ISSA- STRENGTH &CONDITIONING
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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Q: What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord? - correct answer
✔✔Peripheral nervous system (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is a sensory receptor within a muscle that detects changes in length
and helps regulate contraction? - correct answer ✔✔Muscle spindle (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following are branches of the cell body that act as receivers, collecting
information from other neurons? - correct answer ✔✔Dendrites (the correct answer)
Q: A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is triggered when which of the following
chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the muscle? - correct answer
✔✔Acetylcholine (the correct answer)
Q: Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement? - correct
answer ✔✔Somatic nervous system (the correct answer)
Q: Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, or even days if necessary? - correct
answer ✔✔Slow (S) of Motor Unit (the correct answer)
Q: Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron and consists of a large bundle of type IIx
muscle fibers? - correct answer ✔✔Fast fatigable (FF) (the correct answer)
Q: Voluntary movement starts in the - correct answer ✔✔cerebral cortex. (the correct answer)
,Q: Which of the following is the process that allows a muscle spindle to contract at the same
rate as the muscle where it resides? - correct answer ✔✔Alpha-gamma co-activation (the
correct answer)
Q: How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system, which includes all the
neurons and glia outside of the brain and spinal cord? - correct answer ✔✔43 pairs (the correct
answer)
Q: The muscular system includes how many muscles? - correct answer ✔✔Approximately 650
(the correct answer)
Q: Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce the most amount of force? - correct
answer ✔✔Type IIx (the correct answer)
Q: The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by - correct answer ✔✔ATP
hydrolysis. (the correct answer)
Q: The function of epimysium is to - correct answer ✔✔protect muscle from friction against
other muscles or bone. (the correct answer)
Q: With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle fiber type has a very small amount of
mitochondria? - correct answer ✔✔Type IIx (the correct answer)
Q: Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio, which of the following is correct? -
correct answer ✔✔It can't be changed to a large degree (the correct answer)
Q: It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads causes - correct answer ✔✔equal
growth of type I and type II fibers. (the correct answer)
, Q: Which of the following functions like girdles and guy wires to provide an interconnected
structure? - correct answer ✔✔Fascia (the correct answer)
Q: Current research demonstrates what three possible mechanisms for inducing hypertrophy? -
correct answer ✔✔Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage (the correct answer)
Q: The functional units that can make a muscle shorten are: - correct answer ✔✔Sarcomeres
(the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is found within the appendicular skeleton? - correct answer
✔✔Bones of the upper and lower extremities (the correct answer)
Q: Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by - correct answer ✔✔facet
joints. (the correct answer)
Q: Wolff's Law describes the way - correct answer ✔✔the body responds by increasing or
decreasing the bone's diameter (the correct answer)
Q: In addition to being a barrier to pain, what important role does cartilage play? - correct
answer ✔✔Bone development (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following are mature bone cells that maintain a bone's matrix? - correct answer
✔✔Osteocytes (the correct answer)
Q: Bone-on-bone contact that results in joint pain and stiffness from a loss of articular cartilage
is - correct answer ✔✔osteoarthritis. (the correct answer)
Q: Elastin, an important elastic protein found in all connective tissues, allows those tissues to -
correct answer ✔✔regain their original shape after being stretched. (the correct answer)
EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
RATED 100% CORRECT
Q: What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the spinal cord? - correct answer
✔✔Peripheral nervous system (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is a sensory receptor within a muscle that detects changes in length
and helps regulate contraction? - correct answer ✔✔Muscle spindle (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following are branches of the cell body that act as receivers, collecting
information from other neurons? - correct answer ✔✔Dendrites (the correct answer)
Q: A cascade of events, resulting in muscle contraction, is triggered when which of the following
chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the muscle? - correct answer
✔✔Acetylcholine (the correct answer)
Q: Which division of the peripheral nervous system controls voluntary movement? - correct
answer ✔✔Somatic nervous system (the correct answer)
Q: Which type of motor unit can contract for many hours, or even days if necessary? - correct
answer ✔✔Slow (S) of Motor Unit (the correct answer)
Q: Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron and consists of a large bundle of type IIx
muscle fibers? - correct answer ✔✔Fast fatigable (FF) (the correct answer)
Q: Voluntary movement starts in the - correct answer ✔✔cerebral cortex. (the correct answer)
,Q: Which of the following is the process that allows a muscle spindle to contract at the same
rate as the muscle where it resides? - correct answer ✔✔Alpha-gamma co-activation (the
correct answer)
Q: How many nerves are contained within the peripheral nervous system, which includes all the
neurons and glia outside of the brain and spinal cord? - correct answer ✔✔43 pairs (the correct
answer)
Q: The muscular system includes how many muscles? - correct answer ✔✔Approximately 650
(the correct answer)
Q: Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and produce the most amount of force? - correct
answer ✔✔Type IIx (the correct answer)
Q: The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is provided by - correct answer ✔✔ATP
hydrolysis. (the correct answer)
Q: The function of epimysium is to - correct answer ✔✔protect muscle from friction against
other muscles or bone. (the correct answer)
Q: With regard to mitochondrial density, which muscle fiber type has a very small amount of
mitochondria? - correct answer ✔✔Type IIx (the correct answer)
Q: Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber ratio, which of the following is correct? -
correct answer ✔✔It can't be changed to a large degree (the correct answer)
Q: It is currently theorized that training with heavy loads causes - correct answer ✔✔equal
growth of type I and type II fibers. (the correct answer)
, Q: Which of the following functions like girdles and guy wires to provide an interconnected
structure? - correct answer ✔✔Fascia (the correct answer)
Q: Current research demonstrates what three possible mechanisms for inducing hypertrophy? -
correct answer ✔✔Mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage (the correct answer)
Q: The functional units that can make a muscle shorten are: - correct answer ✔✔Sarcomeres
(the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following is found within the appendicular skeleton? - correct answer
✔✔Bones of the upper and lower extremities (the correct answer)
Q: Movement between two adjacent vertebrae is made possible by - correct answer ✔✔facet
joints. (the correct answer)
Q: Wolff's Law describes the way - correct answer ✔✔the body responds by increasing or
decreasing the bone's diameter (the correct answer)
Q: In addition to being a barrier to pain, what important role does cartilage play? - correct
answer ✔✔Bone development (the correct answer)
Q: Which of the following are mature bone cells that maintain a bone's matrix? - correct answer
✔✔Osteocytes (the correct answer)
Q: Bone-on-bone contact that results in joint pain and stiffness from a loss of articular cartilage
is - correct answer ✔✔osteoarthritis. (the correct answer)
Q: Elastin, an important elastic protein found in all connective tissues, allows those tissues to -
correct answer ✔✔regain their original shape after being stretched. (the correct answer)
