ISSA CORRECTIVE EXERCISE FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS & ACTUAL
COMPLETE ANSWERS RATED 100%
CORRECT
Tendons and ligaments are similar because they both have: - correct answer ✔✔A limited blood
supply and low metabolism
What is the name of the outer layer of connective tissue on skeletal muscle? - correct answer
✔✔Epimysium
The functional units of skeletal muscle that allow it shorten are: - correct answer
✔✔Sarcomeres
In terms of muscle actions at the knee joint, the quadriceps and hamstrings are: - correct
answer ✔✔antagonists
Skeletal muscle shortens when: - correct answer ✔✔actin and myosin bind and slide past each
other
A muscular force-couple occurs when: - correct answer ✔✔two or more muscles concurrently
produce force in different directions to produce one movement
When lifting the arm overhead, impingement of the subacromial space is avoided when: -
correct answer ✔✔a muscular force-couple occurs between the deltoid and supraspinatus
, During a squat, your client's knees buckle inward as she ascends. This problem is most likely due
to: - correct answer ✔✔weakness of the hip abductors and external rotator
After a workout, your client mentions that he feels a deep, nervy pain in his shoulder that
radiates down to his hand. You first course of action should be to: - correct answer ✔✔tell him
to get cleared from a physician or physical therapist before your next workout
Your new client mentions that he has left shoulder pain when pressing a 50-pound dumbbell
overhead. During your initial movement assessment, what is the most acceptable first step? -
correct answer ✔✔Instruct him to mimic the left shoulder movement without any weight in
hand
When a client with right shoulder pain has been cleared to exercise, which of the following
steps comes earliest in the corrective exercise process? - correct answer ✔✔Assess whether or
not the client can perform diaphragmatic breathing
Your client, Steve, who you haven't trained in 6 weeks calls to schedule a session with you.
During the call he mentions that he's been losing weight without a change to his diet, he's been
having night sweats, and recently had a fever. You should: - correct answer ✔✔tell him to get
cleared from his physician before scheduling a workout with you
The purpose(s) of diaphragmatic breathing is to help your client: - correct answer ✔✔achieve a
state of low stress and improve ribcage alignment
What is one primary difference between an upper motor neuron and a lower motor neuron? -
correct answer ✔✔All upper motor neurons are closer to the brain
Your new client, John, has 3/10 right shoulder pain at rest. Last week he was cleared to exercise
by his physician. After you take him through the first set of a shoulder corrective exercise, he
tells you the right shoulder pain has increased to 6/10. What is the next recommended step? -
correct answer ✔✔Move on to the next corrective exercise and see if it helps since he's been
recently cleared to exercise
EXAM QUESTIONS & ACTUAL
COMPLETE ANSWERS RATED 100%
CORRECT
Tendons and ligaments are similar because they both have: - correct answer ✔✔A limited blood
supply and low metabolism
What is the name of the outer layer of connective tissue on skeletal muscle? - correct answer
✔✔Epimysium
The functional units of skeletal muscle that allow it shorten are: - correct answer
✔✔Sarcomeres
In terms of muscle actions at the knee joint, the quadriceps and hamstrings are: - correct
answer ✔✔antagonists
Skeletal muscle shortens when: - correct answer ✔✔actin and myosin bind and slide past each
other
A muscular force-couple occurs when: - correct answer ✔✔two or more muscles concurrently
produce force in different directions to produce one movement
When lifting the arm overhead, impingement of the subacromial space is avoided when: -
correct answer ✔✔a muscular force-couple occurs between the deltoid and supraspinatus
, During a squat, your client's knees buckle inward as she ascends. This problem is most likely due
to: - correct answer ✔✔weakness of the hip abductors and external rotator
After a workout, your client mentions that he feels a deep, nervy pain in his shoulder that
radiates down to his hand. You first course of action should be to: - correct answer ✔✔tell him
to get cleared from a physician or physical therapist before your next workout
Your new client mentions that he has left shoulder pain when pressing a 50-pound dumbbell
overhead. During your initial movement assessment, what is the most acceptable first step? -
correct answer ✔✔Instruct him to mimic the left shoulder movement without any weight in
hand
When a client with right shoulder pain has been cleared to exercise, which of the following
steps comes earliest in the corrective exercise process? - correct answer ✔✔Assess whether or
not the client can perform diaphragmatic breathing
Your client, Steve, who you haven't trained in 6 weeks calls to schedule a session with you.
During the call he mentions that he's been losing weight without a change to his diet, he's been
having night sweats, and recently had a fever. You should: - correct answer ✔✔tell him to get
cleared from his physician before scheduling a workout with you
The purpose(s) of diaphragmatic breathing is to help your client: - correct answer ✔✔achieve a
state of low stress and improve ribcage alignment
What is one primary difference between an upper motor neuron and a lower motor neuron? -
correct answer ✔✔All upper motor neurons are closer to the brain
Your new client, John, has 3/10 right shoulder pain at rest. Last week he was cleared to exercise
by his physician. After you take him through the first set of a shoulder corrective exercise, he
tells you the right shoulder pain has increased to 6/10. What is the next recommended step? -
correct answer ✔✔Move on to the next corrective exercise and see if it helps since he's been
recently cleared to exercise
