CSCS Quiz Questions and answers
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When performing a squat with hip adduction, what muscle is directly targeted?
- correct answer ✔Vastus Medialis
What body far percentage would be classified as average for a female? -
correct answer ✔25%
Average is between 21% and 25%
What is the maximum box height when performing depth jumps? - correct
answer ✔42"
The recommend box height for depth jumps is between 16 and 42".
What exercise directly targets the pectoralis major? - correct answer
✔Seated Lever Fly
Similar to a chest fly and is performed on a machine.
What is the type of stretch called in which the individual who is stretching is
the source of the force? - correct answer ✔Active
Active stretch requires the stretcher to perform an action. While a passive
stretch requires the assistance of a partner or a machine to provide the force
to move a body part through a range of motion to initiate a stretch.
,A strength and conditioning department has a mandate to educate all athletes
on the importance of good nutrition and its effect on health and performance.
What statement is being described? - correct answer ✔Program objective
Outlines the plan to achieve a program goal. Educating athlete on how
nutrition affects their health and performance is a program objective.
While a program goal describes the desire outcome for a program, and a
program policy describes a facility rule or regulation.
During which phase of the stretch-shortening cycle is the agonist stretched
under contraction? - correct answer ✔Eccentric Phase
During the eccentric phase, elastic energy is stored in the series elastic
component and the muscle spindles are stimulated, increasing muscle
activation in the agonist, which increases force production.
Which of the following is not a variable that defines mechanical work?
Distance
Force
Volume - correct answer ✔Volume
Mechanical work is defined as the product of force and displacement (or
distance)
,You have a client who is getting upset with herself and feeling overwhelmed
by her lack of progress. She is showing signs of labored breathing, elevated
heart rate, and a negative emotional state.
Which of the following is she demonstrating? - correct answer ✔Distress
Stress is a response to a stressor, and can be positive or negative. Distress
refers to negative stress, and eustress refers to positive stress. Both cause
arousal, but negative stress will generate anxiety.
Which of the following statements is true regarding Golgi tendon organs? -
correct answer ✔They are mechanoreceptors located within the
musculotendinous junction that are sensitive to tension and rate of tension
change.
Which phase of designing and constructing a new strength and conditioning
facility is considered the longest phase? - correct answer ✔The construction
phase
An athlete is training with 85% of their maximum load. How many repetitions
are they estimated to be able to perform with this load? - correct answer
✔Six
% 1RM: #reps
100:1
95:2
93:3
90:4
87:5
85:6
, 83:7
80:8
77:9
75:10
70:11
67:12
65:15
Your client has trained for six months, and he is now sitting courtside at his
first game of the season. Which of the following is your client most likely
experiencing? - correct answer ✔Arousal
Arousal is a measurement of the degree of activation, physically and
psychologically, and can vary from deep sleep to intense excitement.
Which of the following is most important to remember in regard to the feet
during the second pull of a power clean? - correct answer ✔The heels stay in
contact with the floor as long as possible.
The second pull, an upward movement phase of a power clean, is highly
explosive. There is rapid extension of the hips, knees, and ankles. To
maximize the transfer of this force to move the back, the heels should stay in
contact with the flood as long as possible, after which, the feet may leave the
floor at the finish of the second pull.
Which of the following substances provides the most readily-usable form of
energy for our body system? - correct answer ✔Glucose
The human body depends on glucose for energy.
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When performing a squat with hip adduction, what muscle is directly targeted?
- correct answer ✔Vastus Medialis
What body far percentage would be classified as average for a female? -
correct answer ✔25%
Average is between 21% and 25%
What is the maximum box height when performing depth jumps? - correct
answer ✔42"
The recommend box height for depth jumps is between 16 and 42".
What exercise directly targets the pectoralis major? - correct answer
✔Seated Lever Fly
Similar to a chest fly and is performed on a machine.
What is the type of stretch called in which the individual who is stretching is
the source of the force? - correct answer ✔Active
Active stretch requires the stretcher to perform an action. While a passive
stretch requires the assistance of a partner or a machine to provide the force
to move a body part through a range of motion to initiate a stretch.
,A strength and conditioning department has a mandate to educate all athletes
on the importance of good nutrition and its effect on health and performance.
What statement is being described? - correct answer ✔Program objective
Outlines the plan to achieve a program goal. Educating athlete on how
nutrition affects their health and performance is a program objective.
While a program goal describes the desire outcome for a program, and a
program policy describes a facility rule or regulation.
During which phase of the stretch-shortening cycle is the agonist stretched
under contraction? - correct answer ✔Eccentric Phase
During the eccentric phase, elastic energy is stored in the series elastic
component and the muscle spindles are stimulated, increasing muscle
activation in the agonist, which increases force production.
Which of the following is not a variable that defines mechanical work?
Distance
Force
Volume - correct answer ✔Volume
Mechanical work is defined as the product of force and displacement (or
distance)
,You have a client who is getting upset with herself and feeling overwhelmed
by her lack of progress. She is showing signs of labored breathing, elevated
heart rate, and a negative emotional state.
Which of the following is she demonstrating? - correct answer ✔Distress
Stress is a response to a stressor, and can be positive or negative. Distress
refers to negative stress, and eustress refers to positive stress. Both cause
arousal, but negative stress will generate anxiety.
Which of the following statements is true regarding Golgi tendon organs? -
correct answer ✔They are mechanoreceptors located within the
musculotendinous junction that are sensitive to tension and rate of tension
change.
Which phase of designing and constructing a new strength and conditioning
facility is considered the longest phase? - correct answer ✔The construction
phase
An athlete is training with 85% of their maximum load. How many repetitions
are they estimated to be able to perform with this load? - correct answer
✔Six
% 1RM: #reps
100:1
95:2
93:3
90:4
87:5
85:6
, 83:7
80:8
77:9
75:10
70:11
67:12
65:15
Your client has trained for six months, and he is now sitting courtside at his
first game of the season. Which of the following is your client most likely
experiencing? - correct answer ✔Arousal
Arousal is a measurement of the degree of activation, physically and
psychologically, and can vary from deep sleep to intense excitement.
Which of the following is most important to remember in regard to the feet
during the second pull of a power clean? - correct answer ✔The heels stay in
contact with the floor as long as possible.
The second pull, an upward movement phase of a power clean, is highly
explosive. There is rapid extension of the hips, knees, and ankles. To
maximize the transfer of this force to move the back, the heels should stay in
contact with the flood as long as possible, after which, the feet may leave the
floor at the finish of the second pull.
Which of the following substances provides the most readily-usable form of
energy for our body system? - correct answer ✔Glucose
The human body depends on glucose for energy.
