MOST effectively train the energy systems found in the softball game?
Answer:
8 seconds, 95 %
Question:
2. Which of the following structures of a muscle lengthens when the muscle eccentrically contracts
Answer:
H zones
Question:
3. After consistently following an aerobic endurance training program for five months, a previously
untrained individual experience which of the following physiological changes
Answer:
increased size the number of mitochondria
Question:
4. Which of the following combination of sports activity, major body movement, Plane of movement, and
common exercise best belong together
Answer:
Place kiicking a football, knee extension, sagittal plane, deadlift
Question:
5. Which of the following exercises involves a first class lever
Answer:
lying triceps extension
Question:
6. Which of the following arm muscle groups and types of muscle actions are associated with triceps pull
down
Answer:
II and IV only (extensors, eccentric and extensors, concentric)
Question:
7. Maximum torque capabilities of eccentric muscle actions at low angular velocities are
Answer:
Greater than at -10°
Question:
8. Oh which of the following would cause the smallest increase in serum growth hormone concentrations
, Answer:
Low intensity aerobic exercise session
Question:
9. As an athlete decreases exercise intensity of running from 95% around 70% of MHR, which of the
following will not occur
Answer:
decreased reliance on fat
Question:
10. Which of the following increases as a result of resistance training and decreases due to aerobic training
Answer:
maximal force production
Question:
11. Force and torque output always vary as joint angle changes because all the following reasons except
Answer:
changes in the pennation of the muscle
Question:
12. Decreasing which of the following training variables will help a person exercise at a higher intensity
before experiencing the onset of blood lactate accumulation during competition
Answer:
rest period
Question:
13. Which of the following is an expected change in an untrained 52-year-old man as a result of following
a four days per week moderate to heavy resistance training program for eight weeks
Answer:
Transition from type IIx to the more oxidative type IIax and IIa muscle fibers
Question:
14. Which of the following exercises would be least likely to increase the bone mineral density of the
vertebrae
Answer:
seated row
Question:
15. The depletion of which of the following fuel sources may contribute to fatigue in prolonged aerobic
endurance events AND repeated anaerobic exercise bouts?
Answer:
muscle glycogen
Question:
16. The result of a late preseason dietary analysis reveals that a senior women's softball pitcher has a daily
intake 2900 kg calories that consist of this nutrient breakdown which of the following changes to the
strength and conditioning professional suggest