ISSA – Certified Personal Trainer Study Guide
ATP stands for - correct answer Adenosine Triphosphate
Our muscles can produce ATP by which pathways - correct answer ATP/CP, Glycolytic, Oxidative
pathway
BMR stands for - correct answer Basal metabolic rate
The primary fuel during endurance exercise is - correct answer Fatty acids
The ATP/CP pathway is sufficient for over four mintues of ATP Production (T/F) - correct answer
False
Non-oxidative glycolysis is reliable for _ minutes of ATP production - correct answer 2
Catabolism and anabolism are the two phases of metabolism (T/F) - correct answer True
Excretion is one function of the digestive system (T/F) - correct answer True
The nervous system is made up of the - correct answer Peripheral and Central nervous system
Hemoglobin is an oxygen transporting protein in blood cells (T/F) - correct answer True
Alter the rate of synthesis of your cellular protein, Change the rate enzyme activity, Change the
rate of transport of nutrients through the cell wall - correct answer Main purpose of hormones
About 98% of human body is composed of only 6 elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen,
nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorous (T/F) - correct answer True
To supply oxygen to the body, To eliminate carbon dioxide in the body, to regulate the body's
PH balance - correct answer Main purpose of the respiratory system
Steroids, Amino Acid derivatives, Peptides - correct answer Hormones
The circulatory system consists of - correct answer Heart, arteries, and veins
Tendons connect bone to bone (T/F) - correct answer False
Muscular hypertrophy is an - correct answer Increase in muscle fiber size
Extension of muscles fibers, connect bone to muscle - correct answer Tendons
The average human adult skeleton has - correct answer 206 Bones
Cardiovascular exercise results in - correct answer Mitochondrial adaptations, capillary capacity
adaptations
Type II muscle fibers are aerobic (T/F) - correct answer False
, Type I muscle fibers are aerobic (T/F) - correct answer True
The anatomical terms for front and back are - correct answer Anterior and Posterior
The science or study of movement, and the active and passive structures invovled - correct
answer Kinesiology
A contraction in which a muscle experts a force but does not change its length - correct answer
Isometric contraction
True synergy occurs when a muscle contracts to stop the secondary action of another muscle
(T/F) - correct answer True
An example of an antagonist muscle is during a bicep curl - correct answer Triceps
An example of a prime mover is during a bicep curl - correct answer The biceps muscle
Adduction is movement of a body part away from the midline of the body (T/F) - correct
answer False
Concentric action of a bicep curl - correct answer Flexion
In a concentric contraction the muscles shorten to produce movements (T/F) - correct answer
True
A second-class lever is similar to a wheelbar-row (T/F) - correct answer True
Biomechanics is the study of - correct answer Movement
Newton's second law of motion deals with force and it's relationship to mass and acceleration -
correct answer True
A lever in which the force is applied between the axis and the resistance - correct answer A
third class lever
A first-class lever is similar to a seesaw (T/F) - correct answer True
Musclular force is broken down into the components of - correct answer Magnitude, Direction,
Application of force, Line of force
Inertia can be categorized as - correct answer Resting and moving inertia
The ability to perceive your position and movement of the body or limbs in space known as -
correct answer Kinesthesis
Exaggerated anterior-posterior curvature of the spinal column is known as - correct answer
Kyphosis
Kyphosis is an exaggerated anterior-posterior curvature of the spinal column (T/F) - correct
answer True
ATP stands for - correct answer Adenosine Triphosphate
Our muscles can produce ATP by which pathways - correct answer ATP/CP, Glycolytic, Oxidative
pathway
BMR stands for - correct answer Basal metabolic rate
The primary fuel during endurance exercise is - correct answer Fatty acids
The ATP/CP pathway is sufficient for over four mintues of ATP Production (T/F) - correct answer
False
Non-oxidative glycolysis is reliable for _ minutes of ATP production - correct answer 2
Catabolism and anabolism are the two phases of metabolism (T/F) - correct answer True
Excretion is one function of the digestive system (T/F) - correct answer True
The nervous system is made up of the - correct answer Peripheral and Central nervous system
Hemoglobin is an oxygen transporting protein in blood cells (T/F) - correct answer True
Alter the rate of synthesis of your cellular protein, Change the rate enzyme activity, Change the
rate of transport of nutrients through the cell wall - correct answer Main purpose of hormones
About 98% of human body is composed of only 6 elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen,
nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorous (T/F) - correct answer True
To supply oxygen to the body, To eliminate carbon dioxide in the body, to regulate the body's
PH balance - correct answer Main purpose of the respiratory system
Steroids, Amino Acid derivatives, Peptides - correct answer Hormones
The circulatory system consists of - correct answer Heart, arteries, and veins
Tendons connect bone to bone (T/F) - correct answer False
Muscular hypertrophy is an - correct answer Increase in muscle fiber size
Extension of muscles fibers, connect bone to muscle - correct answer Tendons
The average human adult skeleton has - correct answer 206 Bones
Cardiovascular exercise results in - correct answer Mitochondrial adaptations, capillary capacity
adaptations
Type II muscle fibers are aerobic (T/F) - correct answer False
, Type I muscle fibers are aerobic (T/F) - correct answer True
The anatomical terms for front and back are - correct answer Anterior and Posterior
The science or study of movement, and the active and passive structures invovled - correct
answer Kinesiology
A contraction in which a muscle experts a force but does not change its length - correct answer
Isometric contraction
True synergy occurs when a muscle contracts to stop the secondary action of another muscle
(T/F) - correct answer True
An example of an antagonist muscle is during a bicep curl - correct answer Triceps
An example of a prime mover is during a bicep curl - correct answer The biceps muscle
Adduction is movement of a body part away from the midline of the body (T/F) - correct
answer False
Concentric action of a bicep curl - correct answer Flexion
In a concentric contraction the muscles shorten to produce movements (T/F) - correct answer
True
A second-class lever is similar to a wheelbar-row (T/F) - correct answer True
Biomechanics is the study of - correct answer Movement
Newton's second law of motion deals with force and it's relationship to mass and acceleration -
correct answer True
A lever in which the force is applied between the axis and the resistance - correct answer A
third class lever
A first-class lever is similar to a seesaw (T/F) - correct answer True
Musclular force is broken down into the components of - correct answer Magnitude, Direction,
Application of force, Line of force
Inertia can be categorized as - correct answer Resting and moving inertia
The ability to perceive your position and movement of the body or limbs in space known as -
correct answer Kinesthesis
Exaggerated anterior-posterior curvature of the spinal column is known as - correct answer
Kyphosis
Kyphosis is an exaggerated anterior-posterior curvature of the spinal column (T/F) - correct
answer True
