ISSA Cert exam Questions And Answers

T/F: the oxidative pathway is considered aerobic metabolism - Answer- true T/F: the nucleus is known as the powerhouse of the cell - Answer- False (mitochondria) T/F: the brain, spinal cord, sense organs, and nerves are part of the circulatory system - Answer- false (circulatory is blood/veins etc) T/F: There are 126 bones in the appendicular skeleton - Answer- True The insertion is the distal attachment of a muscle - Answer- true type 1 muscle fibers are primarily aerobic - Answer- true t/f: in an eccentric contraction, the muscles fire, but there is no movement at the joint and no change in the length of muscle - Answer- false (this describes isometric, eccentric is lengthening muscles) T/F: an agonist muscle is one that is the main muscle involved in a concentric contraction - Answer- true T/F: Newton's second law of motion deals with force and its relationship to mass and acceleration - Answer- true T/F: the gastrocnemius muscle is a two-joint muscle of the knee which also crosses the ankle joint - Answer- True T/F: limit strength is the amount of musculoskeletal force you can generate for one all out effort - Answer- true T/F: The term anaerobic indicates the presence of oxygen - Answer- false (anaerobic is absence of oxygen) T/F: internal training means using several modes of training to develop a specific component of fitness - Answer- false (this is known as cross training) T/F: decreased temperature tends to preserve decreases in muscle length - Answer- true T/F: BMI stands for basal metabolic index - Answer- false (body mass index) T/F: total body fat is the amount of fat throughout the body expressed in either body fat percentage of weig