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AFAA PRIMARY GROUP EXERCISE
CERTIFICATION EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED A+
List 8 health benefits associated with regular
participation in physical activity - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
1. Lower risk of coronary heart disease
2. Lower risk of high blood pressure
3. Lower risk of Type 2 diabetes
4. Lower risk of breast cancer
5. Reduced depression
6. Improved cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness
7. lower risk of colon cancer
8. prevention of weight gain
9. reduce chance of falling
10. improve cognitive function
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Define energy as a food source - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Energy is the ability to do work and the main source is
the sun
List three physiological adaptations that occur to
improve exercise performance and state how or why
improvement occurs - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1. Increase
maximal blood flow- Performing aerobic exercise forces
larger volumes of blood which increases stroke volume
2. Increased O2 delivery and CO2 removal- the
cardiorespiratory system saturates blood coming from
the lungs with O2 efficiently. The high pulmonary
ventilation assists with the removal of CO2 during
exercise.
3. Increase maximal O2 update and aerobic power-
regular aerobic exercise causes an increase in a number
of capillaries per muscle fiber
How can interval training improve aerobic performance
- ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Maximizing aerobic power and
increasing aerobic endurance and anaerobic power
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Define ATP - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Adenosine
Triphosphate
intracellular carrier of chemical energy produced by the
bod for muscular work
1 mole of ATP=1/10 energy walk
What are the two energy pathways and describe them
- ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Anaerobic: process of
completely breaking down muscle carbohydrates that
does not require the presence of O2
Aerobic: process of breaking down carbohydrates and
fats with the presence of O2, which leads to an
abundant supply of ATP; short spurt, high energy
activities
ATP-CP system/phosphagen system (anaerobic)
1. Fuel source
2. Intensity
3. duration
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4. List 3 examples of activities that utilize this system -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1. chemical creatine phosphate
(stored in the skeletal muscles)
2 . very high (high demand for ATP needed)
3. very short, 1-15 seconds
4. sprinting, jumping, throwing, kicking, lifting heavy
weights
-quickest way to resynthesize ATP, reaction only requires
one enzymatic step
-CP donates a phosphate to ADP to produce ATP, no
carbs or fats is used in this process, the regeneration of
ATP comes solely from stored CP
-CP comes in small quantities in our cells, so total ATP
that can be produced is limited.
Lactic Acid system (anaerobic)
1. Fuel source
2. Intensity
3. Duration
AFAA PRIMARY GROUP EXERCISE
CERTIFICATION EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED A+
List 8 health benefits associated with regular
participation in physical activity - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
1. Lower risk of coronary heart disease
2. Lower risk of high blood pressure
3. Lower risk of Type 2 diabetes
4. Lower risk of breast cancer
5. Reduced depression
6. Improved cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness
7. lower risk of colon cancer
8. prevention of weight gain
9. reduce chance of falling
10. improve cognitive function
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Define energy as a food source - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Energy is the ability to do work and the main source is
the sun
List three physiological adaptations that occur to
improve exercise performance and state how or why
improvement occurs - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1. Increase
maximal blood flow- Performing aerobic exercise forces
larger volumes of blood which increases stroke volume
2. Increased O2 delivery and CO2 removal- the
cardiorespiratory system saturates blood coming from
the lungs with O2 efficiently. The high pulmonary
ventilation assists with the removal of CO2 during
exercise.
3. Increase maximal O2 update and aerobic power-
regular aerobic exercise causes an increase in a number
of capillaries per muscle fiber
How can interval training improve aerobic performance
- ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Maximizing aerobic power and
increasing aerobic endurance and anaerobic power
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Define ATP - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Adenosine
Triphosphate
intracellular carrier of chemical energy produced by the
bod for muscular work
1 mole of ATP=1/10 energy walk
What are the two energy pathways and describe them
- ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Anaerobic: process of
completely breaking down muscle carbohydrates that
does not require the presence of O2
Aerobic: process of breaking down carbohydrates and
fats with the presence of O2, which leads to an
abundant supply of ATP; short spurt, high energy
activities
ATP-CP system/phosphagen system (anaerobic)
1. Fuel source
2. Intensity
3. duration
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4. List 3 examples of activities that utilize this system -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1. chemical creatine phosphate
(stored in the skeletal muscles)
2 . very high (high demand for ATP needed)
3. very short, 1-15 seconds
4. sprinting, jumping, throwing, kicking, lifting heavy
weights
-quickest way to resynthesize ATP, reaction only requires
one enzymatic step
-CP donates a phosphate to ADP to produce ATP, no
carbs or fats is used in this process, the regeneration of
ATP comes solely from stored CP
-CP comes in small quantities in our cells, so total ATP
that can be produced is limited.
Lactic Acid system (anaerobic)
1. Fuel source
2. Intensity
3. Duration
