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1
Q
Which of the following is the definition of power?
A. Mass x accerleration
B. Force x distance
C. Force x velocity
D. Torque x time
A

C. FOrce x velocity

2
Q
To compare performances of OLY weight lifters of different body weights, the classic formula divides the load lifted by the athletes?
A. Body weight
B. Body weight squared
C. Lean body weight
D. Body weight to the two-thirds power
A

D. Body weight to the two-thirds power

3
Q

During a free weight exercise, muscle force varies with which of the following?

A

Perpendicular distance from the weight to the body joint

Movement acceleration

4
Q
A vertical jump involves knee, hip, and shoulder movement primarily in which of the following anatomical plane?
A. Sagittal
B. Perpendicular 
C. Frontal
D. Transverse
A

A.Sagittal

5
Q
An athlete is performing a concentric isokinetic elbow flex ion and extension exercise. Which of the following types of levers occur at the elbow during this exercise?
I.first class
II. Second class
III. Third class
A

First and third class

6
Q

____ focuses on the mechanisms through which the musculoskeletal components interact to create movement.

A

Biomechanics

7
Q

The muscle most directly involved in bringing about a movement is called the prime mover or _____
A. Antagonist
B. Agonist

A

B.Agonist

8
Q

The muscle that can slow down or stop the movement is called the___
A. Agonist
B. Antagonist

A

B.Antagonist

9
Q

During throwing, the triceps act as an ____, extending the elbow to accelerate the ball. As the elbow reaches full extension, the biceps acts as an ____ to slow down elbow extension and bring it to a stop.
A. Antagonist, agonist
B. Agonist, antagonist

A

B. Agonist, antagonist

10
Q

A muscle called a ____ when it assist indirectly in a movement

A

Synergistic

11
Q

A lever for which the muscle force and resistive force act on opposite sides of the fulcrum

A

FIrst class lever

12
Q

The pivot point of a lever

A

Fulcrum

13
Q

A rigid or semirigid body that, when subjected to a force whose line of action does not pass through its pivot point

A

Lever

14
Q

The ratio of the moment arm through which an applied force acts to that through which a resistive force acts

A

Mechanical advantage

15
Q

The perpendicular distance from the line of action of the force to the fulcrum.

A

Moment arm

16
Q

Force generated by biochemical activity, or Te stretching of no contractile tissue, that tends to draw the opposite ends of a muscle towards each other

A

Muscle force

17
Q

Force generated by a source external to the body that acts contrary to muscle force

A

Resistive force

18
Q

A lever for which the muscle force and resistive force act on the same side of the fulcrum, with the muscle force acting through a moment arm longer than that through which the resistive force acts

A

Second class lever

19
Q

A lever for which the muscle force and resistive force act on the same side of the fulcrum

A

Third class lever

20
Q

The degree to which a force tends to rotate an object about a specific fulcrum

A

Torque

21
Q

Most of the skeletal muscles operate at a considerable mechanical ______ due to the lever arrangement within the body and relative to the external forces the body resist.

A

Disadvantage

22
Q

When the body is erect, the arms are down at the sides, and the palms face forward?

A

Anatomical position

23
Q

Plane of the Bicep curl?

A

Sagittal

24
Q

Plane of the standing lateral dumbbell raise?

A

Frontal plane

25
Q

Plane of the dumbbell fly

A

Transverse plane

26
Q

____ is the ability to exert force.

A

Strength

27
Q

The change is velocity per unit time

A

Acceleration

28
Q

Acceleration is associated with resistive force according to Isaac Newton’s second law:

A

Force= Mass x Acceleration

29
Q

Time rate of doing work

A

Power

30
Q

The product of the force exerted on an object and the distance the object moves in the direction the force is exerted

A

Work

31
Q

Force x Displacement

A

Work

32
Q

Work/time

A

Power

33
Q

The angle through which an object rotates is called..

A

Angular displacement

34
Q

The objects rotational speed measured in radians per second

A

Angular velocity

35
Q

Work= Torque x angular displacement

A

Rotational Work

36
Q

The capacity to exert force at any given velocity, and power is the mathematical product of force and velocity at whatever speed?

A

Strength

37
Q

Neural control affects the maximal force output of a muscle by determining which and how many motor units are involved in muscle contraction

A

Recruitment

38
Q

The rate at which the motor units are fired?

A

Rate coding

39
Q

___ muscle has fibers that align obliquely with the tendon, creating a featherlike arrangement.

A

Pennate

40
Q

The angle between the muscle fibers and an imaginary line between the muscle’s origin and insertion.

A

Angle of pennation

41
Q

When a muscle is at its resting length, the ____ and ____ filaments lie next to each other, so that maximal number of potential cross ridge sites are available. The muscle can generate the greatest force at its resting length.

A

Actin and myosin

42
Q

When the muscle shortens because the contractile force is greater than the resistive force

A

Concentric muscle action

43
Q

When the muscle lengthens because the contractile force is less than the resistive force.

A

Eccentric muscle action

44
Q

WHen the muscle length does not change because the contractile force is equal to the resistive force.

A

Isometric muscle action

45
Q

Advantages of the stack machines

A
  1. safety
  2. Design flexibility
  3. Ease of use
46
Q

Advantages of free weights

A
  1. Whole body training

2. simmulation of real-life activities

47
Q

_____ force can act in any direction.

A

Inertial

48
Q

The resistive force encountered when one attempts to move an object while it is pressed against another object.

A

Friction

49
Q

The resistive force encountered by an object by moving through a fluid, or by a fluid moving past or around and object or through and opening

A

Fluid resistance

50
Q

Two sources of fluid resistance are?

A

Surface drag

51
Q

Toward the anterior

A

Ventral

52
Q

Toward the posterior

A

Dorsal

53
Q

The glottis is closed, thus keeping air form escaping the lungs, and the muscles of the abdomen and rib cage contract, creating rigid compartments of liquid in the lower torso.

A

Valsalva maneuver

54
Q

lever for which the muscle force and resistive force act on opposite sides of the fulcrum

A

first-class lever

55
Q

lever for which the muscle force and resistive force act on the same side of the fulcrum, with the muscle force acting through a moment arm longer than that through which the resistive force acts

A

second-class lever

56
Q

lever for which the muscle force and resistive force act on the same side of the fulcrum, with the muscle force action through a moment arm shorter than that through which the resistive force acts

A

third-class lever

57
Q

force =

A

mass x acceleration

58
Q

work =

A

force x displacement

59
Q

power =

A

work/time

60
Q

classic formula for determining strength to mass ration

A

bw ^(2/3)