Issa Strength & Conditioning, Strength and Conditioning EXAM ISSA Questions and Answers 100% Correct | Updated
Question : What is the neural circuitry that travels outside the
spinal cord?
Correct answer: Peripheral nervous system
Question : Which of the following is a sensory receptor
within a muscle that detects changes in length and helps regulate contraction?
Correct answer: Muscle spindle
Question : Which of the following are branches of the cell
body that act as receivers, collecting information from other neurons?
Correct answer: Dendrites
Question : A cascade of events, resulting in muscle
contraction, is triggered when which of the following chemical neurotransmitters binds to receptors on the muscle?
Correct answer: Acetylcholine
Question : Which division of the peripheral nervous system
controls voluntary movement?
Correct answer: Somatic nervous system
Question : Which type of motor unit can contract for many
hours, or even days if necessary?
Correct answer: Slow (S) of Motor Unit
Question : Which type of motor unit has a large motor neuron
and consists of a large bundle of type IIx muscle fibers?
Correct answer: Fast fatigable (FF)
Question : Voluntary movement starts in the
Correct answer: cerebral cortex
Question : Which of the following is the process that allows a
muscle spindle to contract at the same rate as the muscle where it resides?
Correct answer: Alpha-gamma co-activation
Question : How many nerves are contained within the
peripheral nervous system, which includes all the neurons and glia outside of the brain and spinal cord?
Correct answer: 43 pairs
Question : The muscular system includes how many muscles?
Correct answer: Approximately 650
Question : Which muscle fiber type are the largest, and
produce the most amount of force?
Correct answer: Type IIx
Question : The cross-bridge cycle requires energy, which is
provided by
Correct answer: ATP hydrolysis.
Question : The function of epimysium is to
Correct answer: protect muscle from friction against other
muscles or bone.
Question : With regard to mitochondrial density, which
muscle fiber type has a very small amount of mitochondria?
Correct answer: Type IIx
Question : Regarding the make-up of a person's muscle fiber
ratio, which of the following is correct?
Correct answer: It can't be changed to a large degree
Question : It is currently theorized that training with heavy
loads causes
Correct answer: equal growth of type I and type II fibers.
Question : Which of the following functions like girdles and
guy wires to provide an interconnected structure?