CSCS EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
This hormone release patterns altered by age, gender, sleep, nutrition, alcohol
consumption, and exercise - Answer- Growth hormone
What exercises increase testosterone - Answer- Large muscle exercises (Deadlift,
squats, power clean)
A muscle with fibers that align obliquely with the tendon, creating a featherlike
arrangement - Answer- Pennate muscle
Women have higher blood level of what hormone than men do - Answer- Growth
Hormone
This hormone response depends on load, rest, and volume of exercise (less rest, 10
RM, 3 sets) - Answer- Growth hormone
Periodization periods: the initial period is usually the longest and occurs during the time
of the year what there are no competitions - Answer- Preparatory period
The major emphasis of this period is establishing a base level of conditioning to
increase the athlete's tolerance for more intense training - Answer- Preparatory period
Periodization periods: this period consist of recreational activity that may not involve
resistance training - Answer- Second transition period (active rest)
Periodization periods: between the preparatory and competitive periods to denote the
break between high volume training and high intensity training - Answer- First transition
period
The outer layer of connective tissue of skeletal muscle - Answer- Epimysium
Connective tissue surrounding a group of muscle fibers - Answer- Perimysium
Connective tissue surrounding individual fibers - Answer- Endomysium
Order of sliding filament theory - Answer-
Resting/Excitation/Contraction/Recharge/Relaxation
, The discharge of an action potential from a motor nerve signals the release of what from
the sarcoplasmic reticulum - Answer- Calcium
Occurs when a load is lifted, since sufficient force must be developed to overcome the
inertia of the load - Answer- Preloading
Arrival of the action potential at the nerve terminal causes the release of - Answer-
Acetylcholine
Information concerning kinesthetic sense, or conscious appreciation of the position of
body parts with respect to gravity - Answer- Proprioception
Proprioceptors located in tendons near the myotendinous junction - Answer- GTO
Proprioceptors located that consist of several modified muscle fibers enclosed in a
sheath of connective tissue - Answer- Muscle Spindles
Order of the Conduction system - Answer- Sa node, Av node, Av bundle, Left and Right
Bundle Branches, Purkinje Fibers
Recordings of electrical depolarization - Answer- Pwave=Atria
QRS= Ventricles
Recordings of electrical repolarization - Answer- T Wave=ventricles
Respiratory system order - Answer- Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Alveoli
Muscles involved with inspiration - Answer- Ext intercoastals, SCM, Anterior serrate,
Scalenes
Muscles involved with expiration - Answer- Abdominal muscles & Internal intercoastals
The breakdown of large molecules into smaller molecules, associated with the release
of energy - Answer- Catabolism
Energy releasing reactions that are generally catabolic - Answer- Exergonic reactions
Require energy and include anabolic processes and the contraction of muscle - Answer-
Endergonic reactions
The synthesis of larger molecules from smaller molecules; can be accomplished using
the energy released from catabolic reactions - Answer- Catabolism
The breakdown of carbs, either glycogen stored in the muscle or glucose delivered in
the blood to resynthesize ATP - Answer- Glycolysis
CORRECT ANSWERS
This hormone release patterns altered by age, gender, sleep, nutrition, alcohol
consumption, and exercise - Answer- Growth hormone
What exercises increase testosterone - Answer- Large muscle exercises (Deadlift,
squats, power clean)
A muscle with fibers that align obliquely with the tendon, creating a featherlike
arrangement - Answer- Pennate muscle
Women have higher blood level of what hormone than men do - Answer- Growth
Hormone
This hormone response depends on load, rest, and volume of exercise (less rest, 10
RM, 3 sets) - Answer- Growth hormone
Periodization periods: the initial period is usually the longest and occurs during the time
of the year what there are no competitions - Answer- Preparatory period
The major emphasis of this period is establishing a base level of conditioning to
increase the athlete's tolerance for more intense training - Answer- Preparatory period
Periodization periods: this period consist of recreational activity that may not involve
resistance training - Answer- Second transition period (active rest)
Periodization periods: between the preparatory and competitive periods to denote the
break between high volume training and high intensity training - Answer- First transition
period
The outer layer of connective tissue of skeletal muscle - Answer- Epimysium
Connective tissue surrounding a group of muscle fibers - Answer- Perimysium
Connective tissue surrounding individual fibers - Answer- Endomysium
Order of sliding filament theory - Answer-
Resting/Excitation/Contraction/Recharge/Relaxation
, The discharge of an action potential from a motor nerve signals the release of what from
the sarcoplasmic reticulum - Answer- Calcium
Occurs when a load is lifted, since sufficient force must be developed to overcome the
inertia of the load - Answer- Preloading
Arrival of the action potential at the nerve terminal causes the release of - Answer-
Acetylcholine
Information concerning kinesthetic sense, or conscious appreciation of the position of
body parts with respect to gravity - Answer- Proprioception
Proprioceptors located in tendons near the myotendinous junction - Answer- GTO
Proprioceptors located that consist of several modified muscle fibers enclosed in a
sheath of connective tissue - Answer- Muscle Spindles
Order of the Conduction system - Answer- Sa node, Av node, Av bundle, Left and Right
Bundle Branches, Purkinje Fibers
Recordings of electrical depolarization - Answer- Pwave=Atria
QRS= Ventricles
Recordings of electrical repolarization - Answer- T Wave=ventricles
Respiratory system order - Answer- Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles, Alveoli
Muscles involved with inspiration - Answer- Ext intercoastals, SCM, Anterior serrate,
Scalenes
Muscles involved with expiration - Answer- Abdominal muscles & Internal intercoastals
The breakdown of large molecules into smaller molecules, associated with the release
of energy - Answer- Catabolism
Energy releasing reactions that are generally catabolic - Answer- Exergonic reactions
Require energy and include anabolic processes and the contraction of muscle - Answer-
Endergonic reactions
The synthesis of larger molecules from smaller molecules; can be accomplished using
the energy released from catabolic reactions - Answer- Catabolism
The breakdown of carbs, either glycogen stored in the muscle or glucose delivered in
the blood to resynthesize ATP - Answer- Glycolysis
