AFAA GROUP FITNESS TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026

AFAA GROUP FITNESS TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026




Kinetic chain - ANS interrelation of nervous, muscular, and skeletal system to create
movement



central nervous system - ANS brain and spinal cord; coordinates activity of body parts



peripheral nervous system - ANS all nerves branching of spinal cord, extending out to the
body



mechanorecepetors - ANS sense distrotion in body tissues



mechanoreceptors - ANS sense distortion in body tissues



golgi tendon organs - ANS sense changes in tension



muscle spindles - ANS sense changes in length



proprioception - ANS cumulative sensory input to the CNS from all mechanoreceptors

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, tendons - ANS connect muscle to bone



sarcomeres - ANS individual contractile units; actin and myosin filaments



type 1 slow twitch muscle fibers - ANS more aerobic; slower to reach maximal contraction;
resistant to fatigue



type 2 fast twitch muscle tissue - ANS more anaerobic; produce more speed and strength;
faster to fatigue



quadriceps - ANS knee extension



hamstrings - ANS knee flexion



Gastrocnemius - ANS plantar flexion



gluteus maximus - ANS hip extension and external rotation



rectus abdominis - ANS spinal flexion, lateral flexion and rotation



pectoralis major - ANS shoulder flexion and horizontal adduction



latissimus dorsi - ANS shoulder extension, adduction, and internal rotation



biceps - ANS elbow flexionn

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