NASM section 3 missed questions
What is the RDA for protein?
0.8 g/kg of body weight
Current sports nutrition guidelines from the International Society of Sports Nutrition recommend what range of protein for most exercising individuals?
1.4 to 2.0 g/kg of body weight
According to current research, what is the optimal range of daily protein intake to maximize muscle protein synthesis?
1.6 to 2.2 g/kg of body weight
What is acidosis in muscle?
A decrease in pH, which can lead to feelings of fatigue
What is a primary difference between a food label and a supplement label?
A supplement label only needs to list what is present, not specific amounts.
Inadequate hydration and mild dehydration can have several negative effects on athletic performance, including which of the following?
Decreased blood flow
Food in the stomach is processed and then passes into what anatomical structure?
Duodenum of the small intestine
Pronation of the foot describes what multiplanar movements?
Eversion, dorsiflexion, and ankle abduction
What term is used to describe muscle tension that is created without a change in muscle length and no visible movement of the joint?
Isometric
Which type of joint includes the sutures of the skull?
Nonsynovial
Improved performance during a plyometric jump is dependent upon which of the following?
Rapid amortization phase
What is the scientific term that describes the nervous system's role in the contract/relax relationship between agonists and antagonists?
Reciprocal inhibition
What term is used to describe the concept of how the functioning of one body segment can impact other areas of the body?
Regional interdependence
Which of the following contributes the most to the total calories burned in a day?
Resting metabolic rate
What movement term is used to describe the concept of adducting the shoulder blades so that they become closer together?
Scapular retraction
What are the three pathways through which the body can produce ATP?
The ATP-PC system, glycolysis, and oxidative phosphorylation
What is the most accurate description of motor control?
The ability to initiate and correct purposeful controlled movements
Which of the following protein structures is important for muscular contractions by providing a binding site?
Troponin
Iodine has a major role in which bodily process?
Thyroid function
Stored energy from an efficiently functioning stretch-shortening cycle is released during which muscle action?
Concentric
Vitamin K supplements should be avoided by those taking which type of medication?
Anticoagulants (e.g., warfarin)
What is the process called that prepares fatty acid substrates to enter the citric acid cycle?
Beta-oxidation
Which of the following is true about the biologically active forms of vitamins?
Biologically active forms are most effective for augmenting body levels
What is the concept used to describe the action of muscles that have the ability to contract automatically in anticipation of movement?
Feed-forward
What term is used to describe the premise that increased ventricular filling improves contractile force of the heart as a result of greater stretch of cardiac fibers?
Frank Starling Law of the Heart
If someone were performing repeated sprints with each sprint lasting between 30 and 90 seconds, which energy system would be contributing the most to ATP production during this activity?
Glycolysis
Catecholamines are responsible for which of the following actions?
Increased lipolysis
The pathway for hormones secreted by the endocrine system may be described by which of the following?
The gland secretes the hormone, which travels through the bloodstream to reach a target cell, where it binds to a receptor and influences a particular action.
Which feature of a food label would enable a client to assess the nutrient composition of a food product?
The nutrition facts panel
How should the amortization phase of the stretch-shortening cycle be described?
The transition from eccentric loading to concentric unloading
