CISSN PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1 WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
_____ fatty acids are plant oils that have been hydrogenated through heat processing
a. None of these answers are correct
b. Trans
c. Saturated
d. Monosaturated
e. Polyunsaturated - Correct Answers -B- Trans
Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) ______
a. forms from the breakdown of the essential branched-chain amino acid leucine
b. is commonly used as a supplement by resistance-trained athletes to blunt muscle
breakdown associated
c. supplementation increases fat-free body mass with resistance training
d. all of the answers are corect - Correct Answers -D- all of the answers are correct
Vitamin D is known for:
a. its potential anti-oxidant properties
b. regulating calcium homeostasis, bone metabolism, and skeletal muscle
c. its potential insulin-sensitizing properties
d. none of these are correct - Correct Answers -B- regulating calcium homeostasis,
bone metabolism, and skeletal muscle
Creatine supplementation provides all of the following ergogenic effects except
a. improves performance in muscular strength and power activities
b. augments short bursts of maximum muscular effort
c. aids repeated short bursts of maximum muscular effort
d. increases maximal oxygen uptake - Correct Answers -D- increases maximal oxygen
uptake
Vitamins play an important physiologic role related to ______
a. fluid osmolality
b. metabolic regulation
c. muscle contraction
d. diffusion - Correct Answers -B- metabolic regulation
Which of the following activities uses the ATP-Pcr energy system as the primary energy
system?
, a. Marathon run
b. 1500m run
c. 400m sprint
d. high jump - Correct Answers -D- high jump
For exercise bouts lasting greater than four minutes, ATP demand is increasingly met
via ___________ metabolic pathways. As such, it has been suggested that beta-alanine
is ________ for exercise bouts lasting over 4 mins
A. aerobic, not beneficial
B. ATP-PCr, beneficial
C. aerobic, beneficial
D. anaerobic, beneficial - Correct Answers -A- aerobic, not beneficial
Supplementing with alpha -hydroxyl-isocaproic acid (1.5 g per day for 4 weeks:
A. Promotes skeletal muscle fiber hyperplasia.
B. Leads to increases in skeletal muscle mass.
C. Leads to decreases in skeletal muscle mitochondrial volume density.
D. None of the answers are correct. - Correct Answers -B- leads to increase in skeletal
muscle mass
Amino acid molecules lose their nitrogen (amine group) in the liver via a process called
_______.
A. deamination
B. glucose-alanine cycle
C. transamination
D. crossamination - Correct Answers -A- deamination
Carosine (Beta-alanyl-L-histidine) is a naturally occuring dipeptide with numerous
potential physiological functions and is formed by
a. leucine, carnosine
b. histidine, caritine
c. histidine, carnosine
d. leucine, carnitine - Correct Answers -C- histidine, carnosine
Which of the following are NOT skeletal muscle adaptations after chronic heavy
resistance training?
a. An increase in muscle fiber cross-sectional area.
b. An increase in muscle fiber number
c. An increase in fast-twitch muscle fiber size
d. An increase in slow-twitch muscle fiber size - Correct Answers -B- an increase in
muscle fiber number
Longer term coffee consumption is associated with a _____ risk in type II diabetes.
a. Increased
b. Decreased
c. No change in
CORRECT ANSWERS
_____ fatty acids are plant oils that have been hydrogenated through heat processing
a. None of these answers are correct
b. Trans
c. Saturated
d. Monosaturated
e. Polyunsaturated - Correct Answers -B- Trans
Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) ______
a. forms from the breakdown of the essential branched-chain amino acid leucine
b. is commonly used as a supplement by resistance-trained athletes to blunt muscle
breakdown associated
c. supplementation increases fat-free body mass with resistance training
d. all of the answers are corect - Correct Answers -D- all of the answers are correct
Vitamin D is known for:
a. its potential anti-oxidant properties
b. regulating calcium homeostasis, bone metabolism, and skeletal muscle
c. its potential insulin-sensitizing properties
d. none of these are correct - Correct Answers -B- regulating calcium homeostasis,
bone metabolism, and skeletal muscle
Creatine supplementation provides all of the following ergogenic effects except
a. improves performance in muscular strength and power activities
b. augments short bursts of maximum muscular effort
c. aids repeated short bursts of maximum muscular effort
d. increases maximal oxygen uptake - Correct Answers -D- increases maximal oxygen
uptake
Vitamins play an important physiologic role related to ______
a. fluid osmolality
b. metabolic regulation
c. muscle contraction
d. diffusion - Correct Answers -B- metabolic regulation
Which of the following activities uses the ATP-Pcr energy system as the primary energy
system?
, a. Marathon run
b. 1500m run
c. 400m sprint
d. high jump - Correct Answers -D- high jump
For exercise bouts lasting greater than four minutes, ATP demand is increasingly met
via ___________ metabolic pathways. As such, it has been suggested that beta-alanine
is ________ for exercise bouts lasting over 4 mins
A. aerobic, not beneficial
B. ATP-PCr, beneficial
C. aerobic, beneficial
D. anaerobic, beneficial - Correct Answers -A- aerobic, not beneficial
Supplementing with alpha -hydroxyl-isocaproic acid (1.5 g per day for 4 weeks:
A. Promotes skeletal muscle fiber hyperplasia.
B. Leads to increases in skeletal muscle mass.
C. Leads to decreases in skeletal muscle mitochondrial volume density.
D. None of the answers are correct. - Correct Answers -B- leads to increase in skeletal
muscle mass
Amino acid molecules lose their nitrogen (amine group) in the liver via a process called
_______.
A. deamination
B. glucose-alanine cycle
C. transamination
D. crossamination - Correct Answers -A- deamination
Carosine (Beta-alanyl-L-histidine) is a naturally occuring dipeptide with numerous
potential physiological functions and is formed by
a. leucine, carnosine
b. histidine, caritine
c. histidine, carnosine
d. leucine, carnitine - Correct Answers -C- histidine, carnosine
Which of the following are NOT skeletal muscle adaptations after chronic heavy
resistance training?
a. An increase in muscle fiber cross-sectional area.
b. An increase in muscle fiber number
c. An increase in fast-twitch muscle fiber size
d. An increase in slow-twitch muscle fiber size - Correct Answers -B- an increase in
muscle fiber number
Longer term coffee consumption is associated with a _____ risk in type II diabetes.
a. Increased
b. Decreased
c. No change in
