Questions and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
1. Following the process of athlete monitoring allows practitioners to better understand the complex
relationships between
a. members of the interdisciplinary team (IDT)
b. athletes, coaches, and support staff
c. training, injury, illness, and performance outcomes
d. sports fans and the rigors of the training process - Answer: c. training, injury, illness, and performance
outcomes
2. Choose the correct order of events concerning biological adaptation.
a. disruption of homeostasis, supercompensation, transient performance reduction
b. transient performance reduction, disruption of homeostasis, supercompensation
c. disruption of homeostasis, transient performance reduction, supercompensation
d. transient performance reduction, supercompensation, disruption of homeostasis - Answer: c.
disruption of homeostasis, transient performance reduction, supercompensation
3. Dr. Hans Selye's framework for the interaction between stress, fatigue, and adaptation is known as
the
a. specific adaptation syndrome
b. general adaptation syndrome
c. principle of specificity
d. adaptive resistance - Answer: b. general adaptation syndrome
, 4. A period of deliberately planned intensified training leading to high fatigue, a temporary performance
decline, and subsequent supercompensation is known as
a. functional overreaching
b. nonfunctional overreaching
c. overtraining syndrome
d. fatigue - Answer: a. functional overreaching
5. Which of the following is not true about overtraining syndrome?
a. is very rare in athletes
b. can develop as a function of continued high volumes
c. can develop as a function of both continued intensified training and continued high volumes
d. leads to a subsequent rebound and supercompensation in fitness - Answer: d. leads to a subsequent
rebound and supercompensation in fitness
6. The appropriate application of a training stimulus leads to both a fatigue response and a positive
adaptation response.
a. True
b. False - Answer: a. True
7. In general, a higher volume and intensity of training or competition will result in a larger acute fatigue
response. This is known as
a. the dose-response effect
b. the fitness-fatigue paradigm
c. the fitness-fatigue effect
d. the general adaptation syndrome - Answer: a. the dose-response effect