ISSA Final Exam | 2023/ 2024 Update
|Questions and Verified Answers
Q: Which of the following is a symptom of a heart attack?
Answer:
shortness of breath
Q: Which flexibility technique may be assisted by or utilizes A stretching tool like a towel or
stretching strap?
Answer:
Pre-contraction stretching
Q: What is the process of breaking triglycerides down into fatty acids to be converted to acetyl
- CoA during aerobic metabolism called?
Answer:
Beta oxidation
Q: beta oxidation
Answer:
reaction that converts fatty acids to acetyl CoA to enter the Krebs cycle
Q: What information does the client intake form gather?
Answer:
Previous exercise experience, nutrition, and health conditions
Q: According to the CDC, what is the definition of sanitizing?
Answer:
Cleaning and killing germs on surfaces to bring the microbe level to an acceptable range
Q: hypotension
Answer:
low blood pressure
Q: mitral valve
Answer:
valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; bicuspid valve
Q: aortic valve
Answer:
The semilunar valve separating the aorta from the left ventricle that prevents blood from flowing
back into the left ventricle.
Q: atrioventricular valves
Answer:
Valves located between the atrial and ventricular chambers on each side of the heart, prevent
backflow into the atria when the ventricles are contracting.
Q: Which of the following is a statement from the ISSA code of ethics for a fitness
professional?
Answer:
Accurately represent their services and what is reasonably expected from a training relationship
with clients.
Q: What is the daily fiber intake recommendation for the average male?
Answer:
38 grams per day
Q: The adaptation of power generally requires how much rest between sets of exercise?
Answer:
Q: Which advanced training technique is described as completing one set of an exercise until
failure before immediately lowering the weight and continuing the set until failure again?
Answer:
Drop-sets
Q: Caudal
Answer:
toward the tail