AFAA Group Fitness Instructor Test
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
- Interrelation of nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems to create
movement - CORRECT ANSWERS Kinetic chain
brain and spinal cord, coordinates activity of body parts - CORRECT
ANSWERS Central nervous system
all nerves branching off spinal cord, extending out to the body -
CORRECT ANSWERS Peripheral nervous system
sense distortion in body tissues - CORRECT ANSWERS
mechanoreceptors
mechanoreceptor that senses changes in tension - CORRECT
ANSWERS Golgi tendon organs
mechanoreceptor that senses changes in length - CORRECT
ANSWERS muscle spindles
cumulative sensory input to the CNS from all mechanoreceptors -
CORRECT ANSWERS proprioception
connect muscle to bone, anchor to produce force, limited blood flow,
slow to repair - CORRECT ANSWERS tendons
,individual contractile units, actin and myosin filaments - CORRECT
ANSWERS sarcomeres
slow twitch - more aerobic, slower to reach maximal contraction,
resistant to fatigue - CORRECT ANSWERS type I muscles
more anaerobic, produce more speed and strength, faster to fatigue -
CORRECT ANSWERS type ii muscles
extensibility, elasticity, irritability, ability to develop tension -
CORRECT ANSWERS behavioral properties of muscles
stabilization muscles - core - CORRECT ANSWERS
transverse abdominus
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS multifidus
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS internal obliques
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS diaphragm
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS pelvic floor
muscles
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS external obliques
,stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS quadrates
lumborum
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS psoas major
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS rectus abdominis
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS gluteus medius
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS adductor
complex
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS latissimus dorsi
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS hip flexors
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS hamstring complex
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS quadriceps
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS pectoralis major
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS deltoids
, movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS gluteus maximus
movement- core - CORRECT ANSWERS triceps
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS biceps
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS erector spine
rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, medialis, and intermedius; knee
extension; squat - CORRECT ANSWERS quadriceps: parts,
function, and exercise
semitendinosus, semaimembranosous, biceps femoris; knee flexion,
hamstrings curl - CORRECT ANSWERS hamstrings: parts,
function, and exercise
plantar flexion, calf raise - CORRECT ANSWERS
gastrocnemius: function and exercise
hip extension and external rotation, lunge (upward phase) -
CORRECT ANSWERS gluteus maximus: function and
exercise
spinal flexion, lateral flexion, and rotation; ball crunch - CORRECT
ANSWERS rectus abdominis: function and exercise
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
- Interrelation of nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems to create
movement - CORRECT ANSWERS Kinetic chain
brain and spinal cord, coordinates activity of body parts - CORRECT
ANSWERS Central nervous system
all nerves branching off spinal cord, extending out to the body -
CORRECT ANSWERS Peripheral nervous system
sense distortion in body tissues - CORRECT ANSWERS
mechanoreceptors
mechanoreceptor that senses changes in tension - CORRECT
ANSWERS Golgi tendon organs
mechanoreceptor that senses changes in length - CORRECT
ANSWERS muscle spindles
cumulative sensory input to the CNS from all mechanoreceptors -
CORRECT ANSWERS proprioception
connect muscle to bone, anchor to produce force, limited blood flow,
slow to repair - CORRECT ANSWERS tendons
,individual contractile units, actin and myosin filaments - CORRECT
ANSWERS sarcomeres
slow twitch - more aerobic, slower to reach maximal contraction,
resistant to fatigue - CORRECT ANSWERS type I muscles
more anaerobic, produce more speed and strength, faster to fatigue -
CORRECT ANSWERS type ii muscles
extensibility, elasticity, irritability, ability to develop tension -
CORRECT ANSWERS behavioral properties of muscles
stabilization muscles - core - CORRECT ANSWERS
transverse abdominus
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS multifidus
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS internal obliques
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS diaphragm
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS pelvic floor
muscles
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS external obliques
,stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS quadrates
lumborum
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS psoas major
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS rectus abdominis
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS gluteus medius
stabilization - core - CORRECT ANSWERS adductor
complex
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS latissimus dorsi
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS hip flexors
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS hamstring complex
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS quadriceps
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS pectoralis major
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS deltoids
, movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS gluteus maximus
movement- core - CORRECT ANSWERS triceps
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS biceps
movement - core - CORRECT ANSWERS erector spine
rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, medialis, and intermedius; knee
extension; squat - CORRECT ANSWERS quadriceps: parts,
function, and exercise
semitendinosus, semaimembranosous, biceps femoris; knee flexion,
hamstrings curl - CORRECT ANSWERS hamstrings: parts,
function, and exercise
plantar flexion, calf raise - CORRECT ANSWERS
gastrocnemius: function and exercise
hip extension and external rotation, lunge (upward phase) -
CORRECT ANSWERS gluteus maximus: function and
exercise
spinal flexion, lateral flexion, and rotation; ball crunch - CORRECT
ANSWERS rectus abdominis: function and exercise