ISSA Strength & Conditioning Exam Practice
Questions Answered Correctly
What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord? .--- correct
answer ---Peripheral nervous system
Which of the following is a sensory receptor within a muscle that detects
changes in length and helps regulate contraction? .--- correct answer ---
Muscle spindle
Which of the following are branches of the cell body that act as receivers,
collecting information from other neurons? .--- correct answer ---Dendrites
A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is triggered when
which of the following chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the
muscle? .--- correct answer ---Acetylcholine
Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary
movement? .--- correct answer ---Somatic nervous system
Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, or even days if
necessary? .--- correct answer ---Slow (S) of Motor Unit
Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron and consists of a large
bundle of type IIx muscle fibers? .--- correct answer ---Fast fatigable (FF)
Voluntary movement starts in the .--- correct answer ---cerebral cortex
Which of the following is the process that allows a muscle spindle to
contract at the same rate as the muscle where it resides? .--- correct answer
---Alpha-gamma co-activation
,How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system,
which includes all the neurons and glia outside of the brain and spinal cord?
.--- correct answer ---43 pairs
The muscular system includes how many muscles? .--- correct answer ---
Approximately 650
Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce the most amount of
force? .--- correct answer ---Type IIx
The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by .--- correct
answer ---ATP hydrolysis.
The function of epimysium is to .--- correct answer ---protect muscle from
friction against other muscles or bone.
With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle fiber type has a very
small amount of mitochondria? .--- correct answer ---Type IIx
Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio, which of the
following is correct? .--- correct answer ---It can't be changed to a large
degree
It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads causes .--- correct
answer ---equal growth of type I and type II fibers.
Which of the following functions like girdles and guy wires to provide an
interconnected structure? .--- correct answer ---Fascia
Current research demonstrates what three possible mechanisms for
inducing hypertrophy? .--- correct answer ---Mechanical tension, metabolic
stress, muscle damage
The functional units that can make a muscle shorten are: .--- correct answer
---Sarcomeres
, Which of the following is found within the appendicular skeleton? .---
correct answer ---Bones of the upper and lower extremities
Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by .--- correct
answer ---Facet joints
Wolff's Law describes the way .--- correct answer ---the body responds by
increasing or decreasing the bone's diameter
In addition to being a barrier to pain, what important role does cartilage
play? .--- correct answer ---Bone development
Which of the following are mature bone cells that maintain a bone's matrix?
.--- correct answer ---Osteocytes
Bone-on-bone contact that results in joint pain and stiffness from a loss of
articular cartilage is .--- correct answer ---osteoarthritis
Elastin, an important elastic protein found in all connective tissues, allows
those tissues to .--- correct answer ---regain their original shape after being
stretched out
Which of the following terms refers to the main part or the shaft of a long
bone? .--- correct answer ---diaphysis
The frontal plane is an imaginary plane that divides the body into which of
the following segments? .--- correct answer ---Anterior and Posterior
The angle that a joint rotates around its axis is referred to as .--- correct
answer ---the direction of rotation
What term describes the smallest blood vessels in the human body? .---
correct answer ---capillaries
Questions Answered Correctly
What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord? .--- correct
answer ---Peripheral nervous system
Which of the following is a sensory receptor within a muscle that detects
changes in length and helps regulate contraction? .--- correct answer ---
Muscle spindle
Which of the following are branches of the cell body that act as receivers,
collecting information from other neurons? .--- correct answer ---Dendrites
A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is triggered when
which of the following chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the
muscle? .--- correct answer ---Acetylcholine
Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary
movement? .--- correct answer ---Somatic nervous system
Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, or even days if
necessary? .--- correct answer ---Slow (S) of Motor Unit
Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron and consists of a large
bundle of type IIx muscle fibers? .--- correct answer ---Fast fatigable (FF)
Voluntary movement starts in the .--- correct answer ---cerebral cortex
Which of the following is the process that allows a muscle spindle to
contract at the same rate as the muscle where it resides? .--- correct answer
---Alpha-gamma co-activation
,How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system,
which includes all the neurons and glia outside of the brain and spinal cord?
.--- correct answer ---43 pairs
The muscular system includes how many muscles? .--- correct answer ---
Approximately 650
Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce the most amount of
force? .--- correct answer ---Type IIx
The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by .--- correct
answer ---ATP hydrolysis.
The function of epimysium is to .--- correct answer ---protect muscle from
friction against other muscles or bone.
With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle fiber type has a very
small amount of mitochondria? .--- correct answer ---Type IIx
Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio, which of the
following is correct? .--- correct answer ---It can't be changed to a large
degree
It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads causes .--- correct
answer ---equal growth of type I and type II fibers.
Which of the following functions like girdles and guy wires to provide an
interconnected structure? .--- correct answer ---Fascia
Current research demonstrates what three possible mechanisms for
inducing hypertrophy? .--- correct answer ---Mechanical tension, metabolic
stress, muscle damage
The functional units that can make a muscle shorten are: .--- correct answer
---Sarcomeres
, Which of the following is found within the appendicular skeleton? .---
correct answer ---Bones of the upper and lower extremities
Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by .--- correct
answer ---Facet joints
Wolff's Law describes the way .--- correct answer ---the body responds by
increasing or decreasing the bone's diameter
In addition to being a barrier to pain, what important role does cartilage
play? .--- correct answer ---Bone development
Which of the following are mature bone cells that maintain a bone's matrix?
.--- correct answer ---Osteocytes
Bone-on-bone contact that results in joint pain and stiffness from a loss of
articular cartilage is .--- correct answer ---osteoarthritis
Elastin, an important elastic protein found in all connective tissues, allows
those tissues to .--- correct answer ---regain their original shape after being
stretched out
Which of the following terms refers to the main part or the shaft of a long
bone? .--- correct answer ---diaphysis
The frontal plane is an imaginary plane that divides the body into which of
the following segments? .--- correct answer ---Anterior and Posterior
The angle that a joint rotates around its axis is referred to as .--- correct
answer ---the direction of rotation
What term describes the smallest blood vessels in the human body? .---
correct answer ---capillaries
