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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Low-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is linked with the development of
Atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries.
Systolic and the low number is Diastolic
For a lower SV.
The oxygen missing in the first few minutes of work.

2. Behaviors that contribute to a healthy life are...
A ATP is split to form a high energy myosin-ATP cross bridge - the myosin-ATP cross bridge binds to actin and releases energy - the cross bridge moves and pulls actin toward the center of the sarcomere - and finally ATP binds to and releases the cros
Bringing two bones together
Increasing the number of healthy snacks or the size of meals.
Regular exercise; proper nutrition; adequate sleep; relaxation and abstinence from tobacco - excess alcohol - and nonessential drugs.

3. Aerobic exercise - weight loss and low intake of saturated fat - and cholesterol effectively improve
The opposing force that is resisting another force
The blood lipid profile.
Wear clothing in layers and remove layer to minimize sweating and to stay dry.
Synovial membrane that secretes lubricant inside the joints

4. Both type 1 and type 2a favor
Fuel use during steady state exercise.
Fitness assessment
The aerobic metabolism of carbohydrate and fat.
Organic substances that are essential to the normal functioning of the human body. Although Vitamins do not contain energy for the body - they are essential in the metabolism of fat - carbohydrate and protein.

5. The points at which the blood lactic acid concentration and the pulmonary ventilation increase suddenly during a GXT are called...
The lactate and ventilatory thresholds - respectively.
Lower HR - lower blood lactate - do not transfer when untrained muscles are used to perform the work.
Training stops. The initial decrease is caused by a decrease in SV and later in oxygen extraction.
Type 2a muscle fibers.

6. Delayed responses are...
The aerobic metabolism of carbohydrate and fat.
The knees should be flexed to lower the center of gravity - the feet should be apart in the direction of an oncoming force to increase the distance between the line of gravity and the outer limits of the upsetting force - and weight of the body (Line
Responses that occur only after weeks of training
The perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation to the direction of the application of the force causing movement.

7. Physical activity influences quality of life because
It increases energy and promotes physical - mental and psychological well-being in addition to benefiting physical health.
Keep the knee over the foot (Not beyond) during lunging and squatting movements - Maintain foot and knee alignment
An active form of Oxygen formed in reaction to UV light and as an emission from internal combustion engines; Exposure can decrease lung function
15%

8. Carbohydrates are divided into 3 categories...
Prolonged exercise by the aerobic metabolism of carbohydrate and fat in the mitochondria of the muscle. This is the primary means of supplying energy to the muscle in maximal work lasting more than two minutes.
Mono-saccharides (Glucose and Fructose) - Di-saccharides (Lactose and Sucrose) - and Polysaccharides
Training
1% each year.

9. Water should be consumed
The replacement of cartilage with bone.
Before - during and after extended bouts of exercise.
The majority of the premature deaths in the United States.
Elevation - depression; abduction - adduction; upward rotation - downward rotation

10. Maximal oxygen uptake can be maintained by...
Fast and generate high force - and resist fatigue.
Remains elevated for some time to replenish CP stores - support the energy cost of the elevated HR and breathing - and synthesize glucose from lactic acid.
Doing intense exercise - even when cutting exercise duration and frequency.
When the bone spins around it's longitudinal axis so that it's surface faces a different direction.

11. Variations of Vo2 max across the population are...
Attributed primarily to differences in maximal SV.
High risk participants
Medical history - Medications - family medical history and health risk factors.
Very effective in causing a joint movement

12. Carbohydrate loading benefits extended
The individuals current activity status and desired outcomes.
Before - during and after extended bouts of exercise.
Inorganic elements that serve a variety of functions in the human body. (Calcium - Phosphorus - potassium - sulfur - sodium - chloride and magnesium)
Bouts of exercise.

13. The order of recruitment of muscle fibers is...
Synarthrodial joints
Increasing the number of healthy snacks or the size of meals.
More physical activity in daily life.
From the most to the least oxidative.

14. An Active lifestyle...
The lactate and ventilatory thresholds - respectively.
Enhances quality of life.
Bringing two bones together
Leg work at the same work rate.

15. Heat can be lost from the body by...
The number of calories needed to sustain the body under normal resting conditions.
Enhance musculoskeletal strength - power - and local muscular endurance.
15%
Radiation and convection when temperature gradient exists between the skin and the environment

16. Abduction is...
Handshake up
Fast twitch - generate high force - and easily fatigue.
The movement of a bone from an anatomical position
Atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries.

17. Endurance training reduces
Handshake down
HR and increases SV and rest and submaximal work; in addition - maximal cardiac output is greater - because SV increases with no change or slight decrease in maximal HR.
The perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation to the direction of the application of the force causing movement.
Measure the hip flexor tightness

18. A concentric action - which shortens the muscle and therefore pulls the bones of attachment - is necessary to...
Fast and generate high force - and resist fatigue.
Effect joint movement in the opposite direction of another force - such as gravity as well as rapid joint movement regardless of the direction of any other force. An isometric action which does not change the length of a muscle prevents movement.
The muscle used - Reduced SX and Vo2 max
Performance in endurance events such as 10k runs and marathons.

19. Type 1 fibers are...
Enhances quality of life.
Slow - generate low force and resist fatigue.
A single motor neuron and it's branches and all the muscle fibers innervated by that motor neuron. Muscular tension is increased by recruitment and summation.
Wear clothing in layers and remove layer to minimize sweating and to stay dry.

20. Endurance training will increase Vo2 max by...
25%
Flexion - Extension - Hyperextension - Radial flexion and ulnar flexion.
The energy needed to digest - absorb - transport and store the food that is eaten.
Inorganic elements that serve a variety of functions in the human body. (Calcium - Phosphorus - potassium - sulfur - sodium - chloride and magnesium)

21. The Passive straight leg test' is performed to...
The number of calories a person needs to sustain current body weight - assuming that activity level remains consistent.
Measure the hip flexor range of motion and hamstring flexibility.
Pharmacological or nutrient agents thought to improve athletic performance.
A muscle acts forcibly enough to actually shorten. This shortening pulls the bones of attachment closer to each other - causing movement at the joints.

22. The respiratory exchange ratio (R) tracks...
Fuel use during steady state exercise.
Measure the degree of extension in the lumbar spine
The number of calories needed to sustain the body under normal resting conditions.
Decrease the work rate to stay in the THR zone.

23. Resistance Force (R) is...
The front of the touchdown foot
Genetics - Age - Race and Gender
For a lower SV.
The opposing force that is resisting another force

24. Maximal oxygen uptake decreases when
1 to 1.5g of protein per kilogram of body weight.
Training stops. The initial decrease is caused by a decrease in SV and later in oxygen extraction.
Whether a participant requires physician consent to begin exercising.
Athletes.

25. 2 things that affect O2 uptake are...
Cardiac output and Oxygen extracted from blood.
Synarthrodial joints
Heredity - environment - habits - and health status.
1% each year.

26. Creeping obesity is...
The bodies mass and the distribution of that mass around the joint
The perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation to the direction of the application of the force causing movement.
Gradual accumulation of fat.
The return back from toward the anatomical position

27. Wrist joint movements are...
Cardio-protective benefits.
Optimal performance.
Low Risk participants
Flexion - Extension - Hyperextension - Radial flexion and ulnar flexion.

28. Rapid responses are...
Benefits occur early and plateau.
Measure the degree of extension in the lumbar spine
Carbohydrate - Fat - Protein - Vitamins - Minerals and Water.
Gradual accumulation of fat.

29. Carbohydrates should contribute
Responses that occur with one or several exercise bouts but do not improve further.
Fitness assessment
45% to 65% of ones daily calories - with limited calories coming from simple sugars.
The individuals current activity status and desired outcomes.

30. Body temperature increases proportionally during
The lower hemoglobin level (and oxygen content) of the arterial blood.
Plantar flexion - dorsiflexion
Sub-maximal exercise.
15%

31. Sulfur Dioxide (So2) is...
A pollutant that can cause broncho-constriction in people with asthma.
An active form of Oxygen formed in reaction to UV light and as an emission from internal combustion engines; Exposure can decrease lung function
Remains elevated for some time to replenish CP stores - support the energy cost of the elevated HR and breathing - and synthesize glucose from lactic acid.
Age - Gender Disease - Fitness level - Genetics

32. Behaviors that contribute to a healthy life are...
Doing intense exercise - even when cutting exercise duration and frequency.
Regular exercise; proper nutrition; adequate sleep; relaxation and abstinence from tobacco - excess alcohol - and nonessential drugs.
Increasing the number of healthy snacks or the size of meals.
2x fibers that favor anaerobic glycolysis - which increases the likely hood of lactate production.

33. Metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints - Movements are...
The knees should be flexed to lower the center of gravity - the feet should be apart in the direction of an oncoming force to increase the distance between the line of gravity and the outer limits of the upsetting force - and weight of the body (Line
1 to 1.5g of protein per kilogram of body weight.
Flexion - Extension; Abduction and Adduction
Plantar flexion - dorsiflexion

34. Cardiovascular disease
Elevation - depression; abduction - adduction; upward rotation - downward rotation
The individuals current activity status and desired outcomes.
Does not increase immediately (Oxygen Deficit) - and some of the ATP must be supplied anaerobically by CP and glycolysis.
A general term for all diseases of the heart and blood vessels and is the leading cause of death in the United States.

35. Fitness professionals must provide
The return back from toward the anatomical position
Clear physical activity recommendations combined with adequate resources so that everyone can participate in quality physical activity in an enjoyable and safe atmosphere.
Decreases the risk of heart disease and other diseases.
The knees should be flexed to lower the center of gravity - the feet should be apart in the direction of an oncoming force to increase the distance between the line of gravity and the outer limits of the upsetting force - and weight of the body (Line

36. ATP is supplied during
40% Vo2 max is reached.
Prolonged exercise by the aerobic metabolism of carbohydrate and fat in the mitochondria of the muscle. This is the primary means of supplying energy to the muscle in maximal work lasting more than two minutes.
A general term for all diseases of the heart and blood vessels and is the leading cause of death in the United States.
The perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation to the direction of the application of the force causing movement.

37. Ankle Joint movements are...
Work rate.
Plantar flexion - dorsiflexion
Physician consent.
Measure the hip flexor tightness

38. An Active lifestyle...
Enhance musculoskeletal strength - power - and local muscular endurance.
Enhances quality of life.
HR and increases SV and rest and submaximal work; in addition - maximal cardiac output is greater - because SV increases with no change or slight decrease in maximal HR.
Primarily muscle or muscle shortening.

39. An HSQ or PAR-Q is NOT a
Fitness assessment
The front of the touchdown foot
Flexion - extension - Hyperextension - Lateral flexion and rotation. Movements of the trunk-flexion - extension - hyperextension - lateral flexion and rotation occur at all joints of the vertebral column.
The opposing force that is resisting another force

40. Positive Caloric Balance is...
High risk participants
Fitness assessment
When more calories are being consumed then being expended resulting in weight gain.
The distance of gravity from the limits of the base - indirectly proportional to the height of the center of gravity above the base - and directly proportional to the weight of the body.

41. Four things that you can not change are...
When less energy is consumed then is expended - which decreases body weight.
Genetics - Age - Race and Gender
For a lower SV.
Resistance is insignificant or (No resistance present) as in throwing a ball and requires a burst of concentric actions to initiate movement.

42. certain fitness test results or changes in health status may also necessitate
Physician consent.
High risk participants
Clear physical activity recommendations combined with adequate resources so that everyone can participate in quality physical activity in an enjoyable and safe atmosphere.
Diarthrodial joints

43. Men younger then 45 and women younger then 55 who meet two or more risk factors are...
Gains made continuously over time.
The number of calories a person needs to sustain current body weight - assuming that activity level remains consistent.
Moderate risk participants
Dynamic endurance exercise.

44. The structures associated with muscle include
The movement of a bone from an anatomical position
R decreases over time - indicating that fat is being used more and carbohydrate is being spared.
Fasciculi - perimysia - epimysia - tendons and aponeuroses.
The perpendicular distance form the axis of rotation to the direction of the application of the force resisting movement.

45. The Diarthrodial or Synovial joints are incased by a
The perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation to the direction of the application of the force causing movement.
Fitness assessment
Synovial membrane that secretes lubricant inside the joints
Isometric and dynamic resistance training.

46. The 'Hip Joint ROM test' is performed to...
Slow - generate low force and resist fatigue.
The oxygen uptake during the recovery from exercise.
Measure the hip flexor tightness
The perpendicular distance form the axis of rotation to the direction of the application of the force resisting movement.

47. Range of motion factors are...
Measure the hip flexor range of motion and hamstring flexibility.
Medical history - Medications - family medical history and health risk factors.
Optimal performance.
Shape of the articulating ends of bones - Length of ligaments - Elasticity of connective tissue

48. Some inherited characteristics and behaviors place certain people at higher risk of
The majority of the premature deaths in the United States.
Premature health problems (Such as cardiovascular disease and low back problems) and death.
The individuals current activity status and desired outcomes.
Maintain Vo2 max then to achieve

49. Vo2 max values decline with age at...
Lower HR - lower blood lactate - do not transfer when untrained muscles are used to perform the work.
The replacement of cartilage with bone.
Myocardia and fewer capillaries per muscle which decreases oxygen enriched blood.
1% each year.

50. Men younger then 45 and women younger then 55 who are asymptomatic and meet no more then one risk factor threshold are...
Vital role in the normal functioning of the human body. Water contributes approximately 60% of the body weight (17) and is essential in creating the environment in which all metabolic processes occur.
The distance from the line of gravity to the outer limits of the base that is farthest from a potentially upsetting force.
Low Risk participants
Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire