NASM Physique and Bodybuilding Coach Test Questions with Verified Answers

Which part of the nervous system is responsible for increasing heart rate and blood pressure during exercise? - Sympathetic Nervous System Internal focus and the mind-muscle connection has been shown to increase neural drive in muscles, which is measured by what type of activity? - EMG What phase of motor learning involves the consolidation of movement into a normal routine as the person becomes more confident with a movement through practice? - Associative What type of hormone, when released, affects the organ or tissue it was released from? - Autocrine Hormones What is a muscle called when it contracts to actively work against a movement? - Antagonist Muscle What types of muscle fibers are predominantly utilized in high-intensity, short-duration exercise? - Type IIX Which type of lever has the greatest mechanical advantage? - Second Class Lever Metabolism - The range of biochemical processes in a living organism that relate to the breakdown of food and its transformation into energy. Kinetic energy - The energy an object or mass possesses due to its motion. The energy an object or mass possesses due to its motion. Sagittal plane - An imaginary line that separates the body in equal right and left halves. Frontal (coronal) plane - An imaginary line that separates the body into equal anterior and posterior halves.