ISSA Cert Exam Questions With Correct Answers

ISSA Cert Exam Questions With Correct Answers T/F: the oxidative pathway is considered aerobic metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER true T/F: the nucleus is known as the powerhouse of the cell - CORRECT ANSWER False (mitochondria) T/F: the brain, spinal cord, sense organs, and nerves are part of the circulatory system - CORRECT ANSWER false (circulatory is blood/veins etc) T/F: There are 126 bones in the appendicular skeleton - CORRECT ANSWER True The insertion is the distal attachment of a muscle - CORRECT ANSWER true type 1 muscle fibers are primarily aerobic - CORRECT ANSWER true t/f: in an eccentric contraction, the muscles fire, but there is no movement at the joint and no change in the length of muscle - CORRECT ANSWER false (this describes isometric, eccentric is lengthening muscles) T/F: an agonist muscle is one that is the main muscle involved in a concentric contraction - CORRECT ANSWER true T/F: Newton's second law of motion deals with force and its relationship to mass and acceleration - CORRECT ANSWER true T/F: the gastrocnemius muscle is a two-joint muscle of the knee which also crosses the ankle joint - CORRECT ANSWER True T/F: limit strength is the amount of musculoskeletal force you can generate for one all out effort - CORRECT ANSWER true T/F: The term anaerobic indicates the presence of oxygen - CORRECT ANSWER false (anaerobic is absence of oxygen) T/F: internal training means using several modes of training to develop a specific component of fitness - CORRECT ANSWER false (this is known as cross training) T/F: decreased temperature tends to preserve decreases in muscle length - CORRECT ANSWER true T/F: BMI stands for basal metabolic index - CORRECT ANSWER false (body mass index) T/F: total body fat is the amount of fat throughout the body expressed in either body fat percentage of weight in body fat - CORRECT ANSWER True T/F: communication can occur through the visual, auditory, or kinesthetic domains - CORRECT ANSWER True T/F: systolic pressure is the pressure exerted on the walls of the blood vessels during the refilling of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER False (Diastolic is refilling) T/F: FITT of the FITT principle stands for frequency, intensity, time, and type of exercise - CORRECT ANSWER True T/F: The GAS principle is a model of training that describes the body's short term and long term reactions to stress - CORRECT ANSWER True T/F: DOMS stands for damaged overtrained muscle syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER False (delayed onset muscle soreness) T/F: maximum power will occur somewhere between 85-95% of 1RM - CORRECT ANSWER false (55%-85%) T/F: there are 5.65 calories in 1 gram of starch - CORRECT ANSWER false (4 calories) T/F: there are 9.44 calories in 1 gram of fat - CORRECT ANSWER true T/F: a calorie is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 degree C - CORRECT ANSWER false (1 gram of water, kcal is 1 kg) T/F: there are approximately 2500 calories in 1lb of body weight - CORRECT ANSWER false (3000 cal) T/F: gluconeogenesis is the production of glucose from the breakdown of stored carbs called glycogen - CORRECT ANSWER false (forming glucose from non carbs)