HSC PDHPE Core 2 FAP - CQ1

What is the most likely cause of fatigue in a runner completing a 100 m sprint?

• Dehydration

• Accumulation of lactic acid

• Depletion of muscle glycogen

• Depletion of phosphate creatine

What is the likely effect of a heavy and low-repetition strength training program using free weights?

• Muscle atrophy

• Muscle hypertrophy

• Increased muscular endurance

• Increased slow-twitch muscle fibre concetration

Compared to an untrained person, a trained endurance athlete is likely to have a

• lower resting heart rate

• higher resting heart rate

• increased fast-twitch fibre concentration

• decreased fast-twitch fibre concentration

An athlete trains by running 4 km in 20 minutes without stopping. For 30 seconds in each minute the athlete increases the intensity significantly before returning to the normal intensity. Which row in the table indicates the type of training and the method that is being used?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following adaptations is increased by long-term aerobic training?

• Fat metabloism

• ATP resynthesis

• Protein metablism

• Fast-twitch fibre recruitment

The physiological adaptation that is likely to occur from progressively overloading a strength-training program is an increase in .....

• muscle hypretrophy

• cardiac muscle capacity

• muscle contraction speed

• the number of fast twitch muscle fibres

What is the cause of fatigue for the alactacid system? HSC 2015

• Lack of essential amino acids

• Lack of muscle glycogen stores

• Inability to re-synthesise phosphate creatine

• Inability to convert carbohydrates to glycogen

How could a coach use a circuit training program to develop the aerobic capacity and strength of her athletes?

• By increasing the time allowed for the circuit to be completed

• By increasing the resistance and the time at each of the stations

• By decreasing the time allowed for the circuit to be completed

• By decreasing the resistance and the time at each of the stations

Which of the following would be a suitable weight training plan for enhancing the performance of an endurance athlete?

• Low repetition numbers with long recovery periods between sets

• Low repetition numbers with short recovery periods between sets

• High repetition numbers with slow speed and long recovery periods between sets

• High repetition numbers with fast speed and short recovery periods between sets

What is cardiac output?

• The volume of blood ejected by the heart per minute

• The volume of blood sent to the lungs for oxygenation

• The volume of deoxygenated blood returning to the heart

• The volume of blood sent by the left ventricle of the heart during each contraction