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ISSA- STRENGTH &CONDITIONING QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025
Q: What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord? - Answer:
Peripheral nervous system (the correct answer)
Q: The function of epimysium is to - Answer: protect muscle from friction against
other muscles or bone. (the correct answer)
Q: With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle fiber type has a very small
amount of mitochondria? - Answer: Type IIx (the correct answer)
Q: Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio, which of the following
is correct? - Answer: It can't be changed to a large degree (the correct answer)
Q: It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads causes - Answer: equal
growth of type I and type II fibers. (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following functions like girdles and guy wires to provide an
interconnected structure? - Answer: Fascia (the correct answer)
Q: Current research demonstrates what three possible mechanisms for inducing
hypertrophy? - Answer: Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage (the
correct answer)
Q: The functional units that can make a muscle shorten are: - Answer: Sarcomeres
(the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is found within the appendicular skeleton? - Answer:
Bones of the upper and lower extremities (the correct answer)
Q: Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by - Answer: facet
joints. (the correct answer)
Q: Wolff's Law describes the way - Answer: the body responds by increasing or
decreasing the bone's diameter (the correct answer)
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Q: Which of the following is a sensory receptor within a muscle that detects
changes in length and helps regulate contraction? - Answer: Muscle spindle (the
correct answer)
Q: Which of the following are branches of the cell body that act as receivers,
collecting information from other neurons? - Answer: Dendrites (the correct
answer)
Q: A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is triggered when which of
the following chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the muscle? -
Answer: Acetylcholine (the correct answer)
Q: Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement?
- Answer: Somatic nervous system (the correct answer)
Q: Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, or even days if
necessary? - Answer: Slow (S) of Motor Unit (the correct answer)
Q: Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron and consists of a large
bundle of type IIx muscle fibers? - Answer: Fast fatigable (FF) (the correct answer)
Q: Voluntary movement starts in the - Answer: cerebral cortex. (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is the process that allows a muscle spindle to contract at
the same rate as the muscle where it resides? - Answer: Alpha-gamma co-
activation (the correct answer)
Q: How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system, which
includes all the neurons and glia outside of the brain and spinal cord? - Answer: 43
pairs (the correct answer)
Q: The muscular system includes how many muscles? - Answer: Approximately
650 (the correct answer)
Q: Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce the most amount of force?
- Answer: Type IIx (the correct answer)
Q: The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by - Answer: ATP
hydrolysis. (the correct answer)
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Q: In addition to being a barrier to pain, what important role does cartilage play? -
Answer: Bone development (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following are mature bone cells that maintain a bone's matrix? -
Answer: Osteocytes (the correct answer)
Q: Bone-on-bone contact that results in joint pain and stiffness from a loss of
articular cartilage is - Answer: osteoarthritis. (the correct answer)
Q: Elastin, an important elastic protein found in all connective tissues, allows those
tissues to - Answer: regain their original shape after being stretched. (the correct
answer)
Q: Which of the following terms refers to the main part or the shaft of a long bone?
- Answer: Diaphysis (the correct answer)
Q: The frontal plane is an imaginary plane that divides the body into which of the
following segments? - Answer: Anterior and posterior (the correct answer)
Q: The angle that a joint rotates around its axis is referred to as - Answer: the
direction of rotation (the correct answer)
Q: What term describes the smallest blood vessels in the human body? - Answer:
Capillaries (the correct answer)
Q: What has been found to truly help create more muscular support when
performing an intense exercise or lift? - Answer: Bracing effect of a tight core (the
correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is the largest lymphatic organ in the human body? -
Answer: Spleen (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is one of the three main functions of the respiratory
system? - Answer: Removal of waste products of metabolism (the correct answer)
Q: The normal amount of air displaced between inhalation and exhalation when no
additional force is applied, is known as - Answer: tidal volume. (the correct
answer)
ISSA- STRENGTH &CONDITIONING QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2025
Q: What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord? - Answer:
Peripheral nervous system (the correct answer)
Q: The function of epimysium is to - Answer: protect muscle from friction against
other muscles or bone. (the correct answer)
Q: With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle fiber type has a very small
amount of mitochondria? - Answer: Type IIx (the correct answer)
Q: Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio, which of the following
is correct? - Answer: It can't be changed to a large degree (the correct answer)
Q: It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads causes - Answer: equal
growth of type I and type II fibers. (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following functions like girdles and guy wires to provide an
interconnected structure? - Answer: Fascia (the correct answer)
Q: Current research demonstrates what three possible mechanisms for inducing
hypertrophy? - Answer: Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage (the
correct answer)
Q: The functional units that can make a muscle shorten are: - Answer: Sarcomeres
(the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is found within the appendicular skeleton? - Answer:
Bones of the upper and lower extremities (the correct answer)
Q: Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by - Answer: facet
joints. (the correct answer)
Q: Wolff's Law describes the way - Answer: the body responds by increasing or
decreasing the bone's diameter (the correct answer)
,2|Page
Q: Which of the following is a sensory receptor within a muscle that detects
changes in length and helps regulate contraction? - Answer: Muscle spindle (the
correct answer)
Q: Which of the following are branches of the cell body that act as receivers,
collecting information from other neurons? - Answer: Dendrites (the correct
answer)
Q: A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is triggered when which of
the following chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the muscle? -
Answer: Acetylcholine (the correct answer)
Q: Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement?
- Answer: Somatic nervous system (the correct answer)
Q: Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, or even days if
necessary? - Answer: Slow (S) of Motor Unit (the correct answer)
Q: Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron and consists of a large
bundle of type IIx muscle fibers? - Answer: Fast fatigable (FF) (the correct answer)
Q: Voluntary movement starts in the - Answer: cerebral cortex. (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is the process that allows a muscle spindle to contract at
the same rate as the muscle where it resides? - Answer: Alpha-gamma co-
activation (the correct answer)
Q: How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system, which
includes all the neurons and glia outside of the brain and spinal cord? - Answer: 43
pairs (the correct answer)
Q: The muscular system includes how many muscles? - Answer: Approximately
650 (the correct answer)
Q: Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce the most amount of force?
- Answer: Type IIx (the correct answer)
Q: The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by - Answer: ATP
hydrolysis. (the correct answer)
, 3|Page
Q: In addition to being a barrier to pain, what important role does cartilage play? -
Answer: Bone development (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following are mature bone cells that maintain a bone's matrix? -
Answer: Osteocytes (the correct answer)
Q: Bone-on-bone contact that results in joint pain and stiffness from a loss of
articular cartilage is - Answer: osteoarthritis. (the correct answer)
Q: Elastin, an important elastic protein found in all connective tissues, allows those
tissues to - Answer: regain their original shape after being stretched. (the correct
answer)
Q: Which of the following terms refers to the main part or the shaft of a long bone?
- Answer: Diaphysis (the correct answer)
Q: The frontal plane is an imaginary plane that divides the body into which of the
following segments? - Answer: Anterior and posterior (the correct answer)
Q: The angle that a joint rotates around its axis is referred to as - Answer: the
direction of rotation (the correct answer)
Q: What term describes the smallest blood vessels in the human body? - Answer:
Capillaries (the correct answer)
Q: What has been found to truly help create more muscular support when
performing an intense exercise or lift? - Answer: Bracing effect of a tight core (the
correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is the largest lymphatic organ in the human body? -
Answer: Spleen (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is one of the three main functions of the respiratory
system? - Answer: Removal of waste products of metabolism (the correct answer)
Q: The normal amount of air displaced between inhalation and exhalation when no
additional force is applied, is known as - Answer: tidal volume. (the correct
answer)
