Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
for Exercise
Level 2
H/600/9013
Paper 3
March 1st 2018 – August 31st 2018
All questions are multiple choice and there is only ONE correct answer.
To record your answers to each question please follow the instructions on your
answer sheet.
You may use blank sheets of paper for notes and calculations if required.
1. What is the name of the muscles located at the posterior upper leg?
A. Quadriceps
B. Gluteals
C. Adductors
D. Hamstrings
5. Which chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs?
A. Left ventricle
B. Right ventricle
C. Right atrium
D. Left atrium
9. Which muscle runs underneath the pelvis and helps to prevent stress
incontinence?
A. The pelvic floor
B. The pelvic girdle
C. The internal obliques
D. The rectus abdominis
10. Where does blood flow to after leaving the right atrium?
A. Right ventricle
B. Vena cava
C. Left atrium
D. Aorta
11. Following a normal delivery during childbirth, what is the minimum time
recommended before returning to exercise?
A. 6 days
B. 12 days
C. 6 weeks
D. 12 weeks
14. What principle is being described when stating that a nerve impulse will
innervate all the muscle fibres within a motor unit?
A. The 'all or none law'
B. The sliding filament theory
C. Concentric muscle work
D. Eccentric muscle work
16. Which structure in the lungs is also known as the wind pipe?
A. Trachea
B. Bronchioles
C. Bronchi
D. Alveoli
20. Which of the following is a structure of the respiratory system which air
will pass through during inhalation?
A. The aorta
B. The diaphysis
C. The pulmonary artery
D. The pharynx
22. What is the name of the connective tissue surrounding each bundle of
muscle fibres?
A. Perimysium
B. Periosteum
C. Myofibril
D. Myofilament
24. What joint action occurs when the quadriceps contract eccentrically?
A. Knee flexion
B. Knee extension
C. Hip rotation
D. Spine flexion
27. Which blood vessels have thin walls to allow for diffusion of gases?
A. Arteries
B. Arterioles
C. Capillaries
D. Veins
28. What is the name of the structure that attaches muscle to bone across a
synovial joint?
A. Tendon
B. Cartilage
C. Synovial membrane
D. Ligament
33. What is the name given to the process which involves contraction and
relaxation of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles?
A. Respiration
B. Circulation
C. Digestion
D. Excretion
36. What is the name given to the two ends of the long bones?
A. Diaphysis
B. Epiphysis
C. Periosteum
D. Epimysium
37. Which blood vessel(s) carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the
lungs?
A. Pulmonary veins
B. Pulmonary arteries
C. Aorta
D. Vena cava
39. Which body system controls all voluntary and involuntary muscle work?
A. The skeletal system
B. The digestive system
C. The nervous system
D. The circulatory system
41. Which of the following forms part of the pulmonary circulatory system?
A. Vena cava
B. Right ventricle
C. Aorta
D. Left ventricle
46. Which type of joint offers the greatest potential for movement?
A. Synovial
B. Fibrous
C. Immovable
D. Slightly movable
48. Which joint action occurs when the spine bends sideways?
A. Adduction
B. Horizontal extension
C. Lateral flexion
D. Rotation
49. What is the name of the thin myofilament within skeletal muscles?
A. Myosin
B. Troponin
C. Elastin
D. Actin
50. Which muscle is the prime mover during horizontal flexion of the
shoulder?
A. Pectoralis major
B. Rhomboids
C. Trapezius
D. Latissimus dorsi