Kinesiology, 10/e

Nancy Hamilton, University of Northern Iowa
Kathryn Luttgens, Northeastern University

Kinesiology of Fitness and Exercise

True-False Quiz

Please answer the following questions


1	Flexibility is the ability of the tissues surrounding a joint to yield to stretching without interference or opposition and then to relax.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Muscle strength is the force a muscle or muscle group can exert against a resistance in one maximum effort.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Muscle endurance is the ability to perform repeated contractions of the muscle or to sustain a contraction against a submaximal resistance for an extended period of time.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	The strength of a muscle exercised against normally encountered resistances will increase.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	There is no need for a strengthening and endurance workout to be preceded by a warm-up.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	An example of a type of strength and endurance exercise program is isometric.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	The term "isotonic" is a combination of the terms for "constant" and "tension".
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	"Isokinetic" exercise means exercise done with a constant rate of motion.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	"Isometric" is defined as involving no change in muscle length.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	The most important factor in maximum strength development is the number of repetitions employed to overload the muscle.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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