CSCS 2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which type of stretching has been shown to increase the risk of injuring muscles
connective tissue, especially when there has been a previous injury? - ✔✔Ballistic
✔✔A college long jumper utilizes low-intensity bounding prior to his event. This type of
warm-up would be considered? - ✔✔Specific
✔✔A track sprinter performing long walking strides that emphasize hip extension would
be utilizing what type of stretching? - ✔✔Dynamic
✔✔In order to stretch her hamstring muscle group a college soccer player asks a
partner to passively move her hip into flexion, after a 10 s stretch the partner continues
to move the leg further into hip flexion while the soccer player resists the movement,
after 6 s she relaxes and the partner further moves her leg into hip flexion. This type of
stretching is referred to as? - ✔✔PNF
✔✔All of the following are types of basic PNF stretching EXCEPT? - ✔✔Hold-Relax with
Antagonist Contraction
✔✔A golfer would like to incorporate PNF stretching into his program to improve his
flexibility, and asks you what the most effective PNF stretching technique is? - ✔✔Hold-
Relax with Agonist Contraction
, ✔✔Contracting the hamstrings muscle group while it is passively being stretched
stimulates the Golgi Tendon Organ and allows which of the following? - ✔✔Relaxation
of the hamstrings by contraction of the hamstrings
✔✔Which of the following is the least likely to invoke the stretch reflex by avoiding
stimulation of the muscle spindles? - ✔✔Static Stretch
✔✔During a reverse curl and athlete's palms are down and her knuckles are up, this
grip is referred to as? - ✔✔Pronated
✔✔Which muscle is recruited to achieve hip extension during the snatch? - ✔✔Gluteus
maximus
✔✔A spotter is required for? - ✔✔Flat barbell bench
✔✔During the flat bench press the spotter should? - ✔✔use an alternated grip
✔✔You are instructing and athlete in the weight room, the correct grip for the hammer
curl is? - ✔✔neutral
✔✔Which of the following exercise does NOT require concentric activation of the
brachialis? - ✔✔Wrist curl
✔✔You are observing a group of football players performing the deadlift, which of the
following is a common error? - ✔✔extending the knees before the hips during the
upward movement
✔✔Instruction for breathing during the dumbbell bench press should include? -
✔✔exhale through the sticking point
✔✔Two spotters are utilized for the? - ✔✔front squat
✔✔You are spotting an athlete during the bench press and move the bar from the
upright supports to a position in which the athlete can begin the exercise. This is called?
- ✔✔liftoff
✔✔During which of the following exercises should a spotter's hands be placed on the
athlete's wrists? - ✔✔dumbbell incline bench press
✔✔Which of the following exercises would the valsalva maneuver be most useful to
athlete trying to maintain proper vertebral alignment and support? - ✔✔standing
shoulder press
✔✔Which type of stretching has been shown to increase the risk of injuring muscles
connective tissue, especially when there has been a previous injury? - ✔✔Ballistic
✔✔A college long jumper utilizes low-intensity bounding prior to his event. This type of
warm-up would be considered? - ✔✔Specific
✔✔A track sprinter performing long walking strides that emphasize hip extension would
be utilizing what type of stretching? - ✔✔Dynamic
✔✔In order to stretch her hamstring muscle group a college soccer player asks a
partner to passively move her hip into flexion, after a 10 s stretch the partner continues
to move the leg further into hip flexion while the soccer player resists the movement,
after 6 s she relaxes and the partner further moves her leg into hip flexion. This type of
stretching is referred to as? - ✔✔PNF
✔✔All of the following are types of basic PNF stretching EXCEPT? - ✔✔Hold-Relax with
Antagonist Contraction
✔✔A golfer would like to incorporate PNF stretching into his program to improve his
flexibility, and asks you what the most effective PNF stretching technique is? - ✔✔Hold-
Relax with Agonist Contraction
, ✔✔Contracting the hamstrings muscle group while it is passively being stretched
stimulates the Golgi Tendon Organ and allows which of the following? - ✔✔Relaxation
of the hamstrings by contraction of the hamstrings
✔✔Which of the following is the least likely to invoke the stretch reflex by avoiding
stimulation of the muscle spindles? - ✔✔Static Stretch
✔✔During a reverse curl and athlete's palms are down and her knuckles are up, this
grip is referred to as? - ✔✔Pronated
✔✔Which muscle is recruited to achieve hip extension during the snatch? - ✔✔Gluteus
maximus
✔✔A spotter is required for? - ✔✔Flat barbell bench
✔✔During the flat bench press the spotter should? - ✔✔use an alternated grip
✔✔You are instructing and athlete in the weight room, the correct grip for the hammer
curl is? - ✔✔neutral
✔✔Which of the following exercise does NOT require concentric activation of the
brachialis? - ✔✔Wrist curl
✔✔You are observing a group of football players performing the deadlift, which of the
following is a common error? - ✔✔extending the knees before the hips during the
upward movement
✔✔Instruction for breathing during the dumbbell bench press should include? -
✔✔exhale through the sticking point
✔✔Two spotters are utilized for the? - ✔✔front squat
✔✔You are spotting an athlete during the bench press and move the bar from the
upright supports to a position in which the athlete can begin the exercise. This is called?
- ✔✔liftoff
✔✔During which of the following exercises should a spotter's hands be placed on the
athlete's wrists? - ✔✔dumbbell incline bench press
✔✔Which of the following exercises would the valsalva maneuver be most useful to
athlete trying to maintain proper vertebral alignment and support? - ✔✔standing
shoulder press
