NCSF-Strength & Conditioning Exam
Questions and Guide Answers
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1. Exercise vs sport training environment
Answer: Exercise environment is usually consistent and pre-dictable, while a sports environment
may provide varying conditions and unexpected challenges
2. Universal attributes of an elite athlete
Answer: 1. neuromuscular eflciency
2. exposure to the sport at an early age
3. participation in a sport that reflects the athlete's strengths
4 possession of unique skills applicable to competition
5. requisite anthropometric measures
3. reaction time
Answer: response rate from perception to action
,4. dynamic equilibrium
Answer: state of balance between continuing actions; force sums do not equal zero, but are close enough
to maintain necessary balance and stability
*more reflective of performance measures
5. common athlete weaknesses
Answer: poor flexibility and strength imbalances
6. successful strength and conditioning establishes
Answer: maintains health related components of fitness (muscle strength/endurance, cardio, flexibility,
and body comp) in the ottseason to ensure preseason training can focus on sport specific improvements rather than
baseline conditioning
7. vo2 max
Answer: Maximum oxygen uptake; most oxygen used when working the hardest you can
8. Proprioception
Answer: Related to the perception of position and movement within the body
9. Power
Answer: rate of work performed expressed as (force x distance)/time; associated with the ability to produce high
velocity contractions
10. Fact or fiction
Answer: high strength=high work and power
,Answer: fiction strength denotes produc-tion of max force, but not power; strong does not always
equal powerful; slow heavy lifting without power training can reduce eflciency of explosive movements
11. Speed
Answer: Rate of performing work (force X distance/time)
Speed, velocity and acceleration are often erroneously used as synonymous terms
An athlete may be slow during a 40-yd dash (speed) but quick in bursts (acceleration)
An athlete that can accelerate to the highest velocity in the shortest period of time is quick
An athlete that can move his/her body between two given points at a faster rate possess greater speed
12. Velocity
Answer: the rate of change of position where both speed and direction are used to quantify it
13. Acceleration
Answer: the change in velocity over time; can change in magnitude and/or direction
14. agility
Answer: defined as the ability to change body positions eflciently in response to a stimulus
, Quickness can be quantified by the ability to accelerate to a high velocity in a given direction, or in a repeated fashion
during a series of directional changes (agility and quickness are connected)
Requires the interaction of several fitness variables
A lower center of mass maintained directly over the base of support helps to maximize agility
15. Agility is affected by
Answer: experience, size, stability, center of gravity, muscular fitness, power, and flexibility
16. balance
Answer: stable state characterized by cancellation of all forces equal and opposing
Determined by depth perception, CNS/PNS, and tactile ground reaction forces
*When factors of ground reaction force shift, so will the requirements for balance. Ice, sand, and mud all attect tactile
properties, therefore making balance a more diflcult endeavor
17. coordiantion
Answer: the "intelligence" of muscles and their ability to communicate eflciently with central pro-cessing
for harmonious adjustment
The neuromuscular system has a learning capacity as it is an extension of the brain Elite
athletes physically learn and adapt faster than non-athletes
Repetition can mask athleticism - repeating a drill can improve outcomes for the movement pattern but not reactive,
in-game performance
Questions and Guide Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. Exercise vs sport training environment
Answer: Exercise environment is usually consistent and pre-dictable, while a sports environment
may provide varying conditions and unexpected challenges
2. Universal attributes of an elite athlete
Answer: 1. neuromuscular eflciency
2. exposure to the sport at an early age
3. participation in a sport that reflects the athlete's strengths
4 possession of unique skills applicable to competition
5. requisite anthropometric measures
3. reaction time
Answer: response rate from perception to action
,4. dynamic equilibrium
Answer: state of balance between continuing actions; force sums do not equal zero, but are close enough
to maintain necessary balance and stability
*more reflective of performance measures
5. common athlete weaknesses
Answer: poor flexibility and strength imbalances
6. successful strength and conditioning establishes
Answer: maintains health related components of fitness (muscle strength/endurance, cardio, flexibility,
and body comp) in the ottseason to ensure preseason training can focus on sport specific improvements rather than
baseline conditioning
7. vo2 max
Answer: Maximum oxygen uptake; most oxygen used when working the hardest you can
8. Proprioception
Answer: Related to the perception of position and movement within the body
9. Power
Answer: rate of work performed expressed as (force x distance)/time; associated with the ability to produce high
velocity contractions
10. Fact or fiction
Answer: high strength=high work and power
,Answer: fiction strength denotes produc-tion of max force, but not power; strong does not always
equal powerful; slow heavy lifting without power training can reduce eflciency of explosive movements
11. Speed
Answer: Rate of performing work (force X distance/time)
Speed, velocity and acceleration are often erroneously used as synonymous terms
An athlete may be slow during a 40-yd dash (speed) but quick in bursts (acceleration)
An athlete that can accelerate to the highest velocity in the shortest period of time is quick
An athlete that can move his/her body between two given points at a faster rate possess greater speed
12. Velocity
Answer: the rate of change of position where both speed and direction are used to quantify it
13. Acceleration
Answer: the change in velocity over time; can change in magnitude and/or direction
14. agility
Answer: defined as the ability to change body positions eflciently in response to a stimulus
, Quickness can be quantified by the ability to accelerate to a high velocity in a given direction, or in a repeated fashion
during a series of directional changes (agility and quickness are connected)
Requires the interaction of several fitness variables
A lower center of mass maintained directly over the base of support helps to maximize agility
15. Agility is affected by
Answer: experience, size, stability, center of gravity, muscular fitness, power, and flexibility
16. balance
Answer: stable state characterized by cancellation of all forces equal and opposing
Determined by depth perception, CNS/PNS, and tactile ground reaction forces
*When factors of ground reaction force shift, so will the requirements for balance. Ice, sand, and mud all attect tactile
properties, therefore making balance a more diflcult endeavor
17. coordiantion
Answer: the "intelligence" of muscles and their ability to communicate eflciently with central pro-cessing
for harmonious adjustment
The neuromuscular system has a learning capacity as it is an extension of the brain Elite
athletes physically learn and adapt faster than non-athletes
Repetition can mask athleticism - repeating a drill can improve outcomes for the movement pattern but not reactive,
in-game performance
