Ch2 Training Load Model-CPSS Exam Questions
And Answers
1. Monitoring of the athletes allows the practitioner to develop an appreciation for the
inter-relationships between
a. IDT members
b. athletes, coaches, support staff
c. training, injury, illness and performance outcomes
d. the sports fans and the rigors of the training process
c. training, injury, illness and performance outcomes
2. Biological adaptation: state the order that this occurs.
a. disturbance of homeostasis, supercompensation, temporary performance decrement
b. temporary performance decrement, disturbance of homeostasis, supercompensation
c. disturbance of homeostasis, temporary performance decrement, supercompensation
d. temporary performance decrement, supercompensation, disturbance of homeostasis
- Answer c. disturbance of homeostasis, temporary performance decrement,
supercompensation
3. Dr. Hans Selye's model for the interplay between stress, fatigue, and adaptation is
called the
a. specific adaptation syndrome
b. general adaptation syndrome
c. principle of specificity
, d. adaptive resistance - Answer b. general adaptation syndrome
4. A period of deliberately planned intensified training leading to high fatigue, a
temporary performance decline, and subsequent supercompensation is known as
a. functional overreaching
b. nonfunctional overreaching
c. overtraining syndrome
d. fatigue - Answer a. functional overreaching
5. Which of the following is not true about overtraining syndrome?
a. is very rare in athletes
b. can develop as a function of continued high volumes
c. can develop as a function of both continued intensified training and continued high
volumes
d. leads to a subsequent rebound and supercompensation in fitness - Answer d. leads to
a subsequent rebound and supercompensation in fitness
6. The appropriate application of a training stimulus elicits both a fatigue response and
a positive adaptation response.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. True
7. Generally speaking the greater the volume and intensity of training or competition,
the greater the acute fatigue response. This has been termed
a. the dose-response effect
b. the fitness-fatigue paradigm
And Answers
1. Monitoring of the athletes allows the practitioner to develop an appreciation for the
inter-relationships between
a. IDT members
b. athletes, coaches, support staff
c. training, injury, illness and performance outcomes
d. the sports fans and the rigors of the training process
c. training, injury, illness and performance outcomes
2. Biological adaptation: state the order that this occurs.
a. disturbance of homeostasis, supercompensation, temporary performance decrement
b. temporary performance decrement, disturbance of homeostasis, supercompensation
c. disturbance of homeostasis, temporary performance decrement, supercompensation
d. temporary performance decrement, supercompensation, disturbance of homeostasis
- Answer c. disturbance of homeostasis, temporary performance decrement,
supercompensation
3. Dr. Hans Selye's model for the interplay between stress, fatigue, and adaptation is
called the
a. specific adaptation syndrome
b. general adaptation syndrome
c. principle of specificity
, d. adaptive resistance - Answer b. general adaptation syndrome
4. A period of deliberately planned intensified training leading to high fatigue, a
temporary performance decline, and subsequent supercompensation is known as
a. functional overreaching
b. nonfunctional overreaching
c. overtraining syndrome
d. fatigue - Answer a. functional overreaching
5. Which of the following is not true about overtraining syndrome?
a. is very rare in athletes
b. can develop as a function of continued high volumes
c. can develop as a function of both continued intensified training and continued high
volumes
d. leads to a subsequent rebound and supercompensation in fitness - Answer d. leads to
a subsequent rebound and supercompensation in fitness
6. The appropriate application of a training stimulus elicits both a fatigue response and
a positive adaptation response.
a. True
b. False - Answer a. True
7. Generally speaking the greater the volume and intensity of training or competition,
the greater the acute fatigue response. This has been termed
a. the dose-response effect
b. the fitness-fatigue paradigm
