Weightlifting Exam Study Guide UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Weightlifting Exam Study Guide UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is a benefit of weight training? - CORRECT ANSWER - Increased muscular
strength & injury prevention & better support for joints


What is not a component of safety in the weight room? - CORRECT ANSWER - Wearing
proper shorts and shirt


What is the primary muscle involved in the bench press? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Anterior Deltoid


What is a primary muscle involved when performing cleans? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hamstrings, calves, quadriceps


Weight plates are. . . - CORRECT ANSWER - Weight lifting equipment used to add
resistance to adjustable dumbbells and barbells


An isolation exercise that targets the hamstring muscles and involves flexing the lower leg
against resistance towards the glutes. - CORRECT ANSWER - Leg curls


Any position of the human body where one leg is positioned forward with knee bent and foot flat
on the ground while the other leg is positioned behind. - CORRECT ANSWER - Lunges


A weight lifting exercise, which consists of the lifter moving a weighted barbell from the top of
the knee to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles. The primary muscles targeted are the
hamstrings, gluteus maximus, quadriceps, and calves. - CORRECT ANSWER - Hang
cleans