NASM BODYBUILDING EXAM 100% SOLVED

NASM BODYBUILDING EXAM
100% SOLVED
What are the three mechanisms involved in exercise-induced
muscle hypertrophy?
Select one: - ANSWER-a. Mechanical tension, muscle damage
and metabolic stress
Bodybuilders tend to demonstrate weakness of which muscle
group?
Select one: - ANSWER-c. Rotator cuff
A bodybuilder has tight (overactive) chest, hip flexors and calves
and weak (underactive) rotator cuff, rhomboids and gluteals.
Which statement is correct?
Select one: - ANSWER-b. The bodybuilder should stretch his
chest, hip flexors and calves
Which of the following training systems involves the completion of
a number of carefully-selected resistance exercises arranged
sequentially, with a short recovery between the exercises
(stations)?
Select one: - ANSWER-b. Circuit training
Which of the following statements is correct regarding the
implementation of core training into a hypertrophy training
program?
Select one: - ANSWER-b. Perform a low-volume of core
exercises prior to resistance training
Which of the following is an example of an eccentric muscle
action?
Select one: - ANSWER-c. Lowering the weight during a
resistance exercise
Which phase of the Optimum Performance Training (OPT) model
focuses on high levels of volume with modest rest periods to force
cellular changes that result in an overall increase in muscle size?
Select one: - ANSWER-c. Hypertrophy Training
Which of the following forms of exercise has the greatest impact
on muscle damage?
Select one: - ANSWER-c. Eccentric exercise
What is a function of satellite cells in the development of muscle
hypertrophy?
Select one: - ANSWER-a. Donate nuclei to existing muscle fibers
Lactate has been shown to increase the acute release of various
anabolic hormones including
Select one: - ANSWER-b. Testosterone and insulin-like growth
factor
A marathon runner would be characterized as which somatotype?
Select one: - ANSWER-a. Ectomorph
Which of the following statement is an example of a SMART
Goal?
Select one: - ANSWER-d. "To prepare for my physique
competition I will reduce my body fat by 5% in 12 weeks by
exercising 60-minutes five days per week and eating 500 less
calories per day."
Which of the following statements describe the upper crossed
syndrome?
Select one: - ANSWER-d. Forward head, thoracic kyphosis and
protracted shoulders
What muscles are intimately involved in the arm-curl exercise
besides the biceps brachii to carry out the movement?
Select one: - ANSWER-a. Brachialis and brachioradialis
Ted begins a running regimen and subsequently over the next 30
days improves his cardiorespiratory endurance, but does not
increase upper-body muscularity. His body's adaptation in this
situation is best defined by which principle?
Select one: - ANSWER-c. Principle of specificity
Sally is a former bodybuilder who stopped training five years ago.
Subsequently Sally has lost noticeable muscle size and body
weight. Which principle explains the changes occurring to her
physique?
Select one: - ANSWER-b. Principle of reversibility