ISSA STRENGTH CONDITIONING TEST PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Q: During which phase is a relatively high volume of work programmed to build
general fitness? - ✔✔General preparation phase (GPP) (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is true regarding the SPP Phase? - ✔✔Exercises with
greater sport specificity are programmed (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: During the SSP phase sport-specific conditioning exercises are performed for
what duration? - ✔✔10 or 15 second bursts (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is true regarding competition phase programming? -
✔✔The primary goal is to maintain strength and conditioning qualities (the correct
answer)
✔✔Q: If glycolysis occurs at a high rate for an extended time, it can lead to -
✔✔metabolic acidosis. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Anti-glycolytic training avoids metabolic fatigue to ensure the primary source of
energy is - ✔✔ATP
✔✔Q: The three energy systems are ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, and - ✔✔aerobic
metabolism. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the muscle fiber types have high concentrations of capillaries,
mitochondria, myoglobin, and oxidative enzymes, giving them superior endurance
capabilities? - ✔✔Type I (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: What is lactate threshold? - ✔✔The point when aerobic work is highest before
lactate accumulates (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Interval training with moderate- and high-intensity activities are programmed to
develop an athleteâ??s - ✔✔type II muscle fibers. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is a benefit an athlete can gain when they develop their
aerobic base? - ✔✔Increased heart rate variability (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: The 180 Formula be used to estimate the maximum heartrate an athlete can
achieve - ✔✔without crossing their anaerobic threshold. (the correct answer)
, ✔✔Q: During the maximum aerobic function (MAF) test, acyclic athletes who participate
in sports requiring more endurance, should perform a cyclic activity - ✔✔at their MAHR
for 45 minutes. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: The 10 x 10 method is an endurance protocol designed to - ✔✔optimize high
intensity dynamic exercises. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: What are the two types of stress adaptations that happen simultaneously, but at
different rates, when the body reacts to stress? - ✔✔Short-term and long-term (the
correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is a manifestation of peripheral fatigue? - ✔✔Inability to
maintain an expected level of force (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is a simple model of stress and response, illustrating the
body's changing reaction to increased stress over time? - ✔✔The GAS Model (the
correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following correctly states how many weekly training sessions are
required for fitness maintenance to be achieved? - ✔✔As few as one or two high-
intensity sessions (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: The feeling of drowsiness or sluggishness that may follow a nap is known as -
✔✔sleep inertia. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: A brief period of reduced training load prior to competition is known as - ✔✔taper.
(the correct answer)
✔✔Q: With regard to heat recovery, which of the following is true? - ✔✔Warmth can
encourage relaxation. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: The natural cyclical circulation response to cold therapy techniques is known as -
✔✔the shell-core effect. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Non-graduated compression garments - ✔✔provide less compression than
graduated garments. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is true regarding dynamic compression, also known as
intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC)? - ✔✔IPC devices provides circumferential
pressure, moving distal to proximal. (the correct answer)
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Q: During which phase is a relatively high volume of work programmed to build
general fitness? - ✔✔General preparation phase (GPP) (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is true regarding the SPP Phase? - ✔✔Exercises with
greater sport specificity are programmed (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: During the SSP phase sport-specific conditioning exercises are performed for
what duration? - ✔✔10 or 15 second bursts (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is true regarding competition phase programming? -
✔✔The primary goal is to maintain strength and conditioning qualities (the correct
answer)
✔✔Q: If glycolysis occurs at a high rate for an extended time, it can lead to -
✔✔metabolic acidosis. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Anti-glycolytic training avoids metabolic fatigue to ensure the primary source of
energy is - ✔✔ATP
✔✔Q: The three energy systems are ATP-PC, anaerobic glycolysis, and - ✔✔aerobic
metabolism. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the muscle fiber types have high concentrations of capillaries,
mitochondria, myoglobin, and oxidative enzymes, giving them superior endurance
capabilities? - ✔✔Type I (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: What is lactate threshold? - ✔✔The point when aerobic work is highest before
lactate accumulates (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Interval training with moderate- and high-intensity activities are programmed to
develop an athleteâ??s - ✔✔type II muscle fibers. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is a benefit an athlete can gain when they develop their
aerobic base? - ✔✔Increased heart rate variability (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: The 180 Formula be used to estimate the maximum heartrate an athlete can
achieve - ✔✔without crossing their anaerobic threshold. (the correct answer)
, ✔✔Q: During the maximum aerobic function (MAF) test, acyclic athletes who participate
in sports requiring more endurance, should perform a cyclic activity - ✔✔at their MAHR
for 45 minutes. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: The 10 x 10 method is an endurance protocol designed to - ✔✔optimize high
intensity dynamic exercises. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: What are the two types of stress adaptations that happen simultaneously, but at
different rates, when the body reacts to stress? - ✔✔Short-term and long-term (the
correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is a manifestation of peripheral fatigue? - ✔✔Inability to
maintain an expected level of force (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is a simple model of stress and response, illustrating the
body's changing reaction to increased stress over time? - ✔✔The GAS Model (the
correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following correctly states how many weekly training sessions are
required for fitness maintenance to be achieved? - ✔✔As few as one or two high-
intensity sessions (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: The feeling of drowsiness or sluggishness that may follow a nap is known as -
✔✔sleep inertia. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: A brief period of reduced training load prior to competition is known as - ✔✔taper.
(the correct answer)
✔✔Q: With regard to heat recovery, which of the following is true? - ✔✔Warmth can
encourage relaxation. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: The natural cyclical circulation response to cold therapy techniques is known as -
✔✔the shell-core effect. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Non-graduated compression garments - ✔✔provide less compression than
graduated garments. (the correct answer)
✔✔Q: Which of the following is true regarding dynamic compression, also known as
intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC)? - ✔✔IPC devices provides circumferential
pressure, moving distal to proximal. (the correct answer)
