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Exercise Physiology Practice Exam 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Defined as the "performance of any physical activity for the purpose of conditioning the body, improving health, or maintaining fitness".

a)

Physical activity

b)

Exercise

c)

Exercise Physiology

d)

Exercise Science

2.

______ is not planned structured, and deliberate and does not have a final objective, which includes tangible improvements in health, fitness, body composition, or performance.

a)

Physical activity

b)

Exercise

c)

Training

d)

Exercise physiology

3.

Is a measurement of energy expenditure or intensity associated with a given activity.

a)

RPE

b)

MET

c)

VO2max

d)

Lactate threshold

4.

Is a measurement of physical activity in relation to ACSM/CDC physical activity recommendations and used to estimate cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic health while assessing potential disease risk.

a)

FITT

b)

RPE

c)

PAVS

d)

MET

5.

Is a single bout of bodily exertion or muscular activity that requires an expenditure of energy above resting level and ordinarily results in voluntary movement.

a)

Physical activity

b)

Exercise

c)

FITT

d)

Workout

6.

Defined as "the study of how structure and function are altered by exposure to acute and chronic bouts of exercise".

a)

Exercise

b)

Physical activity

c)

Exercise Science

d)

Exercise physiology

7.

Refers to the state of dynamic equilibrium of the internal environment in the body.

a)

Allostasis

b)

Homeostasis

c)

Allostatic overload

d)

Balance

8.

Which is not an adaptation to exercise?

a)

Increased RBCs

b)

Decreased BP

c)

Increased Q

d)

Lower SV

9.

Is a long-term change or optimization of performance of one or more body systems stemming from regular and structured PA.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Response

c)

EPOC

d)

Improved CRF

10.

Is the first phase of General Adaptation Syndrome and involves heightened neuroendocrine hormone activity.

a)

Stress

b)

Resistance

c)

Exhaustion

d)

Alarm

11.

Denotes the highest intensity, greatest load, or longest duration of which an individual is capable.

a)

MVC

b)

VO2max

c)

1RM

d)

RPE 20

12.

Considered the preeminent training principle and related to specific body parts, muscles, energy systems, fitness qualities and/or biomotor skills.

a)

Reversibility

b)

SAID

c)

Individualization

d)

Specificity

13.

Sudden increases in this variable have been shown to impart immunosuppression and share an inverse relationship with volume.

a)

Frequency

b)

Time

c)

Intensity

d)

Duration

14.

Refers to the simultaneous inclusion and prioritization of resistance and endurance training modalities.

a)

Methodology

b)

Periodization

c)

Interference Effect

d)

Concurrent Training

15.

Which is not considered an implication associated with the "interference effect"?

a)

Overreaching

b)

Depleted Glycogen Stores

c)

Overtraining

d)

Protein Turnover

16.

Weekly accumulation of endurance training volume is shown to be correlated with:

a)

Decrements in strength development

b)

Increases in flexibility

c)

Increases in strength development

d)

Decrements in running economy

17.

What should always be prioritized in a hypocaloric state?

a)

Endurance training

b)

Resistance training

c)

Flexibility training

d)

Caffeine consumption

18.

Refers to the accretion of amino acids to build muscle and partitioning of carbohydrates of replenish muscle glycogen stores.

a)

Metabolism

b)

Catabolism

c)

Anabolism

d)

Androgenic

19.

Refers to the entirety of energy transformations occurring in the body and is inclusive of the process of the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy.

a)

Anabolism

b)

Metabolism

c)

Catabolism

d)

Homeostasis

20.

At or near rest, the dependence of substrate utilization shifts from _____ to _____.

a)

Amino acids to glycogen

b)

Glycogen to amino acids

c)

PCr to glycogen

d)

Carbohydrates to fat

21.

Is the rate at which energy is consumed to sustain bodily functions essential to survival.

a)

Onset of blood lactate accumulation

b)

EPOC

c)

Metabolic rate

d)

Heart Rate Reserve

22.

Accounts for 70% of total energy expenditure and is elevated among individuals with greater proportions of lean body mass.

a)

TEF

b)

DIT

c)

TEA

d)

RMR

23.

Composed of a carbon-nitrogen base, a five-carbon sugar, and three phosphate groups that are linked by a chemical bond.

a)

ADP

b)

Pi

c)

PCr

d)

ATP

24.

Most of the body's ATP production occurs in which step of phosphorylation?

a)

Krebs cycle

b)

electron transport chain

c)

Pyruvate oxidation

d)

Chemiosmosis

25.

Which is not a component of exercise dose?

a)

Frequency

b)

Intensity

c)

Adherence

d)

Duration

26.

Which is not considered a determinant of a response or adaptation to exercise/training programming?

a)

Academic performance

b)

Health status

c)

Age

d)

Training status

27.

Encompasses a blend of parameters and specific modalities aimed at conferring improvements in specific qualities which are conducive to the attainment of goals.

a)

Methodology

b)

Modality

c)

Mode

d)

Periodization

28.

Refers to a latency period of oxygen delivery to musculature when transitioning from rest to work.

a)

EPOC

b)

Oxygen debt

c)

Oxygen deficit

d)

VO2reserve

29.

Denotes oxygen consumption occurring during recovery that is above resting values and is closely correlated with oxygen deficit.

a)

Oxygen debt

b)

EPOC

c)

HIIT

d)

Lactate threshold

30.

Represents the highest workload that can be maintained over time without a continual rise in blood lactate.

a)

Maximal Lactate Steady State

b)

OBLA

c)

Lactate threshold

d)

Ventilatory threshold

31.

Which energy system is classified as alactic-anaerobic?

a)

Phosphagen system

b)

Glycolysis

c)

Lactic acid system

d)

Oxidative system

32.

Which energy system is classified as lactic-anaerobic?

a)

ATP-PC

b)

Phosphagen

c)

Oxidative

d)

Glycolysis

33.

Which is not a mode or determinant of lactate clearance?

a)

Transamination

b)

Mitochondrial factors

c)

Health status

d)

Sport participation

34.

High-intensity, short term bouts of exertion primarily occur within this division of exercise metabolism.

a)

Alactic-anaerobic

b)

Lactic-anaerobic

c)

Aerobic

d)

Oxidative

35.

Refers to the percentage of energy input that appears as useful external work.

a)

Efficiency

b)

Economy

c)

Individualization

d)

Fragmentation

36.

Refers to the cost of any activity, but particularly walking or running at varying speeds.

a)

Efficiency

b)

Economy

c)

Optimization

d)

Progression

37.

Which of the following is not a field test used to determine aerobic capacity?

a)

Balke walk

b)

Anaerobic step up test

c)

3 minute step up test

d)

1.5 mile run

38.

There is an established correlation between weekly MET accumulations and _____.

a)

CVD risk

b)

Lung cancer risk

c)

Vertical jump performance

d)

DIT

39.

Which is not a source of NH4 production during skeletal muscle contraction?

a)

Amino acid deamination

b)

AMP deanimase reaction

c)

Sufficient carbohydrate intake

d)

Hypoxia

40.

Which is a field test used to measure anaerobic capacity?

a)

Countermovement jump

b)

300-yard shuttle

c)

1.5 mile run

d)

1RM Squat