CSCS Practice Questions - Exercise
Science
Answer Review
You answered 53 out of 59 questions correctly.
1. During the concentric phase of the low-bar back squat, which of the following
muscles acts as an antagonist to the gluteus maximus?
Your answer: quadriceps - Incorrect
Correct answer is: psoas major
2. Which of the following muscle groups and types of muscle actions are
associated with the downward phase of the dumbbell biceps curl exercise?
Primary muscle Primary muscle
group action
A. elbow extensors eccentric
B. elbow flexors eccentric
C. elbow flexors concentric
Your answer: B - Correct
3. Which of the following rest periods is MOST appropriate for a middle distance
runner performing 800-m running intervals in 2 min?
Your answer: 6 min - Correct
4. As compared to males, the potential for force production of females per muscle
cross-sectional area is
Your answer: similar. - Correct
5. Which of the following cardiovascular adaptations to chronic aerobic exercise
contributes the MOST to improved aerobic endurance performance?
Your answer: increased maximal cardiac output - Correct
6. Which of the following events occurs in the hamstring muscles during the
concentric muscle action of leg (knee) curl exercise?
Your answer: the H-zone length decreases - Correct
7. Depletion of which of the following fuel sources hinders marathon performance
MOST?
Your answer: muscle glycogen - Correct
8. Which of the following situations would MOST inspire an athlete with a high
motive to achieve success?
Your answer: a challenging situation in which the probability of success to failure is
even - Correct
9. Which of the following is a characteristic of Type II muscle fibers?
Your answer: high power output - Correct
10. Which of the following relies predominantly on the phosphagen energy
system?
Your answer: 5RM push press - Correct
11. Which of the following muscle actions produces the greatest amount of muscle
force?
Your answer: eccentric - Correct
12. Which of the following exercises increases axial bone mineral density MOST?
Your answer: barbell shoulder press - Correct
13. Which of the following exercises is an example of a first-class lever?
Your answer: triceps pushdown - Correct
14. Which of the following muscle actions precedes a countermovement jump?
Your answer: eccentric - Correct
15. Which of the following increases serum testosterone MOST during resistance
training?
Your answer: short rest periods (30-60 seconds) - Correct
16. Which of the following decreases as a result of resistance training and
increases due to aerobic training?
Your answer: mitochondrial density - Correct
17. An exercise session consisting of which of the following modalities results in
the LARGEST increase in serum HGH concentration?
Your answer: high-intensity resistance exercise - Correct
18. A female, college-age athlete began a strength and conditioning program 8
weeks ago. In the weeks following, she continues to see gains in her strength.
Which of the following MOST likely contributes to this change?
Your answer: improved neuromuscular efficiency - Correct
19. An increase in which of the following is a marker of aerobic overtraining?
Your answer: creatine kinase concentration - Correct
20. Use of a weight belt is the MOST important when performing which of the
following exercises at a 1RM load?
Your answer: back squat - Correct
21. An increase in which of the following increases oxygen delivery to the active
muscles during acute aerobic exercise?
Your answer: cardiac output - Correct
22. If calcium is not returned to the sarcoplasmic reticulum, which of the following
BEST describes what occurs in the muscle?
Your answer: fused tetanus - Correct
23. A novice athlete has been following an aerobic endurance training program for
6 months. Which of the following is MOST likely to occur?
Your answer: increased resting stroke volume - Correct
24. A female marathoner trains at sea-level. She travels to a race venue held at an
altitude of 5280 ft (1625 m). Which of the following BEST describes the immediate
physiological effect?
Your answer: decreased tidal volume - Incorrect
Correct answer is: increased cardiac output
25. Which of the following is used to calculate power?
Your answer: work ÷ time - Correct
26. Which of the following activities occurs PRIMARILY in the transverse plane?
Your answer: bent-over lateral raise - Correct
27. Which of the following may hinder an athlete’s focus during competitive sport
performance?
Your answer: basketball player focusing on other players during a free throw -
Correct
28. Which of the following components stimulate new bone?
Your answer: rest period, direction of force, and progressive overload - Incorrect
Correct answer is: progressive overload, direction of force, and rate of loading
29. Gas exchange during respiration occurs in which of the following structures?
Your answer: capillaries - Correct
30. An athlete wants to train the glycolytic and aerobic energy systems. Which of
the following rest periods is the MOST appropriate if she performs work intervals
of 60 sec in duration?
Your answer: 3 min - Correct
31. Which of the following protocols MOST closely simulates the metabolic
demands of a basketball game?
Work interval Intensity
(%maximal
power)
A. 10 sec 95%
B. 30 sec 75%
C. 50 sec 55%
Your answer: A - Correct
32. Which of the following factors determine the primary energy system used
during exercise?
Your answer: exercise intensity and exercise duration - Correct
33. Which of the following involves training loads that are MOST associated with
increases in serum testosterone concentrations?
Your answer: muscular strength - Correct
34. A parent informs the strength and conditioning professional that her child has
been classified as being at Tanner's Stage 1. What does this classification assess?
Your answer: biological age - Correct
35. Which of the following muscles acts isometrically during the deadlift exercise?
Your answer: erector spinae - Correct
36. Which of the following exercises involves a second-class lever?
Your answer: dumbbell biceps curl - Incorrect
Correct answer is: standing calf (heel) raise
37. All innervated muscle fibers of a motor unit fully contract when stimulated due
to which of the following?
Your answer: all-or-none principle - Correct
38. Which of the following increases as an adaptation to chronic resistance
training, but decreases as an adaptation to chronic aerobic training?
Your answer: creatine phosphate stores - Incorrect
Correct answer is: maximal power production
39. The latissimus dorsi performs which of the following muscle actions during the
upward movement phase of the lat pulldown exercise?
Your answer: eccentric - Correct
40. A 12-year-old athlete has been resistance training twice a week for six weeks.
Which of the following adaptations contribute the MOST to training-induced
strength gains?
Your answer: increased motor unit activation - Correct
41. To allow for cross-bridge interactions during muscular contraction, calcium
must bind with which of the following?
Your answer: troponin - Correct
42. Which of the following BEST describes the effect on mechanical advantage as a
resistance moment arm shortens?
Your answer: increases - Correct
43. Which of the following is the MOST appropriate to stimulate bone growth?
Your answer: hex bar deadlift - Correct
44. In comparison to an elite Olympic weightlifter, an elite long-distance cyclist
will have a greater percentage of which of the following?
Your answer: Type I muscle fibers - Correct
45. A 17-year-old high school tennis player follows an aerobic training program 3
days per week at 70% HRmax for 4 weeks. Which of the following is the MOST
likely to increase?
Your answer: stored creatine phosphate - Correct
46. An 18-year-old collegiate rugby player is participating in a resistance training
program. The strength and conditioning professional conducted strength testing
every 6 weeks with the following results:
Exercise Pre-testing Week 6 Week 12 Week 18
1 RM bench 200 lb (91 210 lb (95 215 lb (98 225 lb (102
press kg) kg) kg) kg)
Which of the following is PRIMARILY responsible for the increases in strength from
week 6 to week 18?
Your answer: muscle fiber hypertrophy - Correct
47. Which of the following BEST identifies the joint actions during the upward
phase of the push press exercise?
Your answer: rapidly extend the hips, knees and ankles and then the arms to push
the bar overhead - Correct
48. Which of the following is a marker of aerobic overtraining?
Your answer: decreased total testosterone concentration - Correct
49. Within the biceps brachii muscle, the I-bands lengthen during the downward
movement phase of which of the following exercises?
Your answer: bent-over row - Correct
50. During a single exercise session, which of the following training variables
should be decreased to produce a greater adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
production capacity?
Your answer: intensity - Correct
51. A high school junior 1600-m runner has been aerobically training for 2 years.
She improves her performance time throughout the course of her first season on
the team. Which of the following is PRIMARILY responsible for her performance
increases?
Your answer: increase in running economy - Incorrect
Correct answer is: improvement in VO2max
52. Which of the following will be improved the MOST by increasing the strength of
the hip flexor muscles?
Your answer: maximum speed - Correct
53. Which of the following accumulates in the working muscle as an athlete
exercises at near-maximum intensity?
Your answer: hydrogen ions - Correct
54. Which of the following is characterized by a personal desire to improve?
Your answer: intrinsic motivation - Correct
55. Which of the following will DECREASE the power output of an athlete
performing the snatch exercise?
Your answer: increasing the load from 90 to 95% of the athlete’s 1RM - Correct
56. Which of the following adaptations results from heavy resistance training?
Your answer: increased Type II fiber cross-sectional area - Correct
[Link] of the following muscles acts as an agonist during the second pull of the
power clean exercise?
Your answer: trapezius - Correct
58. Which of the following cause an athlete’s heart rate to increase during the
anticipatory period immediately before the start of a race?
Parasympathetic Sympathetic
activity activity
A. increase decrease
B. increase increase
C. decrease increase
Your answer: C - Correct
59. Which of the following contributes MOST to shock absorption while running?
Your answer: eccentric plantar flexion - Correct
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