BIOMECHANICS EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following questions about the long jump should be answered qualitatively?
a) what is the jump angle at take off?
b) what is the horizontal velocity at take off?
c) what type of motion describes the flight path of the athlete?
d) what is the athlete's running speed at take off? - Correct Answers -c
What does the word quantitative mean?
a) general
b) pertaining to quantity
c) numerical
d) pertaining to quality - Correct Answers -b
Choose the term that describes the branch of mechanics dealing with systems subject
to acceleration
a) biomechanics
b) English system
c) statics
d) dynamics - Correct Answers -d
which of the following is an example of a frontal movement?
a) hip flexion
b) knee flexion
c) shoulder abduction
d) shoulder hyperextension - Correct Answers -c
the cardinal transverse plane divides the body into equal ______
a) right and left halves
b) top and bottom halves
c) medial and lateral halves
d) front and back halves - Correct Answers -b
rotations in the frontal plane occur around which axis?
a) mediolateral
b) frontal
c) longitudinal
d) sagittal - Correct Answers -d
, during the prepartory phase for am underhand softball pitch, the hand holding the ball is
drawn behind the body prior the forward swing of the arm. When the hand is drawn
behind the body, which of the following movements occurs at the shoulder?
a) extension
b) flexion
c) circumduction
d) hyperextension - Correct Answers -d
in which of the following planes would a cartwheel occur?
a) transverse
b) oblique
c) frontal
d) sagittal - Correct Answers -c
which of the following terms means "farther from the head"?
a) proximal
b) inferior
c) distal
d) superior - Correct Answers -b
which of the following describes the elbow joint relative to the wrist joint?
a) proximal
b) distal
c) medial
d) lateral - Correct Answers -a
in the anatomical postion, the forearm is in what position?
a) supinated
b) flexed
c) abducted
d) pronated - Correct Answers -a
what term is used to describe the motion of pointing the toes in the sagittal plane?
a) rotation
b) dorsiflexion
c) extension
d) plantar flexion - Correct Answers -d
which action is not an example of sagittal plane movement?
a) shoulder hyperextension
b) hip adduction
c) knee flexion
d) plantar flexion - Correct Answers -b
choose the term that describes "toward the back of the body"
a) posterior
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following questions about the long jump should be answered qualitatively?
a) what is the jump angle at take off?
b) what is the horizontal velocity at take off?
c) what type of motion describes the flight path of the athlete?
d) what is the athlete's running speed at take off? - Correct Answers -c
What does the word quantitative mean?
a) general
b) pertaining to quantity
c) numerical
d) pertaining to quality - Correct Answers -b
Choose the term that describes the branch of mechanics dealing with systems subject
to acceleration
a) biomechanics
b) English system
c) statics
d) dynamics - Correct Answers -d
which of the following is an example of a frontal movement?
a) hip flexion
b) knee flexion
c) shoulder abduction
d) shoulder hyperextension - Correct Answers -c
the cardinal transverse plane divides the body into equal ______
a) right and left halves
b) top and bottom halves
c) medial and lateral halves
d) front and back halves - Correct Answers -b
rotations in the frontal plane occur around which axis?
a) mediolateral
b) frontal
c) longitudinal
d) sagittal - Correct Answers -d
, during the prepartory phase for am underhand softball pitch, the hand holding the ball is
drawn behind the body prior the forward swing of the arm. When the hand is drawn
behind the body, which of the following movements occurs at the shoulder?
a) extension
b) flexion
c) circumduction
d) hyperextension - Correct Answers -d
in which of the following planes would a cartwheel occur?
a) transverse
b) oblique
c) frontal
d) sagittal - Correct Answers -c
which of the following terms means "farther from the head"?
a) proximal
b) inferior
c) distal
d) superior - Correct Answers -b
which of the following describes the elbow joint relative to the wrist joint?
a) proximal
b) distal
c) medial
d) lateral - Correct Answers -a
in the anatomical postion, the forearm is in what position?
a) supinated
b) flexed
c) abducted
d) pronated - Correct Answers -a
what term is used to describe the motion of pointing the toes in the sagittal plane?
a) rotation
b) dorsiflexion
c) extension
d) plantar flexion - Correct Answers -d
which action is not an example of sagittal plane movement?
a) shoulder hyperextension
b) hip adduction
c) knee flexion
d) plantar flexion - Correct Answers -b
choose the term that describes "toward the back of the body"
a) posterior
