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NCSF Exam Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass Sugar - ANSWER-What is the only fuel source that can be used during anaerobic metabolism? Carbohydrates, lipids (fats) - ANSWER-__________ serve as the primary fuel for exercise, while ________ are primarily used during rest and low-intensity p...

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NCSF Exam Practice Questions and

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Sugar - ANSWER✔✔-What is the only fuel source that can be used during anaerobic metabolism?


Carbohydrates, lipids (fats) - ANSWER✔✔-__________ serve as the primary fuel for exercise, while

________ are primarily used during rest and low-intensity physical activity.


Aerobic metabolism can occur using what fuel sources? - ANSWER✔✔-Carbohydrates, fats, protein and

various associated substrates


What is the primary fuel source during 1) a vertical jump, 2) a 3RM deadlift, and 3) a 10-second sprint? -

ANSWER✔✔-1) stored ATP, 2-3) stored creatine phosphate


What are the primary storage sites for glycogen within the body? - ANSWER✔✔-Skeletal muscle (~400g)

and the liver (~95g)


How much rest is needed to fully recover from an exercise that significantly drains creatine phosphate

stores within a muscle? - ANSWER✔✔-2-5 minutes


As a client increases their VO2max, he or she will have a lower _________ during any sub-maximal

exercise intensity; this is mainly attributed to an increase in __________. - ANSWER✔✔-Heart rate,

stroke volume


Cardiac output is a product of: - ANSWER✔✔-Stroke volume x heart rate




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Cellular metabolism using oxygen and various substrates for fuel occurs in the: - ANSWER✔✔-

Mitochondria


What muscle fiber type has the lowest capacity to produce force? - ANSWER✔✔-Type I (slow-twitch

oxidative)


Slow oxidative muscle fibers have the smallest relative _____________ and are primarily fueled via

__________ metabolism. - ANSWER✔✔-Diameter; aerobic


Following high-intensity exercise, a client may continue to burn additional calories for a number of hours

due to a phenomenon known as: - ANSWER✔✔-Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC)


What mineral is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum to initiate the cascade of events leading to a

muscular contraction? - ANSWER✔✔-Calcium


What type of fatigue is associated with reduced muscle glycogen storage following localized muscular

work? - ANSWER✔✔-Peripheral fatigue


How is force production improved through neural adaptations? - ANSWER✔✔-Via increased motor unit

recruitment, faster firing rates, and improved firing synchronicity


Identify at least three primary causes for short-term (acute) muscular fatigue between sets. -

ANSWER✔✔-Exhaustion of ATP/creatine phosphate reserves, tissue acidity, insufficient oxygen, reduced

enzyme activity, tubular system disturbances


If excessive tension is placed upon a given muscle, ________________ send inhibitory signals to reduce

motor unit activity and protect the tissue from potential damage. - ANSWER✔✔-Golgi tendon organs


_________ is the hormone released from the pancreas to help control blood glucose levels; it also

inhibits fat use when in circulation. - ANSWER✔✔-Insulin

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_______ is an adrenal hormone released in response to high physiological or psychological stress. It

limits carbohydrate uptake, disrupts the protein-sparing mechanism and can suppress immune system

function when chronically released at elevated levels. - ANSWER✔✔-Cortisol


What hormone released from the liver in response to appropriately-devised hypertrophy training signals

the body to increase protein synthesis? - ANSWER✔✔-Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)


Identify three anabolic hormones that are released in response to heavy, strenuous resistance training. -

ANSWER✔✔-Testosterone, growth hormone, IGF-1


Throwing a medicine ball for distance requires what type of muscular contraction? - ANSWER✔✔-

Ballistic


What artery is being assessed in under the chin on the neck? - ANSWER✔✔-Carotid


Holding one's breath to increase stability while lifting a heavy load is referred to as the

_______________. - ANSWER✔✔-Valsalva maneuver


The ____________________ is an estimate of myocardial oxygen demand and relative stress placed

upon the heart. - ANSWER✔✔-Rate pressure product (RPP); it is calculated using the formula = systolic

blood pressure x heart rate


What is the biomechanical term for movement at the shoulder during a frontal raise? - ANSWER✔✔-

Shoulder flexion


What action is performed at the glenohumeral joint during the concentric phase of the pull-up exercise?

- ANSWER✔✔-Shoulder adduction


What is the primary movement performed during the concentric phase of the dumbbell Romanian

deadlift? - ANSWER✔✔-Hip extension

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