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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creates muscle awareness during weight training?
(a) Memorizing the soreness after each specific exercise.
(b) Measuring the muscles.
(c) Taking pictures of the muscles.
(d) Studying anatomy.

2. After how many months of freehand exercise can you safely enter a weight training gym?
(a) Two to three months.
(b) One to three months.
(c) One to four months.
(d) Two to six months.

3. How is weight training used in other sports addition to the sport of bodybuilding?
(a) To motivate youngsters.
(b) As a promotional aspect of the sport.
(c) As an aid to the development of athletic abilities.
(d) To define routines for days of the week

4. In what year does Arnold fall in love with Barbara?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1969.

5. What term represents the experience of feeling blood rushing into the pectoral muscles?
(a) The bridge.
(b) The rush.
(c) The pump.
(d) The flow.

6. What helps you keep from becoming muscle bound?
(a) Massage.
(b) Swimming after your weight workout.
(c) Working out more.
(d) Stretching.

7. What should the novice bodybuilder analyze when beginning bodybuilding training?
(a) The gym.
(b) His or her muscle development objectives.
(c) The equipment.
(d) A vitamin regimen.

8. Why is it important to have a day of rest between each progressive resistance workout?
(a) To keep your weights from wearing out.
(b) It takes 36 hours for muscles and joints to recuperate.
(c) To share the gym with your training partner.
(d) It takes 48 hours for muscles and joints to recuperate.

9. In a freehand exercise routine, what can provide resistance in addition to free weights?
(a) An individual's own weight.
(b) Expensive weights.
(c) The weight of the equipment.
(d) Extra weights.

10. How long before a full meal should one exercise?
(a) One should not exercise before a full meal.
(b) One hour before a full meal.
(c) 30 minutes before a full meal.
(d) Two hours before a full meal.

11. Whom does Arnold beat in the 1970 NABBA Mr. Universe contest in London?
(a) Sergio Oliva.
(b) Reg Park.
(c) Joe Weider.
(d) Franco Columbu.

12. After the Mr. World competition, what services does Arnold offer to bodybuilders?
(a) Mail order training, seminars, and promotion.
(b) Personal training.
(c) Marketing.
(d) Equipment sales and service.

13. What two weight exercises develop the abdominal muscles?
(a) Leg raises-knees bent and rowing with bar.
(b) Sit-ups-knees-bent and leg raises-knees bent.
(c) Lateral raises and leg raises-knees bent.
(d) Rowing with bar and sit-ups-knees-bent.

14. On what areas does Schwarzenegger say you concentrate on Mondays and Thursdays in an accelerated training program?
(a) Legs, arms, and waist.
(b) Back, legs, and waist.
(c) Abdominals, arms, and waist.
(d) Back, chest, and shoulders.

15. To what problem can sport-specific training lead?
(a) Overuse of muscles.
(b) Imbalances in muscles and physique.
(c) Lactic acid buildup.
(d) Calf injuries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many seconds of rest should you have between each accelerated training exercise set?

2. During accelerated training, what must the bodybuilder do after exercising the back?

3. What freehand exercise requires a chinning bar?

4. What is one important factor that should be considered when choosing a gym for progressive resistance weight training?

5. In addition to the arms, triceps, biceps, and waist, what other two areas does the Wednesday and Saturday accelerated program target?

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