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