Fitness Quiz

A person with a large frame is expected to weigh more than a person with a small frame.

• True
• False

What type of exercise helps improve flexibility?

• stretching
• lifting heavy weights with few repetitions
• lifting light weights with many repetitions

Cardiorespiratory exercises are:

• boring and slow
• rhythmic and vigorous
• continuous but boring

Which type of training will improve muscular strength?

• lifting light weights many times
• lifting heavy weights with few repetitions
• lifting heavy weights every day

Stretching should be painful in order to be effective.

• True
• False

The capacity of a muscle to continue working over a long period of time is called:

• muscular strength
• muscular endurance
• weight training

Muscle endurance means you can lift a heavy weight one time.

• True
• False

These exercise require large amounts of oxygen:

• isotonic
• anaerobic
• aerobic

To improve cardiovascular fitness, you must

• engage in exercises that involve movements of large body muscles
• maintain the exercise for at least 20 minutes
• take in as much oxygen as you utilize
• all of the above

Aerobic exercises

• are not beneficial to the heart
• decrease the body's ability to utilize oxygen
• do not require oxygen
• should be maintained for 20 to 60 minutes