ISSA Final Exam
The human body consists of? - (correct Answer) - chemicals, cells, tissues
Metabolism can be categorized in the following? - (correct Answer) - catabolism, anabolism
BMR Stands for ? - (correct Answer) - basal metabolic rate
A 30 minute jog would rely most heavily on which energy pathway? - (correct Answer) - oxidative
What is the automatic tendency to maintain a relatively constant internal environment called? - (correct
Answer) - homeostasis
About 98% of the human body is composed of only six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen,
calcium and phosphorous. (T/F) - (correct Answer) - True
Mitochondria are known as the powerhouse of the cell? (T/F) - (correct Answer) - True
The heart, arteries, and veins are part of the circulatory system? (T/F) - (correct Answer) - True
The ATP/CP pathway is considered aerobic? (T/F) - (correct Answer) - False
Non-oxidative glycolysis is reliable for: - (correct Answer) - Up to 2 minutes of ATP production
The primary fuel during endurance exercise is? - (correct Answer) - fatty acids
The main purpose of hormones is ? - (correct Answer) - Alter the rate of synthesis of your cellular
protein, Change the rate of enzyme activity, Change the rate of transport of nutrients through the cell
wall
The main purpose of digestion is? - (correct Answer) - Break down food and waste elimination
The main purpose of the respiratory system is? - (correct Answer) - To supply oxygen to the body, To
eliminate carbon dioxide in the body, To regulate the body's pH balance
The human adult skeleton has how many bones? - (correct Answer) - 206
T/F There are 80 bones in the Axial Skeleton? - (correct Answer) - True
This type of joint permits a wide range of movement in ONE plane? - (correct Answer) - Hinge Joint
Tendons connect bone to bone? T/F - (correct Answer) - False
What are extensions to muscles fibers and connect muscle to bone? - (correct Answer) - Tendons
The points of muscle attachment are known as the? - (correct Answer) - insertion and origin
The origin is the distal attachment of a muscle? T/F - (correct Answer) - False
These sense organs measure the strain in a muscle and can be used to pre-set the tension of muscles. -
(correct Answer) - Muscle spindles
, Myofibrils are constructed of overlapping strands of protein polymers called? - (correct Answer) - actin
and myosin
What is the byproduct of glucose and glycogen metabolism in anaerobic muscle energetics? - (correct
Answer) - Lactic Acid
Type 1 muscle fibers are aerobic? T/F - (correct Answer) - True
Type 2 muscle fibers are slow twitch muscle fibers? T/F - (correct Answer) - False
Cardiovascular exercise results in: - (correct Answer) - Mitochondrial adaptations, capillary capacity
adaptations
Muscular hypertrophy is an? - (correct Answer) - increase in muscle fiber size
What is kinesiology? - (correct Answer) - the science or study of movement, and the activity and passive
structures involved.
What is an example of an antagonist muscle? - (correct Answer) - Triceps during a biceps curl
The angle of pull is? - (correct Answer) - the variance of force at different points in the range of motion of
an exercise.
A lever is defined as? - (correct Answer) - a rigid bar that turns around an axis of rotation or fulcrum
Biomechanics is: - (correct Answer) - the study of movement
Musculoskeletal deviations can result in? - (correct Answer) - poor muscle balance, poor flexibility, and
improper spinal alignment
Excessive lateral curvature of the spinal column is known as? - (correct Answer) - scoliosis
What should be the prime focus in a fitness activities? - (correct Answer) - posture
The knee is stabilized on the anterior side by which muscles? - (correct Answer) - Quadriceps
In a concentric contraction the muscles shorten to produce movements. T/F - (correct Answer) - True
The antagonist muscle is one that has an action directly opposite to that of the agonist. T/F - (correct
Answer) - True
Muscle force is broken down into the components of: - (correct Answer) - magnitude, direction,
application of force, line of force
Newton's Third Law of Motion deals with force and its relationship to mass and acceleration. T/F -
(correct Answer) - False
A high development of the agonist-antagonist function is essential to the development of a well-aligned
and balanced body. T/F - (correct Answer) - True
The hamstrings muscles are a two joint muscle that act as the knee and the hip. T/F - (correct Answer) -
True
The human body consists of? - (correct Answer) - chemicals, cells, tissues
Metabolism can be categorized in the following? - (correct Answer) - catabolism, anabolism
BMR Stands for ? - (correct Answer) - basal metabolic rate
A 30 minute jog would rely most heavily on which energy pathway? - (correct Answer) - oxidative
What is the automatic tendency to maintain a relatively constant internal environment called? - (correct
Answer) - homeostasis
About 98% of the human body is composed of only six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen,
calcium and phosphorous. (T/F) - (correct Answer) - True
Mitochondria are known as the powerhouse of the cell? (T/F) - (correct Answer) - True
The heart, arteries, and veins are part of the circulatory system? (T/F) - (correct Answer) - True
The ATP/CP pathway is considered aerobic? (T/F) - (correct Answer) - False
Non-oxidative glycolysis is reliable for: - (correct Answer) - Up to 2 minutes of ATP production
The primary fuel during endurance exercise is? - (correct Answer) - fatty acids
The main purpose of hormones is ? - (correct Answer) - Alter the rate of synthesis of your cellular
protein, Change the rate of enzyme activity, Change the rate of transport of nutrients through the cell
wall
The main purpose of digestion is? - (correct Answer) - Break down food and waste elimination
The main purpose of the respiratory system is? - (correct Answer) - To supply oxygen to the body, To
eliminate carbon dioxide in the body, To regulate the body's pH balance
The human adult skeleton has how many bones? - (correct Answer) - 206
T/F There are 80 bones in the Axial Skeleton? - (correct Answer) - True
This type of joint permits a wide range of movement in ONE plane? - (correct Answer) - Hinge Joint
Tendons connect bone to bone? T/F - (correct Answer) - False
What are extensions to muscles fibers and connect muscle to bone? - (correct Answer) - Tendons
The points of muscle attachment are known as the? - (correct Answer) - insertion and origin
The origin is the distal attachment of a muscle? T/F - (correct Answer) - False
These sense organs measure the strain in a muscle and can be used to pre-set the tension of muscles. -
(correct Answer) - Muscle spindles
, Myofibrils are constructed of overlapping strands of protein polymers called? - (correct Answer) - actin
and myosin
What is the byproduct of glucose and glycogen metabolism in anaerobic muscle energetics? - (correct
Answer) - Lactic Acid
Type 1 muscle fibers are aerobic? T/F - (correct Answer) - True
Type 2 muscle fibers are slow twitch muscle fibers? T/F - (correct Answer) - False
Cardiovascular exercise results in: - (correct Answer) - Mitochondrial adaptations, capillary capacity
adaptations
Muscular hypertrophy is an? - (correct Answer) - increase in muscle fiber size
What is kinesiology? - (correct Answer) - the science or study of movement, and the activity and passive
structures involved.
What is an example of an antagonist muscle? - (correct Answer) - Triceps during a biceps curl
The angle of pull is? - (correct Answer) - the variance of force at different points in the range of motion of
an exercise.
A lever is defined as? - (correct Answer) - a rigid bar that turns around an axis of rotation or fulcrum
Biomechanics is: - (correct Answer) - the study of movement
Musculoskeletal deviations can result in? - (correct Answer) - poor muscle balance, poor flexibility, and
improper spinal alignment
Excessive lateral curvature of the spinal column is known as? - (correct Answer) - scoliosis
What should be the prime focus in a fitness activities? - (correct Answer) - posture
The knee is stabilized on the anterior side by which muscles? - (correct Answer) - Quadriceps
In a concentric contraction the muscles shorten to produce movements. T/F - (correct Answer) - True
The antagonist muscle is one that has an action directly opposite to that of the agonist. T/F - (correct
Answer) - True
Muscle force is broken down into the components of: - (correct Answer) - magnitude, direction,
application of force, line of force
Newton's Third Law of Motion deals with force and its relationship to mass and acceleration. T/F -
(correct Answer) - False
A high development of the agonist-antagonist function is essential to the development of a well-aligned
and balanced body. T/F - (correct Answer) - True
The hamstrings muscles are a two joint muscle that act as the knee and the hip. T/F - (correct Answer) -
True
