2024 NSCA CSCS Exam ( Version 3 ) New Full Exam Questions and Answers ( Included ) 100% Correct
- Closed Skill
Answer: predictable/stable environments. Ex: Agility/T-Test
- Open Skill
Answer: unpredictable/unstable environments. Ex: Dodging in team games
- The work rest ratio for plyometric training.
Answer: 1:5
- jumps is considered the most intense plyometric drill.
Answer: depth
- What detects rapid movement and initiates the stretch reflex?
Answer: muscle spindle
- muscular adaptations to aerobic exercise include
Answer: size and number increase of mitochondria and increased myoglobin content
- Osteopenia
Answer: loss of bone mineral density
- Sarcopenia
Answer: loss of muscle mass
- The process of converting glucose into glycogen
Answer: glycogenesis
- Recommended intake for protein
Answer: 10%-15% of daily caloric intake. 0.36g/lb.
- Recommended intake for carbohydrates
Answer: 45%-65% of daily caloric intake. 50-100g/day
- Recommended intake for fats
Answer: 20%-35% of daily caloric intake
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- Validity
Answer: The degree to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure
- Electocardiogram
Answer: Machine that measures the phases of the heart beat.
- Myosin
Answer: crossbridges, tail, backbone
- Actin
Answer: actin, troponin, tropomyosin
- Bradycardia
Answer: below 60bpm
- Tachycardia
Answer: above 100bpm
- Motor end plate
Answer: the junction between a motor neuron and muscle fibers
- Progressive overload
Answer: progressively placing greater than normal demands on the exercising
muscle
- Increased will increase the dissociation between hemoglobin and
oxygen
Answer: temperature
- exercise results in the nervous system
Answer: sympathetic
- mitochondrial density as a result of heavy resistance training.
Answer: de- creases
- Power =
Answer: force x velocity
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- Tetanus
Answer: the maximal force the motor unit can develop
- The section of the sarcomere shortens during a concentric muscle
action?
Answer: a-band
- The primary structural component of all connective tissue is \.
Answer: colla- gen
- 1st muscle layer
Answer: epimysium
- 2nd muscle layer
Answer: perimysium
- 3rd muscle layer
Answer: endomysium
- Roles of the cardiovascular system
Answer: transport nutrients and removal of wastes
- Bioenergetics
Answer: conversion of macronutrients into usable forms of energy
- muscle force varies with
Answer: perpendicular distance from weight to the body joint
- Glycolysis
Answer: This system is the breakdown of carbs to replenish ATP. Either converted into lactate or shuttled into the mitochondria.
35. Slow twitch muscle fibers: type 1
Answer: relax slow, long twitch. Aerobic
36. Fast twitch muscle fibers: Type IIa and IIb
Answer: fast relax, short twitch. Anaerobic
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- 2 factors responsible for regulation of stroke volume are
Answer: end-diastolic volume and hormones of the sympathetic nervous system
- cardiac output
Answer: amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute
- stroke volume
Answer: amount of blood pumped with each heart beat
- tidal volume
Answer: the amount of air inhaled and exhaled with each breath
- diffusion
Answer: movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide across a cell membrane
- aerobic endurance training results in (BORB-ME)
Answer: decreased body fat per- centage, oxygen uptake increases, respiratory
capacity increases, blood lactate is lower, mitochondrial density increased, enzyme activity improved.
- oxygen uptake
Answer: the amount of oxygen consumed by the body's tissues
- the phosphagen system
Answer: provides ATP for short term, high intensity, activities. active at the start of all activities. relies on hydrolysis and breakdown of creatine phosphate
- acute hormones provide information about the body
Answer: amount and type of physiological stress, metabolic demands, need for
changes in resting metabolism
- resistance training increases within the muscle
Answer: myofibril volume, cytoplasmic density, sarcoplasmic/t-tubule density,
sodium-potassium ATP activity
- components of mechanical load that stimulate bone growth are
Answer (R.I.F.S.): reps, intensity, force, speed
- insulin-like growth factors (IGFs)
Answer: protein anabolism
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