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