AFAA GROUP FITNESS ACTUAL TEST PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+

AFAA GROUP FITNESS ACTUAL TEST
PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED A+

●● brain and spinal cord, coordinates activity of body parts
Answer: Central nervous system


●● all nerves branching off spinal cord, extending out to the body
Answer: Peripheral nervous system


●● sense distortion in body tissues
Answer: mechanoreceptors


●● mechanoreceptor that senses changes in tension
Answer: Golgi tendon organs


●● mechanoreceptor that senses changes in length
Answer: muscle spindles


●● cumulative sensory input to the CNS from all mechanoreceptors
Answer: proprioception

,●● connect muscle to bone, anchor to produce force, limited blood flow,
slow to repair
Answer: tendons


●● individual contractile units, actin and myosin filaments
Answer: sarcomeres


●● slow twitch - more aerobic, slower to reach maximal contraction,
resistant to fatigue
Answer: type I muscles


●● more anaerobic, produce more speed and strength, faster to fatigue
Answer: type ii muscles


●● extensibility, elasticity, irritability, ability to develop tension
Answer: behavioral properties of muscles


●● stabilization muscles - core
Answer: transverse abdominus


●● stabilization - core
Answer: multifidus

,●● stabilization - core
Answer: internal obliques


●● stabilization - core
Answer: diaphragm


●● stabilization - core
Answer: pelvic floor muscles


●● stabilization - core
Answer: external obliques


●● stabilization - core
Answer: quadrates lumborum


●● stabilization - core
Answer: psoas major


●● stabilization - core
Answer: rectus abdominis

, ●● stabilization - core
Answer: gluteus medius


●● stabilization - core
Answer: adductor complex


●● movement - core
Answer: latissimus dorsi


●● movement - core
Answer: hip flexors


●● movement - core
Answer: hamstring complex


●● movement - core
Answer: quadriceps


●● movement - core
Answer: pectoralis major


●● movement - core