NASM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A

NASM PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A The Golgi tendon organ is an essential component of static stretching because it Prevents muscle from being placed under excessive tension What is the correct force-couple relationship that allows for the upward rotation of the scapula? Upper trapezius and lower portions of the serratus anterior Deoxygenated blood is pumped from the right ventricle to the lungs through? pulmonary arteries Dynamic stretching improves soft tissue extensibility by using...? reciprocal inhibition The oxidative system is primarily used when a client... jogs for 30 min What would aid the primary respiratory muscles in breathing after a set of maximum effort sprints? Scalenes When an exercise is high intensity and lasts about 10 seconds, which of the following energy pathways is predominantly in use? ATP-PC A client who is practicing repeated squat exercises in order to create permanent changes in her technique is exhibiting? motor learning What stimulates muscle fibers to go through a series of steps that initiate muscle contractions? acetylcholine What exercise uses a ball-and-socket joint as the primary mover? seated dumbbell lateral raise The body's ability to differentiate between walking on concrete and walking on sand is an example of what function of the nervous system? sensory If a client exhibits increased force output of his hamstrings and adductor magnus to compensate for a weakened gluteus maximus during hip extension, this is an example of...? synergistic dominance If a client squats with his feet excessively externally rotated, it is evidence of....? altered arthrokinematics What is considered the functional unit of muscle? sacromere Which structure of the skeletal muscle contains a combination of glycogen, fats, minerals, and oxygen-binding myoglobin? sacroplasm What is considered one method to estimate maxim