CSCS PROGRAM DESIGN PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
An athlete with a low back injury has been cleared by the athletic training staff to participate in strength
and conditioning activities during the tissue repair phase. Which of the following exercises is most
appropriate?
A. Romanian deadlift
B. lunges
C. bent-over row - ANSWER B. lunges
A strength and conditioning professional is adding tuck jumps exercise to an athlete's program to
increase muscular power. Which of the following intensities would best describe this activity?
A. high
B. moderate
C. low - ANSWER B. moderate
To create a compound set, which of the following exercises should precede good mornings?
A. crunches
B. bench press
C. front squat - ANSWER C. front squat
Power jerk is most appropriate to improve which of the following?
A. rebounding a basketball
B. serving a tennis ball overhead
C. pole vaulting - ANSWER A. rebounding a basketball
, Medicine ball push-ups should be included in a mesocycle for a collegiate basketball player to emphasize
which of the following?
A. power
B. strength
C. hypertrophy - ANSWER B. strength
A strength and conditioning professional is designing a reconditioning program for an athlete who has
undergone physical therapy after ACL reconstruction surgery. The athletic trainer indicates that joint
movement is contraindicated. Which of the following types of exercise is most appropriate?
A. isokinetic
B. isotonic
C. isometric - ANSWER C. isometric
Which of the following sequences is the most appropriate?
A. power clean, bench press, back squat, pull-up
B. push press, shoulder press, power clean, deadlift
C. leg press, front squat, power snatch, push press - ANSWER A. power clean, bench press, back squat,
pull-up
Which of the following exercises requires the longest recovery time after a training session if performed
using 90% of 1RM?
A. bench press
B. leg press
C. front squat - ANSWER C. front squat
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
An athlete with a low back injury has been cleared by the athletic training staff to participate in strength
and conditioning activities during the tissue repair phase. Which of the following exercises is most
appropriate?
A. Romanian deadlift
B. lunges
C. bent-over row - ANSWER B. lunges
A strength and conditioning professional is adding tuck jumps exercise to an athlete's program to
increase muscular power. Which of the following intensities would best describe this activity?
A. high
B. moderate
C. low - ANSWER B. moderate
To create a compound set, which of the following exercises should precede good mornings?
A. crunches
B. bench press
C. front squat - ANSWER C. front squat
Power jerk is most appropriate to improve which of the following?
A. rebounding a basketball
B. serving a tennis ball overhead
C. pole vaulting - ANSWER A. rebounding a basketball
, Medicine ball push-ups should be included in a mesocycle for a collegiate basketball player to emphasize
which of the following?
A. power
B. strength
C. hypertrophy - ANSWER B. strength
A strength and conditioning professional is designing a reconditioning program for an athlete who has
undergone physical therapy after ACL reconstruction surgery. The athletic trainer indicates that joint
movement is contraindicated. Which of the following types of exercise is most appropriate?
A. isokinetic
B. isotonic
C. isometric - ANSWER C. isometric
Which of the following sequences is the most appropriate?
A. power clean, bench press, back squat, pull-up
B. push press, shoulder press, power clean, deadlift
C. leg press, front squat, power snatch, push press - ANSWER A. power clean, bench press, back squat,
pull-up
Which of the following exercises requires the longest recovery time after a training session if performed
using 90% of 1RM?
A. bench press
B. leg press
C. front squat - ANSWER C. front squat
