ISSA CORRECTIVE EXERCISE UPDATED
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What is the name of the outer layer of connective tissue on skeletal
muscle?
Answer: Epimysium
●● The functional units of skeletal muscle that allow it shorten are
________.
Answer: sacromeres
●● In terms of muscle actions at the knee joint, the quadriceps and
hamstrings are ________.
Answer: antagonists
●● Skeletal muscle shortens when _______.
Answer: Actin and myosin bind and slide past each other
●● A muscular force-couple occurs when _________.
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 _______.
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 ________.
Answer: Weakness of the hip abductors and external rotators
●● 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 __________.
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?
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?
, 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 he's been
losing weight without a change to his diet, he's been having night
sweats, and recently had a fever. You should _________________.
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
__________.
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?
Answer: An upper motor neuron does not exit the spinal cord
●● 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?
Answer: Move on to the next corrective exercise and see if it helps since
he's been recently cleared to exercise
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What is the name of the outer layer of connective tissue on skeletal
muscle?
Answer: Epimysium
●● The functional units of skeletal muscle that allow it shorten are
________.
Answer: sacromeres
●● In terms of muscle actions at the knee joint, the quadriceps and
hamstrings are ________.
Answer: antagonists
●● Skeletal muscle shortens when _______.
Answer: Actin and myosin bind and slide past each other
●● A muscular force-couple occurs when _________.
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 _______.
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 ________.
Answer: Weakness of the hip abductors and external rotators
●● 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 __________.
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?
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?
, 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 he's been
losing weight without a change to his diet, he's been having night
sweats, and recently had a fever. You should _________________.
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
__________.
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?
Answer: An upper motor neuron does not exit the spinal cord
●● 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?
Answer: Move on to the next corrective exercise and see if it helps since
he's been recently cleared to exercise
